Top Medical colleges in Karnataka: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Karnataka Medical colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Karnataka Medical ranking list
Avg score 54.794 NIMHANS Bengaluru 73.62 0
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 4
- 2021: rank 4
Lower rank is better.
Held the #4 position across 2 published years.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
10 Kasturba Medical College Manipal 63.60 1
- 2018: rank 4
- 2019: rank 7
- 2020: rank 9
- 2021: rank 10
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 6 places from #4 in 2018 to #10 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
13 St. John's Medical College 60.83 1
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 12
- 2020: rank 14
- 2021: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #12 in 2019 to #13 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
23 Kasturba Medical College Mangaluru 53.75 2
- 2018: rank 16
- 2019: rank 16
- 2020: rank 21
- 2021: rank 23
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #16 in 2018 to #23 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
24 JSS Medical College 53.63 4
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 17
- 2020: rank 20
- 2021: rank 24
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #17 in 2019 to #24 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
37 M. S. Ramaiah Medical College 50.05 7
- 2018: rank 12
- 2019: rank 27
- 2020: rank 30
- 2021: rank 37
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 25 places from #12 in 2018 to #37 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
45 K. S. Hegde Medical Academy 46.49 9
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 36
- 2021: rank 45
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 9 places from #36 in 2020 to #45 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
47 Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College 46.04 22
- 2018: rank 25
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 47
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 22 places from #25 in 2018 to #47 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
50 Shri B.M.Patil Medical College 45.11 NEW
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 50
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #50 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.
Karnataka ranking questions
Which is the top Medical college in Karnataka as per NIRF 2021?
NIMHANS Bengaluru is the top Karnataka entry, ranked #4 with a score of 73.62.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Karnataka colleges are in the NIRF 2021 list?
9 ranked colleges are shown across 7 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Medical rank across the latest available editions.