The Ministry of Education, Govt. of India has announced the annual National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 on September 4, 2025. The National Law School of India University, Bangalore has topped the “Law” category this year. NLSIU Bangalore retains its position as the top ranked law institution in India. This marks the eighth consecutive year NLSIU has held the Number 1 spot in the Law category. NLSIU Bengaluru is the top government law college in India as per the NIRF Law rankings 2025. It is followed by NLU Delhi in second, NALSAR Hyderabad in third, WBNUJS Kolkata in fourth, and GNLU Gandhinagar in fifth position.
The NIRF law colleges rankings 2025 rank law schools on various parameters such as teaching and learning resources, graduation outcomes, research activities, outreach activities, and perception. In this article, candidates will get all details on the NIRF 2025 ranking of NLSIU Bangalore and the NLSIU Bangalore NIRF ranking over the years.
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The NIRF 2025 ranking of NLSIU Bangalore, which retained its No. 1 spot in the Law category, are based on five key parameters as defined by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). These parameters, used to evaluate institutions like NLSIU, are:
Parameters | Description | Weightage |
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% |
Parameter | Score |
Teaching, Learning, and Resources (TLR) | 91.35/100 |
Research and Professional Practice (RP) | 56.25/100 |
Graduation Outcomes (GO) | 84.40/100 |
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) | 68.90/100 |
Perception (PR) | 100.00/100 |
| Total Score | 82.97 |
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore has consistently ranked No. 1 in the Law category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) since the category's inception in 2018. Below is a summary of NLSIU Bangalore's NIRF Law category rankings over the years.
Year | NLSIU Bangalore’s NIRF Rank |
2024 | 1 |
2023 | 1 |
2022 | 1 |
2021 | 1 |
2020 | 1 |
2019 | 1 |
2018 | 1 |
The table provides details about the courses offered by NLSIU Bangalore and the median salary offered to students for UG 5-year law programme.
NLSIU Bangalore Placement Statistics for Law: UG (5 Years Programme)
Graduation Year | Students Graduated | Number of Students Placed | Median Salary (per annum) | Students for Higher Studies |
2021-22 | 76 | 65 | Rs. 16,00,000 | 1 |
2022-23 | 74 | 56 | Rs. 16,00,000 | 15 |
2023-24 | 85 | 70 | Rs. 16,00,000 | 2 |
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