The Consortium of NLUs is expected to release the CLAT 2025 first-round cut-off soon. The conclusion of the CLAT 2025 court case is nearing as the CLAT 2025 result Supreme Court hearing is scheduled to be conducted on January 15. The CLAT 2025 round 1 cut-off will be available in the merit list published at the start of the first CLAT 2025 counselling round. Read on to get the category-wise expected CLAT 2025 cut-off for each NLU based on last year's trends.
Candidates can check the CLAT 2025 cut-off in the merit list, which will be available on the official website. The steps to download the NLU cutoff are given below.
Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
In the notification section, click on the first allotment list
Next, click on the desired NLU for which the cut-off is needed
The CLAT 2025 round 1 cut-off pdf will be displayed on the screen
Download and save the cut-off for future reference.
The table below provides the category-wise expected CLAT 2025 cut-off for the first round of counselling. The NLU cut-off ranks as per the trends seen last year. It must be noted that two new universities, namely RPNLU Prayagraj and IIULER Goa are also part of the Consortium of NLUs from this year.
NLU | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
97 | 488 | 907 | 2796 | 3876 | |
158 | 564 | 1076 | 3375 | 6083 | |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 404 | 1006 | 1315 | 5178 | 10023 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 878 | 1599 | 1629 | 7622 | 15219 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 262 | - | 15978* | 3951 | 7487 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 998 | - | 23192* | 8117 | 11502 |
341 | - | 1261 | 4503 | 8373 | |
707 | - | 1965 | 6602 | 10917 | |
429 | 938 | 1822 | 5652 | 10438 | |
869 | 1476 | 2429 | 8958 | - | |
694 | 2307* | 3370* | 9616* | - | |
1129 | 8822 | 15548 | |||
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 1236 | 1839* | 5441* | 13248* | - |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1384 | 2550 | 8599* | 16099* | - |
1111 | 13761* | - | 15245* | - | |
1080 | - | - | 8124 | 15305 | |
1336 | 1807 | 2518 | 9729 | 16676 | |
1474 | - | 29403* | 14361* | 35236* | |
1233 | 1731 | 2459 | 9776 | 15875 | |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1401 | - | 2628 | 10378 | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 1459 | - | 3310 | 10681 | - |
547 | 3932* | 6468* | 9030* | 30958* | |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 1360 | 7169* | 11780* | 18459* | 41956* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 1425 | 8009* | 13568* | 20584* | 43185* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 1561 | 9891* | 15419* | 14311* | - |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 1625 | 13863* | 16394* | 23,903* | - |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 1712 | - | - | 10847 | 18736 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 1773 | - | - | 11218 | 20154 |
1559 | 1990 | 2782 | 11078 | 20412 | |
1714 | 2180 | 3263 | 10830 | 20671 | |
1785 | - | - | 51586* | 50744* |
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On Question asked by student community
Yes, you can switch from one college to another to a CLAT college through the entrance test. However, it is important to note that you will have to start from year 1 rather than transferring directly into the second or third year. Some of the top
CLAT participating colleges
here.
Here you can check out the top
NLUs offering admission into 3-year LLB
with and without CLAT exam:
1. NLSIU Bengaluru for LLB programme through NLSAT.
2. NLU Odisha and NLU Visakhapatnam offer admission into the 3-year LLB course through their own admission process.
3. CNLU Patna
Yes, for CLAT preparation, building a reading habit daily is a good approach. You can read the daily newspapers like The Hindu and The Indian Express. While going for Animal Farm by George Orwell, Word power Made Easy by Norma Lewis for novel comprehension.
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