NIRF 2023: Top 20 Medical Colleges in India
NIRF 2023 is about the ranking allotted to various educational institutions for this year (2023) taking into account many factors. Medical educational institutions located across India were also ranked in the NIRF 2023 ratings. These educational institutions have won praise for their services.
They have managed to create a space for themselves in the field of higher learning. They are also known to follow high standards when it comes to teaching and learning.
The details about the top 20 medical colleges in India as per NIRF 2023 rankings is mentioned below for the sake of the students. They can also refer the same which is provided in the tabular format in between:
1. AIIMS, New Delhi – 1 Rank
The institution is popularly known as All India Institute of Medical Sciences and is considered a hub for medical education and quality medical service. This institute has won Position No 1 in NIRF 2023 ratings.
Students across the country aspire to become a part of this institution to study medicine.
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences was established in 1956 as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objects to develop patterns of teaching in Undergraduate and Post-graduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of medical education in India.
The institution brings together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity and to attain self-sufficiency in post-graduate medical education.
2. PGIMER, Chandigarh – 2 Rank
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh in Punjab is also among the popular medical educational institutions in India.
NIRF 2023 ranking has provided this with position No 2.
It is being consistently ranked as one of the top institutes in the country for its high quality work in the field of medical research and education.
It has educational, medical research, and training facilities for its students. It is the leading tertiary care hospital of the region and caters to patients from all over Punjab, J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.
PGIMER was conceived and planned in 1960 to provide a physical and intellectual milieu for young scientists working in multiple disciplines of medicine, to advance the frontiers of knowledge to render humane service to sick and suffering, and to train medical and paramedical manpower in Chandigarh. The institute was established in 1962.
3. CMC, Vellore – 3 Rank
CMC is located in Vellore in Tamil Nadu and is a known name for medical services and also education.
NIRF 2023 ratings have provided this college position No 3.
Needless to say, its excellent services to the field of teaching and medical service have earned this institution a position in the list of top medical colleges in India.
This Institute includes a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitals in and around Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
The institute, constituent college is affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University.
Founded in 1900 by an American missionary, Dr Ida S. Scudder, CMC Vellore has brought many significant achievements to India.
4. NIMHANS, Bangalore – 4 Rank
The talk about medical education in India will be incomplete if there is no mention of this institution which is located in the southern part of India.
This institution commenced its journey in 1925. Dr. M. Visweswaraiah, a distinguished psychiatrist and Diwan of Mysore, founded NIMHANS.
He founded the institution to meet the rising demand for specialized mental treatment. NIMHANS has grown into a leading mental health and neuroscience center, drawing students, researchers, and patients from across the world. NIRF 2023 ranking gave this institution position No 4.
5. JIPMER, Puducherry – 5 Rank
This well-known educational institution too has a great name when it comes to medical education. It has two campuses, one at Puducherry and the other at Karaikkal.
This institution is also among the top educational institutions in India. It has 200 MBBS seats.
While 150 of them are in Puducherry campus, the other 50 are in Karaikal campus.
JIPMER offers a variety of courses. Undergraduate courses include MBBS, BSc (Medical Laboratory Technology), BSc( Allied Medical Sciences- Cardiac Lab Technology/Dialysis/Neuro/OT), BMRSc (Bachelor of Medical Record Science).
BSc (Nursing) was started in 2006. Postgraduate courses include MD, MS, and diploma in many specialties, MSc in Nursing, Medical Biochemistry and Medical Physiology and PhD in several subjects.
Super-specialty courses include MCh in cardiothoracic surgery, urology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, paediatric surgery, gastro intestinal surgery and DM in Cardiology, Neurology, Nephrology, Neonatology, Clinical pharmacology and Immunology.
On January 2014 JIPMER started master’s in public health course. Emergency Medical Technician course MRO and MRT.
| Name of the institution | NIRF 2023 Rankings |
| AIIMS, New Delhi | 1 |
| PGIMER, Chandigarh | 2 |
| CMC, Vellore | 3 |
| NIMHANS, Bangalore | 4 |
| JIPMER, Puducherry | 5 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore | 6 |
| SGPIMS, Lucknow | 7 |
| BHU, Varnasi | 8 |
| Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 9 |
| Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram | 10 |
| Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai | 11 |
| King George’s Medical University, Lucknow | 12 |
| AIIMS, Jodhpur | 13 |
| Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi | 14 |
| Dr. D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune | 15 |
| Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar | 16 |
| AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Khordha | 17 |
| Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai | 18 |
| St. Johns Medical College, Bengaluru | 19 |
| SRMIST, Chennai | 20 |
6. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita Institute of Medical Science and Research, Kochi – 6 Rank
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) had a phenomenal growth in a short period of 22 years and today excellence has become our specialty in healthcare delivery, education and research.
The campus is situated over a space of 125 acres. Its services under the guidance of its able team have earned this institute a position among the popular medical colleges of India.
