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NIRF 2026 medical rankings will be released soon. The NIRF 2026 medical rankings will be released by Ministry of Education. The top medical college in India as per NIRF ranking will continue to be AIIMS Delhi, which has been maintaining its top position for the past ten 10 years.

NIRF 2026 medical rankings will be released soon. The top medical college in India as per NIRF ranking 2026 may continue to be AIIMS Delhi, which has been maintaining its topmost position for the past ten 10 years. Check NIRF ranking for medical colleges for year 2026 and list of top colleges in comparison with previous year on this page.

NIRF Ranking 2026: Top Medical Colleges in India

NIRF Ranking 2026: Top Medical Colleges in India

The Ministry of Education, Government of India, will soon release the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ranking 2026. The NIRF 2026 rankings will be displayed for all streams of colleges- Medical, Dental, Engineering, Law and others on the official website – nirfindia.org. The NIRF 2026 medical rankings will be displayed for colleges accepting admissions for MBBS and BDS courses such as AIIMS, PGIMER Chandigarh, CMC Vellore, JIPMER Puducherry, SGPIMS Lucknow and others.

In the NIRF Ranking 2026 medical colleges list, AIIMS Delhi may continue to top the charts this year as well.  NIRF ranking of dental and medical colleges will highlight leading institutions with details such as college name, rank, score, city, state, and other information. Once released, we will share the latest rankings of medical and dental colleges to help aspirants choose the colleges or institutes wisely. Medical aspirants preparing to appear in NEET exam and want to take admission to top medical institutes must check the NIRF ranking of medical colleges list.

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  • NIRF 2026 Medical Ranking: Top Medical Colleges in India
  • NIRF Ranking of Medical Colleges: Previous 3 Years
  • What is NIRF Ranking 2026?

NIRF 2026 Medical Ranking: Top Medical Colleges in India

The NIRF ranking 2026 MBBS colleges list will be released soon. The NIRF medical ranking 2026 of these top MBBS colleges will be shared soon after the release:

Medical College Name

Courses Offered

AIIMS Delhi

UG programs like BSc, B.Optom, and MBBS

PG programmes such as MSc, MD, MS, and PhD

PGIMER

BS\.Sc, M.Sc, MD, MS, DM, MPH, MHA, Ph.D., M.Ch. and MDS

Christian Medical College

UG, PG, diploma, and various other courses

JIPMER

Offers 150 UG courses, 200 PG courses, and 36 PhD courses

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences

MD, DM, and MCh admissions

Banaras Hindu University

Medicine, Ayurveda & Dental Sciences

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS)

Psychiatry, Neurochemistry, Speech Pathology, Audiology, Neurology, Biophysics, Nursing, Human Genetics, Epidemiology, Mental Health Education, and others

King George`s Medical University

MBBS, BSc, BDS, MD, MS, and various other courses 

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Offers more than 200 courses

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

UG, PG, and postdoctoral programmes

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences

Offers 106 courses

Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth

Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Optometry, Biotechnology, Management, Ayurveda and Homeopathy

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh

Mental Health and Palliative Care Training with certificate courses in Palliative Care

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar

UG, PG, and various other courses

Shiksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar

MBBS, BDS and BSc Nursing programmes

Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital

UG, PG, PG diploma, and PG super-specialty courses

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology

DM, Ph.D., PG Diploma, MPH, M.Ch., MD

S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology

MBBS, MD/MS and DM/MCh courses

All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur

UG, PG and PhD level courses

Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, Maharashtra

PhD, UG, PG, and other courses

NIRF Ranking of Medical Colleges: Previous 3 Years

Check the NIRF Rankings for top medical colleges in previous three years below: 

Institute Name

2025 Rank

2024 Rank

2023 Rank

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi

1

1

1

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)

2

2

2

Christian Medical College

3

3

3

JIPMER-Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research

4

5

5

SGPIMS Lucknow 

5

6

7

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The NIRF is a ranking framework that evaluates and ranks institutions based on several parameters, such as teaching, learning methods, research, academic performance, facilities, and overall outcomes. The framework has been approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. 

NIRF usually ranks around 50 Medical Colleges across India. On the other hand, separate rankings are released for Dental and Pharmacy courses. 

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