Ranked #7 in the composite EWIHER 2021-22, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru is India’s #1 public law and humanities university in 2022-23 with top scores in a record nine of ten parameters

The carving out of a separate law and humanities league table has given a huge boost to the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, widely acknowledged as India’s premier institute of legal education. Promoted in 1986 as India’s first law university under the leadership of legendary legal educator N.R. Madhava Menon (1935-2019), NLSIU — ranked #7 in the composite EWIHER 2021-22 — is India’s #1 government law and humanities varsity in 2022-23 with top scores on a record nine of the ten parameters of higher education excellence including competence of faculty, research and innovation, curriculum and pedagogy and placements.

Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy, vice chancellor of NLSIU, welcomes the university’s #1 ranking in the new law and humanities league table. “We are honoured by this recognition. NLSIU is known for having revitalised legal education in India. However, we are more than a legal education institution. Our five-year degree programme includes learning of the social sciences and humanities. Our pedagogy is focused on the intersection of law with the social sciences and humanities such as sociology, cultural anthropology, history, politics and economics. With the National Education Policy 2020 recommending the conversion of all higher education institutions into multidisciplinary universities, we intend to boost research and knowledge creation, upgrade and expand our syllabus to develop new law and multidisciplinary programmes

-says Krishnaswamy, an alum of NLSIU and Oxford University, who was appointed vice-chancellor in 2019.

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Law universities overwhelmingly dominate the newly introduced government law and humanities universities league table. NLSIU is followed by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, ranked #2 (#11 in 2021-22), the WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata at #3 (#17), NLU, Dwarka, Delhi, at #4 (#13) and the Indian Law Institute, Delhi at #5 (#12).

Similarly, other law schools have also received huge promotions in this league table. They include National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur, ranked #6 (#35), National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal at #7 (#31), Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute, Lucknow at #8 (#44), Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur at #9 (#45) and Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar at #10 (55).

Beyond the Top 10 league table entirely dominated by legal education institutions, there are some pure play humanities varsities including the slow-track Nalanda University, Rajgir — promoted in 2010 to revive the glory of the ancient eponymous varsity — at #13 (#69), Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Bhopal at #13 (#71), Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan at #13 (#25), Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad at #14 (#60) and Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune at #15 (#96).

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