Gujarat National Law University

What is the average package at Gujarat National Law University?

Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar reports its outcomes as a median CTC rather than a single blended average, and for the 2024 graduating cohort that median stood at Rs 18 LPA for the 5-year integrated UG law programme, with the highest package recorded at Rs 19,80,000 (about Rs 19.8 LPA) per annum and roughly 96.70% of registered students placed. GNLU does not publish a consolidated mean across all programmes, which is why prospective applicants should read the median as the realistic middle-of-the-batch figure. As a NIRF Law rank-5 government university, GNLU's recruiter pool is dominated by Tier-1 corporate law firms, which pulls the central package well above most NLUs. For context, the median for the one-year LLM in 2024 was a more modest Rs 6.2 LPA, so the headline numbers below are driven almost entirely by the flagship integrated programme.

The remainder of this guide breaks GNLU's packages down by programme, traces the year-on-year trend from 2022 to 2024, and details the notable offers and the recruiters behind them, using figures reported through GNLU's NIRF disclosures and recruitment trackers.

Branch/Course-Wise Package Breakdown

GNLU's placement outcomes split cleanly along its two main programmes: the 5-year integrated UG law degree (offered as BA LLB, B.Com LLB, B.Sc LLB and BBA LLB streams) and the 1-year LLM. The table below shows the 2024 figures for each, with the UG streams reported together because GNLU discloses a single integrated-programme median rather than separate per-stream packages. Read the median as the typical offer a placed student in that programme received, and the highest as the single best offer in the cohort. Because GNLU publishes median rather than average, the median column is the most reliable comparison point between courses.

The clear takeaway for 2026 aspirants is that the 5-year integrated law programme is GNLU's earning engine: at a Rs 18 LPA median in 2024 it sits nearly three times above the LLM's Rs 6.2 LPA median. The integrated UG cohort also captures the bulk of the Tier-1 law-firm hiring, so applicants choosing GNLU primarily for corporate-law earnings should target the integrated route rather than the standalone LLM.

Year-Wise Package Trend

GNLU's median packages have risen steadily across recent cycles, which is the single most useful signal of recruiter confidence. The table below tracks the integrated UG programme median (GNLU's flagship metric) alongside the highest package and the LLM median for 2022, 2023 and 2024. Use the UG median column to judge the trajectory; the highest column shows the ceiling of what top performers secured, and the year label sits beside every figure so the trend is unambiguous.

The trend is firmly upward: GNLU's integrated UG median climbed from Rs 15.4 LPA in 2022 to Rs 16 LPA in 2023 and then Rs 18 LPA in 2024, a roughly 17% rise over two years. The LLM median moved similarly, from Rs 4.2 LPA in 2022 to Rs 6 LPA in 2023 and Rs 6.2 LPA in 2024. For a 2026 applicant, this consistent climb signals that GNLU's recruiter relationships are deepening rather than plateauing, and that the central package is more dependable than any one-off highest offer.

Notable Offers & Package Distribution

GNLU's top offers in the 2024 cycle peaked at Rs 19.8 LPA, and the package distribution is heavily concentrated around Tier-1 corporate law firms rather than a long tail of low-paying mass recruiters. According to GNLU's recruitment tracking for the 2024 batch, the university placed the large majority of its registered cohort, with the median for placed students reported in the Rs 16-18 LPA band depending on the disclosure source, and the highest at Rs 19.8 LPA. Crucially, GNLU's distribution skews premium: the leading recruiters are full-service corporate firms paying near the top of the range, which is why the median stays high rather than being dragged down by entry-level offers.

On the firm side, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas led 2024 recruitment with 17 hires, followed by Khaitan & Co with 11 and Trilegal with 10, alongside Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., AZB & Partners and IndusLaw rounding out the Tier-1 pool. GNLU's pre-placement pipeline is unusually strong: the 2024 batch secured 31 Pre-Placement Offers plus 35 Day Zero offers, and the 2026 batch has already reported around 40 PPOs from recruiters, an early indicator that the upward package trend should continue into the 2026 cycle.

The distribution is best understood as bimodal. A premium cluster of corporate-firm offers in the high-teens LPA sets the median, while litigation chambers, policy roles and judicial-clerkship-bound graduates sit lower or opt for higher studies (61 UG students pursued higher studies in 2022, easing to 6 in 2024 as direct placements strengthened). For a 2026 aspirant, the practical reading is that GNLU offers a genuine shot at a Rs 18 LPA-plus corporate-law start, but that ceiling is concentrated among the firm-bound top of the integrated cohort.