Kozhikode medical college ranked first in Kerala, 20th nationally in IIRF 2026
Government Medical College, Kozhikode, has been ranked as the top medical institution in Kerala and 20th nationally by the IIRF 2026. The ranking evaluates institutions based on research, infrastructure, and academic reputation.
Why it matters
Institutional rankings influence student enrollment decisions and reflect the quality of public healthcare education in India.
The Government Medical College (GMC), Kozhikode, has been ranked 20th among the top 144 government medical institutions in the country in this year’s Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) and the first in Kerala.
The IIRF is a private organisation set up in 2015 that publishes annual rankings of higher education institutions. Its ranking is based on nine broad parameters – academic reputation, graduate outcomes and employability, research outcomes, demand ratio and student profile, employer reputation and international outlook, well-being and institutional development, peer perception and alumni feedback, public perception and data verification, and impact and value addition.
The Kozhikode medical college scored 156.03 in teaching, learning resources and pedagogy, 156.67 in research outcomes, 153.75 in innovative medical infrastructure, 153.93 in social inclusion, 151.10 in future orientation, and 149.07 in external perception. Overall weighted index out of 1,000 is 926.74.
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