Best LLM Colleges in India 2026 - Ranking, Admissions, Fees, Courses, Placements, Exam, Cut Off

There are 700+ best LLM colleges in India. About 350+ of 1 year LLM colleges in India are privately owned, 190+ of them are owned by the government and 20+ colleges are owned by semi-government institutions. Some of the top Law colleges in India are National Law School of India University, Symbiosis Law School, Nalsar University of Law, and Gandhinagar National Law University. CLAT, CUET PG, TS PGLCET, AP PGLCET, etc. are some of the common entrance exams for admission to top LLM colleges in India.

Best LLM Colleges in India: Highlights 2025

Please refer to the table below for the key highlights of best college for LLM in India:

Parameters	Particulars/ Statistics
No. of LLM Colleges In India	700+ colleges
Annual Fees	Less than INR 1 lakh: 300+ colleges INR 1-2 lakh: 180+ colleges INR 2-3 lakh: 30+ colleges INR 3-5 lakh: 10+ colleges > INR 5 lakh: 2 colleges
Top Colleges	National Law School of India University, Symbiosis Law School, Nalsar University of Law, and Gandhinagar National Law University
Top Specialisations	Criminal Law, Corporate Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property Law, Business Law, International Trade Law, etc.
Accepted Entrance Exams	CLAT, CUET PG, TS PGLCET, AP PGLCET, etc.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

Check below for the top 10 LLM colleges in India with NIRF Rankings of the past three years: 

College Name	NIRF 2022	NIRF 2023	NIRF 2024
NLSIU Bangalore Ranking	1	1	1
NLU Delhi Ranking	2	2	2
Nalsar University of Law Ranking	4	3	3
NUJS Ranking	5	4	4
Symbiosis Law School Ranking	3	6	5
GNLU Gandhinagar Ranking	8	7	8
SOA University Ranking	9	8	9
BBAU Lucknow Ranking	NA	10	10
SIMTS Ranking	14	11	14
Christ University Ranking	16	13	15
Dr. Ambedkar College of Law Ranking	NA	NA	16

Best LLM Colleges in India: Admissions 2025

The basic eligibility for admission to best one year LLM in India are mentioned below: 

• Candidates are eligible to apply for admission in an LLM course if they have completed their graduation in law, that is, if the aspirant has secured his/ her LLB/ Bachelor of Law/ Five Year Integrated LLM course from a recognized university/ college.
• Apart from this, some colleges also fix a minimum percentage requirement for the LLM course offered by them.
• As part of the eligibility criteria shared by such colleges, candidates need to secure at least 55% aggregate marks at the graduation level in order to be considered eligible for admission to LLM courses offered by them.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

Best LLM Colleges in India: Exam Schedule 2025

For admission to best LLM college in India, candidates must qualify some of the popular exams and they are:

• CLAT: The national-level Common Law Admission Test (or CLAT) is conducted by the Consortium of NLUs for admission to 5-year integrated LLB (UG) and one-year LLM (PG) courses. All the seats of NLUs will be filled on the basis of CLAT 2025 reservation criteria as defined by the consortium.

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of exams in best college for LLM in India: 

Exam	Schedule
CLAT	CLAT Schedule
CUET-PG	CUET PG Schedule

There are some locations in India that are home to the best colleges for LLM in India. The most number of LLM colleges in India are located in Delhi NCR, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh followed by Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. Tabulated below shows the states offering several LLM course in India colleges with their names: 

States	No. of Colleges
Delhi NCR	70+
Madhya Pradesh	60+
Uttar Pradesh	70+
Rajasthan	60+
Maharashtra	50+

Best LLM Colleges in Delhi NCR

Please refer to the table below for some of the best Law colleges in Delhi/NCR with their tuition fee and eligibility criteria/entrance exams:

College Name	Tuition Fee	Eligibility/Exams
NLU Delhi	INR 1.35 lakh - INR 1.42 lakh	AILET
GGSIPU	INR 70,000 - INR 1.4 lakh	CLAT, IPU CET
ILI	INR 1.38 lakh	Merit-Based
Amity University Gurugram	INR 82,000	Merit-Based
Amity University Noida	INR 1.3 lakh - INR 1.37 lakh	Merit-Based

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

Best LLM Colleges in Hyderabad

Below mentioned are some of the best LLM colleges in Hyderabad with their tuition fee and eligibility criteria/entrance exams

College Name	Tuition Fee	Eligibility/Exams
Nalsar University of Law	INR 65,000	CLAT, TS PGLCET
ICFAI Law School	INR 1.2 lakh - INR 2 lakh	TS PGLCET
Symbiosis Law School	INR 1.54 lakh	TS PGLCET
University College of Law, Osmania University	INR 40,200 - INR 66,000	TS PGLCET
Mahatma Gandhi Law College	INR 70,000	TS PGLCET

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

Best LLM Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

Given below are some of the best LLM colleges in Uttar Pradesh with their tuition fee and eligibility criteria/entrance exams

College Name	Tuition Fee	Eligibility/Exams
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow	INR 6,000 - INR 1.1 lakh	CUET PG
Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University	INR 5,410 - INR 11,330	CUET PG
NLU Lucknow (RMLNLU)	INR 35,000	CLAT
Amity University Noida	INR 1.3 lakh - INR 1.37 lakh	Merit-Based
Galgotias University	INR 65,000	CLAT, LSAT India, CUET PG

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

Best LLM Colleges in Madhya Pradesh

Please refer to the table below for some of the best LLM colleges in Madhya Pradesh with their tuition fee and eligibility criteria/entrance exams

College Name	Tuition Fee	Eligibility/Exams
NLIU Bhopal	INR 1.1 lakh	CLAT
DAVV	INR 48,000	CUET PG
Dharmashastra National Law University	INR 1.1 lakh	CLAT
Indore Institute of Law	INR 1.14 lakh	Merit-Based
Amity University Gwalior	INR 1.06 lakh	Merit-Based

