Top Law colleges in India based on NIRF Ranking 2022

The National Institutional Ranking Framework is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by the MHRD and launched by Minister of Human Resource Development on 29 September 2015.

The institutes ranked below offer varied courses in law for pursuing bachelor’s and master’s in law like BA LLB, BBA LLB, BCom LLB, LLB, LLM, etc. The course duration can be of 3-year or 5-year as per the choice of the courses.

In India, law institutes offer courses like:

• BA LLB
• BBA LLB
• BCom LLB
• BSC LLB
• BLS LLB
• BCom LLB
• LLB
• LLM

The first version of NIRF ranking was released in the year 2016. Here are the top law colleges in India, based on NIRF Ranking 2022. 

Name	City	State	Rank
National Law School of India University	Bengaluru	Karnataka	1
National Law University	New Delhi	Delhi	2
Symbiosis Law School	Pune	Maharashtra	3
Nalsar University of Law	Hyderabad	Telangana	4
The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences	Kolkata	West Bengal	5
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal	6
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	7
Gujarat National Law University	Gandhinagar	Gujarat	8
Siksha `O` Anusandhan	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	9
National Law University, Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	10
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	11
Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	12
Lovely Professional University	Phagwara	Punjab	13
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	14
National Law Institute University, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	15
Christ University	Bengaluru	Karnataka	16
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	17
The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala	Patiala	Punjab	18
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy	Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	19
Banaras Hindu University	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	20
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Dehradun	Uttarakhand	21
National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi	Ranchi	Jharkhand	22
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University	New Delhi	Delhi	23
National Law University and Judicial Academy	Kamrup	Assam	24
National Law University	Cuttack	Odisha	25
Army Institute of Law, Mohali	Mohali	Punjab	26
Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon	Gurugram	Haryana	27
Sikkim Government Law College, Burtuk	Gangtok	Sikkim	28
Indian Law Institute	New Delhi	Delhi	29
Panjab University	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	30

In India, there are more than 1800+ law colleges and universities. You can find list of all law colleges, here.