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NEET UG 2024: A total of four medical colleges from Uttar Pradesh have been ranked in the Education Ministry’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023. UP has one of the highest number of medical colleges in a state at the NIRF 2023 rankings.
Lucknow’s Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences is the top medical college in the state and was ranked in the seventh position at the NIRF 2023. While Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi and King George’s Medical University at Lucknow have been placed in the 8th and 12th ranks in the NIRF 2023, Aligarh Muslim University is placed at 28th rank.
Banaras Hindu University was ranked at the 5th position in the list of medical colleges in the state in NIRF 2022. Although the rank of King George’s Medical University has dropped from 11th position in 2022 to 12th in NIRF 2023 medical college rankings, the NIRF scores have seen improvement, as it scored 61.68 in the NIRF 2022 rankings and in NIRF 2023, it managed to score 63.93.
The Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences continues to be in the seventh position in NIRF 2023 medicine rankings.
Aligarh Muslim University’s rank has also dropped from 22nd in NIRF 2022 to 28th in NIRF 2023 medical college rankings.
| Name of the MBBS medical college | NIRF 2022 Medical Ranks (Scores) | NIRF 2023 Medical Ranks (Scores) |
| Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences | 7 (67.18) | 7 (69.62) |
| Banaras Hindu University | 5 (68.12) | 8 (68.75) |
| King George’s Medical University | 11 (61.68) | 12 (63.93) |
| Aligarh Muslim University | 12 (56.19) | 28 (56.92) |
Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University have also been ranked in the list of top universities in Dental studies in Uttar Pradesh among the list of top dental colleges in NIRF 2023. Three universities have been placed in the NIRF 2023 in dental — these are BHU, AMU and Saraswati Dental College and Hospital.
While BHU and AMU are ranked in the 18th and 31st in the NIRF 2023 rankings, the Saraswati Dental College and Hospital has been placed in the 40th rank in NIRF 2023. The King George’s Medical University also made it to the list of NIRF 2022 rankings Dental category by ranking at the fifth position. However, it was removed from the list of top dental institutes in 2023.
