List of Top Dental Colleges to Apply for After NEET

With the medical and dental entrance exam NEET being over, students are now looking at the top colleges they can apply for.
For those aiming to seek admission to BDS courses or dental studies, the  Ministry of Education announced Indian Rankings wherein they rated the colleges across India across several parameters including teaching, research, and perception among others.
NIRF rankings for educational institutions in India have been made public by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Friday. As per this year’s ranking, Saveentha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai is the top Dental college in India followed by the Manipal College of Dental College, Manipal.

NIRF RANKING 2022: TOP DENTAL COLLEGES

Rank 1: Saveentha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai
Rank 2: Manipal College of Dental College, Manipal
Rank 3: Dr. D.Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune
Rank 4: Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
Rank 5: King George`s Medical University
Rank 6: A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences
Rank 7: Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore
Rank 8: SRM Dental College
Rank 9: Govt. Dental College, Nagpur
Rank 10: Siksha `O` Anusandhan
Rank 11: Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
Rank 12: JSS Dental College and Hospital
Rank 13: Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
Rank 14: M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
Rank 15: Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences
Rank 16: Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Rank 17: Nair Hospital Dental College
Rank 18: Government Dental College, Bangalore
Rank 19: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Rank 20: SDM College of Dental Sciences & Hospital

Meanwhile, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi has topped under ‘pharmacy’ category. Under research category, IISc in Bengaluru topped followed by IIT Madras and IIT Delhi.
Meanwhile, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) that is conducted for aspirants to get into medical colleges was held on July 17. As per the reactions coming from students and experts, NEET 2022 was tougher as compared to last year. Overall, all sections had questions which required a deeper understanding of the subjects. This year NTA had increased the time duration and gave 20 minutes extra, however, it also increased the frequency of statement-based questions which required careful reading. In the physics section, students found questions that involved lengthy calculations.

NIRF RANKING 2021: TOP DENTAL COLLEGES

Here is NIRF ranking from pass years for dental colleges.
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, which was ranked second in 2020 surpassed Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, to take the first spot in 2021. The remaining dental colleges that made the top rankings were as follows.

1. Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Udupi
2. Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune
3. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
4. Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi
5. King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
6. A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangaluru
7. Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore
8. Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai
9. SDM College of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Dharwad
10. SRM Dental College, Chennai

NIRF RANKING 2020: TOP DENTAL COLLEGES

During this year, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences was at rank 1, obtaining a score of 82.51 from the Ministry of Education. Meanwhile, Manipal College of Dental Sciences and Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth secured second and third place respectively.

1. Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi
2. Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Udupi
3. Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune
4. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
5. A. B. S. M. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangaluru
6. Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore
7. Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education And Research, Chennai
8. Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai
9. SRM Dental College, Chennai
10. JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysuru

NIRF ranks are given to Institutes across 10 different categories: Overall, college, university, management, pharmacy, engineering, medical, law, architecture, and dental. Positions are distributed by MHRD in accordance with how well institutions perform in various aspects.