NIRF 2023 Ranking has provided it position No 6.
Also read – Top 20 Colleges in Chandigarh
With a very impressive model of care and its 670 strong faculty members drawn from the best institutes across the world, over 2500 students annually will be well prepared to succeed in any medical practice setting, from private practice, to academic medicine, to global outreach healthcare.
It offers MBBS, MD/MS courses along with Bachelor in Dental Sciences. The college also offers nursing at both graduate and postgraduate levels and also master’s in dental sciences.
7. SGPIMS, Lucknow – 7 Rank
The full name of this institution is Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) and is located in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
The foundation stone of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences was laid on 14 December 1980 by the then President of India Dr Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.
Objective behind establishing the institution was to not only provide high quality medical education, but also great medical care.
There was a great deal of expansion here. The College of Nursing was started in 2008 with the B.Sc. Nursing Course and in the year 2019 the M.Sc Nursing program has also commenced. NIRF 2023 ranking gave this institution position No 7.
8. BHU, Varnasi/IMS, BHU – 8 Rank
The Institute Of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU) is one of the six institutes of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India and comprises three faculties, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dental Sciences and Faculty of Ayurveda.
The Institute of Medical Sciences is the medical school of the university. Like other institutions forming BHU, it is residential and co-educational.
NIRF 2023 ranking has provided this institution with position No 8.
The Institute started functioning as College of Medical Sciences in 1960 with nine departments of Modern Medicine and eight departments of Ayurveda, under the leadership of K. N. Udupa, the Founder Director of the Institute.
The institute is affiliated to Banaras Hindu University and offers medical and paramedical courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
9. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal – 9 Rank
This college is located in Manipal in Karnataka and was established in 1953.
This was established by T.M.A. Pai on 30 June 1953 and was the first self-financing medical college in India.
Students from all corners of the country come here to study medicine. Even individuals from other countries too come here to study. MBBS is recognized worldwide, including by the General Medical Council, ECFMG, Australian Medical Council and Malaysian Medical Council among several others.
KMC was under the purview of the Mangalore University. In 1993, the government of India granted Deemed University status to Manipal University (formerly known as MAHE) which saw KMC coming under its wing.
KMC has exchange programs with Loma Linda University, United States, Operation Eyesight Universal, Canada, Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States and Maastricht University, Netherlands.
It is now one of the most respected institutions in India. NIRF 2023 Ranking gave this institution position No 10. The Institute has three wings – the Hospital, Biomedical Technology Wing and the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies.
The hospital wing has 253 beds and the biomedical technology wing is into medical device development. Excellent research and teaching facilities are available at these centres.
11. Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai – 11 Rank
NIRF 2023 ranking has provided this institution with position No 11. South India has no dearth of good institutions that have carved a space for themselves in the field of medical education.
This institution is also known as MMC is one of the oldest educational institutions in India.
This is the first name one will perhaps hear when it comes to well-known medical colleges in Chennai.
The first batch of students graduated in 1852 and were granted the Diploma of Graduate of the Madras Medical College.
In 1857, it gained affiliation to the University of Madras.
After the affiliation in 1857 the College moved to be a center of excellence imparting training in all the specialities in the field of medicine and surgery and it is now one of the premier institutions in the country with under graduate, post graduate and super specialty courses.
The Courses offered by the Madras Medical College are affiliated from 1988 to the The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
This College has nine affiliated institutions with hospitals, each one of them recognized for excellence in Health care services.
12. King George’s Medical University, Lucknow – 12 Rank
This institution is also popularly known as King George Medical College. NIRF 2023 ranking gave it position No 12.
The foundation stone was laid for this institution in 1906. The College was completed and the work of the first medical session was started in October 1911, though the ceremonial opening of the college building by His Honour Sir John Prescot Hewett did not occur until January 27, 1912.
Since 1922, the College and Hospital has expanded in several directions. A comprehensive museum of microscopic and macroscopic.
Pathology has been created, an X-Ray and Electro-therapeutic Section for Hospital out-patients were opened in 1928. The Dental Faculty of the college was born as a separate section of the Department of Surgery in 1949 with 10 admissions to the B.D.S. course.
It was converted into a separate Department in 1950, had a new building in 1952, started post-graduate training courses in 1964, had another new building and attained the status of a separate Faculty in 1980.
It has contributed immensely in the education and training of thousands of graduate and post-graduates who have brought glory and laurels to their Alma mater through academic and professional excellence.
13. AIIMS, Jodhpur – 13 Rank
This is one of six new AIIMS that was established Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Government of India with a motive achieving two objectives.
The first was to provide high quality medical care to the people. The other was to make available high quality medical education in both graduation and post graduation.
The focus is also on generating skilled human resources for the field of allied healthcare through education in the required field. NIRF 2023 ranking provided this institution position No 13.
14. Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi – 14 Rank
NIRF 2023 ranking gave this organisation position No 14. This is also popularly known as VMMC.
