Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad (MNLU Aurangabad, MNLUA) is a

National Law University National Law Universities (NLU) are public law schools in India, founded pursuant to the second-generation reforms for legal education sought to be implemented by the Bar Council of India. The first NLU was the National Law School of India Univ ...

Aurangabad, Maharashtra Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the ...

, India. It was established in 2017 by the

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, the third and final university to be installed through the ''Maharashtra National Law University Act, 2014'' following

Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai (MNLU Mumbai) is a National Law University located at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and is one of most prestigious law schools in India. MNLU Mumbai offers a five-year integrated B.A LL.B.(Hons.) progr ...

and

Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur Maharashtra National Law University Nagpur (MNLU) (also known as National Law University, Nagpur or NLU Nagpur) is a National Law University and a public law school established by the government through the Maharashtra National Law University ...

, the 21st

in India. The

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of the university is

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and the

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is K. V. S. Sarma.

Academics

MNLU Aurangabad offers 60 seats for

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

(Hons.) degree. It offers one year L.L.M. in constitutional and corporate law. Admission is through

Common Law Admission Test The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralized national level entrance test for admissions to twenty two National Law Universities (NLU) in India. Most private and self-financed law schools in India also use these scores for law admissi ...

(CLAT).

Campus

Land for the permanent campus for the university was identified at Karodi in the outskirts of

Aurangabad Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is th ...

. The university currently operates from a temporary setup at the Government College of Education, Aurangabad. Hostel facilities are provided at Kanchanwadi, a locality of Aurangabad.

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