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    Complete List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking

    Complete List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking

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    Sukriti SahooUpdated on 08 Sep 2025, 03:33 PM IST

    The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 list for law colleges on September 4, 2025. Once again, for the eighth consecutive year, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru has topped the list of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking. There are a total of 26 NLUs in India, of which 13 universities feature in the NIRF ranking 2025 for law. To get admission in NLUs, candidates have to clear CLAT. However, NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya do not participate in CLAT and instead conduct separate law entrance exams. In this article, get details of the complete list of NLUs in the NIRF 2025 law ranking, programmes offered, and entrance exams accepted.

    Complete List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking
    Complete List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking

    The Consortium of NLUs will conduct CLAT 2026 on December 7, 2025. NLU Delhi will conduct AILET 2026 on December 14, 2025. The parameters used in NIRF 2025 law ranking include Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practices (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PR). This year, 267 law schools participated in the NIRF rankings, out of which only 13 National Law Universities made it to the top 40.

    NIRF Law Ranking 2025: Top NLUs in India

    NIRF ranking 2025 for law has been released. 13 out of 26 NLUs feature in the top 40 of the NIRF law ranking 2025. The NIRF ranking of law colleges is based broadly on five parameters, namely Teaching and Learning Resources, Graduation Outcome, Perception, Outreach and Inclusivity and Research and Professional Practice. The list of 13 NLUs and their NIRF 2025 ranks is mentioned below:

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    List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking

    Sl. no

    Name

    City

    State

    Score

    Rank

    1

    National Law School of India University, Bengaluru

    Bengaluru

    Karnataka

    82.97

    1

    2

    National Law University, New Delhi

    New Delhi

    Delhi

    80.00

    2

    3

    NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

    Hyderabad

    Telangana

    79.50

    3

    4

    The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata

    Kolkata

    West Bengal

    79.39

    4

    5

    Gujarat National Law University

    Gandhinagar

    Gujarat

    76.23

    5

    6

    National Law University, Cuttack

    Cuttack

    Odisha

    63.66

    15

    7

    Chanakya National Law University, Patna

    Patna

    Bihar

    62.40

    17

    8

    Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow

    Lucknow

    Uttar Pradesh

    60.12

    21

    9

    National Law Institute University, Bhopal

    Bhopal

    Madhya Pradesh

    57.64

    27

    10

    Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur

    Nagpur

    Maharashtra

    56.54

    28

    11

    National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi

    Ranchi

    Jharkhand

    55.81

    30

    12

    Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla

    Shimla

    Himachal Pradesh

    53.49

    34

    13

    National Law University and Judicial Academy, Kamrup

    Kamrup

    Assam

    53.39

    35

    List of Programmes Offered at NLUs

    The National Law Universities (NLUs) are often the most cherished institutions among aspirants when it comes to pursuing law. In all, there are 26 NLUs, and they offer 5-year LLB, 3-year LLB, and LLM programmes. Some of the popular law programmes offered by NLUs include Corporate and Commercial Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Intellectual Property Rights, International Law, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Human Rights Law, Technology and Cyber Law and many others. Here is a list of all the programmes offered at NLUs.

    Law Programmes offered by NLUs

    UG Courses

    PG Courses

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    LLM

    BBA LLB

    LLD

    BCom LLB

    PhD in Law

    BSc LLB

    PG Diploma in Urban Environmental Management and Law (NLU Delhi)

    BLS LLB

    Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Environmental Law (NLU Delhi)

    BLS LLB

    Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Environmental Law (NLU Delhi)

    3-year LLB

    Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law and Policy (NLU Delhi)

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    Admission Process and Entrance Exam accepted by NLUs in India

    Law aspirants can look at the entrance exam that they need to appear for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes offered at NLUs. For NLU admission to 5-year LLB and LLM programmes, interested candidates need to appear for CLAT UG and CLAT PG. The admissions into NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya are conducted at the institute level, and candidates have to appear for the counselling process of the university after appearing for their respective law entrance exams. The table below provides an overview of the entrance exams accepted and the admission process of NLUs.

    NLU Courses and Entrance Exams

    Courses Offered

    Accepted Exam

    Admission Process

    5-year LLB

    CLAT

    Centralised counselling

    LLM

    CLAT PG

    Centralised counselling

    5-year LLB at NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya


    • NLU Meg UAT (NLU Meghalaya)

    Institute-level counselling (NLU Delhi)


    Interview followed by counselling (NLU Meghalaya)

    LLM at NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya


    • NLU Meg PAT (NLU Meghalaya)

    Institute-level counselling (NLU Delhi)


    Interview followed by counselling (NLU Meghalaya)

    3-year LLB at NLSIU Bengaluru, NLU Odisha, DSNLU Visakhapatnam and CNLU Patna


    • NLSAT (NSLIU Bengaluru)

    • NAIET (NLU Odisha)

    • DET (DSNLU Visakhapatnam)

    • Chanakya National Law University Entrance Test- CNLU-ET (CNLU Patna)

    Institute-level counselling

    LLM at CNLU Patna

    Entrance exam conducted by the university

    Institute-level counselling

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    NLU Admissions Process

    The NLU admissions are done based on centralised counselling conducted on the basis of CLAT scores. The NLUs which offer a 3-year LLB programme conduct their own exams for admitting candidates into the LLB programme. Additionally, NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya also conduct their own admissions.

    Steps in NLU Admission Process through CLAT

    • Visit the consortium’s official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in

    • Complete CLAT registration

    • Appear for the CLAT exam and obtain a valid score

    • Register for the CLAT counselling process

    • Publication of the allotment list for each NLU

    • Complete admission formalities to obtain NLU seat allotment

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