NLU NIRF 2026 Rankings Soon: Check Details Here

The Ministry of Education is expected to release the NLUs NIRF Ranking 2026 soon. The participating institutions has already submitted their data to the Ministry, but the ranking has been delayed because of NBA scrutiny. Read this page for more details.

NLU NIRF Ranking 2026 Delayed

NLU NIRF Ranking 2026 Soon: The Union Ministry of Education may soon release the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2026 rankings on its official website: nirfindia.org. National Law Universities are the premier law-education-imparting institutions in India. Being Statutory bodies, they participate in the NIRF Ranking every year.
The National Law Universities formed a Consortium to conduct a Common Law Admission Test to select the candidates for the Law Courses offered by them. This year, the Consortium of NLUs did not ask for the NLU preference in the CLAT application form. Candidates will be asked for their NLU preference in their Counselling registration form.

Why NLU NIRF 2026 Ranking Delayed?

The Ministry of Education releases the NIRF ranking every year in August/September, but this year, the NIRF 2026 rankings are still awaited. The participating universities has already submitted their data to the Ministry for ranking purposes. The NIRF ranking is based on five factors, which are given below:

• Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)
• Research and Professional Practice (RP)
• Graduation Outcomes (GO)
• Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
• Peer Perception (PR)

The second factor of Research and Professional Practice, is the main cause of delay in the publication of NLU NIRF rankings.

The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) is auditing and scrutinising the large number of research papers retracted in 2025. India has recorded 887 research papers retracted in 2025. The NIRF 2025 methodology introduced a negative-marking system based on the number of retracted publications for the Overall, Engineering, Universities, and Research Institutions categories. The number of retractions will have an impact on the overall ranking of the top-rated institutes.