The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will release the CLAT 2025 cutoff on its official website- consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The CLAT 2025 cut-off 2025 will be available in the CLAT merit list 2025 published at the start of each counselling round for CLAT 2025 admission. Candidates who have secured a rank above the CLAT 2025 cut-off will be eligible for admission to a particular NLU. The CLAT NLU cut off 2025 depends on several factors like the difficulty level of the exam, seat availability and number of applicants. Candidates can check cutoff scores for top NLUs, ranks, and cutoffs from previous years to know their chances of admission to top NLUs.
The consortium will conduct CLAT 2025 on December 1 and declare the results on December 7, 2024. By appearing for the exam, law aspirants can participate in NLU admissions 2025 to get admission in the 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating NLUs.
Candidates can check the expected category-wise CLAT 2025 cutoff scores as predicted by Careers 360 experts.
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | NRI |
100+ | 95+ | 90+ | 83+ | 78+ | - | |
100+ | 95+ | 90+ | 82+ | 78+ | - | |
98+ | - | 56+* | 80+ | 74+ | 89+ | |
95+ | - | 88+ | 79+ | 74+ | 88+ | |
95+ | 90+ | 87+ | 77+ | 70+ | 84+ | |
93+ | 81+ | 77+* | 71+* | 41+* | 43+ | |
91+ | 85+ | 82+* | 53+* | 41+* | 72+ |
*state category reservation
Given below are the expected category-wise CLAT 2025 ranks according to Careers 360 experts.
Category | NLSIU Bengaluru | NALSAR Hyderabad | WBNJUS Kolkata | NLU Jodhpur | GNLU Gandhinagar | MNLU Mumbai | RMNLU Lucknow |
100 | 150 | 250 | 350 | 450 | 600 | 750 | |
500 | 550 | - | - | 1200 | 3900* | 2300* | |
950 | 1100 | 23000* | 1400 | 1850 | 6400* | 3600* | |
3000 | 3500 | 4500 | 5000 | 6000 | 10000* | 25000* | |
6000 | 6000 | 8000 | 8000 | 11000 | 34000* | 34000* | |
- | - | 1250 | 1400 | 2800 | 33000 | 9500 |
*state category reservation
Candidates can check the CLAT NLU cut-offs for the previous years in the tables given below to get an idea of what to expect this year.
NLU | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | |||||
Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 1 | 102 | 122 | 523 | 151 | 971 | 372 | 3007 | 239 | 7487 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 6 | 167 | 175 | 564 | 189 | 1116 | 1604 | 3574 | 263 | 6083 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 311 | 450 | 621 | 1376 | 1191 | 1315 | 4573 | 5178 | 8403 | 11527 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 187 | 1047 | 1248 | 1777 | 1112 | 1959 | 6497 | 7622 | 13905 | 15219 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 140 | 279 | - | - | 2610* | 23192* | 2056 | 4503 | 5215 | 8860 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 289 | 1010 | - | - | 7619* | 26986* | 4663 | 8958 | 10961 | 11917 |
NLU Jodhpur | 170 | 379 | - | 1079 | 1424 | 3574 | 5178 | 6666 | 8960 | |
HNLU Raipur | 434 | 791 | - | - | 1841 | 2069 | 3408 | 6765 | 9218 | 12035 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 210 | 464 | 603 | 1248 | 1284 | 1858 | 4584 | 6175 | 7712 | 11580 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 593 | 1060 | 1113 | 1935 | 2225 | 2429 | 8833 | 10735 | 11291 | - |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 410 | 764 | 1022* | 2326* | 1170* | 3613* | 5397* | 10340* | 20456* | 34174* |
RGNUL Patiala | 502 | 1250 | - | - | - | - | 3234 | 10253 | 9562 | 16875 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 790 | 1358 | 1378* | 2122* | 2139* | 2776* | 4522* | 14864* | 23802* | - |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1051 | 1552 | 1571* | 2703* | 2560* | 4147* | 13550* | 16714* | 1339* | - |
NUALS Kochi | 231 | 1136 | 6867* | 14922* | - | - | 12306* | 15245* | 13117 | - |
NLU Odisha | 591 | 1205 | - | - | - | - | 5997 | 9869 | 11580 | 16676 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 637 | 1594 | 1468 | 2255 | 1837 | 3005 | 5972 | 11124 | 16161 | 19635 |