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

Best LLM Colleges in Rajasthan

Below mentioned are some of the best LLM colleges in Rajasthan with their tuition fee and eligibility criteria/entrance exams

College Name	Tuition Fee	Eligibility/Exams
Manipal University Jaipur	INR 68,000	MET
NLU Jodhpur	INR 1.1 lakh	CLAT
NIMS School of Law	INR 40,000	Merit-Based
Jaipur National University	INR 76,950	Jaipur National University Combined Entrance Test
Amity University Jaipur	INR 52,000 - INR 72,000	Merit-Based

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

Best LLM Colleges in Maharashtra

Given below are some of the best LLM colleges in Maharashtra with their tuition fee and eligibility criteria/entrance exams

College Name	Tuition Fee	Eligibility/Exams
Symbiosis Law School	INR 1.83 lakh	Merit-Based
ILS Law College	INR 1.83 lakh	Merit-Based
Maharashtra National Law University Nagpur	INR 75,000	CLAT
Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai	INR 46,200 - INR 1.2 lakh	CLAT
Maharashtra National Law University Aurangabad	INR 74,870	CLAT

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

Best LLM Colleges in Haryana

Please refer to the table below for some of the best LLM colleges in Haryana:

College Name	Tuition Fee	ELigibility/Exams
Amity University Gurugram	INR 78,000	Merit-Based
Jindal Global Law School	INR 3.5 lakh	CLAT, LSAT India
Gurugram University	INR 60,000	Merit-Based
Department of Law, Maharshi Dayanand University	INR 940 - INR 92,400	Merit-Based
IILM University	INR 2 lakh	Merit-Based

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.

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Highest Salary Offered by Best LLM Colleges in India

ROI simply means the return on investment. It evaluates the efficiency or the profit earned from investing in a particular college. The ROI of a college can be thus measured by comparing the fee of the course and the placement data. Below is the comparison of fees and placement packages of the top one year LLM colleges in India:

College Name	Total Tuition Fee	Average Placement Package
National Law School of India University, Bangalore LLM Courses	INR 90,000 - INR 2.69 lakh	INR 8.4 LPA
New Law College, Bharati Vidyapeeth LLM Courses	INR 1.02 lakh	INR 5 LPA - INR 9 LPA
GNLU Gandhinagar (NLU) LLM Courses	INR 1.2 lakh	INR 6 LPA
NLU Kolkata (NUJS) LLM Courses	INR 34,000	INR 10 LPA
School of Law, Christ University LLM Courses	INR 1.87 lakh	INR 3.7 LPA

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website/ media reports/ NIRF website and may vary.

Top Recruiters for Best LLM Colleges in India

Given below are the top recruiters for some of the best LLM colleges in India with placements:

College Name	Annual Median Package	Top Recruiters
National Law School of India University, Bangalore Placement	INR 8.4 LPA	Allahabad Bank, Indian Express, Indian Oil, Sahara India, etc.
New Law College, Bharati Vidyapeeth Placement	INR 5 LPA - INR 9 LPA	Barclays Bank, Credit Suisse, John Deere, Aditya Birla Group, etc.
GNLU Gandhinagar (NLU) Placement	INR 6 LPA	Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Trilegal, Khaitan & Co., etc.
NLU Kolkata (NUJS) Placement	INR 10 LPA	IBM, ICICI Bank, ITC Limited, EY, etc.
School of Law, Christ University Placement	INR 3.7 LPA	Accenture, HCL, Oracle, ICICI Bank, IBM, etc.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website/ media reports/ NIRF website and may vary.

Cost of Studying at Best LLM Colleges in India

Please refer to the table below for some of the LLM best college in India at different fee ranges:

Fee Ranges	No. of Colleges	Popular Colleges
Less than INR 1 lakh	300+	NLSIU Bangalore, Nalsar University of Law, NLU Kolkata, BBAU Lucknow, etc.
INR 1-2 lakh	180+	NLU Delhi, Symbiosis Law School, GNLU Gandhinagar, SOA University, etc.
INR 2-3 lakh	30+	LPU, Kirit P Mehta School of Law, ICFAI Law School, MIT WPU, etc.
INR 3-5 lakh	10+	Alliance School of Law, Jindal Global Law School, Cochin University of Science and Technology, etc.
> INR 5 lakh	2	GNLU Silvassa, AURO University, UpGrad-Golden Gate University, etc.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website/ counselling body and may vary.

Top Specialisations Offered by the Best LLM Colleges in India

The best university for LLM in India provide various specialisations including Commercial Law, International Trade Law, Administrative Law, Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law, Security & Investment Law, etc. 

Given below are the top specialisations offered by best LLM top universities in India:

Specialisations	No. of Colleges
Criminal Law	161 (Symbiosis Law School, GNLU Gandhinagar (NLU), ICFAI Law School, etc.)
Corporate Law	124 (School of Law, Christ University, VIPS - Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, ICFAI Law School, etc.)
Constitutional Law	124 (Symbiosis Law School, School of Law, Christ University, NLIU Bhopal, etc.)
Intellectual Property Law	76 (NLIU Bhopal, Galgotias University, HNLU Raipur, etc.)
Business Law	58 (National Law School of India University, Bangalore, NLIU Bhopal, M.S. Ramaiah College of Law, etc.)

Below is the list showcasing colleges comparison of top LLM university in India:

• NLSIU Bangalore Comparison with other Colleges
• NLU Delhi Comparison with other Colleges
• Nalsar Hyderabad Comparison with other Colleges
• NLU Jodhpur Comparison withb other Colleges

Tasbiya Khan09-03-2025 11:27