AIIMS Jammu secures 7th spot in Govt Medical Universities ranking 2025, details
Jammu: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jammu, has recently received a landmark recognition in the Government Medical University Rankings 2025. The institute has secured the 7th position across India. With this, the Institute has emerged as the second-highest-ranked institute after prestigious AIIMS Delhi.
A handout was issued in this regard on Saturday, stating that AIIMS, Jammu has scored 385.62 marks out of 400 in academic and research excellence, reflecting the strength of its quality of teaching, advanced curriculum and over 130 research projects.
The Press statement reads "According to Outlook Magazine, AIIMS Jammu scored an impressive 385.62 out of 400 in Academic and Research Excellence, underscoring the quality of its teaching, advanced curriculum, and the strength of its 130-plus research projects. In Industry Interface and Placement, the institute achieved 188.58 out of 200, highlighting successful collaborations with global institutions such as the University of Alabama, IIT Jammu, IIM Jammu, and CSIR-IIIM, and producing graduates ready to excel in leading healthcare and research positions.
In Infrastructure and Facilities, AIIMS Jammu scored 133.05 out of 150, reflecting the completion of 43 state-of-the-art buildings in a record three-and-a-half years, a 1,000-seat convention centre, advanced modular operation theatres, and a fully equipped digital library with over 13,000 e-journals.
On this, an official said that it has emerged as the second-highest-ranked institute after AIIMS, Delhi. Along with this, Executive Director and CEO Professor Shakti Kumar Gupta expressed pride and gratitude for this achievement. He attributed this success to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose mission to establish AIIMS in every state under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana has changed the healthcare landscape of India, reports TOI.
Dr Gupta further added that the AIIMS Jammu has grown from an MBBS batch of 50 students per annum and has started BSc in Nursing with 60 students, and MD, MS, MDS and MCh in Pediatric Surgery programmes.
To date, the institute has performed over 1,800 surgeries in eight advanced modular operation theatres and conducted over 30,000 X-rays, 20,000 ultrasounds, 7,000 CT scans and 2,300 MRIs. It is the first among the new AIIMS to set up a high-end Transfusion Medicine Unit, introduce a Green Smart Waterless Lab, and establish the only Advanced Genomics and Precision Medicine Centre among all AIIMS, eliminating the need to send high-end genomic samples abroad.
Moreover, the state-of-the-art digital library offers thousands of resources for students and faculty, while the 1,000-seat Convention Centre has already hosted several national and international conferences, cementing the role of AIIMS Jammu as a growing academic hub.
