List of 25 NLUs in India 2025: NIRF Ranks, Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements & Seats
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National Law Universities (NLUs) are the first choice for law aspirants in the country. Reason being, several of them consistently feature among the top law colleges in the country as per the NIRF Rankings. In this article, we provide a detailed overview of NLUs in India, covering the NIRF 2026 Law rankings, courses offered, seat matrix, fee structure, and admission criteria.
Any aspirant who wishes to get admission to a law college is well aware of the National Law Universities (NLUs). Talking about NLUs, NLSIU Bengaluru, NALSAR Hyderabad, and NLU Delhi are always the top choices for candidates. The main reason is the NIRF Ranking, apart from the law colleges being the budding ground for some of the country’s best lawyers.
This makes admission to these NLUs one of the toughest nuts to crack. Every year, these universities get thousands of applications, making the entrance exam highly competitive and demanding.
Admission to 25 NLUs in the country is done through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). For NLU Delhi, the admission is through AILET Entrance Exam.
The CLAT exam is likely to be held on December 6, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. The CLAT Result 2027 will be declared within a week. The CLAT Counselling 2027 for UG and PG courses both will be held online.
Candidates can also use the CLAT College Predictor 2027 to check which NLUs they can get admission to, based on their CLAT Scores. In this article, we provide a comprehensive overview of the NLUs in India, including course-wise seat intake, the admission process, and other important details. Read on to know more.
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- NIRF Law Ranking 2025: NLUs Position
- List of NLUs in India - NIRF Ranking, UG and PG seats
- Law Courses offered at NLUs
- Top 10 Private Law Colleges in India 2025
NIRF Law Ranking 2025: NLUs Position
The Ministry of Education releases the NIRF Ranking for all the colleges every year.
The NIRF ranking 2026 is not yet released. The data will be submitted by February and the new list will be out somewhere between June and November 2026.
Candidates can check the NIRF Ranking Law Colleges 2025 and the top 5 ranked NLUs in India below for reference:
- NLSIU Bengaluru
- NLU Delhi
- NALSAR University of Law
- The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS)
- GNLU Gandhinagar
The detailed NIRF Law Ranking List has been published as under:
| NLU Name | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
NIRF Ranking 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
1 |
|
| 2 |
2 |
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| National Academy of Legal Study & Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad |
3 |
3 |
| The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata |
4 |
4 |
| 5 |
8 |
|
| 6 |
5 |
|
| 27 |
21 |
|
| - |
- |
|
| 21 |
20 |
|
| - |
24 |
|
| 17 |
31 |
|
| - |
38 |
|
| 15 | 26 | |
| 30 |
22 |
|
| 35 |
27 |
|
| Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) Visakhapatnam |
- |
- |
| - |
- |
|
| - |
31 |
|
| 28 |
34 |
|
| - |
- |
|
| 34 |
- |
|
| - |
- |
|
| - |
- |
|
| - |
- |
|
| Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Law University, Prayagraj | - |
- |
| New NLUs in India |
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| National Law University, Tirupura (Admissions on Hold for academic year 2023) |
- |
- |
| GNLU Silvassa Campus (w.e.f. 2023) |
- |
- |
| RPNLUP Prayagraj |
- |
- |
Check college predictor for CLAT and college predictor for AILET based on your marks in these entrance exams.
Commonly asked questions
Yes, the application fee for AILET 2026 is INR .3,000/- (Rupees Three Thousand Five Hundred Only). Application fee in case of SC/ST and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) is INR 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand Five Hundred Only). SC/ST and women candidates who are Below Poverty Line (BPL) are exempted from payment of the online application fee.
AILET-2026 will be conducted at the below mentioned cities:
Ahmedabad, Asansol, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Dehradun, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Guwahati, Gwalior, Haldwani, Hisar, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam.
The CLAT cutoff means the minimum rank or score required to get admission into a National Law University (NLU). Candidates must get the cutoff to participate in the counselling process.
No, AILET Entrance Exam cutoff is released separately for the various categories. For instance, the cut-off is available for categories like Open, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PH categories. Note that open category candidates will not be considered for admission under reserved category seats. However, candidates belonging to reserved category will be considered for admission under both open and the reserved category they belong to. To be considered for admission under reserved category, the candidate must furnish the required category certificates. However, any candidate who is found using counterfeit documents can be disqualified at any stage of the admission process.
