NIRF 2020: Historic Madras Medical College enters list of top medical Institutes with a bang, ranked #12

The Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital entered the list of top medical institutions in the country in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2020. The 185-year-old college made its place to the 12th position on the list displacing Bengaluru's St John's Medical College (current rank 14). The prestigious college did not find a place in last year's rankings.

The Madras Medical College, established on February 2, 1835, is the third oldest medical college in India, established after Ecole de Médicine de Pondichéry and Medical College Kolkata and is one of the foremost centres of post-graduate medical education in the country with 425 seats. Since 1857, the college has been affiliated to the University of Madras and all degrees of Health Sciences were awarded by the same until 1988 when the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University Act, 1987 received the assent of the president of India. This affiliating university started functioning from July 1988 and is governed by the said Act. The college was declared as an independent university — the Madras Medical College and Research Institute (MMC & RI). Later the status as an independent university was withdrawn shortly afterwards and the college was affiliated back to the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, dropping the suffix: "Research Institute" in 2000.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi kept its first position along with the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (second), Christian Medical College (third). This is the first NIRF ranking that was announced under the leadership of HRD Minister Pokhriyal. The number of Indian institutes which registered for the NIRF ranking this year has increased from 20 per cent as compared to last year.

This year for the first time dental institutes will also be ranked. Earlier, Institutes were ranked in multiple categories including – best overall institute, best university, top engineering institute, top college, best management institute, top pharmacy college, best law school, best architecture college, and top medical college. The education institutes and universities all over India are ranked across several parameters including teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcome outreach and inclusivity, and perception

Here's the full list of Medical Colleges in the NIRF Rankings 2020: