All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, popularly known as AIIMS, is a group of autonomous public medical colleges in India that strives to impart top quality medical education to the numerous aspirants from all over the country.
AIIMS colleges in India are regarded as the primary and the best medical institutes in the country and are a dream of every medical aspirant. AIIMS colleges have been bestowed the tag of the ‘Institutes of National Importance’ by an Act of Parliament.
As of January 2022, 5 AIIMS still are under development. In February 2022, the health ministry stated that all 24[43] new AIIMS will be functional by February 2025.[44] There are also proposals for establishing AIIMS in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Mizoram & Tripura.
List of AIIMS Colleges in India
The main aim of the AIIMS institutes is to make medical education affordable and reachable to people from all strata of the society. Ranking of AIIMS colleges in India with their location and total intake below. Total 2044 MBBS Seats available in 20 AIIMS Colleges.
| S.No | Name | Location (State) | Year of Establishment | Rank among AIIMS Colleges in India | Total Annual Intake |
| 1 | AIIMS Delhi | New Delhi | 1956 | 1 | 125+7 |
| 2 | AIIMS Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 2012 | 4 | 125 |
| 3 | AIIMS Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 2012 | 3 | 125 |
| 4 | AIIMS Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 2012 | 2 | 125 |
| 5 | AIIMS Patna | Bihar | 2012 | 7 | 125 |
| 6 | AIIMS Raipur | Chhatisgarh | 2012 | 6 | 125 |
| 7 | AIIMS Rishikesh | Uttarakhand | 2012 | 5 | 125 |
| 8 | AIIMS Nagpur | Maharashtra | 2018 | 8 | 125 |
| 9 | AIIMS, Vijaypur Jammu | Jammu | 2020 | 22 | 62 |
| 11 | AIIMS Bathinda | Punjab | 2019 | 9 | 100 |
| 11 | AIIMS Deogarh | Jharkand | 2019 | 21 | 100 |
| 12 | AIIMS Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh | 2019 | 13 | 125 |
| 13 | AIIMS Kalyani | West Bengal | 2019 | 17 | 125 |
| 14 | AIIMS Rae Bareli | Uttar Pradesh | 2013 | 15 | 100 |
| 15 | AIIMS Bibi Nagar, Hyderabad | Telangana | 2019 | 11 | 100 |
| 16 | AIIMS Mangalagiri, Vijaywada | Andhra Pradesh | 2020 | 12 | 125 |
| 17 | AIIMS Rajkot | Gujarat | 2020 | 14 | 50 |
| 18 | AIIMS Bilaspur | Himachal Pradesh | 2020 | 18 | 50 |
| 19 | AIIMS Madurai | Tamil nadu | 2021 | 20 | 50 |
| 20 | AIIMS Guwahati | Assam | 2020 | 19 | 50 |
| Total MBBS Seats in AIIMS | 2044 | ||||
Upcoming AIIMS Colleges in India
Apart from the current Twenty existing AIIMS Colleges in India, the government is also planning to set up 4 new AIIMS institutes in the country as listed below:
- AIIMS Awantipora – Kashmir Region
- AIIMS Manethi, Haryana
- AIIMS Darbhanga, Jharkhand
- AIIMS Manipur
Furthermore, the Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to set up 4 new AIIMS colleges soon.
The main agenda of the government behind setting up new branches of AIIMS colleges is to create a balanced doctor-patient ratio by the year 2022. The government is also working relentlessly towards increasing the number of MBBS seats and PG seats in these colleges in order to reduce the shortage of doctors and to improve the quality of healthcare in the country.