PhD in Law in India: Top Institutes

If you are looking forward to pursuing PhD, it is advised to get it done from the top Indian Institutes/ or abroad. The top universities provide researchers with an excellent research infrastructure. It will help researchers in getting jobs after their Ph.D. This blog post will list the top law Institutes/ Universities in India for pursuing PhD.

Top 30 Law Institutes in India for pursuing PhD

The institutes are ranked based on the NIRF ranking 2023.

S. No.	Name of University/ Institute	City	State	Score
1	National Law School of India University	Bengaluru	Karnataka	78.00
2	National Law University	New Delhi	Delhi	73.96
3	Symbiosis Law School	Pune	Maharashtra	73.73
4	Nalsar University of Law	Hyderabad	Telangana	73.05
5	The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences	Kolkata	West Bengal	70.72
6	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal	67.27
7	Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	63.62
8	Gujarat National Law University	Gandhinagar	Gujarat	63.52
9	Siksha `O` Anusandhan	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	63.47
10	National Law University, Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	62.35
11	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	61.55
12	Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	60.11
13	Lovely Professional University	Phagwara	Punjab	57.57
14	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	55.41
15	National Law Institute University, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	54.28
16	Christ University	Bengaluru	Karnataka	53.56
17	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	53.23
18	The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala	Patiala	Punjab	52.73
19	Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy	Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	51.87
20	Banaras Hindu University	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	51.66
21	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Dehradun	Uttarakhand	50.18
22	National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi	Ranchi	Jharkhand	49.84
23	Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University	New Delhi	Delhi	49.43
24	National Law University and Judicial Academy	Kamrup	Assam	49.27
25	National Law University	Cuttack	Odisha	48.81
26	Army Institute of Law, Mohali	Mohali	Punjab	47.68
27	Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon	Gurugram	Haryana	46.93
28	Sikkim Government Law College, Burtuk	Gangtok	Sikkim	45.92
29	Indian Law Institute	New Delhi	Delhi	45.40
30	Panjab University	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	45.21