National Law University

Established in the year 2008, National Law University, Delhi, also known as NLU Delhi is a state-level university located in the capital of India. Out of the 23 NLUs in the country, NLU Delhi is among the leading ones. The university is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and is also a member of AIU. NLU Delhi is accredited with an ‘A’ grade with a score of 3.59 by NAAC and approved by the Bar Council of India (BCI). NLU Delhi is ranked 2 for Law by NIRF 2021. The university offers a total of 11 law courses across two streams at UG, PG and PhD levels. Additionally, NLU Delhi also offers PG diploma, certificate, diploma and bridge courses.

Particulars	Statistics
Establishment year	2008
Student intake	UG: 123 PG: 81
Rankings (2021)	-Ranked 2 by NIRF under Law category
No. of courses	7 courses across 2 streams
Student-faculty ratio	10: 1
Number/ Types of scholarships offered	60; merit-based and need-based

Fees & Eligibility

Course	Fees	Eligibility
PG Diploma	₹16,000 (Total Fees)	Graduation
L.L.M	₹2.47 Lakhs (Total Fees)	L.L.B. with 55% + AILET
Certification	₹15,000 (Total Fees)	Graduation
Ph.D	₹1.25 Lakhs (1st Year Fees)	Post Graduation
BALLB {Hons.}	₹2.47 Lakhs (1st Year Fees)	10+2 with 50% + AILET

Admission

National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) admission is entrance-based. The university offers 11 law programmes at UG, PG, diploma, PG diploma, and PhD levels. NLU Delhi conducts AILET for the selection of the candidates in some of the programmes. Additionally, the university also offers UG diploma, PG diploma, certificates, and bridge courses. NLU Delhi offers admission to courses based on entrance exam and counselling. Below-mentioned are the NLU Delhi courses along with the eligibility criteria and their respective fee:

Course Name	Entrance Exam/ Eligibility
BA LLB (Hons)	Entrance exam: AILET Class 12 with a minimum of 45% aggregate (40% aggregate for SC/ ST/ persons with disability)
LLM (one-year)	Entrance exam: AILET LLB or equivalent degree with a minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for SC/ ST/ Person with Disability)
PG Diploma in LLM (Professional)	Graduation in any discipline with a minimum of 50% aggregate or professional
PG Diploma	Graduates or working professionals (two-year minimum experience for PG Diploma in Urban Environmental Management and Law)
PhD	Entrance exam: Written test/ AILET Master’s degree in Law or equivalent with a minimum of 55% aggregate
Diploma	Class 12 or equivalent with a minimum of 55% aggregate
Certificate	Practicing lawyers, company secretaries and chartered accountants and other related professionals.

IIRF

NLU Delhi Law ranking by IIRF is 2 out of 40 colleges in India in 2024 and it was 2 out of 39 colleges in India in 2023.

Stream	2024 Ranking	2023 Ranking	2022 Ranking
Law	#2 out of 40 in India 2024	#2 out of 39 in India 2023	#2 out of 36 in India 2022

Facilities

Boys Hostel

The University has a sprawling campus at Dwarka with state of art infrastructure facilities comprising of an academic block (five floors), separate halls of residence (six floors), an independent administration block (five floors), a fully air-conditioned auditorium for holding conferences and seminars. The University is fully residential and maintains separate residence for boys and girls. The Halls of Residence are provided with common room facilities, indoor games, like TT, Pool Table, Television and a State of Art Gymnasium. Management and maintenance of discipline in the halls of residence is the responsibility of the residents, Chief-Warden, Wardens and Assistant Warden. The residents have to mandatorily conform to the rules and regulations of the University.
Girls Hostel

The University has a sprawling campus at Dwarka with state of art infrastructure facilities comprising of an academic block (five floors), separate halls of residence (six floors), an independent administration block (five floors), a fully air-conditioned auditorium for holding conferences and seminars. The University is fully residential and maintains separate residence for boys and girls. The Halls of Residence are provided with common room facilities, indoor games, like TT, Pool Table, Television and a State of Art Gymnasium. Management and maintenance of discipline in the halls of residence is the responsibility of the residents, Chief-Warden, Wardens and Assistant Warden. The residents have to mandatorily conform to the rules and regulations of the University.
Medical/Hospital

The university has a 24 hours medical room with a nurse. A doctor visits the campus from 4-6 p.m every day. An ambulance is also available round the clock for the residents of the University to deal with any emergency situation.
Gym

