Overview
NIMHANS Bangalore is spread across a 131-acre campus and offers postgraduate, PhD, and fellowship programmes. These programmes are available in disciplines such as Neurology, Geriatric Mental Health Care, and Public Health. Key highlights of NIMHANS Bangalore are given below:
- Ranking: NIMHANS was ranked 7th in the Medicine & Health Sciences category by NIRF 2025.
- Popular programmes: The institute’s flagship programmes include MD, MSc, MCh, MPhil, and PhD.
- Admission criteria: Admissions are based on entrance examination scores. The institute accepts the NIMHANS Entrance Test for admission to its programmes.
- Fees: The total tuition fee for the MD programme is INR 1.5 lakh.
- Cutoff 2026: For the General AI category, the last-round INI CET cutoff for the MD programme was 551. MD in Psychiatry was the most competitive specialisation, with a cutoff of 551.
- Placements: According to the NIMHANS Bangalore NIRF Report 2025 (Medical), the institute recorded 100% placements for its two-year and three-year PG programmes during the 2024 placement drive. The median packages offered were INR 16.09 LPA for two-year PG programmes and INR 18.04 LPA for three-year PG programmes.
- Attached hospital: The institute has an NABH-accredited hospital equipped with strong infrastructure, 1,096 beds, and comprehensive inpatient facilities.