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

National Law University National Law Universities (NLU) are law schools, 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 ...

in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It was established in 2017 by the

Government of Maharashtra The Government of Maharashtra is the executive branch of the Indian states of india, state of Maharashtra. The government is led by the List of chief ministers of Maharashtra, chief minister (currently Devendra Fadnavis since 5 December 2024) ...

, the third and final university to be installed through the ''Maharashtra National Law University Act, 2014'' following Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai and Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, the 21st

in India. The

Chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

of the university is

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Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judiciary of India, judicial authority and the supreme court, highest court of the Republic of India. It is the final Appellate court, court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India. It also ...

and the

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is K. V. S. Sarma.

Academics

MNLU Aurangabad offers 60 seats for

Bachelor of Laws A Bachelor of Laws (; LLB) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners. This degree requires the study of core legal subje ...

(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 the 25 out of 27 National Law Universities (NLU) except NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya. CLAT was first introduced in 2008 as a centralized entran ...

(CLAT).

Campus

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

Aurangabad Aurangabad (), officially renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023, 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 ...

. 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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