Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal has placement figures in its institution-submitted NIRF Medical 2025 data. That table reports three graduation cohorts for the five-year UG group and three for the three-year PG group. It gives the number graduating in minimum stipulated time, placed students, annual median salary of placed graduates in rupees and students selected for higher studies. These are NIRF reporting groups for KMC Manipal, not placement guarantees or outcome figures for one named course, specialty or student.
What the NIRF report measures
The source is KMC Manipal’s submission for India Rankings 2025. Its header identifies Kasturba Medical College, Manipal with institute code IR-D-C-7242 and category Medical. Page 1 contains the UG five-year group and the first two PG three-year rows; page 2 continues the PG table with the 2023-24 cohort. The institution’s NIRF 2025 ranking report lists KMC Manipal and KMC Mangalore as distinct entries. This page follows the Manipal submission and excludes Mangalore and Manipal Tata Medical College.
The report labels the salary column “Median salary of placed graduates per annum (Amount in Rs.).” The figures below retain the graduation cohort and source group. Lakhs-per-year values in parentheses are only a reader-friendly conversion of the reported rupee amount.
UG [5 Years Program(s)] cohorts
PG [3 Years Program(s)] cohorts
These are historical cohorts in the NIRF 2025 submission. The report does not identify the figures as MBBS-only outcomes, a particular MD/MS speciality, or a placement result for every programme at KMC. In particular, the three-year PG group should not be presented as a course-level MD or MS salary table without further course-specific evidence. The report also does not describe employer names, job roles, locations, stipend or residency pay, so none is inferred from these median salary values.
How to read the counts
“Graduated in minimum stipulated time” and “students placed” are separate reported columns. The first is not a total count of every graduate, and the placement report does not provide a separate denominator that would justify a placement percentage. The table therefore leaves rates uncalculated. The “selected for higher studies” figure is another independent count; do not subtract it from graduates to estimate placed students. Read each row from its cohort label across the same source table.
The median describes the middle reported salary among placed graduates in that NIRF group. It is more informative than a single highest salary for understanding a typical reported outcome, but it still does not predict what an individual student will earn. The source does not give salary distributions, specialty-level splits or job-level details. Differences between UG and PG medians should not be read as a like-for-like programme comparison: the course duration, training path and reported cohorts differ.
What this can tell a prospective student
For an applicant comparing medical colleges, these figures offer a dated institutional outcome reference and show that the NIRF file reports both placement and higher-study counts. They do not measure the quality of clinical training, internship supervision, patient exposure, postgraduate entrance preparation or specialty match. Those questions need course-specific and clinical evidence. Ask KMC for the latest MBBS or PG programme placement definition, how many students are included in its denominator, which roles are counted, whether the salary is fixed pay or total compensation, and whether a reported outcome refers to the campus and graduating cohort you are considering.
If you are choosing an MBBS seat, do not treat the UG five-year NIRF group as an MBBS-only placement table. If you are considering MD/MS or another postgraduate route, do not assume the PG three-year row maps to a particular speciality. Confirm the exact programme and cohort with the institute before relying on an outcome. The NIRF report is an institution-submitted snapshot; a later NIRF edition or direct KMC cohort report may provide newer or more detailed information.
Limits and next steps
The latest verified figures in this page are the NIRF 2025 submission’s 2020-21 through 2023-24 graduating cohorts. They are not 2027-28 outcomes. KMC’s NIRF 2025 list entry ranks Manipal and Mangalore separately, so figures from the Mangalore campus must not be combined with this Manipal report. No current-cycle salary, future placement rate, specialty-level result or student-level promise is established here.
For a useful comparison, match the same medical training group, graduating year and outcome definition across institutions. Keep annual median salary separate from stipend, internship remuneration and total package; those measures are not interchangeable. When KMC publishes a newer campus- and programme-specific report, retain the older cohorts as historical context and add the new report with its own reporting period and denominator instead of overwriting these rows.
Does this show an MBBS placement salary?
No. It reports the NIRF UG [5 Years Program(s)] group for the named institution, not a separate MBBS-only result.
Is the PG median specific to one MD/MS specialty?
No. The file labels an aggregate PG [3 Years Program(s)] group. It does not break these figures down by specialty.
Are the figures current for 2027-28?
No. NIRF 2025 reports graduating cohorts through 2023-24. Use them as dated historical evidence and check for a later official report before comparing current offers or outcomes.