AFMC Ranking in India

Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune holds a consistent national position across multiple Indian ranking agencies in the Medical and allied health sciences categories. The table below consolidates AFMC’s ranks across Collegedunia, NIRF, India Today, The Week, Outlook, and IIRF for all available years.

*NP = Did not participate in NIRF 2025.

AFMC’s top-5 positions in India Today and The Week contrast with its 30th rank in NIRF Medical (2024). Different agencies apply distinct methodological frameworks: NIRF’s five-parameter model includes Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR) as standalone categories alongside Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RPC), and Graduation Outcomes (GO), while India Today and The Week distribute weights differently across academic and infrastructure parameters. IIRF shows AFMC at 39th in 2025 versus 63rd in 2024, though the pool size also contracted from 113 to 70 colleges across the same period.

AFMC Collegedunia Ranking

Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune appears in three Collegedunia 2026 ranking streams: Medical, Nursing, and Dental. Collegedunia’s composite scoring draws on placement outcomes, faculty metrics, infrastructure quality, and institutional recognition, with separate pools and weighting structures for each category.

AFMC’s Nursing rank (46th) is its highest position across the three Collegedunia 2026 categories. The Medical category returns the highest composite score (943.0), reflecting the larger and more competitive pool in that stream. The Dental score of 39.07 is substantially lower than the Medical and Nursing scores; scores across different Collegedunia streams are not directly comparable since each uses a separate pool and category-specific weighting structure.

AFMC NIRF Ranking

Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune participates in NIRF under the Medical category. NIRF evaluates medical colleges on five parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RPC), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PR).

AFMC NIRF Medical Ranking

NIRF ranked AFMC 30th in the Medical category in 2024 with a composite score of 57.68. This is the most recent NIRF rank available for AFMC; the college did not participate in NIRF 2025.

With only one data point available (NIRF 2024), a multi-year trend for AFMC’s NIRF Medical rank cannot be established. AFMC’s 30th rank places it outside the top 25 institutions in NIRF Medical 2024. NIRF 2023 data for AFMC is not available in the current dataset.

AFMC Other Indian Rankings

Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune is assessed annually by India Today-MDRA, The Week-Hansa Research, Outlook-ICARE, and the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF). Each body applies its own survey methodology and weighs institutional parameters differently, which accounts for the variation in AFMC’s ranks across agencies.

Key Takeaways:

• India Today has ranked AFMC 4th in Medical for three consecutive years (2023, 2024, 2025), with a score that has risen steadily from 1703.6 to 1738.6; both the rank and score trend are the most stable across all tracked agencies.
• IIRF’s pool contracted from 113 colleges in 2024 to 70 in 2025; AFMC’s proportional position within the pool (approximately 56th percentile in both years) remained stable even as the absolute rank moved from 63rd to 39th.

AFMC India Today Ranking

India Today-MDRA ranks AFMC 4th in the Medical category for 2025, with a score of 1738.6. India Today evaluates colleges on parameters including academic output, faculty quality, infrastructure, and peer perception.

AFMC’s India Today score increased from 1703.6 in 2023 to 1738.6 in 2025, a gain of 35 points across two ranking cycles. The rank held at 4th throughout, indicating a stable relative position within India Today’s Medical category over the three years covered.

AFMC The Week Ranking

The Week-Hansa Research ranks AFMC 5th in the Medical category for 2025, with a score of 555.0, matching its 2024 position of 5th with a score of 715.0.

The Week’s raw score for AFMC moved from 715.0 in 2024 to 555.0 in 2025, while the rank held at 5th. Raw score comparisons across different ranking cycles are not directly comparable due to potential methodology or pool revisions; the rank is the more stable metric for year-on-year comparison.

AFMC IIRF Ranking

The Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) placed AFMC 39th among medical colleges in India for 2025, compared to 63rd in 2024. IIRF evaluates institutions on parameters covering academic excellence, faculty competency, research output, and graduate outcomes.

AFMC’s absolute rank improved from 63rd to 39th between 2024 and 2025. The IIRF pool contracted from 113 to 70 colleges over the same period. On a proportional basis, AFMC’s position within the ranked pool was approximately 56th percentile in both years (63/113 in 2024 and 39/70 in 2025), indicating the absolute rank change is largely a consequence of the smaller pool rather than a shift in relative performance.

AFMC Outlook Ranking

Outlook-ICARE ranks AFMC 11th among Government Medical Institutes in India for 2025, with a score of 898.8. Outlook’s Government Medical Institutes sub-category covers publicly funded medical colleges and is distinct from its combined medical college ranking list.

Only 2025 data is currently available for AFMC in the Outlook Government Medical Institutes category, so multi-year comparison is not possible. AFMC’s 11th rank is within the publicly funded peer group only; its standing relative to all medical colleges, including private institutions, differs across agencies as shown in the combined table above.