ABOUT
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (MNLU Mumbai) is one of India’s premier National Law Universities, established by the Government of Maharashtra to provide world-class legal education and promote excellence in legal research. The University is headed by Hon’ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, as its Chancellor, while the Hon’ble Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court serves as its Pro-Chancellor.
MNLU Mumbai is dedicated to advancing legal knowledge, fostering social responsibility, and preparing students to contribute meaningfully to the legal profession and society. The University offers a diverse range of academic programmes, including the five-year integrated B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M., Ph.D., executive programmes, and specialized certificate courses in emerging fields such as Mediation, Data Protection Law, Cyber Law, Intellectual Property Rights, and Arbitration.
With a strong emphasis on academic excellence, interdisciplinary research, experiential learning, and holistic development, MNLU Mumbai encourages students to excel in mooting, debating, sports, legal aid, and research. Over the years, its students have consistently achieved recognition in prestigious national and international competitions, making MNLU Mumbai one of the country’s leading institutions for legal education.
MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY MUMBAI
2nd Floor, CETTM MTNL Building, Technology St,
Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai 400076,
Maharashtra, India
B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) (Faculty of Law)
The University offers admission to undergraduate programs – 5 years integrated B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) on a merit basis. For queries, you may write to admission@mnlumumbai.edu.in.
Total number of seats : 100. The category wise reservation and seat allocation for BA.LL.B (Hons.) is indicated as below:
| Categories | Percentage (%) | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| All India General Category – [A] | – | 27 |
| Maharashtra State Reserved Category – [B] | – | 73 |
| Maharashtra State – Scheduled Caste | 13 | 13 |
| Maharashtra State – Scheduled Tribe | 07 | 07 |
| Maharashtra State: | ||
| Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) (A) | 03 | 03 |
| Nomadic Tribes (B) | 2.5 | 03 |
| Nomadic Tribes (C) | 3.5 | 04 |
| Nomadic Tribes (D) | 02 | 02 |
| MH – Specially Backward Class | 02 | 02 |
| MH – Other Backward Class | 19 | 19 |
| MH – Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 10 | 10 |
| MH – Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) (refer note) | 10 | 10 |
| Total Seats | – | 100 |
The Fee Structure for 2026-27 can be viewed at: https://mnlumumbai.edu.in/pdf/Admission2026/BALLB%2026-31.pdf
As a residential institution, the University has hired space for accommodating all students at the International Hostel of Centre for Excellence in Telecom Training and Management (CETTM) of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), situated across the road. The residential blocks include adequately furnished and spacious double-sharing hostel rooms with WI-FI connectivity. Every room has an attached washroom and a spacious balcony.Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai (MNLU Mumbai) is one of the premier national law universities established in the State of Maharashtra to promote world-class legal education and research. Hon’ble Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India, is the Chancellor of the University.Hon’ble the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court is the Pro-Chancellor of the University.
MNLU Mumbai is a vibrant institute that explores the curious legal dimensions of public policy, ethics, business, and also a plethora of issues to produce quality legal scholarship, capable of facing real-world challenges. From its very inception, MNLU Mumbai has aimed to attain excellence in all aspects of legal training and education. It encourages students to engage in a host of curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities for their mental, physical, and professional growth. No wonder, the students are leaving their indelible imprint by winning numerous mooting, debating, and sports competitions of national and international repute thereby putting the University firmly on the national circuit. The University has entered into some MoUs with national and international institutes.
MNLU Mumbai being located in the coveted Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, has wide exposure to the sprawling urban facilities of Mumbai city. The campus location is in proximity to IIT Bombay and is 13 km from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The centrally air-conditioned floors of the Academic block have all essential amenities like smart classrooms, a library, a reading room, a moot court hall, a mediation center, a legal service clinic, an internship cell, a board room, and conference hall, etc., ideal for optimizing the students’ learning, research, training and extension activities. The University facilitates access to a well-equipped library with a large number of books, law journals, magazines, and subscriptions to multiple online databases such as JStor, Hein Online,
SCC Online, Manupatra, Oxford Publications, Lexis Nexis, EBC Reader, Proview, and Westlaw.
The Government of Maharashtra is taking the necessary steps are being taken to launch the building project at the earliest.
For more information visit: https://mnlumumbai.edu.in/pdf/Maharashtra%20National%20Law%20University%20Mumbai%2020260218.pdf
Academic Year | No. of students graduating in minimum stipulated time | No. of Students placed | Median salary of placed graduates per annum(Amount in | No. of students selected for Higher Studies |
2022-23 | 54 | 30 | 1400000(Fourteen | 6 |
2023-24 | 107 | 35 | 100000(Ten Lakh | 3 |
2024-25 | 115 | 77 | 1200000(Twelve Lakh | 5 |
