NIRF Law Rankings 2024: Top Government Colleges in India
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NIRF Law Rankings 2024: Top Government Colleges in India

Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 12 Aug 2024, 05:45 PM IST

The Ministry of Education has published the list of top government law colleges as per NIRF law rankings 2024 on August 12, 2024. NLSIU Bengaluru is the top government law college in India as per the NIRF rankings 2024. It is followed by NLU Delhi, NALSAR Hyderabad, and WBNUJS Kolkata at the second, third and fourth positions. The top four government law colleges as per NIRF law rankings 2024 remain unchanged from last year. In all there are 25 government law colleges in the NIRF law rankings 2024.

NIRF Law Rankings 2024: Top Government Colleges in India
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In continuation with the past trends observed in NIRF law rankings , the top government law colleges have mostly been the top NLUs and central universities. The NIRF law rankings 2024 are prepared by taking into account various parameters such as teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, and perception.

NIRF Law Rankings 2024 Parameters and Weights

Given below are the weights assigned to each of the parameters considered for arriving at the top law colleges in India in the NIRF framework.

NIRF Law Ranking Parameters

Parameters

Description

Weights

Teaching, learning, resources

Focuses of quality of academics and teaching provided to students

40%

Research and professional practices

Measures the quality of research environment at the law college

15%

Graduation outcomes

Results and goals achieved after the student completes the course.

25%

Outreach and inclusivity

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

10%

Perception

Image of the institute among academic peers and employees

10%

NIRF Law Rankings 2024: List of Top Government Law Colleges

Sl. no

Name

City

State

NIRF Score

Rank

1

National Law School of India University

Bengaluru

Karnataka

83.83

1

2

National Law University

New Delhi

Delhi

77.48

2

3

Nalsar University of Law

Hyderabad

Telangana

77.05

3

4

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

Kolkata

West Bengal

76.39

4

5

Jamia Millia Islamia

New Delhi

Delhi

73.12

6

6

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kharagpur

West Bengal

71.47

7

7

Gujarat National Law University

Gandhinagar

Gujarat

69.56

8

8

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

64.96

10

9

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

Uttar Pradesh

63.54

12

10

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of Law

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

58.75

16

11

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

New Delhi

Delhi

58.68

17

12

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

55.92

20

13

National Law Institute University, Bhopal

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

55.64

21

14

National University of Study and Research in Law

Ranchi

Jharkhand

55.52

22

15

University of Lucknow

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

55.05

23

16

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law

Patiala

Punjab

54.7

24

17

Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

54.54

25

18

National Law University, Cuttack

Cuttack

Odisha

54.49

26

19

National Law University and Judicial Academy

Kamrup

Assam

53.39

27

20

Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai

Mumbai

Maharashtra

51.7

31

21

Chanakya National Law University

Patna

Bihar

51.7

31

22

Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur

Nagpur

Maharashtra

51.43

34

23

Indian Law Institute

New Delhi

Delhi

50.25

35

24

National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS)

Kochi

Kerala

47.96

38

25

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

47.94

39

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Which are the top five government law colleges as per NIRF law rankings 2024?
A:

As per NIRF law rankings 2024, the top government law colleges in India are NLSIU Bengaluru, NLU Delhi, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, and IIT Kharagpur.

Q: Which is the top ranked government law college in India?
A:

NLSIU Bengaluru is the top ranked government law college in India.

Q: How many government colleges are there in the NIRF law rankings 2024?
A:

There are 25 government law colleges in the NIRF law rankings 2024