Amrita School of Medicine Kochi Ranking in India

Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi is covered by several national ranking bodies. The table below shows the most recent available rank from each agency. NIRF, published annually by the Ministry of Education, is the most widely referenced framework among medical aspirants and institutions.

The IIRF ranked pool for Medical colleges shrank from 113 institutions in 2024 to 57 in 2025, alongside the college’s movement from 14th to 2nd. In 2025, a rank of 2nd places the college in the top 4% of IIRF’s Medical pool, compared with 12th percentile in 2024, indicating genuine improvement in IIRF’s assessment even after accounting for the smaller pool. NIRF and The Week provide more stable year-on-year comparisons given their consistent ranked pools.

Amrita School of Medicine Kochi Collegedunia Ranking

Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi appears in Collegedunia’s annual Medical Colleges ranking. The 2026 list places it 435th nationally with a Collegedunia score of 256, and 14th among Kerala medical colleges. In 2025, the college held the 393rd national rank and 17th position in Kerala.

The college’s position within Kerala improved from 17th to 14th between 2025 and 2026 in the Collegedunia framework. The national rank moved from 393 to 435 across the same period, reflecting changes in the composition and size of the ranked pool rather than being directly comparable year-on-year.

Amrita School of Medicine Kochi NIRF Ranking

Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi is among India’s top-10 medical institutions in the NIRF. The framework evaluates institutions on five parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR, which measures student-faculty ratio, faculty qualifications, and financial resources), Research and Professional Practice (RPC), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PR).

Amrita School of Medicine Kochi NIRF Medical Ranking 2025

Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi ranked 9th in NIRF Medical 2025 with a score of 68.52. This places it between King George’s Medical University, Lucknow (8th, score 68.77) and Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (10th, score 68.05), within a 0.72-point score band at the top of the NIRF Medical list.

The college’s NIRF score peaked at 70.84 in 2023, when it held rank 6. The score has since declined to 68.52 in 2025, a drop of 2.32 points over two years. The 2022 parameter-level data shows Graduation Outcomes (85.71) and Outreach and Inclusivity (74.87) as the institution’s two strongest parameters, with Research and Professional Practice (49.16) as the lowest. NIRF has not yet released the parameter-level breakdown for 2025 and 2024; the 2025 score places the college 1.53 points below 6th-ranked Banaras Hindu University (70.05), indicating a clear gap to the 6th position.

Key Takeaways:

• Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi is the only Kerala medical institution to appear in the NIRF Medical top 10 in each year from 2022 to 2025.
• Its best NIRF score (70.84 in 2023) was 1.22 points above the 7th-ranked institution that year; the 2025 score (68.52) leaves a 0.47-point gap above 10th-ranked Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (68.05).

Amrita School of Medicine Kochi vs Kasturba Medical College vs King George’s Medical University

Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi is most frequently compared with Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, as all three have clustered in the 8th to 10th band of NIRF Medical rankings in 2025. The comparison below uses NIRF, which provides the most consistent multi-year data for all three.

All three institutions fall within a 0.72-point NIRF score range in 2025, making their relative positions subject to reversal in any given year. King George’s Medical University entered the NIRF top 10 for Medical only in 2025, while Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi and Kasturba Medical College, Manipal have been consistently ranked in the 6th to 10th band across 2022 to 2025. Amrita ranked above Kasturba in every year from 2022 to 2025 in NIRF Medical.