National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS)
Kolkata, West Bengal
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National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Overview

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), also known as WBNUJS, was established in 1999 under the WBNUJS Act (West Bengal Act IX of 1999). It is one of India's leading national law schools. It refers to the five-year legal degree format developed and approved by the Bar Council of India. NUJS was recognized under Clause (f) of Section 2 of the UGC Act, 1956 in August 2004, and it acquired permanent affiliation from the Bar Council of India in July 2005. As one of the country's autonomous law schools, NUJS, Kolkata ranks with GNLU and NLSIU, Bengaluru. These three universities are the only National Law Schools having the respected "Chief Justice of India" as Chancellor.

Particulars

Statistics

Year of Establishment

1999

Campus

Salt Lake City, Kolkata

Campus size

5 acre

Recognized by

BCI, UGC

Affiliated/ Accredited by

BCI, UGC

Rankings in 2019

5th rank for the “Best Law School” by NIRF

2nd rank by India Today

3rd rank by Outlook

Modes of education

Full-time/ Part-time

Number of courses offered

16 courses among 3 streams

Total no. seats

LLB: 144

LLM: 40

Scholarship

NUJS Merit-cum-Means Scholarship

Salary offered in 2019

-Highest

-Average

International Law Firms

-Rs 46 LPA

Domestic Law Firms

-Rs 15-18 LPA

-Rs 10-12 LPA

Official website

https://www.nujs.edu

Gender intake

Co-education

Application mode

Online/ Offline

Total faculty

34