The Ministry of Education, Govt. of India released the NIRF law rankings 2024 on August 12, 2024. In all there are 26 National Law Universities out of which 16 NLUs find a place in the NIRF law rankings 2024. NLSIU Bengaluru is at the top spot in the rank-wise list of NLUs. It is followed by NLU Delhi, and NALSAR Hyderabad which complete the top 3 NLUs in NIRF law rankings. Read on to get the full rank-wise NLU List including the NIRF scores, and determining factors.
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The rank-wise list of NLUs in the NIRF rankings is prepared after considering several factors such as teaching and learning resources, learning outcomes, outreach programmes, quality of research, and perception of the institute. The admissions at NLUs are done based on scores in the Common Law Admission Test and the All India Law Entrance Test (NLU Delhi). The Consortium of NLUs will conduct CLAT 2025 on December 1, 2024. NLU Delhi will conduct AILET 2025 on December 8, 2024. A few NLUs also conduct their law entrance exams for admission to their law programmes.
Given below is the list of factors to be considered to prepare the rank-wise list of NLUs.
Factor | Details | Weight |
Teaching, Learning, and Resources | Includes student strength, student-faculty ratio, combined metric for faculty, and financial resources. | 40% |
Research and Professional Practices | Includes combined metrics for publications quality of publications, and footprint of projects and professional practices. | 15% |
Graduation outcomes | Includes placement and higher studies details, metrics for college examinations, median salary offered to students, and students graduating with PhD | 25% |
Outreach and Inclusivity | Includes outreach and inclusivity activities undertaken by the institute | 10% |
Perception | Perception of the law college in the minds of employees and academic peers | 10% |
The table given below provides the list rank-wise list of NLUs as per their score in the NIRF law rankings. Among the top 39 law schools ranked in the NIRF rankings, 16 are NLUs.
Sl. no | Name | State | NIRF Score | Rank |
1 | Karnataka | 83.83 | 1 | |
2 | Delhi | 77.48 | 2 | |
3 | Telangana | 77.05 | 3 | |
4 | The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | West Bengal | 76.39 | 4 |
5 | Gujarat | 69.56 | 8 | |
6 | Uttar Pradesh | 55.92 | 20 | |
7 | Madhya Pradesh | 55.64 | 21 | |
8 | Jharkhand | 55.52 | 22 | |
9 | Punjab | 54.7 | 24 | |
10 | Odisha | 54.49 | 26 | |
11 | Assam | 53.39 | 27 | |
12 | Maharashtra | 51.7 | 31 | |
13 | Bihar | 51.7 | 31 | |
14 | Maharashtra | 51.43 | 34 | |
15 | Kerala | 47.96 | 38 | |
16 | Andhra Pradesh | 47.94 | 39 |
The NLU Admissions requires the candidates to appear for the respective law entrance exam. The NLUs which are part of the CLAT admission process accept the CLAT scores. Candidates have to appear for the centralised CLAT counselling process to obtain seat allotment. The admissions into NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya are conducted at the institute level and candidates have to appear for the counselling process of the university after appearing for their respective law entrance exams.
The NLUs which offer a 3-year LLB programme also conduct their own entrance exams such as NLSAT for NLSIU Bengaluru, and NLUO 3-year LLB entrance exam for NLU Odisha.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Yes, candidates can gain admission into NLU with a 1000. However, general candidates from the general category will find it difficult to get into a top-ranked NLU with a 1000 rank.
Tier 1 NLUs include top NLUs such as NLSIU Bengaluru, NLU Delhi, NALSAR Hyderabad, and WBNUJS Kolkata.
The top NLUs in India rank-wise are NLSIU Bengaluru, NLU Delhi, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, GNLU Gandhinagar, RMLNLU Lucknow, NLIU Bhopal, NUSRL Ranchi, RGNUL Patiala, NLU Odisha.