NIRF Rankings 2020 – Top Medical Colleges in India: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has released the NIRF Medical College Rankings 2020 on June 11. AIIMS, New Delhi as expected topped the rankings by a wide margin. The 2nd and 3rd spots went to PGIMER Chandigarh and CMC Vellore. NIMHANS who participated in the rankings for the first time took the 4th spot. SGPGI Lucknow came in fifth. Interestingly, apart from AIIMS New Delhi, no other AIIMS institute found a place inside the top 40 list published by the NIRF.
The NIRF Rankings of top medical colleges 2020 has been prepared by taking into account five parameters: Teaching and Learning Resources, Research and Professional Practice, Graduation Outcome, Outreach and Inclusivity and Perception.
NIRF Rankings 2020 – Top 40 Medical Colleges
| College Name | NIRF Rank 2020 | NIRF Score 2020 | NIRF Rank 2019 |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi | 1 | 90.69 | 1 |
| Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh | 2 | 80.06 | 2 |
| Christian Medical College, Vellore | 3 | 73.56 | 3 |
| National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences Bangalore | 4 | 71.35 | – |
| Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow | 5 | 70.21 | 4 |
| Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 6 | 64.72 | 6 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore | 7 | 64.39 | 5 |
| Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Puducherry | 8 | 63.17 | 8 |
| Kasturba Medical College, Manipal | 9 | 62.84 | 7 |
| King George’s Medical University, Lucknow | 10 | 62.2 | 10 |
| Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi | 11 | 61.58 | 9 |
| Madras Medical College, Chennai | 12 | 58.84 | – |
| Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai | 13 | 57.9 | 11 |
| St Johns Medical College, Bangalore | 14 | 57.83 | 12 |
| Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh | 15 | 56.22 | 13 |
| Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi | 16 | 56.12 | 19 |
| Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi | 17 | 55.31 | 14 |
| Christian Medical College, Ludhiana | 18 | 55.01 | 18 |
| University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi | 19 | 55 | 23 |
| JSS Medical College, Mysore | 20 | 54.32 | 17 |
| Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore | 21 | 53.83 | 16 |
| Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi | 22 | 52.87 | 15 |
| Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar | 23 | 52.72 | 21 |
| Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune | 24 | 52.05 | 20 |
| Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh | 25 | 52.01 | – |
| Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana | 26 | 51.74 | 24 |
| Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur | 27 | 50.44 | – |
| PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Peelamedu | 27 | 50.44 | – |
| Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha | 29 | 50.21 | – |
| MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore | 30 | 50.02 | 27 |
| SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 31 | 49.06 | 22 |
| Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar | 32 | 48.18 | 30 |
| Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Ambala | 33 | 48.13 | – |
| Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai | 34 | 46.49 | 25 |
| Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar | 35 | 46.47 | 26 |
| KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore | 36 | 46.31 | – |
| Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad | 37 | 46 | – |
| Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati | 38 | 45.93 | 29 |
| Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphelpat | 38 | 45.93 | 28 |
| Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry | 40 | 45.62 | – |
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NIRF Medical College Rankings 2020 – Key highlights
- AIIMS New Delhi is head and shoulders over other medical colleges: The institute remains unchallenged at the top, and maintains a good 10 points lead over second placed PGIMER, Chandigarh.
- Top three: AIIMS New Delhi and PGIMER, Chandigarh are joined at the top by Christian Medical College, Vellore which came in third.
- NIMHANS takes 4th place after participating in NIRF Ranking for first time: Though one of the best medical colleges in the land and probably the best in the field of mental health and neurosciences, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) didn’t participate in previous editions of the NIRF Rankings.
- Apart from AIIMS New Delhi, no other AIIMS college in top 40: While there are more than a dozen AIIMS institutes that have come up in the model of AIIMS New Delhi, none has so far managed to replicate the success of its predecessor.
- States with maximum colleges inside top 40: Tamil Nadu – 8, Karnataka – 7, New Delhi – 6, Uttar Pradesh – 4,
- Top medical college in the North East (NE): Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Manipur which came in at 38 rank is the top medical college in the region.
NIRF Medical Ranking 2020 – Parameters
| S. No | Parameters | Marks |
| 1 | Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) Ranking weight: 0.30 |
100 |
| Student Strength including Doctoral Students(SS): 20 marksFaculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR): 30 marksCombined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE): 20 marksFinancial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU): 30 marks | ||
| 2 | Research and Professional Practice (RP) Ranking weight: 0.30 |
100 |
| Combined metric for Publications (PU): 70 marksCombined metric for Quality of Publications (QP): 30 marks | ||
| 3 | Graduation Outcomes (GO) Ranking weight: 0.20 |
100 |
| Combined metric for Placement and Higher Studies (GPH): 40 marksMetric for University Examinations (GUE): 40 marksMedian Salary (GMS): 20 marks | ||
| 4 | Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) Ranking weight: 0.10 |
100 |
| Percentage of Students from other States/Countries (Region Diversity RD): 30 marksPercentage of Women (Women Diversity WD): 30 marksEconomically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS): 20 marksFacilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS): 20 marks | ||
| 5 | Perception (PR) Ranking weight: 0.10 |
100 |
| A. Peer Perception: Employers & Academic Peer (PR): 100 marks |
NIRF 2020 ranking parameters and weightage
| S.No | Parameter | Marks | Weightage |
| 1 | Teaching, Learning & Resources | 100 | 0.30 |
| 2 | Research and Professional Practice | 100 | 0.30 |
| 3 | Graduation Outcomes | 100 | 0.20 |
| 4 | Outreach and Inclusivity | 100 | 0.1 |
| 5 | Perception | 100 | 0.1 |
