Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai

Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (MNLU Mumbai or NLU Mumbai) is a National Law University located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, considered among the top law universities in India. It offers a five-year integrated B.A LL.B.(Hons.) programme and LL.M. programmes, with admission through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT); 100 seats are filled via CLAT, with 20 supernumerary seats for Foreign National/NRI/NRI Sponsored quota and two for permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. The Chief Justice of India serves as Chancellor, with Bhavani Prasad Panda as founding Vice Chancellor and Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey as VC as of December 2024. The university has MoUs with institutions like L'Universite Paris Nanterre and Berlin School of Economics and Law for student exchange. It initially shared campus with Tata Institute of Social Sciences, then moved in 2017 to Hiranandani Gardens, Powai. It currently operates from a rented campus, but a permanent 35-acre residential campus is under construction at Pahadi Goregaon village, with 184 crore rupees approved by the Maharashtra Government in October 2024. The university runs several research centres including CCLE, CML&R, CRCJ, CICTL, CGSTT, and Centre for Mediation & Research, and offers certificate courses in areas like Mediation, Data Protection Law, German, and Spanish.