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Cover Story EW India Government University Rankings 2025-26

there’s no change at top table. NAL- National Law University (NLU), has retained its #7 rank even as The
SAR University of Law, Hyder- Jodhpur is ranked #5 (#6 in 2024- West Bengal National University
abad, retains its #2 rank, followed by 25). Hidayatullah National Law of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS),
the Indian Law Institute (Deemed University, Raipur #6 (#8) tied Kolkata has ceded ground at #8 (#5).
University), Delhi at #3 and Na- with National Law Institute Uni- The Top 10 table is completed by Shri
tional Law University (NLU), versity (NLIU), Bhopal (#9) have Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Dwarka, Delhi #4 — all retaining been promoted by this year’s sample Sanskrit University, Delhi #9
their 2024-25 rank. respondents. (#10) and Gujarat National Law
Beyond the Top 4, there’s minor Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya Na- University, Gandhinagar #10
rearrangement of the seating order. tional Law University, Lucknow (#13).

Best gov. law & humanities universities

Competence of faculty Curriculum & pedagogy Industry interface (100) Leadership / governance programmes offered (100) TOTAL SCORE (1300)

Rank Faculty welfare & development (100) Research and innovation (300) Placement (100) Infrastructure (150) Internationalism (100) Range/diversity of NIRF 2024* Rank

2022 2023 2024 2025 (150) (100) quality (100)

1 1 1 1 National Law School of India University (NLSIU),
Bengaluru 139 85 212 83 88 84 139 78 82 65 1055 1
2 2 2 2 NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad 137 81 204 82 87 88 137 77 80 65 1038 3
5 3 3 3 The Indian Law Institute (Deemed University), Delhi 138 76 201 78 81 84 132 75 79 61 1005 35
4 4 4 4 National Law University (NLU), Dwarka, Delhi 143 79 196 79 81 91 131 75 76 53 1004 2
6 7 6 5 National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur 140 71 185 80 65 78 136 73 72 60 960 NR
9 10 8 6 Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur 135 71 170 75 74 74 128 70 73 59 929 NR
7 11 9 6 National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal 145 73 172 65 69 73 134 70 68 60 929 21
8 9 7 7 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University,
Lucknow 133 74 162 72 72 73 132 69 75 59 921 20
3 5 5 8 The West Bengal National University of Juridical
Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata 135 68 178 78 64 77 130 68 66 52 916 4
NR 6 10 9 Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University,
Delhi 134 74 131 75 80 65 130 57 78 64 888 NR
10 14 13 10 Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar 134 74 124 75 72 72 130 63 69 61 874 8
16 8 13 11 National Sanskrit University, Tirupati 130 72 127 76 82 62 128 55 65 69 866 NR
11 13 11 12 Nalanda University, Rajgir (Bihar) 133 67 145 71 66 67 121 65 70 60 865 NR
13 12 12 13 Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, Bolpur (WB) 127 63 173 64 62 60 122 67 63 63 864 101-150
14 15 14 14 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University,
Aurangabad 127 65 154 59 61 65 124 68 64 65 852 101-150
17 19 17 15 National Museum Institute of History of Arts,
Conservation and Museology (Deemed University), Delhi 123 65 125 66 62 63 112 63 64 66 809 NR
18 17 16 16 Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Regional
Campus, Imphal (Manipur) 111 63 143 57 62 60 120 59 59 72 806 NR
12 16 15 17 Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU),
Hyderabad 134 68 115 64 55 57 124 50 65 69 801 151-200
15 18 18 18 Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (Deemed University),
Pune 123 72 116 62 58 66 112 56 62 63 790 NR
19 21 21 19 Tamil University, Thanjavur 115 71 124 55 57 51 108 49 65 60 755 NR
22 20 20 20 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University 110 62 130 63 55 58 103 53 56 64 754 NR
21 22 19 21 Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi
Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha 112 57 121 63 59 62 119 48 55 57 753 NR
20 23 22 22 Central Sanskrit University, Delhi 115 62 121 51 56 55 113 55 59 62 749 151-200
NB: NR= Not Ranked; NIRF= National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2024 of the Union education ministry

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