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    How many students are invited for CLAT counselling 2025?

    How many students are invited for CLAT counselling 2025?

    Sukriti SahooUpdated on 16 Dec 2024, 03:57 PM IST

    The Consortium of National Law Universities has released the notification for the CLAT 2025 admissions counselling process. As per the CLAT calendar 2022, the Consortium of NLUs will invite around five times more candidates than the total seats available for CLAT 2025 counselling. Candidates whose names are there on the CLAT invite list 2025 are allowed to participate in the CLAT counselling process 2025. However, candidates are sent invitations for the counselling process via email at their registered email address and SMS at their registered phone number.

    How many students are invited for CLAT counselling 2025?
    students are invited for CLAT counselling 2025

    CLAT 2025 was conducted for admission to 4054 5-year LLB seats and 1,591 seats in LLM courses including the NRI/ FN and supernumerary quota. A total of around 17,000 to 18,000 candidates will be invited to the CLAT 2025 counselling. Around 3600+ 5-year LLB seats and 1400+ LLM seats are available through the CLAT 2025 admissions counselling process. Approximately, around 17,000 - 18,000 will be invited to the counselling. Last year, a total of 60295 candidates registered and 58,504 appeared for the CLAT UG 2024. For the CLAT PG 2024 exam, 10,948 students registered out of which 10,282 candidates appeared for the exam.

    CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024. The CLAT 2025 result has been declared on December 7, 2024. The CLAT 2025 admission process will be conducted for admissions into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes.

    Total Seats in CLAT 2025 - Overview

    The Consortium of NLUs will conduct a centralised counselling process for admission to CLAT 2025 seats. Students’ chances of admission to a particular NLU depend on their rank, NLU preferences 2025 and category. Given below are the CLAT seats intake for UG and PG programmes.

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    Particulars

    CLAT UG Seats

    CLAT PG Seats

    CLAT seats

    3649

    1436

    NRI/Foreign National Seats

    257

    69

    Supernumerary seats for various categories

    148

    86

    Total

    4054

    1591

    CLAT 2025 Seats

    The Consortium of NLUs will conduct a centralised counselling process for admission to CLAT 2025 seats. The chances of admission of a candidate to a particular NLU majorly depend on their rank, NLU preferences 2025 and category. Mentioned below are the CLAT seat intake for UG and PG programmes.

    NLU CLAT UG 2025 Seat Intake and Courses Offered

    NLU Name

    Course

    CLAT Seats

    Supernumerary Seats




    NRI / Foreign national seats

    Other Category Seats

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    310

    15 (FN)

    -

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    132

    -

    -

    NLIU Bhopal

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    104

    18 (NRI/ NRI sponsored), 5 (FN)

    12 (EWS)


    BSc LLB (Hons.)

    59

    9 (NRI/NRI sponsored) 5 (FN)

    -

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    108

    20 (NRI/ NRI sponsored), 2 (FN)

    2 (J&K)


    B.Sc LLB (Hons.)

    50

    10 (NRI/NRI sponsored), 2 (FN)

    2 (J&K)

    NLU Jodhpur

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    90

    16 (NRI / NRI sponsored)

    12 (EWS)


    BBA LLB (Hons.)

    30

    HNLU Raipur

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    170

    8 (NRI), 2 (FN)

    5 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (Students of J&K)

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    5-year LLB (BA LLB(Hons.); BCom LLB(Hons.); BSc LLB (Hons.); BBA LLB(Hons) and BSW LLB(Hons)

    172

    16 (NRI), 5 (FN)

    2 (J&K residents), 5 (North East India), 4 (Sports)

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    BA LLB (Hons)

    66

    -

    -

    RMNLU Luknow

    BA LLB (Hons)

    169

    20 (NRI/NRI Sponsored/ FN)

    2 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants/

    Kashmiri Pandits/ Kashmiri Hindu

    Families (Non-Migrants)

    RGNUL Patiala

    BA LLB (Hons)

    180

    5 (NRI)

    18 (EWS), 9 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (J&K residents)

    CNLU Patna

    BA LLB (Hons)

    69

    5 (NRI)

    -


    BBA LLB (Hons)

    69

    -

    -

    NUALS Kochi

    BA LLB (Hons)

    60

    6 (NRI sponsored), 2 (FN)

    6 (EWS), 2 (Transgenders), 2 (J&K Migrants)

    NLUO Cuttack

    BA LLB (Hons)

    106

    10 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 4 (FN)

    -


    BBA LLB (Hons)

    53

    5 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 2 (FN)

    -

    NUSRL Ranchi

    BA LLB (Hons)

    120

    -

    12 (EWS), 2 (J&K)


    BBA LLB (Hons)

    60

    -

    6 (EWS), 1 (J&K)

    NLUJA Kamrup

    BA LLB (Hons)

