It is the only government medical institution to have been awarded the NAAC A+ grade in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The college was directly under the Government of the United Provinces, and degrees were awarded through Allahabad University.

[6] In August 2003 Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP) replaced Mayawati and became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

In 2007, after the BSP won the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and Mayawati returned to office, the name of the institution reverted to CSMMU.

[citation needed] Thus almost all the branches of medicine and dental have a training program at KGMU.

[19] The University has a long list of its prestigious alumni who have earned name and fame throughout the country as well as in abroad.