VMMC was established at Safdarjung Hospital by the Government of India in November 2001. Its inauguration was done by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 17 December, 2001.
The College building was dedicated to the Nation by the Vice President M.Hamid Ansari on 20 November 2007 in the presence of the then Health Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss.
The first batch of MBBS students was admitted in February, 2002. Post-graduate courses (MD/MS) in clinical subjects were running at Safdarjung Hospital even before the establishment of VMMC.
The (MD/MS) course in Pre and Para clinical subjects were started in year 2011. Over the period of time, the numbers of MD/MS seats have been increased. The College also is running super specialization.
VMMC is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in New Delhi. Over a decade the VMMC College has established itself as a prominent medical institution in India.
Great achievements are recorded with the progress of time. This stands no exception for this institution. Initially, the Institute commenced with 100 seats for the MBBS course which was the annual intake.
Within a short span of time, the intake capacity of students for the MBBS Course increased from 100 to 150 students and from 150 to 250.
It is not only graduation in medicine, students can also study post-graduation and super speciality courses also. Currently, this institution is considered to be one of the highly admired institutions.
16. Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar – 16 Rank
This institution is a part of Siksha O Anushandhan which is located in Bhubaneswar and is one of the most highly admired educational institutions in India.
It has academic programmes related to the field of medicine also which are offered by the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital.
Graduate, postgraduate and super speciality courses in the field of medicine are offered here. NIRF 2023 ranking has provided this institution with position No 16 Rank.
17. AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Khordha – 17 Rank
The foundation stone was laid on 15 July 2003 by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It aspires to establish itself as a centre of excellence in medical education, training, health care and research imbued with scientific culture, compassion for the sick and commitment to serve the underserved.
It provides for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the science of modern medicine and other allied sciences, including physical and biological sciences.
The organisation also provides a good scope for research in various branches of science. NIRF 2023 ranking has provided this institution with position No 17.
18. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai – 18 Rank
This is also among the finest institutions in Chennai that can be considered to purse medicine course at graduation level.
That is not all, this is a good place even to pursue medicine at post graduation level. MS in Anatomy, MD in Physiology, and MD in Community Medicine are among the courses at postgraduate level that are offered here.
This is also an abode for undertaking supers speciality study in medical realms. DM in Cardiology, DM in Nephrology, and DM in Neurology are among the super specialty courses.
These are not the only among courses offered at the super specialty level, there are much more.
After students become a part of this institution, they carry out academic work in a very ideal atmosphere and students are well taught by highly qualified faculty.
So this too is among the top medical colleges in India. NIRF 2023 ranking gave this institution position No 18.
19. St. Johns Medical College, Bengaluru – 19 Rank
NIRF 2023 ranking has given this institution position No 19. From its inception SJMC has been a truly National Medical College drawing faculty and students from all across the country. During the formative years, the college benefitted immensely from the efforts of early pioneers with illustrious professional careers who gave up jobs in established medical institutions to join a fledgling medical college.
Their voices still echo in the corridors, laboratories and lecture halls of the college. The institution is an apex body of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) which is the largest non-governmental contributor to health care in India.
The corner stone of the Medical College was blessed by Pope Paul VI in Bombay during the Eucharist Congress in 1964 and was laid at the project site on 27 July 1965 by V.V. Giri, the Governor of Karnataka and later the President of India.
This institution has been regularly featuring among the top ranking institutions. The college offers graduate (MBBS), postgraduate (MD/MS), super-speciality (DM/MCh) and various Diploma courses- all of which are recognized by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The medical education unit of SRMIST is known as SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (SRM MCHRC). It is situated on NH 45 (GST Road) at Potheri between Tambaram and Chengalpattu on a sprawling 33.61-acre campus.
NIRF 2023 ranking has given this institution position No 20. SRM MCHRC offers a plethora of opportunities to climb the career ladder as well as to change this world healthier by providing sophisticated treatment.
The hospital bed strength started originally from 300 and subsequently increased to 500 and presently it is said to have over 1210 beds. This is also one of the top medical colleges.
Conclusion (NIRF 2023 Rankings: Top 20 Medical colleges in India)
These top 20 medical colleges in India as per NIRF 2023 rankings are considered to be highly worthy. Their fame has even spread to the foreign shores. Gaining admission into these top 20 medical colleges in India as per NIRF 2023 rankings is not easy.
Candidates aspiring to join these top institutions as per NIRF 2023 rankings must have the required eligibility conditions. They have to appear for national level exams like NEET UG (under graduation), NEET PG (post graduation), NEET SS (super specialty) for admissions.
The tests have to be passed with required qualifying marks to be eligible of the next process which involves counselling. Getting a seat in these top institutions as per NIRF 2023 Rankings is considered to be a matter of great pride.
NIRF 2023 rankings are providing after reviewing various aspects related to educational institutions. Students who wish to know more about NIRF 2023 rankings can visit the official website meant for that.
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