How hard is it to get into NLIU Bhopal? Candidates have to ponder over this question when filling in the NLU preferences and estimate their chances of admission. NLIU Bhopal is ranked at 21st place in the NIRF law rankings 2024 and is among the top law colleges in India. In this article, let’s look at the past CLAT cut off trends to estimate how difficult it is to secure a seat at NLIU Bhopal.
The following factors will determine one’s chances of securing admission into the top law college in India, which will decide how hard it is to get into NLSIU.
Number of applicants providing NLIU Bhopal among their top preferences: The more the number of candidates preferring NLIU Bhopal, the harder it will be to secure a seat at the university. In CLAT 2025, candidates have to provide their NLU preference list at time of registering for counselling.
Number of seats at NLIU Bhopal: The higher seat intake will take the NLU cut off lower and make it that much easier to get into NLIU Bhopal.
Reservation criteria for NLIU Bhopal: The admissions at NLIU Bhopal will be done as per the CLAT 2025 reservation criteria. Reserved category candidates and candidates under domicile reservation have higher chances of admission due to lower cut off.
The table below provides the expected cut-off marks and rank for NLIU Bhopal based on the cut-off trends of the past. It must be noted that NLIU Bhopal is not offering the BSc LLB course in the academic year
Category | NLIU Bhopal cut-off marks | NLIU Bhopal cut-off rank |
General | 93 | 450 |
EWS | 89 | 1376 |
OBC | 89 | 1315 |
SC | 79 | 5178 |
ST | 70 | 11527 |
The table below provides the opening and closing ranks for NLIU Bhopal as per the CLAT cut-off trends observed last 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 | |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 311 | 450 | 621 | 1376 | 1191 | 1315 | 4573 | 5178 | 8403 | 11527 |
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
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