List of NLUs in India - NIRF Ranking, UG and PG seats
Now, there are a total of 24 NLUs in India offering admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate law courses (seat intake) as listed below:
| NLUs in India |
NIRF Ranking 2025 |
NIRF Ranking 2024 |
Seats (UG and PG courses) |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Law School of India University, Bangalore |
1 |
1 |
310 seats for UG and 100 seats for PG course |
| National Law University, Delhi |
2 |
2 |
123 seats for UG (including Supernumerary seats) and 83 and seats for PG course (including Supernumerary seats) |
| National Academy of Legal Study & Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad |
3 |
3 |
132 seats for UG and 66 seats for PG course |
| The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata |
4 |
4 |
132 seats for UG and 70 seats for PG course |
| Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar |
5 |
6 |
172 seats for UG and 57 seats for PG course |
| National Law Institute University, Bhopal |
27 |
14 |
102 seats for UG and 60 seats for PG course |
| National Law University, Jodhpur |
- |
8 |
120 seats for UG and 50 seats for PG course |
| Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow |
21 |
15 |
187 seats for UG and 33 seats for PG course |
| Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala |
- |
16 |
180 seats for UG and 60 seats for PG course |
| Chanakya National Law University Patna |
17 |
- |
132 seats for UG |
| National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi |
- |
26 |
120 seats for UG and 60 seats for PG course |
| National Law University Odisha, Cuttack |
15 | 18 |
180 seats for UG and 46 seats for PG course |
| National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi |
30 |
- |
120 seats for UG and 50 seats for PG course |
| National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam |
35 |
20 |
60 seats for UG and 40 seats for PG course |
| Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) Visakhapatnam |
- |
28 |
120 seats for UG and 60 seats for PG course |
| The Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirapalli |
- |
- |
120 seats for UG and 60 seats for PG course |
| Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai |
- |
- |
100 seats for UG and 50 seats for PG course |
| Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur |
28 |
- |
120 seats for UG and 60 seats for PG course |
| Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad |
- |
- |
60 seats for UG and 60 seats for PG course |
| Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla |
34 |
- |
180 seats for UG and 80 seats for PG course |
| Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur |
- |
- |
120 seats for UG and 50 seats for PG course |
| Dr B R Ambedkar National Law University Sonipat, Haryana |
- |
- |
120 seats for UG course |
| Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur |
- |
- |
170 seats for UG and 90 seats for PG course |
| Sikkim National Law University, Gangtok |
- |
- |
- |
| National Law University, Tirupura |
- |
- |
120 seats for UG and 50 seats for PG course |
| GNLU Silvassa Campus |
- |
- |
66 seats for UG and 33 seats for PG course |
| Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Law University, Prayagraj (RPNLU) |
- |
- |
60 seats for UG course |
Also Read: What are NLUs (National Law Universities)? How are these different from other Law schools?
Law Courses offered at NLUs
Undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, Ph.D., and diploma courses are offered at NLUs include:
| UG Courses |
PG courses |
|---|---|
| BA LLB (Hons.) (Five-year Integrated Law course) |
|
| BBA LLB (Five-year Integrated Law course) |
|
| BSc LLB (Five-year Integrated Law course) |
|
| BLS LLB (Five-year Integrated Law course) |
PG Diploma in Urban Environmental Management and Law (NLU Delhi) |
| BCom LLB (Five-year Integrated Law course) |
Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Environmental Law (NLU Delhi) |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law and Policy (NLU Delhi) |
|
| Three-year LLB Course at NLSIU Bangalore |
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Commonly asked questions
The CLAT Cutoff is decided by following factors
- Exam Difficulty
- Number of Applicants
- Seat Availability
- Reservation Policy
- Domicile Quota
Following factors are considered to determine the AILET cutoff-
- Difficulty level of exam
- Number of candidates appeared
- Total seats available for admission
- Category of candidates
Yes, the AILET exam is held only for admission to NLU Delhi. The AILET full form is All India Law Entrance Test, and it's not used by other NLUs. If you want to study law at AILET colleges, you must apply through AILET registration and check the AILET eligibility before applying.
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Top 10 Private Law Colleges in India 2025
Candidates must not feel disheartened if they don't get admission to NLUs in the country. There are more than 80 private law colleges in India, and the following colleges are considered among the best private law colleges based on NIRF Rankings 2025:
| Name of Colleges |
NIRF Ranking 2025 |
NIRF Ranking 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | |
| 10 | 9 | |
| 14 | 11 | |
| 18 | 28 | |
| 19 | 13 | |
| 20 | 18 | |
| School of Law, Christ University |
24 | 15 |
| S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | 25 | - |
| LPU - Lovely Professional University |
26 | 19 |
| ICFAI Law School |
31 | 36 |
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