NIRF Medical Rankings released: Check out 10 best medical colleges in India
New Delhi: The ranking of top medical colleges across the country, based on the government's National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF), has been released today by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
According to the NIRF rankings 2021, the premier healthcare institution of the country, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi got rank number 1 with a score of 92.07; AIIMS was adjudged as the number 1 institute last year as well with a score of 90.69.
The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (PGIMER) bagged the second position with 82.62 score and Christian Medical College (CMC Vellore) got the third rank with 75.33.
As per NIRF 2020 list last year, the PGIMER had got 80.06 and CMC Vellore 73.56. All the top 3 institutes have increased the score by around 2 points this year.
Similar to last year, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore (NIMHANS) has bagged the 4th position with a 73.62 score by the ministry. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (SGPGI) comes at 5th rank with a score of 72.45; last year it was 70.21. The institute had applied for NIRF for the first time in the year 2019.
| Rank | Medical College |
| 1 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi |
| 2 | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh |
| 3 | Christian Medical College Vellore Tamil Nadu |
| 4 | National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore |
| 5 | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences |
| 6 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore |
| 7 | Banaras Hindu University |
| 8 | Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research |
| 9 | King George`s Medical University |
| 10 | Kasturba Medical College, Manipal |
| 11 | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology |
| 12 | Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences |
| 13 | St. John's Medical College |
| 14 | Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research |
| 15 | Aligarh Muslim University |
| 16 | Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital, Chennai |
| 17 | Maulana Azad Medical College |
| 18 | Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital |
| 19 | Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth |
| 20 | S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology |
| 21 | Siksha `O` Anusandhan |
| 22 | Lady Hardinge Medical College |
| 23 | Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore |
| 24 | JSS Medical College, Mysore |
| 25 | Jamia Hamdard |
| 26 | Dayanand Medical College |
| 27 | Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences |
| 28 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur |
| 29 | Government Medical College & Hospital |
| 30 | University College of Medical Sciences |
| 31 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar |
| 32 | Medical College Kolkata |
| 33 | PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research |
| 34 | Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences |
| 35 | Maharishi Markandeshwar |
| 36 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology |
| 37 | M. S. Ramaiah Medical College |
| 38 | Sawai Man Singh Medical College |
| 39 | SCB Medical College and Hospital |
| 40 | Annamalai University |
| 41 | Padmashree Dr D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai |
| 42 | Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University |
| 43 | Narayana Medical College |
| 44 | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences| |
| 45 | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy |
| 46 | Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute |
| 47 | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College |
| 48 | Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli |
| 49 | Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute |
| 50 | Shri B.M.Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre |
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