Best College for Undergraduates to Pursue Law as Per NIRF Ranking -

Pursuing an undergraduate programme in Law after 12th is currently one of the most popular programme in India. India has a strong legal education system, which includes approximately 1600 law colleges, including government, state and private ownerships. Law students can apply to these universities through law entrance exams such as CLAT, CUET-Law, MH CET Law, SLAT, NLAT, and others, which offer 5-year integrated LLB and 3-year LLB courses. It can be difficult for a new law student to determine which law school to attend or “which law school will prepare me for the future of legal practice.” To assist students, we have published a list of the top 25 law colleges in India as per the NIRF Ranking 2025 on this page.

Top 25 Law Colleges in India as per NIRF Ranking 2025

To determine which is the Best College for Undergraduates to Pursue Law, consult the most recent NIRF Ranking given annually by the Ministry of Education. The top law colleges in India are NLSIU Bangalore, NLU Delhi, and NALSAR University of Law, among others. The following are the top 25 NIRF-ranked law colleges in India.

NIRF Ranking	Law College/University	City	Score
1	National Law School of India University	Bengaluru	82.97
2	National Law University	New Delhi	80
3	NALSAR University of Law	Hyderabad	79.5
4	The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences	Kolkata	79.39
5	Gujarat National Law University	Gandhinagar	76.23
6	Indian Institute of Technology	Kharagpur	74.09
7	Symbiosis Law School	Pune	74.07
8	Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	66.39
9	Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	65.82
10	Siksha `O` Anusandhan	Bhubaneswar	65.36
11	Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy	Thanjavur	65.29
12	Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University	Lucknow	65.26
13	Cochin University of Science and Technology	Cochin	65.19
14	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	Bhubaneswar	65.04
15	National Law University	Cuttack	63.66
16	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of Law	Visakhapatnam	63.12
17	Chanakya National Law University	Patna	62.4
18	UPES	Dehradun	61.45
19	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Chennai	60.9
20	Alliance University	Bengaluru	60.83
21	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow	Lucknow	60.12
22	Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University	New Delhi	60.05
23	Central University of South Bihar	Gaya	58.84
24	Christ University	Bengaluru	58.4
25	S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology	Chennai	58

Admission Process for Law Colleges in India

To enrol on law schools in India, you must first pass one of India’s law admission exams. Each year, lakhs of students take major law entrance exams like as CLAT, AILET, SLAT, and others to get admission to 5-year integrated, 3-year LLB, or LLM programs. These competitive assessments provide access to top National Law Universities (NLUs), government and private law colleges around the country.

There are various sorts of legal entrance exams in India. There are three types of law admission exams: national-level (AILET, CLAT, LSAT, and AIBE), state-level (SLE), and institute-level. To appear in any of the exams, students must visit the official website to learn about the application form dates, eligibility, exam syllabus and pattern, and other details. Refer to the table below to know about the Top Law Entrance Exams in India.

Exam Name	Conducting Body	Exam dates
CLAT	Consortium of NLUs	7 Dec 2025
AILET	NLU Delhi	14 Dec 2025
SLAT	Symbiosis International University	December 20, 2025 (Test 1) and December 28, 2025 (Test 2)
MHCET Law	State CET Cell, Maharashtra	April 2026
PUCET Law	Panjab University	January 2026