Complete List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking

Complete List of NLUs in NIRF 2025 Law Ranking

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CLAT Admit Card Date:22 Nov' 25 - 07 Dec' 25

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

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)

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

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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Yes, you can prepare CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) in Hindi Medium and access syllabus in Hindi from mentioned link below:

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Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) is a national level entrance exam for the programs related to engineering. It has two levels known as JEE mains (first level) and JEE advance (second level) . Many colleges from all over India in both government and private sector consider its scores. It is an online computer based test conducted by NTA ( National Testing Agency). Physics , Chemistry and mathematics are the major subjects to be focused in this exam.

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NEET ( National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is a national level examination for admission in undergraduate medical courses. It is also conducted by NTA but in offline mode as in pen and paper test. It includes courses like MBBS, BDS BHMS , BAMS etc. The exam consists of 180 questions in total 45 from each physics , chemistry , zoology and Botany. The total marks for the exam are 720 marks.

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CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) is a national level entrance examination for the admission in national law colleges of India. The test is taken after 12th grade examination for the 5 years integrated programs in law. It tests students knowledge in legal aptitude. It also serves as a basis for public sector undertakings for legal positions.

Here is the link attached from the official website of Careers360 which will provide you with the complete information about the CLAT examination.

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The CLAT PG exam pattern consists of 120 questions and 2-hour MCQ exam with negative marking.

Subjects Covered:

  1. Constitutional Law

  2. Jurisprudence

  3. Criminal Law

  4. Contract Law

  5. Other core law subjects

Here are some tricks which you must follow:

  1. Practice Previous Year Papers & Mock Tests
  2. Focus on Constitutional Law & Jurisprudence
  3. Time Management in Exam
  4. Revision Strategy

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In CLAT , the 9-digit admit card number is not the same as the roll number you have to write on the OMR sheet. The OMR sheet has only 7 blocks because the CLAT roll number is shorter.

You should check your admit card again and look for the roll number printed near your name and exam details. Fill only that roll number in the OMR sheet. Do not write the 9-digit admit card number.

If you still cannot find the roll number, you can ask the exam invigilator on the exam day.

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