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| Motto | yuktī hīne vicāre tu dharmahāni prajāyate |
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Motto in English | Judgment Devoid of Logic Destroys Dharma |
| Recognition | BCI |
| Type | National Law University |
| Established | 1999; 26 years ago (1999) |
| Founder | N. R. Madhava Menon |
| Accreditation | NAAC[1] |
Academic affiliations | |
| Budget | ₹31.41 crore (US$3.7 million) (FY2023–24 est.)[2] |
| Chancellor | Chief Justice of India |
| Vice-Chancellor | O. V. Nandimath[3] |
Academic staff | 66 (2025)[2] |
| Students | 1,030 (2025)[2] |
| Undergraduates | 714 (2025)[2] |
| Postgraduates | 100 (2025)[2] |
| 216 (2025)[2] | |
| Location | ,, India 21°8′1.65″N82°46′44.16″E / 21.1337917°N 82.7789333°E /21.1337917; 82.7789333 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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TheWest Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS orNUJS orNLU Kolkata) is aNational Law University (NLU) located inBidhannagar,Kolkata,West Bengal,India.[4] In 2024, it was ranked 4th among law colleges in India byNational Institutional Ranking Framework[5] and 2nd byIndia Today.[6] It comes under the exclusive chancellorship and purview of theChief Justice of India and is considered to be one of the bestlaw schools in the country.[7]
The university is indeed recognised as one of the pioneering law universities in India to offer a five-year integrated B.A. LLB (Hons.) and an LLM program with five different specialisations (Corporate & Commercial Law, International & Comparative Law, Criminal & Security Law, Law & Technology and Intellectual Property Law),[citation needed] later on added a five-year B.Sc. LLB program (with a general B.Sc. degree) as well which was discontinued in 2011 after a change in BCI requirements regarding the same.[citation needed] It then started a B.Sc. LLB (Hons.) course, offering B.Sc. inForensic science andCriminology, in 2023. Admission to the B.A. LLB or B.Sc. LLB degree program and the LLM. program is through theCommon Law Admission Test (a highly competitive, ranked among the top 05 hardest entrance examinations in India), held jointly by the national law schools/universities. NUJS/NLU Kolkata also offers M.Sc. in Forensic science, MPhil, Ph.D., LL.D, and diplomas in business laws and other programs, in addition to a number of online courses. In 2024, it has also started a specialised 2-Year LLM. program on Data Science & Data Protection Law, in collaboration withIISER Kolkata andIIIT Kalyani as knowledge partners andCognizant as the industry partner.[8][9][10]
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NUJS was established in 1999 by theBar Council of India (BCI), with the government of West Bengal. The Founder-Vice-Chancellor wasProfessorN.R. Madhava Menon, a former professor of law at Delhi University, and Founder-Director,National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, who is credited with revolutionising the field oflegal education in India, by starting the concept of "national law schools", as opposed to the traditional law colleges prevalent before.[citation needed]
The NUJS, along with NLSIU and GNLU, remain the only three national law schools that have the honourableChief Justice of India as the Chancellor.
The then Chief MinisterJyoti Basu helped in improving the university.[14] Other aspects of the university was worked on bySh.Jyoti Basu, who also was aMiddle Temple barrister,[15]Sh.Somnath Chatterjee, formerSpeaker of the Lok Sabha, also a Middle Temple barrister and a leading member of the Calcutta Bar Library; andJusticeChittatosh Mookerjee, former Chief Justice of theCalcutta High Court and theBombay High Court and the actingGovernor of Maharashtra. Justice Mookerjee was the university's Honorary Treasurer and has been associated with the university's work since its inception in 1999. The NUJS is an autonomous university.
Initially, classes, which started in 2000, were held at Aranya Bhavan, where the Environment Ministry of the West Bengal government is located, and the first batches of students started living in government flats. On 28 October 2002, the university's present-day permanent campus was inaugurated by the then Chief Justice of India, B. N. Kirpal.[16] Similarly, the first batch of the B.Sc. LLB (Hons.) program that started in 2023 is being taught in aBSNL office located in Sector I ofBidhannagar, and currently resides in Sector V of Bidhannagar in renovated government apartments of the BSNL Eastern Nodal Training Centre's residential society (along with the M.Sc. and LL.M. students). Once the ongoing vertical extension of the main campus is completed, the batch is to be shifted to the main campus permanently. In 2006, NUJS was allotted a 50-acre (200,000 m2) plot inRajarhat, an upscale township, which is being developed by the West Bengal government.
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The Salt Lake Campus consists of an academic block and three residential blocks. The latter comprises two, seven-storied halls of residence for girls and boys, and a double-storied faculty accommodation house-cum-guest house. The second campus in Sector III for the B.Sc. LLB (Hons.), M.Sc., and LL.M. batches has twin three-storied residential blocks, one for boys and one for girls. The university's academic block, christened afterB.R. Ambedkar, is a four-storied octagonal structure that opens inwardly to a lawn. The building houses classrooms, a library and reading room, two conference halls, offices and an auditorium.[17] The temporary academic block for the B.Sc. LLB (Hons.) program in Sector I is located on the renovated first and second floors of a BSNL office, housing classrooms, a library, a conference hall, offices and an auditorium.
