NIRF Medical Ranking 2021 - Top Medical Colleges in India
NIRF Ranking 2021 - Top medical colleges in India: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) will release the NIRF top medical colleges in India on September 9, 2021. The ranking of NIRF 2021 medical colleges can be checked on this page. NIRF will provide the ranking of 40 medical colleges in the country.

As per the NIRF medical ranking, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS, New Delhi has been ranked the top medical college in the nation. While, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh and Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore has been ranked at second and third position, respectively. Along with the NIRF medical ranking 2021, the sanctioned intakes, actual strengths, placement reports, financial resources and physically challenged student facilities will be mentioned.
Candidates can check the NIRF top medical college ranking to understand the details while selecting a college for MBBS, Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS) and Super Specialty (SS) admissions. NIRF 2021 ranking for top medical colleges will be done on the basis of five parameters - Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Peer Perception (PP). Check the NIRF ranking 2021 - top medical colleges in India list along with placement, fee, seats and other details.
Parameters of NIRF Ranking 2021 - Top Medical Colleges in India
As mentioned, the ranking list of medical colleges will be prepared on the grounds of five parameters. Check the parameters considered for NIRF medical ranking 2021 below.
Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR)
Students strength including doctoral students (SS)
Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)
Combined metric for faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)
Financial resources and their utilization (FRU)
Research and Professional Practice (RP)
Combined metric for publications (PU)
Combined metric for quality of publications (QP)
IPR and patents: published and granted (IPR)
Footprints of projects and professional practice (FPPP)
Graduation Outcomes (GO)
Metric for university examinations (GUE)
Metric for number of PhD students graduated (GPHD)
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
Percentage of students from other states or countries (Region Diversity RD)
Percentage of women (Women Diversity WD)
Economically and socially challenged students (ESCS)
Facilities for physically challenged students (PCS)
Perception ranking (PR)
Peer Perception
Academic peers and employers (PR)
NIRF Ranking 2021 - List of Medical Colleges
Through the virtual conference, the ministry of education has announced the NIRF ranking of the top 5 medical colleges in India. The remaining list of NIRF ranking for medical colleges and PDFs will be updated as soon as it will be displayed on the website.
NIRF ranking - Top 5 medical colleges in India
Name of the college | NIRF ranking |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi | 1 |
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh | 2 |
Christian Medical College, Vellore | 3 |
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru | 4 |
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow | 5 |
NIRF 2021 Medical Ranking
Check the list of top 40 medical colleges ranking by NIRF below along with scores (out of 100) and links of PDFs mentioning placement reports, seat intakes and other details, in the table below.
Click here to check the list of participating colleges for the NIRF ranking list 2020
NIRF Medical College Ranking 2021
NIRF ranking | Name | Score |
1 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi | 92.07 |
2 | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh | 82.62 |
3 | Christian Medical College, Vellore | 75.33 |
4 | National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore | 73.62 |
5 | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow | 72.45 |
6 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore | 69.25 |
7 | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 67.62 |
8 | Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry | 67.42 |
9 | King George`s Medical University, Lucknow | 64.67 |
10 | Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 63.6 |
11 | Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram | 63.04 |
12 | Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi | 61.29 |
13 | St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru | 60.83 |
14 | Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai | 58.92 |
15 | Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh | 58.1 |
16 | Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital, Chennai | 57.88 |
17 | Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi | 56.35 |
18 | Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi | 56.2 |
19 | Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune | 55.96 |
20 | S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 55.74 |
21 | Siksha `O` Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar | 54.13 |
22 | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi | 54.07 |
23 | Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore | 53.75 |
24 | JSS Medical College, Mysore | 53.63 |
25 | Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi | 53.18 |
26 | Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana | 53.13 |
27 | Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai | 52.91 |
28 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur | 52.87 |
29 | Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh | 51.9 |
30 | University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 51.89 |
31 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar | 51.87 |
32 | Medical College, Kolkata | 51.69 |
33 | PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore | 51.62 |
34 | Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha | 51.52 |
35 | Maharishi Markandeshwar, Ambala | 50.96 |
36 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar | 50.36 |
37 | M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru | 50.05 |
38 | Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur | 49.65 |
39 | SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack | 49.42 |
40 | Annamalai University, Annamalainagar | 49.13 |
41 | Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai | 48.07 |
42 | Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University, Karad | 47.11 |
43 | Narayana Medical College, Nellore | 46.5 |
43 | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal West | 46.5 |
45 | K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mengaluru | 46.49 |
46 | Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry | 46.08 |
47 | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi | 46.04 |
48 | Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli | 46.03 |
49 | Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chengalpattu | 45.32 |
50 | Shri B.M.Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapura | 45.11 |
Top Medical Entrance Exams
The admission undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD courses will be done on the basis of national and state-level entrance exams conducted by respective authorities.
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate - NEET UG
The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted NEET entrance exam for admission to 83,075 MBBS, 26,949 BDS, 52,720 AYUSH, 603 BVSc & AH seats. The admission to AIIMS MBBS and JIPMER MBBS seats will be done on the basis of NEET-UG scores.
Know the NEET cutoff of top 10 NIRF ranking medical colleges by clicking on the link available.
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG)
Candidates who wish to pursue Doctor of Medicine (MD), Master of Surgery (MS) and PG Diploma courses in medical colleges and hospitals. The National Board of Examinations (NBE) will conduct NEET PG 2021 exam on September 11 in online mode.
Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET)
AIIMS Delhi conducts INI CET January and July session for admission to around 872 MD, MS, MDS, Doctorate of Medicine (DM) and Master of Chirurgiae (MCh) seats. INI CET 2022 January session will be conducted in the second week of November 2021.
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Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - NIRF Medical Ranking 2021 - Top Medical Colleges in India
Question: How many medical colleges participated in NIRF 2021 ranking?
Answer:
A total of 118 colleges participated in the NIRF ranking, which can be checked from the link available above.
Question: Which are the other best medical colleges?
Answer:
PGIMER Chandigarh, CMC Vellore, NIMHANS Bangalore, BHU Varanasi are some of the top medical institutes across the nation.
Question: How does the NIRF ranking for top medical colleges is done?
Answer:
Five parameters are taken into consideration while preparing the NIRF ranking 2021 for medical colleges.
Question: Which is the top ranked medical college as per NIRF medical ranking 2021?
Answer:
AIIMS, New Delhi has been ranked top medical college across the nation as per the ranking.