Kolkata: The Jindal Global Law School at O.P. Jindal Global University has been ranked the No. 1 Law School in India for the 5th year in a row and is also placed at the 72nd rank in the world, making it the only law school in India to be featured among the TOP-100 in the world.
It must be noted that the Jindal Global Law School has jumped to the 72nd rank in the world this year from 84th rank last year, demonstrating an upward trajectory by 12 ranks. To produce the rankings for this year, QS analysed the reputation and research output of almost 5,000 institutions.
From this group, 1,561 were ranked across 55 subjects and 5 broad subject areas, creating over 19,100 entries. These figures reflect the scale and comprehensiveness behind this undertaking that QS carries out in order to produce these subject rankings.
To rank the institutions by subject, QS considers academic reputation; employer reputation; research citations; H-index, an index that attempts…