ICFAI-LAW School BA-LLB / BBA-LLB Admissions 2025
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The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is considered one of the most competitive entrance exams for law aspirants, serving as a gateway to top National Law Universities (NLUs). With more than 75,000 candidates competing for a limited number of seats, the CLAT cut-off plays an important role in gaining admission into elite NLUs such as NLSIU Bengaluru, NALSAR Hyderabad and WBNUJS Kolkata. A good score in CLAT 2025 to get admission into the top 10 NLUs is about 95 to 100 marks for general category students. CLAT 2025 expected cut-offs for these top 10 law NLUs will differ across differ across categories. This article outlines the last three-year CLAT cut-off marks for the top 10 NLUs, including cut-off ranks and more.
The Common Law Admission Test was held on December 1, 2024. Candidates who clear the CLAT cut-off will be able to secure admission into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating universities.
The top 10 National Law Universities (NLUs) in India are the premier institutions for legal education, placement record and competitive admission through CLAT, except for NLU Delhi, which uses the AILET scores. The top 10 NLUs in India based on the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 rankings are listed below:
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 | |
6 | Uttar Pradesh | 20 | |
7 | Madhya Pradesh | 21 | |
8 | Jharkhand | 22 | |
9 | Punjab | 24 | |
10 | Odisha | 26 |
The cut-off for the top 10 National Law Universities (NLUs) in India for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is typically high. Below are the key factors that will determine the CLAT 2025 cut-off for these institutions.
The CLAT cut-offs fluctuate annually due to factors such as the difficulty level of the exam, the number of applicants, seat availability, and candidate preferences. Below is a detailed analysis of the cut-off trends for top NLUs over the last three years, focusing on the general category. Candidates can check the CLAT NLU cut-offs for the last three years in the tables given below to get an idea of what to expect this year.
NLU | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ||||
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 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 6 | 167 | 175 | 564 | 189 | 1116 | 1604 | 3574 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 311 | 450 | 621 | 1376 | 1191 | 1315 | 4573 | 5178 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 187 | 1047 | 1248 | 1777 | 1112 | 1959 | 6497 | 7622 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 140 | 279 | - | - | 2610* | 23192* | 2056 | 4503 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 289 | 1010 | - | - | 7619* | 26986* | 4663 | 8958 |
NLU Jodhpur | 170 | 379 | - | 1079 | 1424 | 3574 | 5178 | |
HNLU Raipur | 434 | 791 | - | - | 1841 | 2069 | 3408 | 6765 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 210 | 464 | 603 | 1248 | 1284 | 1858 | 4584 | 6175 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 593 | 1060 | 1113 | 1935 | 2225 | 2429 | 8833 | 10735 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 410 | 764 | 1022* | 2326* | 1170* | 3613* | 5397* | 10340* |
RGNUL Patiala | 502 | 1250 | - | - | - | - | 3234 | 10253 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 790 | 1358 | 1378* | 2122* | 2139* | 2776* | 4522* | 14864* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1051 | 1552 | 1571* | 2703* | 2560* | 4147* | 13550* | 16714* |
NUALS Kochi | 231 | 1136 | 6867* | 14922* | - | - | 12306* | 15245* |
NLU Odisha | 591 | 1205 | - | - | - | - | 5997 | 9869 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 637 | 1594 | 1468 | 2255 | 1837 | 3005 | 5972 | 11124 |
