NLU Delhi NIRF ranking 2025
Explore National Law University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Law #2 in NIRF 2025.
National Law University
New Delhi, Delhi · NIRF ID IR-L-U-0111
At a glance
National Law University is a government institution in New Delhi, Delhi. Its best current NIRF result is #2 in Law (2025). The latest student-strength disclosure covers 661 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#2 Score80.00
NIRF Law journey
Rank #2 → #2 since 2021; score 74.55 → 80.00.
The rank line is NLU Delhi's all-India position in NIRF Law: #2 in 2021 to #2 in 2025. Lower is better.
Law 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #2
- Score (out of 100)
- 80.00
- Last year rank
- #2
- Movement vs previous
- 0
- Best rank
- #2
- Ranking trend
- Stable
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 ₹13.1 Cr → ₹20.27 Cr.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
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: ₹13.1 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹20.27 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹1.96 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹2 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Perception (PR) improved most: 73.8 → 92.1. 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. NLU Delhi improved most in Perception (PR) (73.8 → 92.1). Its latest strongest pillar is Perception (PR) at 92.1, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 42.9.
Questions about NLU Delhi
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
NLU Delhi ranking questions
What is NLU Delhi NIRF ranking 2025?
National Law University's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Law rank #2 with a score of 80.00.
Which NIRF categories include NLU Delhi in 2025?
NLU Delhi appears in the NIRF 2025 Law ranking categories on this profile.
Is National Law University private or government?
National Law University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is National Law University located?
National Law University is listed in New Delhi, Delhi.
Students also ask
What is NLU Delhi's best NIRF category?
Law is its best current result at #2 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 80.00.
How many students does NLU Delhi have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 661 students, including 517 from outside the state and 42 international students.
Is NLU Delhi improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 42.8 in 2021 to 42.9 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 63 PhD scholars.
How much does NLU Delhi spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹20.27 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹2 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹1.96 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.