Every aspirant who is preparing for NEET UG has certain criteria before choosing a college. What are the parameters you have in mind while deciding where you want to earn the coveted MBBS degree? Read this article to know about top 10 medical colleges in India and how they fared in the various parameters set by the NIRF.
Every aspirant who is preparing for NEET UG has certain criteria before choosing a college. What are the parameters you have in mind while deciding where you want to earn the coveted MBBS degree? Read this article to know about top 10 medical colleges in India and how they fared in the various parameters set by the NIRF.
Medicine or MBBS is a coveted profession in India. The number of candidates appearing for NEET UG (the entrance exam for medical aspirants) increases year after year. In 2023, 20.24 lakh candidates appeared for the exam out of which 11. 8 were female candidates and 9.02 were male candidates. A look at numbers can give you an idea as to how big this field is for an Indian student and their family.
Which college you must select is stage 2 of this competition. And there is no end to discussions, research, and information gathering till the student has finally paid the fees and secured the seat at the college of their choice. Sometimes, there are midterm college switches too that happen, but that is a discussion for another day.
Let us today understand how the top medical colleges across India, where lakhs of students aspire to have ‘Dr’ as a prefix to their name fare when they are ranked by the NIRF.
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked 50 medical colleges in 2023. For this article, Careers360 has analysed top 10 medical colleges that offer the undergraduate programme. Colleges that provide only postgraduate programmes have not been considered. Thus colleges such as Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, which rank higher in the report are not included in the analysis.
Let’s now take a look at the numbers and how the top 10 medical colleges fared in the NIRF ranking
Out of 176 medical colleges participating only the top 50 were included in the ranking.
Top 10 Medical Colleges Offering UG Degree(NIRF Ranking)
College | Rank |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 1 |
Christian Medical College | 3 |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | 5 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 6 |
Banaras Hindu University | 8 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 9 |
Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital | 11 |
King George`s Medical University | 12 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur | 13 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital | 14 |
As per the NIRF 2023 report, 92.56 per cent of students across the top 10 medical colleges completed their MBBS programme within the minimum stipulated time of five years Among these, only two colleges achieved a 100 per cent graduation rate.
Percentage Of Students Who Graduated In 5 Years (2020-21)
College | % age Of Graduates |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | 100.00 |
Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital | 100.00 |
Christian Medical College | 99.00 |
Banaras Hindu University | 94.00 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital | 93.33 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 92.00 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 91.43 |
King George`s Medical University | 89.43 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 86.40 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur | 80.00 |
MBBS is a coveted degree and the first step for those who want to marvel in the medical field. As per the placement date of NIRF 2023, Christian Medical College and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham placed their entire batch. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi did not place a single student despite being ranked the highest among 10 colleges in the list.
Top Institute: Student placed (In %)
College | % age Of Placed |
Christian Medical College | 100.00 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 100.00 |
Siksha `O` Anusandhan | 96.67 |
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth | 95.22 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 88.89 |
King George`s Medical University | 78.91 |
Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital | 64.40 |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | 63.00 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur | 30.00 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar | 23.47 |
Banaras Hindu University | 15.96 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital | 10.71 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 0.00 |
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MBBS as a degree itself opens gates for numerous career opportunities in the medical field. However, some graduates prefer to go for a master's to earn specialisation. Like in the case of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, all the students opted for higher studies. Students who were not placed after five years of graduation go for higher studies.
Top 10 Institutes: Students Opting For Higher Studies In 2021 (In %)
College | % age Of Higher Education |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 100.00 |
Banaras Hindu University | 84.04 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur | 82.50 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 80.43 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital | 40.00 |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | 37.00 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 36.57 |
Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital | 35.60 |
King George`s Medical University | 28.43 |
Christian Medical College | 0.00 |
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As per NIRF 2023, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has the highest participation of female students across all five years. Being the premier institute of medical science Colleges like All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi should encourage more female student participation.
Top 10 Institutes: Highest participation Female Students (In %)
College | % age Female |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 64.85 |
Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital | 56.96 |
Christian Medical College | 53.62 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 52.88 |
King George`s Medical University | 38.87 |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | 37.70 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital | 30.49 |
Banaras Hindu University | 26.26 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 25.73 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur | 23.72 |
Three-fifths of the top 10 medical colleges did not accommodate even 10 per cent of students in its MBBS programme. This shows that the medical field is still not inclusive of students from economically weaker backgrounds.
Students From Economically Weaker Sections
College | %age Of EWS |
Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital | 45.04 |
Banaras Hindu University | 24.79 |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | 11.02 |
Christian Medical College | 10.72 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 5.56 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital | 5.56 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur | 4.38 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 3.28 |
King George`s Medical University | 2.26 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 0.00 |
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Eight out of the top 10 colleges offering MBBS degrees have encouraged at least 40 per cent of the student population from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Castes.
Students From Socially Challenged Background(In %)
College | %age Of Socially Challenged |
King George`s Medical University | 56.66 |
Christian Medical College | 56.11 |
Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital | 54.96 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur | 51.64 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 51.32 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital | 49.63 |
Banaras Hindu University | 46.22 |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | 45.99 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 31.88 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 0.64 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham had highest number of international students followed by premiere medical school All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.
Highest International Students (In %)
College | Foreign |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 8.56 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 5.70 |
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 3.92 |
Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital | 3.12 |
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research | 2.28 |
Banaras Hindu University | 1.68 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur | 0.36 |
Christian Medical College | 0.00 |
King George`s Medical University | 0.00 |
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital | 0.00 |
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