The Consortium of National Law Universities has commenced the CLAT PG 2025 counselling process on June 11, 2025. The CLAT PG cut-off 2025 will be published for each round of counselling in the CLAT PG merit list. Only those candidates who clear the CLAT PG cut-off in each round will be eligible to obtain seat allotment. In this article, find out the expected CLAT PG cut-off 2025 for the top 10 NLUs. There will be three rounds of CLAT PG 2025 counselling as per the revised schedule.
The Consortium of NLUs declared the revised CLAT PG result 2025 on June 10, 2025, after considering the changes ordered by the Delhi HC verdict and the outcome of its EC meeting. The CLAT PG cut-off 2025 will be determined based on scores prepared as per the revised result.
Given below are a few factors that will influence the CLAT PG cut-off 2025 -
Difficulty level of the exam
Seat Intake
Reservation Policy
NLU preferences given by candidates
The premier NLUs are often counted among the top law colleges in India and also feature in the NIRF law rankings 2024. The higher cut-offs make it difficult to obtain a seat at these premier universities. The table given below provides the category-wise CLAT LLM cut-off for the top 10 NLUs as per the cut-off data available for previous years. This will help candidates to understand the cut-off trends and estimate the expected CLAT PG 2025 cut-off.
General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | ||||||
NLU | Open rank | Closing rank | Open rank | Closing rank | Open rank | Closing rank | Open rank | Closing rank | Opening | 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 | |
19 | 261 | 562* | 1307* | 315* | 2145* | 19* | 1628* | |||
494 | 1358 | - | - | - | - | 4010 | 5215 | 6881 | 8575 | |
242 | 727 | 2705* | 4227* | 2000* | 3683* | 5070* | 5242* | 5368* | 9388* | |
*state category reservation
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 | 8 | 200 | 269 | 469 | 237 | 902 | 678 | 1927 | 251 | 3096 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 19 | 230 | 566 | 710 | 700 | 1056 | 1460 | 1642 | 514 | 3854 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 175 | 787 | - | - | 1749* | 5981* | 1127 | 3140 | 3109 | 4813 |
NLIU Bhopal | 274 | 494 | - | - | 1056 | 1289 | 1482 | 3221 | 4479 | - |
NLU Jodhpur | 236 | 909 | - | - | - | - | 3133 | 3756 | 5206 | 6998 |
HNLU Raipur | 719 | 1606 | - | - | 1734 | 3703 | 4225 | 5361 | - | - |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 37 | 766 | 864 | 1478 | 801 | 1942 | 1301 | 3767 | 5606 | 7812 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 12 | 101 | 1002* | 1335* | 217* | 640* | 187* | 1084* | 1481* | - |
NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack | 369 | 1997 | - | - | - | - | 4345 | 6101 | 7332 | - |
MNLU Mumbai | 202 | 679 | 1781* | 4380* | 2421* | 5743* | 3153* | 6371* | 7132* | - |
*state reservation
On Question asked by student community
Hello Dear Student,
You should prepare for CLAT if your goal is to get admission into a top National Law University (NLU) for a 5-year integrated law course like BA LLB or BBA LLB.
You should choose CUET UG if you want admission into:
Hi,
Yes, you should appear for the compartment/improvement exam in the subject where you got RT (Reappear in Theory).
Even though your 72% overall marks are enough for Common Law Admission Test 2027 eligibility, clearing the RT is still very important because your Class 12 marksheet should officially show “PASS.”
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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