National Law University Odisha has released its NIRF 2025 report on its website. The NIRF 2025 report of NLU Odisha details important points like seat intake, placement figures for the last three years. The NLU Odisha seat intake has been 180 for 5-year LLB since the last many years. Meanwhile, in the year 2023-24, NLUO recorded a median salary of Rs 14 lakhs per annum. This is a little less than the median salary of NLU Odisha for the year 2022-23, which stood at Rs 14.5 lakhs per year. Talking of the NLUO Odisha faculty members, there are a total of 42 regular faculty members, 12 ad hoc appointees and one visiting member. The NLU Odisha NIRF 2025 report also comprises a detailed description of the institute’s finances.
According to the NLU Odisha NIRF 2025 submission, the institute has a total 180 BA LLB seats. The UG seat intake count has remained unchanged for the last five years. NLU Odisha has a 3-year LLB course in 2023-24 with a total intake of 60 seats. Along with a 3-year LLB course, NLUO also offers a one-year LLM programme with a seat intake of 50 seats. The table below denotes the NLU Odisha seat intake in detail:
Academic Year | UG [3 Years Program(s)] | UG [5 Years Program(s)] | PG [1 Year Program(s)] |
2023-24 | 60 | 180 | 50 |
2022-23 | 0 | 180 | - |
2021-22 | 0 | 180 | - |
2020-21 | - | 180 | - |
2019-20 | - | 180 | - |
NLU Odisha has published its placement statistics in good detail in its NIRF 2025 submission. In the academic year 2023-24, NLU Odisha recorded a median salary of Rs 14 lakhs per annum. In its preceding year, NLU Odisha’s median salary was Rs 14.5 lakhs per annum. The NLU Odisha placement statistics for both UG and PG courses have been given in the table below.
Academic Year (Graduation) | Students Graduating in Minimum Time | Students Placed | Median Salary (Rs.) | Students Selected for Higher Studies |
2021-22 | 172 | 47 | 900000 (Nine Lakh only) | 17 |
2022-23 | 177 | 87 | 1450000 (Fourteen Lakhs and Fifty Thousand) | 11 |
2023-24 | 158 | 77 | 1400000 (Fourteen Lakh Only) | 10 |
Academic Year (Graduation) | No. of students graduating in minimum stipulated time | No. of students placed | Median salary of placed graduates (Amount in Rs.) | No. of students selected for Higher Studies |
2021-22 | 38 | 28 | 600000 (Six Lakh only) | 2 |
2022-23 | 42 | 27 | 700000 (Seven Lakh Only) | 6 |
2023-24 | 43 | 32 | 600000 (Six Lakh Only) | 7 |
The NIRF 2025 submission of NLU Odisha states that currently there are 55 faculty members in the institute. Out of this, 42 members are regular faculty, 12 are ad hoc or contractual and one is a visiting faculty. NLU Odisha has six professors, five associate professors and 34 assistant professors. The table below shows the NLU Odisha faculty details:
Association Type | Total Listed |
Regular | 42 |
Adhoc / Contractual | 12 |
Visiting | 1 |
Designation | Active Count |
Professor | 6 |
Associate Professor | 5 |
Assistant Professor | 34 |
Dean / Principal / Director / Vice Chancellor | 3 |
Other | 3 |
In its NIRF 2025 submission, NLU Odisha has detailed out its financial details. The capital expenditure on the Library was Rs 84,91,201 in the academic year 2023-24. In its preceding year, the expenditure on the Library was Rs 55,30,992. In the academic year 2023-24 alone, Rs 16,30,66,613 were utilised for teaching and non-teaching staff salaries. Also, NLU Odisha received Rs 2,22,95,968 in 2023-24 for sponsored research projects. The tables below show all financial details of NLU Odisha as submitted in its NIRF 2025 report.
Academic Year | Library (Utilised Amount) | New Equipment for Laboratories (Utilised Amount) | Other Expenditure on Creation of Capital Assets (Excluding Expenditure on Land and Building) (Utilised Amount) |
2023-24 | ₹84,91,201 | ₹0 | ₹2,16,18,260 |
2022-23 | ₹55,40,992 | ₹0 | ₹1,93,00,750 |
2021-22 | ₹86,59,744 | ₹0 | ₹62,84,963 |
Academic Year | Salaries (Teaching and Non Teaching staff) | Maintenance of Academic Infrastructure | Seminars/Conferences/Workshops (Utilised Amount) |
2023-24 | ₹16,30,66,613 | ₹14,98,94,451 | ₹59,05,166 |
2022-23 | ₹12,58,97,689 | ₹11,11,94,418 | ₹18,32,929 |
2021-22 | ₹11,23,85,344 | ₹6,68,73,320 | ₹19,34,640 |
Financial Year | Total No. of Sponsored Projects | Total No. of Funding Agencies | Total Amount Received (Amount in Rupees) |
2023-24 | 9 | 8 | ₹2,22,95,968 |
2022-23 | 7 | 5 | ₹95,50,540 |
2021-22 | 4 | 4 | ₹53,47,438 |
Financial Year | Total No. of Consultancy Projects | Total No. of Client Organisations | Total Amount Received (Amount in Rupees) |
2023-24 | 3 | 3 | ₹52,12,977 |
2022-23 | 1 | 1 | ₹4,00,000 |
2021-22 | 2 | 2 | ₹2,75,000 |
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