National Law School of India University

NLSIU pioneered and developed an integrated 5-year BA LLB (Hons.) degree that transformed Indian legal education. Several NLS graduates have pursued further degrees in humanities, social sciences, and business and then embarked on very successful careers in these fields.As NLSIU develops into a multi-disciplinary university, in line with national and State education policies, the BA programme draws on 35 years of experience in offering the integrated 5-year BA LLB (Hons.) programme. The NLS BA (Hons.) programme cursriculum has been carefully designed by Faculty Teams and approved by the Governing Bodies in 2024 after extensive stakeholder consultations with eminent academics and practitioners from across the country’s top universities to provide their inputs and advice on the curriculum.

In 1988, NLSIU launched India’s first 5-year integrated BA LLB (Hons) programme. The success of this programme has secured NLS’s legacy as the institution that radically disrupted legal education in India. Three decades after this bold experiment, NLSIU launched a new interdisciplinary 3-year LLB (Hons) Programme in 2022 which reimagines legal education for the 21st century.The 3-year LLB (Hons) is a postgraduate professional degree programme that is open to graduates from all disciplines. It is a qualifying degree for admission to legal practice. The programme meets all requirements of the Bar Council of India, and builds on top of that to deliver a rigorous legal education in keeping with NLSIU’s unique curricular and pedagogic approach. The programme is structured around interdisciplinary study of the law combined with experiential learning. The programme will bridge theory and practice. It is designed to produce lawyers who meet the challenges of the 21st century.The 3-year LLB (Hons) is a full-time programme. Admission to the programme is on the basis of all-India National entrance test (NLSAT-LLB). The Academic Year usually commences on July 1.Please note, 75% attendance is mandated for each course offered under the programme.

The two-year Master’s Programme in Public Policy (MPP) provides a comprehensive education for aspiring Public Policy professionals to constructively meet the challenges of complex public problems.Our programme comprises relevant and contemporary perspectives from the Social Sciences, Humanities, multi-methods research, experiential and immersive field projects and internships. This enables participants to understand economic-social-political contexts and examine data-based evidence on government actions. Additionally, how governments function cannot be fully understood by looking only at data-based evidence and economic-socio-political contexts. Data helps to evaluate how governments act because data reflects government action. And laws help to assess how governments think. And therefore, Public Policy requires understanding administrative procedures, constitutional norms, and a case-based understanding of how governments think and act. The MPP programme at NLSIU is unique as the curriculum is bolstered by law related courses that aid the participants to assess how governments think.  This programme is distinctive because it is singularly poised to provide an exemplary foundation in the Law relevant to Public Policy.

There are two categories of PhD programmes at NLSIU: The PhD (Law) programme enables candidates to pursue advanced research in their chosen areas of law. On the other hand, the PhD (Social Sciences, Humanities and Public Policy) programme is designed for scholars from social sciences, humanities and public policy backgrounds who wish to conduct research that cuts across disciplines.​As a part of the programme, candidates are also provided an opportunity to teach or participate in ongoing research at NLSIU, in areas related to their dissertation, allowing for deeper integration with the NLSIU community and providing diverse feedback opportunities.

There are two categories of PhD programmes at NLSIU: The PhD (Law) programme enables candidates to pursue advanced research in their chosen areas of law. On the other hand, the PhD (Social Sciences, Humanities and Public Policy) programme is designed for scholars from social sciences, humanities and public policy backgrounds who wish to conduct research that cuts across disciplines.​As a part of the programme, candidates are also provided an opportunity to teach or participate in ongoing research at NLSIU, in areas related to their dissertation, allowing for deeper integration with the NLSIU community, and providing diverse feedback opportunities.