The CLAT 2025 cut-off for popular National Law Universities (NLUs) becomes very competitive due to the higher number of student preferences for these universities. On April 23, the Delhi High Court directed the Consortium of NLUs to publish the CLAT 2025 revised result within four weeks for CLAT 2025 UG due to the errors in the answer key. This change could affect the candidates’ scores in CLAT 2025 and their chances of getting into top NLUs. However, the CLAT 2025 revised result will not impact the CLAT 2025 cutoff. The general category candidates typically need around 95 to 100 marks in CLAT 2025 to secure a spot in the leading NLUs. The expected CLAT cutoff 2025 will differ significantly across categories for the popular NLUs. Read on to know the CLAT 2025 expected cutoffs for the popular National Law Universities.
Candidates who clear the CLAT cut-off will be able to get admission into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating universities. Programmes such as BA LLB, BBA LLB, BCom LLB, BSW LLB, BSc LLB, and LLM are offered at the top National Law Schools in India.
Based on the NIRF 2024 rankings, here are some of the popular NLUs in India. These NLUs are popular among candidates for their infrastructure, faculty and placements.
Sl. no | Name | State | NIRF 2024 Rank |
1 | Karnataka | 1 | |
2 | Delhi | 2 | |
3 | Telangana | 3 | |
4 | The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata | West Bengal | 4 |
5 | Gujarat | 8 |
The CLAT 2025 cutoff is determined by various factors such as:
Number of aspirants who appeared for the CLAT 2025 exam
Number of Applications Received
The difficulty level of the CLAT 2025 exam
Total number of seats available
Reservation Criteria
Given below are the expected cut-offs for the popular NLUs. The estimates are based on previous years' trends.
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
100+ | 95+ | 90+ | 83+ | 78+ | |
100+ | 95+ | 90+ | 82+ | 78+ | |
98+ | - | 56+* | 80+ | 74+ | |
95+ | - | 88+ | 79+ | 74+ | |
95+ | 90+ | 87+ | 77+ | 70+ |
*state category reservation
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
NLSIU Bengaluru CLAT cut-off rank 2025 | 100 | 500 | 950 | 3000 | 6000 |
NALSAR Hyderabad cut-off rank 2025 | 150 | 550 | 1100 | 3500 | 6000 |
WBNUJS Kolkata CLAT cut-off rank | 250 | - | 23000* | 4500 | 8000 |
NLU Jodhpur cut-off rank 2025 | 350 | - | 1400 | 5000 | 8000 |
GNLU Gandhinagar cut-off rank 2025 | 450 | 1200 | 1850 | 6000 | 11000 |
*state category reservation
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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The CLAT 2027 application form will open in the first week of August 2026. While the exam will be held on the first or second Sunday of December 2026.
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