NIRF Law 2025: Top Government Law Schools This Year

NIRF Law 2025: Top Government Law Schools This Year

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The Ministry of Education (MoE) has published the list of top government law colleges as per NIRF law rankings 2025 on September 4, 2025. Once again, the NLUs dominate the rankings, holding five out of the top ten spots. NLSIU Bengaluru is the top government law college in India as per the NIRF law rankings 2025. It is followed by NLU Delhi, NALSAR Hyderabad, and WBNUJS Kolkata in the second, third, and fourth positions, respectively. The top government law colleges, as per NIRF law college rankings 2025 remain unchanged as last year. In all, there are a total of 25 government law colleges in the NIRF law rankings 2025.

NIRF Law 2025: Top Government Law Schools This Year
NIRF Law 2025: Top Government Law Schools This Year

Continuing the trend seen in previous NIRF law rankings, top government law colleges, primarily leading NLUs and central universities, have dominated the rankings. The 2025 NIRF law rankings are based on parameters including teaching, learning, and resources; research and professional practices; graduation outcomes; outreach and inclusivity; and perception.

NIRF Law Rankings 2025 Parameters and Weightage

The NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) evaluates institutions on five broad parameters, each with its own weightage. Given below are the weightage assigned to each of the parameters considered for arriving at the top law colleges in India.

NIRF Law Ranking Parameters

Parameters

Weightage

Description

Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)

40%

Focuses of the quality of academics and teaching provided to students

Research & Professional Practice (RP)

15%

Measures the quality of the research environment at the law college

Graduation Outcomes (GO)

25%

Results and goals achieved after the student completes the course.

Outreach & Inclusivity (OI)

10%

Evaluates the outreach activities conducted by the college and inclusivity at the college campus

Perception (PR)

10%

Image of the institute among academic peers and employees

NIRF Law Rankings 2025: List of Top Government Law Colleges

Here is a list of the best government law colleges in India as per NIRF 2025. The following table includes the top government law colleges up to 40th place.

NIRF Law Ranking 2025: Top Govt Law Colleges Under 40th Rank

Sl. no

Name

City

State

Score

Rank

1

National Law School of India University

Bengaluru


Karnataka

82.97

1

2

National Law University

New Delhi

Delhi

80.00

2

3

NALSAR University of Law

Hyderabad

Telangana

79.50

3

4

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

Kolkata


West Bengal

79.39

4

5

Gujarat National Law University

Gandhinagar

Gujarat

76.23

5

6

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kharagpur

West Bengal

74.09

6

7

Jamia Millia Islamia

New Delhi

Delhi

66.39

8

8

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

Uttar Pradesh

65.82

9

9

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

65.26

12

10

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Cochin

Kerala

65.19

13

11

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

65.04

14

12

National Law University

Cuttack

Odisha

63.66

15

13

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of Law

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

63.12

16

14

Chanakya National Law University

Patna

Bihar

62.40

17

15

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

60.12

21

16

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Delhi

Delhi

60.05

22

17

Central University of South Bihar

Gaya

Bihar

58.84

23

18

National Law Institute University, Bhopal

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

57.64

27

19

Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur

Nagpur

Maharashtra

56.54

28

20

University of Lucknow

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

55.85

29

21

National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi

Ranchi

Jharkhand

55.81

30

22

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad

Hyderabad

Telangana

55.28

31

23

Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla

Shimla

Himachal Pradesh

53.49

34

24

National Law University and Judicial Academy

Kamrup

Assam

53.39

35

25

Central University of Punjab

Bathinda

Punjab

52.7

40

Highlights of the NIRF Law 2025 Rankings

  • The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, leads the top spot in the ‘Best-Performing Law Colleges’ category for the 8th consecutive year.

  • The NIRF 2025 law rankings for the top 5 government colleges remain the same except for a swap between GNLU Gandhinagar and Jamia Millia Islamia. GNLU Gandhinagar improves to the 5th-best government law college, while Jamia Millia Islamia settles for 7th position.

  • Out of 25 government law colleges in the NIRF 2025 rankings, 13 are National Law Universities.

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