Delhi's AIIMS ahead of Oxford, Cambridge in World's Top-100 medical colleges; Another five included

New Delhi, June 29: In a positive development, Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) goes ahead of the prestigious institutes in the rankings for the best medical schools in the world. According to the CEOWORLD magazine, AIIMS stood 23rd on the list, securing 86.38.

 

UK's Oxford University Medical School secured a score of 86.02 to rank 24th, followed by Cincinnati College of Medicine (85.08) and University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine (84.96).

 

 

Besides, more medical schools from India made it to the list. Pune-based Armed Forces Medical College came 34th with a score of 83.04. Christian Medical College from Vellore stood 49th with a score of 80.83. Pondicherry-based JIPMER ranked 59th while Medical College Chennai stood at 64th and IMS BHU Varanasi at 72nd position.

 

 

Taking to Twitter, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said it was a "proud moment" for every Indian as six Indian Medical Colleges found a place in list of 100 best medical colleges of the world in 2021. He credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership for leading India is on the path of becoming the best in terms of medical infrastructure.