AIIMS Delhi placement data: latest reported cohort
AIIMS Delhi’s public outcome table is best read as medical education and employment data together. The latest source reviewed for this page is the institute’s submission to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Medical 2026 exercise. Its “Placement & Higher Studies” table reports graduates completing within minimum stipulated time, those placed, those selected for higher studies and the median salary of placed graduates. It does not name the programme, employer or job title for every row.
These are aggregate duration bands from the NIRF submission, not a recruiter-wise placement list. The report’s UG [5 Years Program(s)] label should not automatically be relabelled “MBBS”: the submitted table does not give a course-name crosswalk, and duration alone does not establish that equivalence. Likewise, a PG duration band is not a named degree or specialty. Use these figures as the exact institutional reporting categories.
The undergraduate row records zero placed graduates and all 103 in the higher-studies column. That is not evidence that graduates were unemployed, nor does the row identify which higher qualification they entered. NIRF prints a zero in the salary field, but with no placed graduates there is no observed placement salary to interpret as ₹0 compensation. The safest conclusion is only that the submitted table reports no placements for this group in that cohort and reports 103 selected for higher studies.
For the PG [2 Years Program(s)] cohort, the placement counts are legible, while the pay figure is not reliable enough to quote. ₹1,40,000 and ₹14,00,000 differ by a factor of ten; the PDF contains both values in one cell. This page preserves the reported cohort counts and flags the source conflict rather than selecting the more plausible-looking number. Do not use either amount for a salary comparison until AIIMS or NIRF publishes a corrected row.
For the PG [3 Years Program(s)] group, 395 of 432 graduates were reported placed, 37 were selected for higher studies and the reported median for placed graduates is ₹24 lakh per year. This is a median, not an average, highest package or offer guaranteed to a new entrant. The document does not identify which specialties make up this aggregate or describe role seniority, duty hours, location, allowances or whether each placement is an academic, clinical or other position.
How to compare the cohort rows
The same NIRF 2026 submission gives the previous 2023-24 cohorts for the PG bands. For PG [2 Years Program(s)], it records 130 graduates, 110 placed and 20 selected for higher studies, with a ₹13.5 lakh per-year median. For PG [3 Years Program(s)], it records 460 graduates, 420 placed and 40 selected for higher studies, with a ₹24 lakh per-year median. The latest and previous cohorts can be compared as reported counts, but they should not be turned into an unqualified “placement rate” or forecast. They are separate graduating groups, reported under the minimum-stipulated-time rule, and may contain different specialties and hiring conditions.
A useful comparison keeps four details together: the NIRF year of the submission, the graduating academic year, the exact duration band and the metric’s denominator. “NIRF 2026” identifies the submission exercise; it does not mean the graduating cohort completed in 2026. In the table above, the newest cohort is 2024-25. A salary median is calculated for placed graduates in that row, not for every student in the programme band. Counts for graduates, placed students and higher studies should therefore remain visible beside the salary value.
The report does not provide a recruiter list, average salary or highest salary in these placement rows. It also does not break out placements by specialty, employer, geography or job type. Lists of popular hospitals or salary estimates from individual websites cannot fill those gaps unless they are supported by a source that names the relevant AIIMS Delhi cohort and period. Treat unverified “package” claims cautiously, especially when they combine internship stipend, resident pay, post-residency employment and private-sector compensation into one figure.
For a student comparing medical colleges, this table is a narrow outcome measure, not a complete career forecast. It does not measure clinical training quality, entrance-exam competition, postgraduate seat availability, time to a specialty, later career progression or whether a graduate chose a job rather than further study. The safest comparison is between rows with the same NIRF programme band and same reporting year, while checking the source document for how its counts are defined.
Employment routes and official notices
Medical graduates may move through further study, supervised clinical training and recruitment into posts; those steps are different from a campus placement offer. AIIMS’s NIRF table records “placed” and “selected for Higher Studies” separately, but it does not explain the transition process for each student. This page therefore does not infer that all PG placements are direct campus recruitment or that a higher-studies count corresponds to one specific entrance examination.
For actual vacancies at AIIMS New Delhi, use the institute’s AIIMS Recruitment notices and open the individual advertisement. When checked on 1 November 2026, the page displayed new notices dated 22-30 October, including temporary or project-linked posts, with listed closing dates between 7 and 13 November. These are live job advertisements for their stated roles; they are not evidence that the NIRF graduating cohorts received those jobs. A page heading or notice category is not enough to establish eligibility, tenure, pay or whether a post is suitable for a new graduate. Read the linked notice for the exact qualification, registration, specialty, employment type, application method and closing date.
Academic admissions and employment advertisements are separate processes. A resident or academic-training opportunity may have an entrance, counselling or selection procedure, while a project or staff vacancy may use a direct application and interview. Follow the relevant AIIMS academic/examination notice for training or course entry and the recruitment advertisement for employment. Do not assume one route’s eligibility or salary applies to another.
Before relying on an outcome figure, ask: Does it describe AIIMS New Delhi rather than another AIIMS campus? Is it a student cohort, a resident post or a current vacancy? Which academic year and programme-duration group does it cover? Is the amount a stipend, a monthly pay scale or a yearly median for placed graduates? These checks prevent unlike forms of medical work from being presented as one “package.”
Practical reading guide and data limits
Use the 2024-25 figures as the latest cohort data in the reviewed NIRF 2026 submission, not as a promise for a future graduating class. The source is an institute-submitted regulatory data form. Its row-level definitions and apparent typographical inconsistency matter: the PG2 median conflict should remain unresolved until the responsible publisher clarifies it, and the UG5 zero must not be presented as a salary paid to a graduate.
If you are making a decision now, use the NIRF numbers to understand what the institute reported for the specified cohorts, then check current academic and recruitment notices for the actual route you intend to pursue. For a job, read the vacancy notice and verify that its qualification and registration requirements match your profile before applying. For further study, check the current entrance and counselling authority rather than extrapolating from the “higher studies” count. The reviewed sources do not establish a named employer list or an individual salary outcome for every AIIMS Delhi course, so those should remain questions for a specific notice or a better-scoped report.
This distinction is especially important in medicine: a mandatory internship, a residency appointment, an academic seat and a post-training job are different stages, with different pay and eligibility rules. A single median cannot describe them all. The figures here are useful only when kept within the stated NIRF programme band, cohort, denominator and annual salary basis.