Stanley Medical College Rankings 2026

Stanley Medical College, Chennai ranks 50th among 527 medical colleges in Collegedunia’s 2026 Medical Rankings, with Collegedunia assigning it a score of 954, and placing it 2nd among all medical colleges in Chennai in the same cycle.

Established in 1938, the college holds National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) A++ accreditation, the highest grade on the Indian accreditation scale, and is one of the oldest government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu.

  • Ranked 46th among 632 medical colleges in Collegedunia’s 2025 Medical Rankings, 3rd in Chennai that year; the 2026 cycle saw it move to 50th nationally in a smaller pool of 527 colleges.
  • Ranked 55th among 70 medical colleges nationally in the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) 2025 Medical Rankings, 6th in Chennai.
  • Participated in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 Medical category; its rank falls outside the published top 50.
  • NAAC A++ grade places the college in the highest accreditation tier, a factor that feeds directly into methodology parameters used by several ranking bodies.

Across national ranking frameworks, Stanley Medical College places in the broader group of ranked medical institutions. In both Collegedunia cycles available (2025 and 2026), it sits within the top 10% of the national medical pool, and its multi-year IIRF data shows continued participation in that framework’s evaluations.

Stanley Medical College Ranking in India

Stanley Medical College appears in two major Indian ranking frameworks for the Medical category: Collegedunia and IIRF. The table below consolidates all available national rank data across recent years for a combined view of the college’s standing in India.

Ranking BodyCategory2026202520242023
CollegeduniaMedical5046--
IIRFMedical-556734
NIRFMedical-Outside top 50--

Key Takeaways:

  • Collegedunia’s 2026 rank of 50 compares against rank 46 in 2025, but the pool shrank from 632 to 527 colleges across the two cycles, so the absolute rank numbers are not directly comparable.
  • IIRF ranks show significant variation: 34th in 2023, 67th in 2024, and 55th in 2025. The pool size also shifted (100 in 2023, 113 in 2024, 70 in 2025), which affects year-on-year comparisons.
Note: NIRF publishes its Medical category results only for the top 50 institutions. Stanley Medical College participated in NIRF 2025 Medical but ranked outside this published band. The full list of ranks beyond position 50 is not publicly released by NIRF.

Stanley Medical College Collegedunia Ranking

Stanley Medical College features in Collegedunia’s Medical Rankings for 2025 and 2026, placing within the top 10% of the national pool in both years. The table below shows the national rank, city rank, pool size, and Collegedunia score for each available year.

YearNational Rank (Medical)Chennai RankPool SizeCollegedunia Score
2026502527954
2025463632-

In 2026, Stanley Medical College moved up to 2nd position in Chennai from 3rd in 2025, while the national rank shifted from 46 to 50. The pool contracted by 105 colleges between the two cycles (from 632 to 527), so the 4-position change in national rank does not represent a straightforward decline. The 2026 Collegedunia score stands at 954.

Note: Collegedunia ranking pools change in size each year as colleges enter or exit the ranking. The 2025 pool had 632 medical colleges; the 2026 pool had 527. Rank comparisons across years must account for this pool size difference.

Stanley Medical College NIRF Ranking

Stanley Medical College has submitted data to NIRF under the Medical category. In the 2025 NIRF cycle, the college participated but placed outside the 50 institutions whose ranks are published in the Medical category results.

NIRF evaluates medical colleges across five parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RPC), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PR). The college’s submission to the 2026 NIRF cycle (data submitted in March 2026) indicates continued engagement with the framework. Published rankings for the 2026 cycle are expected later in 2026.

Note: NIRF Medical rankings are published only for the top 50 medical institutions. A position outside this band means the college ranked below 50 in the NIRF Medical category for that year. NIRF typically releases annual results between June and September.

Stanley Medical College IIRF Ranking

Stanley Medical College has been ranked in the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) Medical category for three consecutive years (2023, 2024, 2025), making it the only framework besides Collegedunia with a multi-year trend for this college. IIRF evaluates institutions on parameters including placement performance, teaching and learning resources, research output, industry integration, and external perception.

YearIIRF Medical Rank (India)Chennai RankPool Size
202555670
202467-113
2023344100

The IIRF rank for Stanley Medical College moved from 34 in 2023 to 67 in 2024, then recovered to 55 in 2025. The pool size also changed significantly across cycles (100 colleges in 2023, 113 in 2024, and 70 in 2025), which makes direct year-on-year rank comparisons less reliable. Within the 2025 pool of 70 colleges, a rank of 55 places the college in the lower half of the IIRF Medical cohort for that year.

Note: Rankings cited in this article are the latest available as of May 2026. The next Collegedunia ranking cycle is expected in 2027; IIRF typically updates rankings in the second quarter of each year; the NIRF 2026 Medical results are expected between June and September 2026.

Stanley Medical College Ranking FAQs

Ques. What is Stanley Medical College’s rank in Collegedunia’s 2026 Medical Rankings?

Ans. Stanley Medical College ranks 50th among 527 medical colleges in Collegedunia’s 2026 Medical Rankings, with a Collegedunia score of 954. In the same cycle, it holds the 2nd position among all medical colleges in Chennai.

Ques. Is Stanley Medical College ranked by NIRF?

Ans. Stanley Medical College has participated in NIRF Medical category rankings. In NIRF 2025, it ranked outside the published top 50, which is the full extent of what NIRF releases for the Medical category. The college also submitted data for the NIRF 2026 cycle in March 2026; those results are expected later in 2026.

Ques. How has Stanley Medical College’s IIRF rank changed over the years?

Ans. Stanley Medical College ranked 34th in IIRF Medical 2023, slipped to 67th in 2024, and recovered to 55th in 2025. The pool size changed alongside these shifts (100 colleges in 2023, 113 in 2024, 70 in 2025), so the movements partly reflect changes in the cohort being ranked, not solely the college’s own performance changes.

Ques. How does Stanley Medical College rank in Chennai among medical colleges?

Ans. In Collegedunia’s 2026 Medical Rankings, Stanley Medical College is ranked 2nd in Chennai, up from 3rd in 2025. In IIRF’s 2025 Medical Rankings, it ranks 6th in Chennai. Chennai is home to several nationally ranked medical institutions, including Madras Medical College, which ranks 16th in NIRF 2025 Medical.

Ques. What accreditation does Stanley Medical College hold and how does it affect its rankings?

Ans. Stanley Medical College holds NAAC A++ accreditation, the highest grade on the Indian accreditation scale. NAAC accreditation status feeds into NIRF’s Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) parameter, one of five parameters that determine a medical college’s NIRF score. It is also a general indicator of institutional quality that ranking bodies treat as a positive input in their methodologies.