    60

    -

    -

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    BA LLB (Hons)

    120

    12 (NRI / NRI Sponsored/ FN)

    6 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and

    Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu

    Families (Non-Migrants))

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli

    BA LLB (Hons)

    56

    3 (NRI/OCI guardian)

    1 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and

    Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu

    Families (Non-Migrants)


    BCom LLB (Hons)

    56

    3 (NRI/OCI guardian)

    1 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and

    Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu

    Families (Non-Migrants)

    MNLU Mumbai

    BA LLB (Hons)

    100

    20 (NRI/NRI sponsored/ FN)

    2 (Permanent Residents of J&K)

    MNLU Nagpur

    BA LLB (Hons)

    120

    -

    -


    BA LLB (Hons in Adjudication and Justicing)

    60

    -

    -


    BBA LLB (Hons)

    60

    -

    -

    MNLU Aurangabad

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    60

    -

    -


    BBA LLB (Hons)

    60

    -

    -

    HPNLU Shimla

    BA LLB (Hons)

    120

    18 (NRI/ FN)

    6 (Kashmiri Migrants), 2 (Residents of J&K)


    BBA LLB (Hons)

    60

    9 (NRI/ FN)

    3 (Kashmiri Migrants), 2 (Residents of J&K)

    DNLU Jabalpur

    BA LLB (Hons)

    120

    -

    12 (EWS), 2 (J&K)

    DBRANLU Sonepat

    BA LLB (Hons)

    120

    -

    -

    NLU Tripura

    BA LLB (Hons)

    60

    -

    -

    RPNLU Prayagraj

    BA LLB (Hons)

    60


    3 (J&K)

    IIULER Goa

    BA LLB (Hons.)

    BBA LLB (Hons.)

    120 (BA LLB)

    60 (BBA LLB)



    Total


    3649

    257

    148

    CLAT 2025 PG Seat Intake and Courses

    NLU Name

    Course

    CLAT Seats

    Supernumerary Seats




    NRI/ Foreign Nationals

    Other category Seats

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    LLM

    120

    6 (FN)

    -

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    LLM

    66

    -

    -

    NLIU Bhopal

    LLM

    60

    5 (FN)

    -

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    LLM

    100

    2 (FN)

    -

    NLU Jodhpur

    LLM

    80

    -

    -

    HNLU Raipur

    LLM

    90

    -

    2 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants), 2 (Students from J&K)

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    LLM

    57

    5 (NRI), 2 (FN)

    1 (J&K residents), 2 (North East India),

    GNLU Silvassa Campus

    LLM

    33

    -

    -

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    LLM

    48

    5 (NRI / NRI sponsored / FN)

    2 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants/ Kashmiri Pandits/

    Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants))

    RGNUL Patiala

    LLM

    58

    2 (FN)

    6 (EWS), 3 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (J&K residents)

    NUALS Kochi

    LLM

    60


    6 (EWS), 2 (Transgenders), 2 (J&K Migrants)

    NLUO Cuttack

    LLM

    44

    4 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 2 (FN)


    NUSRL Ranchi

    LLM

    60

    -

    6 (EWS), 1 (J&K)

    NLUJA Kamrup

    LLM

    40

    -

    -

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    LLM

    60

    6 (NRI / NRI Sponsored/ FN)

    3 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and

    Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu

    Families (Non-Migrants))

    TNNLU Tiruchirappalli

    LLM Corporate and Securities Laws

    20


    1 (TN ST)


    LLM Intellectual Property Law

    20


    1 (TN SC A)


    LLM (Natural Resources Law)

    20


    1 (TN BC M)

    MNLU Mumbai

    LLM

    50

    20 (NRI/NRI Sponsored/ FN)

    2 (Permanent Residents of J&K)

    MNLU Nagpur

    LLM

    60

    -

    -

    MNLU Aurangabad

    LLM

    60

    -

    -

    HPNLU Shimla

    LLM

    80

    12 (NRI/FN)

    4 (Kashmiri Migrants), 2 (Residents of J&K), 22 (BC/OBC), 8 (EWS)

    DNLU Jabalpur

    LLM

    50

    -

    5 (EWS), 2 (J&K)

    NLU Tripura

    LLM

    50

    -

    -

    RPNLU Prayagraj

    LLM

    10



    IIULER Goa

    LLM

    40



    Total


    1436

    69

    86

    Different Categories of CLAT 2025 Seats

    Candidates can apply for admission under various categories. The CLAT 2025 seat categories are as follows:

    • Scheduled Tribe (ST)

    • Scheduled Caste (SC)

    • Other Backward Categories (OBC)

    • State Quota for the candidates in which NLU is located

    • Physically Disabled Candidates (PwD)

    • Foreign National Candidates/NRI

    • Kashmiri Migrants

    • Candidates belonging to the North Eastern States

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