NIRF Law Ranking 2024 - Top Law Colleges, Ranking Score, Parameters

NIRF Law Ranking 2024 - Top Law Colleges, Ranking Score, Parameters

Edited By Shubham Bhakuni | Updated on Aug 26, 2024 11:50 AM IST

NIRF Law Rankings 2024: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF India rankings 2024 on August 12. The NIRF rankings 2024 have been released for various streams including law, engineering, dental, medical, management and innovation. This year, over 10,000 colleges and universities have participated in the NIRF India rankings 2024. In the NIRF Law rankings 2024, NLSIU Bangalore has been ranked as the top law college in India. In total 40 college have been included in the NIRF law rankings. The second and third rank law colleges are NLU Delhi and NALSAR Hyderabad. There are 25 government law colleges in NIRF law rankings. 16 NLUs have found a place in the NIRF rankings for 2024.
Also check - NIRF Top Private Law Colleges in India

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  1. What is NIRF?
  2. NIRF Law Rankings 2024: Previous year trends
  3. Entrance Exams for NIRF-Listed Law Colleges
  4. NIRF Law College Ranking 2023 - NIRF Points, Ranking
NIRF Law Ranking 2024 - Top Law Colleges, Ranking Score, Parameters
NIRF Law Ranking 2024 - Top Law Colleges, Ranking Score, Parameters

The NIRF law rankings include 40 colleges across the country. It includes government and private law colleges and universities in India. However, a majority of law colleges are National Law Universities. The private law colleges included in the top 10 include Symbiosis Law School Pune and Shiksha ‘O’ Anusandhan.

What is NIRF?

NIRF was started in 2016 to improve the standard of education, competition and ranking of colleges. In the first year, NIRF had around 3,000 applications from colleges. This year, over 10,000 colleges have participated in the NIRF India rankings 2024.

This year, NIRF has also introduced three more categories - Open universities, state-funded universities, and skill-based universities.

NIRF Law Rankings 2024: Top Law Colleges in India

NameCityStateScoreRankType
National Law School of India UniversityBengaluruKarnataka83.831Government
National Law UniversityNew DelhiDelhi77.482Government
Nalsar University of LawHyderabadTelangana77.053Government
The West Bengal National University of Juridical SciencesKolkataWest Bengal76.394Government
Symbiosis Law SchoolPuneMaharashtra74.625Private
Jamia Millia IslamiaNew DelhiDelhi73.126Government
Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpurWest Bengal71.477Government
Gujarat National Law UniversityGandhinagarGujarat69.568Government
Siksha `O` AnusandhanBhubaneswarOdisha65.49Private
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar UniversityLucknowUttar Pradesh64.9610Government
Kalinga Institute of Industrial TechnologyBhubaneswarOdisha63.611Private
Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhUttar Pradesh63.5412Government
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical SciencesChennaiTamil Nadu61.5813Private
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research AcademyThanjavurTamil Nadu60.6514Private
Christ UniversityBengaluruKarnataka59.3915Private
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of LawVisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh58.7516Government
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha UniversityNew DelhiDelhi58.6817Government
Alliance UniversityBengaluruKarnataka56.7218Private
Lovely Professional UniversityPhagwaraPunjab56.7119Private
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law UniversityLucknowUttar Pradesh55.9220Government
National Law Institute University, BhopalBhopalMadhya Pradesh55.6421Government
National University of Study and Research in LawRanchiJharkhand55.5222Government
University of LucknowLucknowUttar Pradesh55.0523Government
The Rajiv Gandhi National University of LawPatialaPunjab54.724Government
Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasiUttar Pradesh54.5425Government
National Law University, CuttackCuttackOdisha54.4926Government
National Law University and Judicial AcademyKamrupAssam53.3927Government
UPESDehradunUttarakhand52.9228Private
Manipal University, JaipurJaipurRajasthan52.2329Private
Army Institute of LawMohaliPunjab52.1130Private
Maharashtra National Law University MumbaiMumbaiMaharashtra51.731Government
Chanakya National Law UniversityPatnaBihar51.731Government
Amity University Haryana, GurgaonGurugram, HaryanaHaryana51.6833Private
Maharashtra National Law University, NagpurNagpurMaharashtra51.4334Government
Indian Law InstituteNew DelhiDelhi50.2535Govt
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, HyderabadHyderabadTelangana49.8736Private
Gandhi Institute of Technology and ManagementVisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh48.4937Private
National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS)KochiKerala47.9638Government
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law UniversityVisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh47.9439Government
Amity UniversityNorth Twenty Four ParganasWest Bengal47.9439Private


NIRF Law Rankings 2024: Previous year trends

Here is a complete list of the top five colleges listed in NIRF Law Colleges in the last five years.

