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This is the second part of the four-part blog series on NLU Ranking. Here’s where you can read the first, for the actual NLU Ranking. To read the third post on the cut-offs for the various NLUs, click here.
In the previous blog, you found out about top NLUs in the country. While drawing up the NLU ranking, we considered specific parameters. This information is publicly available for all NLUs. The following parameters have been considered in the decreasing order of priority
| Feature | Indicator | NLU Category 1 | NLU Category 2 |
| All India category – Unreserved seats (As % of Total Seats) | 75% plus seats (Truly NATIONAL Law Schools) | Gandhinagar, Jodhpur, Patiala | Cuttack, Guwahati |
| <=50% seats (Less geographic diversity) | Bhopal, Lucknow, Raipur, Mumbai, Kochi | Patna, Ranchi, Vizag, Trichy, Nagpur | |
| Women Candidate seats | 30% plus seats (Promotes gender diversity) | Bhopal, Gandhinagar, Raipur, Mumbai | None |
| <30% of total seats | Lucknow, Kochi | Trichy | |
| No seats under this category | Jodhpur, Patiala | All Except Trichy | |
| Rank Quotient | More “Uniform potential to perform” within the batch | Quotient below 3 | Quotient from 3-5 |
| Gadhinagar, Lucknow, Jodhpur | Guwahati, Cuttack, Patna | ||
| Less “Uniform potential to perform” within the batch | Quotient from 3-4 | Quotient from 6-8 | |
| Bhopal, Raipur, Patiala | Vizag, Trichy, Ranchi | ||
| Quotient > 7 | Quotient > 8 | ||
| Mumbai, Kochi | Nagpur | ||
| Location Attractiveness | Ranked 1 or 2 | Mumbai, Bhopal, Gandhinagar, Lucknow, Raipur | Patna, Guwahati, Ranchi, Nagpur |
| Ranked 3 | Jodhpur, Patiala, Kochi | Cuttack, Vizag, Trichy | |
| Establishment duration | Older than 10 years | Bhopal, Jodhpur, Gandhinagar, Lucknow, Raipur, Patiala, Kochi | Patna, Vizag |
| Not yet 10 years old | Mumbai | Cuttack, Guwahati, Ranchi, Trichy, Nagpur |
Now that you know about important parameters used to rank NLUs, you should consider using them yourself. Another most sought after information by CLAT aspirants is NLU wise rank cut-offs. They also form the basis of rank quotient calculation
Check out our third blog post on the cut-offs for the various NLUs here! And to read the fourth blog post on the parameters you should use to evaluate which NLU to select, click here.
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