CNLU Patna NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Chanakya National Law University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Law #17 in NIRF 2025.
Chanakya National Law University
Patna, Bihar · NIRF ID IR-L-U-0063
At a glance
Chanakya National Law University is a government institution in Patna, Bihar. Its best current NIRF result is #17 in Law (2025). The latest student-strength disclosure covers 732 students.
Latest batch
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Law journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
LawNIRF 2025 Rank#17 Score62.40
NIRF Law journey
Rank #31 → #17 since 2024; score 51.70 → 62.40.
The rank line is CNLU Patna's all-India position in NIRF Law: #31 in 2024 to #17 in 2025. Lower is better.
Law 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #17
- Score (out of 100)
- 62.40
- Last year rank
- #31
- Movement vs previous
- 14
- Best rank
- #17
- Ranking trend
- Improving
Placements — official numbers
Placement history is not yet available. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
Salary and placement rate, year by year
What this means: The placement rate is placed graduates divided by graduates in minimum stipulated time. Missing salary values remain unreported.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹6.44 Cr → ₹9.46 Cr.
Year by year, 2020-21–2023-24
Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹6.44 Cr in 2020-21 to ₹9.46 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹3.83 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹1.65 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 58.7 → 79.2. Research (RPC) is the lowest latest pillar.
What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. CNLU Patna improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (58.7 → 79.2). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 79.2, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 23.8.
Questions about CNLU Patna
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
CNLU Patna ranking questions
What is CNLU Patna NIRF ranking 2025?
Chanakya National Law University's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Law rank #17 with a score of 62.40.
Which NIRF categories include CNLU Patna in 2025?
CNLU Patna appears in the NIRF 2025 Law ranking categories on this profile.
Is Chanakya National Law University private or government?
Chanakya National Law University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Chanakya National Law University located?
Chanakya National Law University is listed in Patna, Bihar.
Students also ask
What is CNLU Patna's best NIRF category?
Law is its best current result at #17 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 62.40.
How many students does CNLU Patna have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 732 students, including 259 from outside the state and 0 international students.
Is CNLU Patna improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 24.0 in 2024 to 23.8 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 50 PhD scholars.
How much does CNLU Patna spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹9.46 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹1.65 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹3.83 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.