NIRF Law Colleges Ranking 2024

Ranking

202420232022202120202019

1

NLSIU Bangalore

NLSIU Bangalore

NLSIU Bangalore

NLSIU Bangalore

NLSIU Bangalore

NLSIU Bangalore

2

NLU Delhi

NLU Delhi

NLU Delhi

NLU Delhi

NLU Delhi

NLU Delhi

3

NALSAR Hyderabad

NALSAR Hyderabad

SLS Pune

NALSAR Hyderabad

NALSAR Hyderabad

NALSAR Hyderabad

4

WBNUJS Kolkata

WBNUJS Kolkata

NALSAR Hyderabad

WBNUJS Kolkata

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Kharagpur

5

Symbiosis Law School Pune

JMI Delhi

WBNUJS Kolkata

IIT Kharagpur

NLU Jodhpur

WBNUJS Kolkata

NIRF law rankings 2024: Parameters

NIRF measures the performance of colleges in five parameters. These parameters include the following;

NIRF Ranking Parameters 2024

Teaching and Learning Resources (TLR)

  • Student Strength including Doctoral Students (SS)
  • Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)
  • Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)
  • Financial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU)

Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)

  • Combined metric for Publications (PU)
  • Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)
  • IPR and Patents: Published and Granted (IPR)
  • Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice (FPPP)
Research Professional Practice & Collaborative Performance (RPC)
  • Metric for University Examinations (GUE)
  • Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated (GPHD)

Graduation Outcome (GO)

  • Percentage of Students from Other States/Countries (Region Diversity RD)
  • Percentage of Women (Women Diversity WD)
  • Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)
  • Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)
  • Perception (PR) Ranking

Perception (PR)

  • Academic Peers and Employers (PR)

Entrance Exams for NIRF-Listed Law Colleges

CLAT

The Common Law Admission Test popularly known as the CLAT is conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). The entrance exam is accepted by 24 NLUs and over 60 law colleges across the country. A majority of law colleges listed in NIRF India rankings 2024 are NLUs that offer 5-year LLB and LLM courses. The next CLAT for the academic year 2025-26 will be held on December 1, 2024.

AILET

The second-ranking law college in the NIRF Law Colleges 2024 rankings is NLU Delhi. The university conducts its entrance exam known as All India Law Entrance Test (AILET). The scores of AILET are accepted by BA LLB, LLM and PhD courses. The next exam, AILET 2025 will be held on December 08.

SLAT

The Symbiosis Law School Pune, the 5th ranked NIRF Law rankings 2024 accepts SLAT scores. The entrance exam is accepted by Symbiosis International University (SIU) for BA LLB and BBA LLB courses. SLS Pune is among the four law schools of SIU that accept SLAT scores for admission to UG law programmes.

NIRF Law College Ranking 2023 - NIRF Points, Ranking

In the 8th edition of NIRF-Law rankings, the top five law colleges were NLSIU, NLU Delhi, NALSAR, WBNUJS Kolkata and JMI Delhi. It included around 11 NLUs and the remaining colleges were non-NLU government and private law colleges. The list of colleges is given below.

NIRF India Rankings 2023

Name of Law School

Type

City

State

Ranking

NIRF Points

National Law School of India University

Government

Bengaluru

Karnataka

1

80.52

National Law University

Government

New Delhi

Delhi

2

73.91

NALSAR University of Law

Government

Hyderabad

Telangana

3

73.76

The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences

Government

Kolkata

West Bengal

4

69.34

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Government

New Delhi

Delhi

5

68.3

Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Private

Pune

Maharashtra

6

66.67

Gujarat National Law University

Government

Gandhinagar

Gujarat

7

65.69

Siksha `O` Anusandhan

Private

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

8

64.04

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Government

Kharagpur

West Bengal

9

62.2

Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

Government

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

10

61.05

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences

Private

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

11

59.37

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Private

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

12

59.2

Christ University

Private

Bengaluru

Karnataka

13

57.78

Aligarh Muslim University

Government

Aligarh

Uttar Pradesh

14

56.51

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy

Private

Thanjavur

Tamil Nadu

15

56.37

Lovely Professional University

Private

Phagwara

Punjab

16

55.41

Indian Law Institute

Private

New Delhi

Delhi

17

55.34

National Law Institute University, Bhopal

Government

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

18

54.68

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Government

New Delhi

Delhi

19

54.13

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala

Government

Patiala

Punjab

20

51.53

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow

Government

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

21

50.9

Banaras Hindu University

Government

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

22

50.18

Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon

Private

Gurugram

Haryana

23

49.55

National University of Study & Research in Law

Government

Ranchi

Jharkhand

24

48.2

Alliance University

Private

Bengaluru

Karnataka

25

48.13

Army Institute of Law, Sector-68

Private

Mohali

Punjab

26

47.65

Nirma University

Private

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

27

47.57

National Law University and Judicial Academy

Government

Kamrup

Assam

28

46.6

Manipal University Jaipur

Private

Jaipur

Rajasthan

29

46.54

National Law University

Government

Cuttack

Odisha

30

46.02

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