NLUJA Assam | 1344 | 1704 | - | - | 7386* | 37438* | 8824* | 17168* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 656 | 1390 | 1242 | 2195 | 2068 | 2940 | 8057 | 10568 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 806 | 1628 | - | - | 1634 | 3135 | 9853 | 11289 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 821 | 1711 | - | - | 2178 | 3800 | 10130 | 12418 |
MNLU Mumbai | 99 | 590 | 811* | 3932* | 2123* | 6468* | 4506* | 11392* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 491 | 1587 | 3974* | 6285* | 3089* | 17245* | 11235* | 25115* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 611 | 1685 | 6100* | 16730* | 4790* | 14814* | 12722* | 29474* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 945 | 1832 | 4220* | 18008* | 14714* | 18004* | 8281* | 28813* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 681 | 2115 | 8662* | 18056* | 7755* | 19003* | 21344* | 29975* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 885 | 2102 | - | - | - | 9061 | 12158 | |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 284 | 2150 | - | - | - | 9789 | 12740 | |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1060 | 1824 | 1935 | 2769 | 2677 | 3445 | 10083 | 12556 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 503 | 2050 | 1887 | 2687 | 2273 | 3861 | 9107 | 12447 |
NLUT Agartala | 1716 | 2243 | - | - | - | - | 32520* | - |
*state category reservation
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | |||||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Ran | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Ra nk | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 1 | 114 | 129 | 510 | 171 | 923 | 181 | 2674 | 1781 | 2835 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 25 | 177 | 365 | 680 | 931 | 1116 | 702 | 3388 | 3375 | 6174 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 136 | 260 | - | - | 1397* | 7119* | 588 | 4217 | 6121 | 7792 |
NLIU Bhopal | 186 | 463 | 796 | 1290 | 591 | 1268 | 4505 | 5311 | 8143 | 10960 |
NLU Jodhpur | 70 | 383 | - | - | - | - | 2360 | 4457 | 6689 | 8076 |
HNLU Raipur | 481 | 805 | - | - | 2031 | 2061 | 6997 | 7137 | 10117 | 11277 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 147 | 462 | 488 | 1210 | 1150 | 1878 | 3680 | 5683 | 8790 | 10837 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 432 | 749 | 1432 * | 1845* | 772* | 3088* | 6014* | 9582* | 18980* | 27764* |
RGNUL Patiala | 563 | 1307 | - | - | - | - | 5693 | 8856 | 10300 | 15585 |
628 | 1541 | 2002* | 2501* | 1511* | 5260* | 7741* | 13369* | 20004* | - | |
NUALS Kochi | 638 | 1461 | 5660* | 41647* | - | - | 6498* | 26009* | 27055* | 28147* |
NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack | 504 | 1207 | - | - | - | - | 6147 | 7957 | 13445 | 16910 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 939 | 1895 | 2332 | 2688 | 2248 | 2756 | 7695 | 10032 | 14248 | 18477 |
TNNLU Tiruchirapalli | 704 | 2045 | - | - | 2509 | 4119 | 6192 | 10557 | 14452 | - |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 538 | 2080 | 2477 | 3285 | 7113* | 16077* | 9337* | 17282* | 13295* | - |
MNLU Mumbai | 325 | 590 | 2034* | 4878* | 3078* | 9880* | 5963* | 8923* | 17578* | 32870* |
MNLU Nagpur | 878 | 2102 | 2710* | 14738 | 7420* | 22745* | 4921* | 21215* | 23125* | 39121* |
MNLU Aurangabad | 1824 | 2655 | 13589* | - | 12558 | 24704 | 21626* | 26769* | 37995* | - |
NLUJA Assam, Guwahati | 1375 | 2569 | - | - | 4913* | 38136* | 15318* | 31993* | 25618* | 42731* |
HPNLU Shimla | 822 | 2816 | - | - | - | - | 8337 | 11982 | 13021 | 20699 |
DNLU Jabalpur | 1696 | 2698 | 2969 | 3513 | 3905 | 4318 | 10030 | 12073 | 17883 | 23002 |
DBRANLU, Sonipat, Haryana | 767 | 2713 | 2584 | 3412 | 2533 | 4515 | 9611 | 11010 | 10923 | 21673 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 810 | 1820 | 1863 | 2984 | 2435 | 3992 | 8339 | 10104 | 13276 | 14846 |
*state category reservation
NLU | General (All India) | OBC | SC | ST | ||||
Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bangalore | 1 | 85 | 88 | 638 | 431 | 2224 | 554 | 3428 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 8 | 162 | 505 | 7849* | 1252 | 2761 | 3818 | 5158 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 117 | 257 | 1989* | 11472 * | 2503 | 4933 | 5084 | 7238 |
NLIU Bhopal | 241 | 451 | 774 | 1510 | 3618 | 4793 | 6076 | 10189 |
NLU Jodhpur | 155 | 378 | - | - | 2318 | 5881 | 1727 | 7620 |
HNLU Raipur | 430 | 756 | 1721 | 1980 | 4918 | 8797 | 11785 | 12027 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 175 | 430 | 752 | 1747 | 3779 | 6527 | 6155 | 12014 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 377 | 756 | 902* | 3568* | 4565* | 10476 * | 15889* | 19504* |
RGNLU Patiala | 437 | 1184 | - | - | 6134 | 9434 | 6449 | 16179 |
CNLU Patna | 932 | 1498 | 1882* | 9085* | 9825 | 18386* | 29956 | 29956* |
NUALS Kochi | 413 | 1315 | 2114* | 20999* | 8411* | 25640* | 16977* | 16977* |
NLU Odisha | 470 | 1191 | - | - | 5800 | 9726 | 13361 | 17417 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 933 | 1603 | 1386 | 2698 | 3540* | 21084* | 13311 | 31604* |
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli | 807 | 1816 | 1770 | 3789 | 6909 | 12015 | 15682 | 16880 |
DSNLU Vishakhapatnam | 1002 | 1589 | 8881 | 11160 | 10847* | 10847* | 24160* | 24160* |
MNLU Mumbai | 64 | 548 | 1310* | 8987* | 4874*(W) | 16251*(W) | 14752*(W) | 43608*(W) |
MNLU Nagpur | 999 | 1657 | 6293* | 18196* | 16251* | 36646* | 30004* | 30479* |
MNLU Aurangabad | 1390 | 2323 | 19850* | 34225 | 20505* | 45669* | 44623*(W) | 46061*(W) |
NLUJAA Guwahati | 1131 | 1979 | 5542* | 39724* | 25357* | 41911* | 16817* | 40718* |
HPNLU Shimla | 1056 | 2302 | - | - | 7229 | 12507 | 12778 | 22145 |
DNLU Jabalpur | 1314 | 2262 | 1647 | 3489 | 10967 | 12925 | 15638 | 22762 |
NLU Sonipat | 1094 | 2333 | 1917 | 4018 | 6448 | 12213 | 12177 | 23212 |
On Question asked by student community
Hi dear candidate,
Both the colleges Maharaja Agrasen (MAIMS) or Gitarattan (GIBS) are affiliated to IP University and allows admission either by CLAT or IPU CET Law. Without either of these exams, your admission is NOT accepted there. You can try looking for management quota seats in these colleges if you have got good marks in 12th class.
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Hi dear candidate,
You can easily register yourself for CLAT exam by visiting the Consortium of NLUs official website and follow these steps:
Know the complete process at:
CLAT Registration 2026 (Started): Documents Required, Application Fee, Link, Steps to Apply
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Right now there is no official e-guide for CLAT 2026 released by the Consortium of NLUs. They usually provide sample questions and model papers closer to the exam, but not a complete guide at this stage.
You can still prepare using free study material available online. Many websites provide free downloadable PDFs, mock tests, and previous year papers that will help you understand the pattern and practice important topics.
If you want a structured book, there are two good options. The Oswaal CLAT & AILET guide has past year solved papers, topic-wise questions, and mock tests. The Arihant CLAT Conqueror book has more than 3000 practice questions with solutions. Both are helpful depending on whether you prefer solved papers or more practice questions.
Hello,
Here is the link where you will get CLAT Question Paper solution : CLAT 2024 Question Paper with solutions
Hope it helps !
Hello,
For your question, the answer is the examination date for the CLAT is likely Sunday, December 7, 2025. Also, for your info, the application period is began on August 1, 2025, and continues till October 31, 2025.
I hope it will clear your query!!
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