NUJS's main campus is located on a 5-acre (20,000 m2) plot in Salt Lake City, overseeing theEastern Metropolitan Bypass. TheNational Institute of Fashion Technology and the College of Leather Technology border the Campus. NUJS'sRajarhat Campus is yet to be built. No significant construction has been undertaken and the land lies vacant.[18]
Admission to the hostels is conducted simultaneously with admission to the university.[19]
Hostel Names: Kanchenjunga & Nilgiri.
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| Established | 2021 |
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| Focus | Forensic Science |
| Head | Ankit Srivastava |
School of Forensic Sciences, WBNUJS, Kolkata, has started its journey from the academic session 2021 it has introduced M.Sc. in Forensic Science program from academic year of 2022, This marked a significant step in integrating forensic science into the legal education framework. The program aims to equip students with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for careers in forensic laboratories, law enforcement, and legal consultancy.[21] The establishment of theCentre for Studies & Research in Forensic Science (CSRFS) at WBNUJS has been pivotal in advancing forensic science education and research.The center focuses on enhancing the development of forensic science as a field, which is still in its early stages compared to other scientific disciplines. As forensic science continues to evolve, WBNUJS is committed to expanding its programs and research initiatives, ensuring that students are well-prepared to meet the challenges of modern forensic investigations.
An online Masters in Business Laws degree (2 years) is now being offered by the university.[22]
NUJS, in collaboration with iPleaders,[23] offers a diploma in Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws,[24] which has students from 10 different countries. This is university's most successful distance education program.[25]
On 29 April 2013, vice-chancellor P. Ishwara Bhat issued a letter of intent.[26]
In November 2014, the university has announced an online Executive Certification Program to train HR professionals, in-house legal counsels, NGO workers, women's rights activists and compliance professionals on sexual harassment prevention and workplace diversity management. The program is titled "Executive Certification on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Workplace Diversity Management".[27]
NUJS used to offer a post-graduate diploma program in business law (in partnership with Rainmaker, the firm which provides logistical support in conducting All India Bar Exam),[28] which has been now discontinued. NUJS offers corporate training course on company law toLarsen & Toubro, one of India's largest engineering and construction conglomerates,[29] Post-Graduate Executive Diploma in Business Management and Law (in partnership withIIM Shillong),[30]
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| NIRF (2024)[31] | 4 |
| India Today (2022)[32] | 2 |
NUJS was ranked second byIndia Today's "India's Best Colleges 2022: Law".[32] The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it fourth (4th) in India in the law ranking in 2023 and 2024.[5][33]
Among the distinguished faculty at NUJS are former judges of the Supreme Court of India, includingUday Umesh Lalit (formerChief Justice of India), who serves as a distinguished visiting professor[34] andJustice Ruma Pal, who was the Ford Foundation Chair Professor of Human Rights,Arun Prasad Mukherjee, the former Governor of Mizoram, andShamnad Basheer, who held the MHRD IPR Chair and who is well known in the field of intellectual property.[35]
Teachers at NUJS have degrees and fellowships from prestigious foreign universities such asColumbia Law School,University of Oxford,Harvard Law School,University of Cambridge,Yale Law School,University of Michigan Law School,Vanderbilt University,London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),University of Nottingham,University of Essex, andEmory University. Lecturers educated in India include alumni of institutions such asNLSIU,NALSAR University of Law,GNLU,Jawaharlal Nehru University,Presidency College, Calcutta,St. Stephen's College, Delhi and, in a recent trend, NUJS itself. The NUJS faculty has published in journals such asEuropean Intellectual Property Review,International Journal of Biotechnology,Journal of World Investment and Trade,Yale Journal of Law and Technology among others.[36]
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Students have won numerous encomiums at national and internationalMoot Court competitions. In 2003, NUJS became the only Indian and second Asian college to win theWillem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held atVienna.[38] In 2005 and 2017, the University Moot team won theWillem C. Vis Moot (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which is held each year inHong Kong.[39] In 2013, NUJS won the Pan Asian Award at the Vis (East) Competition.[40]In the field of international trade law, NUJS has twice wonThe John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition conducted by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), first in 2010 and next in 2015.[41] NUJS is the only Indian law school to have won this competition since its inception. In 2005 & 2023, NUJS also emerged as winners at the Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition atStetson University Law School inGulfport, Florida, USA after winning the India rounds organised bySurana and Surana Moots.[42] In 2020, NUJS won theWillem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which was held online due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. With this, NUJS became the only Indian university to win the moot twice.[43]
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