JGLS: Ranked India's Top Law School

The Jindal Global Law School at O P Jindal Global University has been ranked the No. 1 Law School in India for the fifth consecutive year and the 72nd in the world, making it the only law school in India to be featured among the TOP 100 in the world. The school jumped from 84th to 72nd place in the world, a 12-rank increase and the rankings were based on the reputation and research output of almost 5,000 institutions, with 1,561 ranked across 55 subjects and 5 broad subject areas, creating over 19,100 entries.

To rank the institutions by subject, QS considers academic reputation; employer reputation; research citations; H-index, an index that attempts to measure the stability of impact and quality of the work published by the institution’s scholars and International Research Network (IRN), a measure of the efficiency of establishing stable research collaborations.

Besides JGLS, two other Law Schools from India have made it to the list this year -- National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru (ranked 151-200) and the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (ranked 201-250).

JGLS has been ranked higher than such globally reputed institutions as the University of Nottingham, UK (ranked 78), University of Texas at Austin, USA (ranked 79), Waseda University, Japan (ranked 84) and George Washington University, USA (ranked 89), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (ranked 91), Boston University, USA (ranked 93), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (ranked 94), University of Vienna, Austria (ranked 98), University of Geneva, Switzerland (ranked 99) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024. 

In alignment with the university’s ethos of equity and inclusivity, generous scholarships are provided to students based on merit, financial need and academic performance. During the past 15 years, over 11,500 JGLS students have benefited from different types of scholarships, amounting to over Rs 250 crores.