KGMU’s published placement evidence is useful for comparing reported cohorts, but it does not establish a current placement rate for MBBS or any named specialty. Its NIRF 2025 medical submission reports outcomes for three UG [5 Years] cohorts and three PG [3 Years] cohorts, spanning 2020–21 to 2023–24. KGMU’s Placement Cell separately describes support across clinical, academic and research opportunities. Read the figures as institution-submitted historical data, not a salary promise for a 2027–28 applicant. NIRF 2025 KGMU Medical submission · KGMU Placement Cell
What the NIRF 2025 submission reports
The table below keeps the programme-duration labels and reporting years used in KGMU’s submission. The placement share is a simple calculation of placed graduates divided by graduates in that row, rounded to one decimal place. It is not an additional figure published by KGMU or a placement rate for a specific degree.
Higher-studies counts are reproduced separately as the report lists them; the table does not establish whether these counts overlap with placement counts.
The NIRF document identifies the institution as King George’s Medical University, Lucknow (IR-D-U-0523) and labels these rows by duration, not by MBBS course or PG specialty. The row denominators are the graduates reported for each group; the submission excerpt does not provide a separate eligible-for-placement or actively-seeking denominator. The calculation therefore describes the share of the listed graduates recorded as placed. It should not be recast as the percentage of all students, all eligible candidates or every student in a named programme. NIRF 2025 KGMU Medical submission
The trend is not one-dimensional
Within the three UG [5 Years] rows, the reported median moved from ₹8.5L to ₹12L and then remained at ₹12L. Over those same rows, the calculated placed share moved from 88.8% to 86.6% and then 73.6%. The placed count fell from 222 to 184 even though the graduate count was 250 in both the first and third rows. That is a reason to ask which programmes and outcomes sit inside the duration-wide group; it is not evidence of why the change occurred.
The PG [3 Years] median rose from ₹13L to ₹16L across the reported three-year span. At the same time, the calculated placed share eased from 94.7% to 91.5%, while the number placed rose from 197 to 247 as the graduate count increased from 208 to 270. A higher median and a lower share can coexist because they measure different things: the median describes salary among reported placements, while the share compares placed graduates with the row’s graduate count. Neither series alone describes the distribution of salaries, the number of offers per student, or outcomes for a particular specialty. NIRF 2025 KGMU Medical submission
Do not compare the UG and PG median figures as if they covered identical courses or candidate groups. The report’s five-year UG and three-year PG labels are the evidence scope. It does not identify the six rows as MBBS, MD, MS, MDS, DM or MCh outcomes, and it does not establish that stipend or residency income is included. The reported values cannot be used as a course-specific salary forecast.
What the Placement Cell says it supports
KGMU states that its Placement Cell was formed on 20 June 2022. The university describes its remit as connecting students with clinical, academic and research opportunities and supporting placements, internships, training and career guidance. Its page links an Annual Outcome Report image, but the captured page text does not expose a machine-readable programme-by-programme outcome table. The cell’s stated remit is useful context about available support; it does not add a current denominator or guarantee a placement. KGMU Placement Cell
The university-level page and the NIRF submission answer different questions. The cell page describes services. The NIRF table gives historical aggregate counts and medians for duration groups. Neither source provides a current course-level list of recruiters, roles, offers, eligible candidates or specialty-level salary distributions. Those details should remain unknown unless KGMU publishes a matching report.
Questions to ask before relying on a figure
If you are comparing programmes, request the latest report for the exact course and cohort rather than assuming that a duration-wide row represents it. Ask whether the denominator is graduates, eligible students or students who sought placement; whether “placed” means people or offers; and which roles and employers are included. For clinical training, ask separately about the academic programme, internship or residency arrangements and any stipend, because this NIRF table does not establish those terms.
For a salary comparison, check the reporting year, cohort, programme, median definition and whether the amount is annual. Do not substitute a highest package for a median or combine offers with individual salaries. KGMU’s published rows give medians but do not show a highest-package figure in the captured table. The figures are several reporting years old relative to a 2027–28 applicant, so use them as historical context and verify any newer course-specific outcome document with the university before making a decision.
A practical reading is therefore narrow: KGMU has reported placements in both duration groups, and its submitted medians rose across the PG rows while the reported UG placement share declined across the three listed cohorts. The sources do not show what caused those patterns or how they translate to a particular course today. Compare these historical indicators alongside the course’s curriculum, clinical exposure and current official placement information, rather than treating them as a guaranteed outcome.