State of art gymnasium with the latest equipment for boys and girls in their respective halls of residence.
Library

National Law University Delhi Library also is known as Justice T. P. S. Chawla Library was inaugurated by Hon’ble Justice Mr Deepak Misra, the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in 2010. The library has been named after Justice T.P.S. Chawla has a separate building with two floors with the beautiful campus of the University. The mission of Justice Library emphasizes mainly to cater to the needs of students, scholars and teachers of the National Law University, Delhi. It is also open for reference to Library Interns, research scholars and faculty members of other educational and research institutions. The Library acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes available a world-class collection of both contemporary and historical legal materials. Presently library has a sound collection of over 37500 books and bound volumes of Journals and 180 current subscriptions to journals and newspapers along with 250 CDs and DVDs. Currently Library is subscribing a number of online databases of international and national spheres i.e. Westlaw International, LexisNexis Academic, Hein Online, JSTOR, Kluwer Arbitration Online, E-Hart Books, Manupatra, SCC Online, Taxmann, Corporate Law Advisor Plus, India Stat and AIR InfoTech Supreme Court of India, High Courts and Criminal Law Journal. In this year, the Library has added around 1210 books and 322 bound volumes journals. A library has also enhanced its digital collection of 472 E-Books from Oxford University Press and 464 E-Books from Cambridge University Press. Other than print and digital collection, Library maintains an article indexing system. Till date, more than 13500 academic articles published in various international and national journals subscribed by the Library in print format have been indexed as ready reference research service. The bibliographical details of articles are easily accessible on the basis of author, title, subject, keywords and free text search. The Library performs a number of anticipatory and response based services to its clientele. Library sends regular updates of Supreme Court of India Judgments, Central Legislation, Newspaper Clipping Articles, Article Alerts and Book Alerts through emails to students and faculty members. Library also responds over the electronic request received from faculty members and students over a specific subject area of interest.
Sports

The facilities for sports are planned in the additional land which will be available to the University for the purpose, shortly. At present, the university has a basketball, volleyball courts and state of art gymnasium with the latest equipment for boys and girls in their respective halls of residence.
I.T Infrastructure

The campus is wi-fi (wireless friendly) enabled. The internet centre is located in the Library and has 50 high-end desktops with Microsoft operating system and well equipped with optical drives. Besides this, a separate bay is also provided for laptop users. The internet centre is supported with three servers and with a high-speed bandwidth, centrally document & print facility is also available. To meet the growing challenges of internet usage & e-learning, the centre supports students for research & e-learning. The Internet Centre also works closely with leading academic stakeholders, providing on-line databases like Manupatra, Lexis Nexis, and Westlaw etc.
Cafeteria

University has a well-furnished Cafeteria and a well equipped separate mess in the Boys and Girls Hostels.
Auditorium

The University has a fully air-conditioned auditorium with a sitting capacity of over 650 people. The auditorium is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art audio and visual facilities. The auditorium is used for organizing University functions including seminars, conferences and cultural programs. NLU-Delhi has four Conference/Seminar rooms furnished with state-of-the-art facilities in the Academic Block.
Transport Facility

The University also has two Innova Cars and a bus which is used for the student’s activities such as court visits, Legal Aid Programmes and Clinics. The University is very well connected through Metro Rail and has good DTC bus services.
Wifi

The campus is wi-fi (wireless friendly) enabled. The internet centre is located in the Library and has 50 high-end desktops with Microsoft operating system and well equipped with optical drives. Besides this, a separate bay is also provided for laptop users. The internet centre is supported with three servers and with a high-speed bandwidth, centrally document & print facility is also available. To meet the growing challenges of internet usage & e-learning, the centre supports students for research & e-learning. The Internet Centre also works closely with leading academic stakeholders, providing on-line databases like Manupatra, Lexis Nexis, and Westlaw etc.
Classrooms

Classrooms are well equipped with digital podiums, LCD projector & display screen and internet (wi-fi) access. The students are required to purchase Laptops for making best use of internet connectivity for research purpose. All the classrooms have e-Station Smart Multimedia Podium for teaching. The e-Station is equipped with the facilities of touch screen, writing, sound system, visualizer, CD player and recording etc.
Moot Court

The University has state-of-the-art E-Moot Court Hall equipped with hi-tech audio visual equipments having a seating capacity of 170 people.