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Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai (TNDALU Chennai) conduct its law admissions based on the marks obtained by candidates in Class 12. It is one among several universities that conduct their law admissions without entrance exams. In this article, let’s look at how many marks are required in Class 12 for TNDALU 2025 admissions, influencing factors, and course-wise seat inake.
The School of Excellence in Law, (SOEL) at the university and its affiliated colleges offer admissions into 5-year LLB, 3-year LLB, and LLM programmes. There will be multiple rounds of counselling conducted by the university for its law admissions. TNDALU 2025 application form will tentatively open in May 2025. Candidates will be able to apply online from the university’s official website.
The cut-off marks required in class 12 to obtain admission at TNDALU will be influenced by the following factors
Total number of applicants
Seat availability for various courses
Overall performance of the applicants in the qualifying examination
University’s reservation policy
Both SOEL and affiliated colleges offer 3-year LLB and 5-year LLB. The TNDALU LLM programmes is offered only by SOEL. The seat matrix is given below
Courses | SOEL | Affiliated Colleges | Total |
3-year LLB | 156 | 1541 | 1697 |
5-year LLB | 624 | 1651 | 2275 |
LLM | 220 | - | 220 |
Total | 1000 | 3192 | 4192 |
The marks required in Class 12 for TNDALU 2025 admissions vary across different categories and also for SOEL and affiliated colleges. The table below provide the expected marks required in class 12 based on TNDALU cut off trends observed last year.
Category | SOEL | Affiliated Colleges |
OC | 89+ | 83+ |
BC | 86+ | 77+ |
BC (M) | 81+ | 77+ |
MBC and DNC | 84+ | 77+ |
SC (Others) | 84+ | 78+ |
SC (A) | 80+ | 75+ |
ST | 79+ | 72+ |
Category | SOEL | Affiliated Colleges | ||
BA LLB (Hons)/ BBA LLB (Hons | B.Com LLB (Hons) | BCA LLB (Hons) | ||
OC | 98+ | 98+ | 97+ | 96+ |
BC | 96+ | 97+ | 95+ | 92+ |
BC (M) | 96+ | 98+ | 94+ | 92+ |
MBC and DNC | 96 | 96+ | 93+ | 92+ |
SC | 95+ | 96+ | 93+ | 91+ |
SC (A) | 94+ | 94+ | 89+ | 91+ |
ST | 91+ | 91+ | 75+ | 88+ |
Category | SOEL |
OC | 79+ |
BC | 73+ |
BC (M) | 71+ |
MBC / DNC | 69+ |
SC | 70+ |
SC (Aruthathiyar) | 62+ |
ST | 65+ |
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