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Complete List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking
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.
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:
List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking
Sl. no | Name | City | State | Score | Rank |
1 | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 82.97 | 1 | |
2 | New Delhi | Delhi | 80.00 | 2 | |
3 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 79.50 | 3 | |
4 | The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | Kolkata | West Bengal | 79.39 | 4 |
5 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | 76.23 | 5 | |
6 | Cuttack | Odisha | 63.66 | 15 | |
7 | Patna | Bihar | 62.40 | 17 | |
8 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 60.12 | 21 | |
9 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 57.64 | 27 | |
10 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 56.54 | 28 | |
11 | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 55.81 | 30 | |
12 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | 53.49 | 34 | |
13 | 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 |
LLD | |
PhD in Law | |
PG Diploma in Urban Environmental Management and Law (NLU Delhi) | |
Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Environmental Law (NLU Delhi) | |
Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Environmental Law (NLU Delhi) | |
Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law and Policy (NLU Delhi) |
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 | Centralised counselling | |
5-year LLB at NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya |
| Institute-level counselling (NLU Delhi) Interview followed by counselling (NLU Meghalaya) |
LLM at NLU Delhi and 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 | Institute-level counselling | |
LLM at CNLU Patna | Entrance exam conducted by the university | Institute-level counselling |
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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