MAMC’s latest verified NIRF Medical position
The Ministry of Education’s India Rankings 2025 place Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi, at rank 26 in the Medical domain. The official 2024 report lists MAMC at rank 24 in the same domain. On that two-edition comparison, the college moved two positions lower in the table. These are category-specific results, not MAMC’s rank across every NIRF discipline or an admission cutoff.
The comparison is deliberately limited to editions where the official report row could be checked. I could not verify a MAMC-specific 2026 Medical result in the official ranking material available for this review on 7 November 2026. The 2025 number is therefore labelled by its actual edition, not described as a 2026 or 2027 ranking. Recheck the NIRF Medical table before relying on a later result.
What this rank measures
NIRF publishes separate subject-domain tables. The Medical rank should be read as MAMC’s position among institutions in that domain for the stated edition. It is not the same as an Overall, University or College category result. MAMC also appears in NIRF institutional submissions under identifier IR-D-C-6414; use the institution name and identifier when locating its data so it is not confused with the separate Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences.
The 2025 Medical methodology assigns 30% of the total weight to Teaching, Learning and Resources, 30% to Research and Professional Practice, 20% to Graduation Outcomes, 10% to Outreach and Inclusivity, and 10% to Perception. That mix helps explain why a single rank is not a direct measure of one MBBS student’s experience. Research and institutional resources account for substantial parts of the score, while the Graduation Outcomes category itself combines several measures.
Within Graduation Outcomes, the 2025 framework gives weight to placement and higher-study outcomes, university examinations, postgraduate graduates and super-speciality graduates. Placement and higher studies carry 25 marks within the 20% Graduation Outcomes group; university examinations carry 25, PG graduates 30 and super-speciality graduates 20. The submetrics show why the Medical rank is broader than a placement statistic or a count of MBBS seats. It also does not establish a counselling closing rank, course fee, clinical exposure for a specific batch, or an individual candidate’s likelihood of admission. Use the relevant official source for each of those questions.
How to interpret the 2024–2025 movement
A move from 24 to 26 is a two-place change in ordinal position, not proof that MAMC’s score fell by a particular amount or that its teaching or clinical training declined. NIRF rank depends on MAMC’s score relative to other institutions in that edition. A college can move in the table when its own results change, when other participating institutions improve, or when the evaluated data and methods change. The rank alone does not identify which factor drove a movement.
The official 2025 Medical table lists MAMC’s Delhi row at rank 26, while the 2024 report lists Delhi at rank 24. The available table rows support that limited comparison. They do not justify extrapolating a longer trend from two editions. To assess whether a pattern is persistent, compare more years in the same Medical category and check that the institution identity remains consistent in each table.
Avoid comparing MAMC’s Medical result with a rank from another NIRF category. A lower numerical rank in the College or Overall table would not be a direct contradiction; each table compares a different group under its own category scope. Likewise, do not treat the rank as a proxy for the University of Delhi’s overall position. The listed result belongs to MAMC in the Medical domain.
Using the ranking in an MBBS decision
Use NIRF as one institutional reference, then check the evidence tied to your own decision. An applicant should separately review the current MBBS seat matrix and counselling rules, prior-year MAMC cutoff rows for the correct quota and category, the course structure and internship requirements, and the current fee and hostel notices. Those facts answer different questions from the ranking and can change on different schedules.
The two-place difference between the 2024 and 2025 lists should not by itself change a choice order. If you compare institutions, keep the same NIRF edition and Medical category on both sides, and read their scores and parameter profiles where available. Then consider the programme, seat pool, location, cost and personal priorities directly. NIRF’s table is a compact comparison of institutional performance under its published framework; it cannot decide whether MAMC is the right fit for a particular student.
For the 2026 edition, wait for an official NIRF Medical table and verify MAMC’s row, city and institute identity before updating this page. Until that source is available and checked, rank 26 is historical 2025 evidence and rank 24 is historical 2024 evidence. Neither should be carried forward as a current-cycle position.