NLUJA Assam | 1344 | 1704 | - | - | 7386* | 37438* | 8824* | 17168* | 17149* | 46899* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 656 | 1390 | 1242 | 2195 | 2068 | 2940 | 8057 | 10568 | 11917 | 18342 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 806 | 1628 | - | - | 1634 | 3135 | 9853 | 11289 | 38376* | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 821 | 1711 | - | - | 2178 | 3800 | 10130 | 12418 | 16910 | 21607 |
MNLU Mumbai | 99 | 590 | 811* | 3932* | 2123* | 6468* | 4506* | 11392* | 24593* | 34264* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 491 | 1587 | 3974* | 6285* | 3089* | 17245* | 11235* | 25115* | 29470* | 50326* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 611 | 1685 | 6100* | 16730* | 4790* | 14814* | 12722* | 29474* | 42740* | 46480* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 945 | 1832 | 4220* | 18008* | 14714* | 18004* | 8281* | 28813* | 41238* | - |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 681 | 2115 | 8662* | 18056* | 7755* | 19003* | 21344* | 29975* | 47604* | - |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 885 | 2102 | - | - | - | 9061 | 12158 | 13213 | 20412 | |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 284 | 2150 | - | - | - | 9789 | 12740 | 16386 | 23188 | |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1060 | 1824 | 1935 | 2769 | 2677 | 3445 | 10083 | 12556 | 16830 | 23145 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 503 | 2050 | 1887 | 2687 | 2273 | 3861 | 9107 | 12447 | 17161 | 23000 |
NLUT Agartala | 1716 | 2243 | - | - | - | - | 32520* | - | 31488* | - |
*state category reservation
General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | ||||||
NLU | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank |
14 | 239 | 302 | 940 | 165 | 1236 | 385 | 1642 | 2253 | 3663 | |
119 | 298 | 884 | 990 | 531 | 1432 | 699 | 2247 | 4313 | - | |
300 | 651 | - | - | 1217 | 1992 | 2749 | 3721 | 4726 | 5970 | |
158 | 620 | - | - | 1952* | 11255* | 805 | 2732 | 3263 | 5555 | |
290 | 638 | - | - | 1236 | 2039 | 2209 | 3465 | 3880 | 5562 | |
564 | 1094 | - | - | 1939 | 3428 | 3815 | 5056 | 5562 | 7718 | |
125 | 627 | 851 | 1205 | 1177 | 2757 | 2976 | 3815 | 5555 | 6372 | |
634 | 1267 | 1083 | 2237 | 2145 | 3858 | 3779 | 6459 | - | - | |
19 | 261 | 562* | 1307* | 315* | 2145* | 19* | 1628* | |||
90 | 987 | 1883 | 5971 | 5417 | 6881 | |||||
486 | 1707 | 4815 | 9708 | - | - | 6171 | 8179 | 9811 | - | |
494 | 1358 | - | - | - | - | 4010 | 5215 | 6881 | 8575 | |
827 | 1623 | 1343 | 3062 | 1778 | 3234 | 4860 | 6869 | 5241 | 6097 | |
1321 | 2195 | - | - | 4205* | 11821* | 6383* | 9703* | 8483 | 9702 | |
754 | 2033 | 1700 | 2420 | 2771 | 3929 | 5118 | 6890 | 6196 | 9326 | |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Corporate and Securities law) | 660 | 1578 | - | - | 1818 | 4028 | 4162 | 5338 | 11187* | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Intellectual Property law) | 641 | 1011 | - | - | 1956 | 3236 | 4753 | 6848 | - | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli (Natural Resources Law) | 1006 | 2246 | - | - | 3019 | 4108 | 5401 | 7072 | - | - |
242 | 727 | 2705* | 4227* | 2000* | 3683* | 5070* | 5242* | 5368* | 9388* | |
1 | 1808 | 6366* | 9403* | 5499* | 9083* | 4731* | 9822* | 7928* | 10923* | |
924 | 2250 | 2833* | 8514* | 5454* | 9280* | 6051* | 9876* | 10127* | - | |
623 | 2132 | - | - | - | - | 4191 | 6997 | 6614 | 8575 | |
1216 | 2278 | 1618 | 2532 | 2777 | 3299 | 4569 | 5545 | 8418 | 9145 | |
1619 | 2530 | - | - | - | - | 9760* | 11928* | 9326* | 9637* | |
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Important areas include:
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CLAT PG stands for Common Law Admission Test Postgraduate. CLAT PG is a national-level entrance examination for admission to LLM programmes offered by participating National Law Universities (NLUs) and other institutions.
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Hey there,
If you mean CLAT eligibility for admission to 5-year LLB courses, there is no fixed CLAT score/rank that guarantees eligibility. You must first meet the basic Class 12 eligibility criteria, and admission is based on your CLAT rank, category, preferences, and counselling cut-offs.
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