Jindal Global Law School ranks India’s No. 1 Law School for 5 years in a row

For the fifth time in a row, Jindal Global Law School is ranked 1st in India in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024. Globally, JGLS has been ranked 72nd, making it the only law school in India to be featured among the top 100 in the world. .Besides JGLS, two other Law Schools from India have made it to the prestigious 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).The parameters on the basis of which QS ranked the schools by subject were - 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 efficiency of establishing stable research collaborations..QS analysed the reputation and research output of almost 5,000 institutions. From this group, 1,561 were ranked across 55 subjects and 5 broad subject areas, creating over 19,100 entries. . JGLS has moved up by 12 ranks and from last year when it was at rank 84.At 72nd rank in the world, Jindal Global Law School is placed higher than many other reputed law schools in universities such as the University of Nottingham, UK (ranked 78th), University of Texas at Austin, USA (ranked 79th), Waseda University, Japan (ranked 84th) and George Washington University, USA (ranked 89th), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (ranked 91st), Boston University, USA (ranked 93rd), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (ranked 94th), University of Vienna, Austria (ranked 98th), University of Geneva, Switzerland (ranked 99th) in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024. .Commenting on the feat by the law school, Naveen Jindal, Founding Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University said, “The consistency with which JGLS has been featured as the country’s top law school in the prestigious QS World University Rankings points to the fact that it has never wavered in its mission of providing world-class education in India. The emergence of JGLS as India’s No. 1 law school in just over a decade of its existence also signifies the thirst for quality education among the youth of the country. It is a matter of immense pride for me that JGLS has been successful in fulfilling their aspirations. I am particularly thrilled by the fact that JGLS has retained the number 1 position in India for five consecutive years. I am confident that the dedication of the faculty and staff of JGU will inspire us to remain steadfast in our commitment to raising the bar of legal education.”.The law school started its journey with 10 faculty members and 100 students in 2009. Today, JGLS has over 5,500 students and over 550 full time faculty members. It offers a range of undergraduate, post-graduate, masters' and doctoral degrees in law, jurisprudence and legal studies. To create opportunities for international mobility of students, JGLS has established international collaborations with over 250 leading law schools / universities in the world..If you would like to share updates from your law school or get featured on Bar & Bench's Apprentice Lawyer section, fill the form here.