Everything about law entrance prep
This is the first of a four-post blog series on NLU ranking, designed by experts at IMS. Make sure you check out the link at the end for the next blog post.The time has arrived for law enthusiasts to gear up for CLAT 2019, the entrance test for the coveted NLU seats. Since most serious takers have started preparation, it is a good time to find out about the top NLUs in India so that you can target the desired institute well in advance
Note: Ranking starts beyond Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata, which undisputedly occupy the first, second and the third positions respectively
NLU Group 1
| Rank | NLU | No of Seats | Age in Years | Comments |
| 4 | Jodhpur | 115 | 19 | Small batch => Quicker placements, no domicile reservations, established NLU. More uniform batch |
| 5 | Gandhinagar | 187 | 15 | Diverse batch profile. Better rank quotient, more uniform batch. Established NLU, batch diversity due to women & NRI seats |
| 6 | Bhopal | 120 | 21 | One of the oldest NLUs. Slightly high rank quotient => less uniform batch, lesser % of unreserved seats to total |
| 7 | Mumbai | 62 | 4 | Small batch => Quicker placements, domicile reservations, more uniform batch, financial capital |
| 8 | Raipur | 187 | 15 | <50% seats for All India unreserved candidates. Slightly high rank quotient => Less uniform batch |
| 9 | Lucknow | 176 | 13 | All India Unreserved seats are 50% of total, better rank quotient. Batch diversity due to women & NRI seats |
| 10 | Patiala | 196 | 12 | Large batch size without location benefit. Higher percentage of All India unreserved seats. Moderate rank quotient |
| 11 | Kochi | 68 | 13 | Small batch, All India Unreserved seats are 50% of total. Rank quotient is too high, without location benefit |
NLU Group 2
| Rank | NLU | No of Seats | Age in Years | Comments |
| 12 | Cuttack | 180 | 9 | Higher unreserved seats, no state domicile, large batch without location benefit. Relatively new NLU |
| 13 | Guwahati | 120 | 9 | Rank coefficient is the best among batch 2. Moderate sized batch to place. 22% state domicile impacts batch diversity |
| 14 | Patna | 140 | 12 | Location benefit (State capital) over others. Large no. of state category seats. Slightly larger batch with fairly high rank coefficient. Established NLU |
| 15-18 | Vizag | 120 | 10 | Below 50% of total seats available for All India unreserved segment. Except Vizag, every NLU is less than 10 year-old, without location advantage. Very high rank coefficients mean student potential will largely vary within the batch. Except Ranchi (State capital), no location advantage |
| Ranchi | 120 | 8 | ||
| Trichy | 110 | 6 | ||
| Nagpur | 120 | 2 |
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Well, now that you have seen the list, you must be curious to know how we arrived at this listing. To know about ranking parameters, visit our next blog
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