NIRF 2025 positions by category
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) lists King George’s Medical University, Lucknow at rank 8 in its 2025 Medical category. In the separate 2025 University category, KGMU is listed at rank 50. NIRF identifies the Medical entry as IR-D-U-0523 and the University entry as IR-O-U-0523. The matching KGMU name and Lucknow location distinguish the institute from other medical colleges and universities in the lists.
These positions answer different comparison questions. Use the Medical result when comparing institutions in NIRF’s Medical category. The University row is a broader university-category result. Do not average the two scores, combine the ranks, or describe rank 50 as KGMU’s medical position. The codes also matter when checking historic records, because KGMU appears under a different institute code in each category.
How NIRF’s Medical score is composed
The 2025 Medical table reports five parameter scores for KGMU: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR) 84.93; Research and Professional Practice (RPC) 51.27; Graduation Outcomes (GO) 90.30; Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) 60.53; and Perception 38.02. Its reported overall score is 68.77. The official 2025 Medical framework assigns these groups weights of 30%, 30%, 20%, 10% and 10%, respectively. The total therefore combines several dimensions; it is not a simple average of the five figures.
Within the displayed Medical components, GO is KGMU’s highest score and Perception its lowest. This describes the shape of NIRF’s published score, not why a score took that value. It does not show whether an applicant will receive a particular clinical rotation, how a department teaches, or what an individual student will experience. The framework’s scores are comparison inputs under NIRF’s method, not independent measurements of every course.
The separate University-category score is 53.13, but it cannot be compared directly with 68.77 to decide whether one KGMU programme or campus is stronger. The categories use different institutional groupings. A useful comparison holds the category, edition and listed institute code constant.
KGMU’s Medical position across 2024 and 2025
In the NIRF Medical category, KGMU moved from rank 19 with a score of 61.95 in 2024 to rank 8 with a score of 68.77 in 2025. That is an 11-place rise in the published position and a 6.82-point increase in the published score. The comparison is limited to the same NIRF category and the KGMU Medical institute code, IR-D-U-0523.
The component table gives more context than the rank alone. From 2024 to 2025, the reported TLR score rose from 79.27 to 84.93, RPC from 37.24 to 51.27, GO from 88.09 to 90.30, and OI from 52.06 to 60.53; Perception changed from 41.74 to 38.02. These are changes in NIRF’s published component scores, not a causal explanation. The table does not identify which institutional decisions or external factors produced them, and the rank is relative to other participating institutions in each edition.
This is a meaningful historical comparison, but it is not a forecast. It shows how KGMU placed under two annual Medical editions; it does not guarantee that a student’s course, clinical exposure, fee schedule or job prospects improved by the same amount.
How applicants should use these ranks
A category-matched NIRF position can help narrow an initial shortlist. For a medical applicant, rank 8 is the directly relevant 2025 NIRF Medical result. Use the University rank only when a university-category comparison is useful. Keep the 2024-to-2025 change attached to “Medical”; it cannot be transferred to the University category or read as a score for MBBS alone.
Rankings do not determine admission. They are not NEET scores, cutoffs, seat allotments or a promise of selection. Check the relevant KGMU programme notice and counselling authority for eligibility, seat matrix, quota and round. The saved UP NEET result endpoint is an individual lookup and does not provide a public KGMU closing-rank table. A candidate should not infer their admission chances from KGMU’s institutional NIRF rank.
For course choice, compare the details the ranking cannot settle: the programme and award, current intake, clinical rotations and hospital experience, fees by category and payment stage, and hostel availability. KGMU’s saved fee tables do not specify an intake year, so the published amounts need a current notice before being treated as an offer. Historical NIRF aggregate outcomes should also stay separate from a programme-specific placement promise.
The evidence captured here is for NIRF 2024 and 2025. Before quoting a position as current, check NIRF’s official results for the latest available edition and confirm the institute code, category and Lucknow location. The official result and methodology links are supplied below. They returned access-denied responses during direct retrieval for this research pass; the exact KGMU rows and framework table were preserved from official NIRF result excerpts. No later rank or unsupported trend is asserted.