Nirma University Law Admission 2026
Last Date to Apply: 21st December 2025 | Grade 'A+' accredited by NAAC | Ranked 33rd by NIRF 2025
The Consortium of National Law Universities will publish the NLSIU Bengaluru merit list 2026 on its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The NLSIU Bangalore 2026 merit list is released at the start of each round of CLAT 2026 counselling. The merit list of NLSIU Bengaluru contains details such as All India rank, admit card number, horizontal reservations, and admission status. Additionally, the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru will also publish the NLSIU Bengaluru merit list 2026 for institute-level counselling rounds for any vacant seats after completion of the centralised CLAT 2026 counselling process conducted by the consortium. CLAT 2026 is scheduled to be conducted on December 7, 2025. The scores in the Common Law Admission Test are accepted by 24 NLUs and 60+ affiliated colleges participating in the exam for admission into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes.
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NLSIU Bengaluru is the top-ranked law school in the NIRF law rankings 2025. The prevailing view is that CLAT is tough, and getting a place on the merit list of NLSIU Bengaluru is not easy. Candidates who are included in the NLSIU Bengaluru merit list 2026 are required to complete the admission formalities such as payment of the confirmation fee and university admission fee. The consortium will conduct CLAT 2026 counselling in five rounds. Read on to get all the details on the NLSIU Bengaluru 2026 merit list including steps to download, the counselling process, and more.
| Particulars | NLSIU Bengaluru UG Merit List 2026 | NLSIU Bengaluru PG merit list 2026 |
|---|---|---|
1st merit list | To be updated soon | To be updated soon |
2nd merit list | To be updated soon | To be updated soon |
3rd merit list | To be updated soon | To be updated soon |
4th merit list | To be updated soon | To be updated soon |
5th merit list | To be updated soon | To be updated soon |
Candidates will be able to download the merit list of NLSIU Bengaluru online before the start of each counselling round. Given below are the steps to download the merit list.
Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Click on CLAT 2026
Click on the CLAT UG/ LLM merit list for the desired round
Next, click on NLSIU Bengaluru merit list 2026
The merit list will be displayed on the screen
Download and save the PDF for future reference
Last Date to Apply: 21st December 2025 | Grade 'A+' accredited by NAAC | Ranked 33rd by NIRF 2025
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In addition to the merit lists published during the centralised counselling process, the university will also publish the NLSIU Bengaluru merit list 2026 for admissions conducted at the institute level for any vacant seats after the centralised counselling rounds have been completed. Given below are the steps to check the NLSIU Bengaluru 2026 merit list published by the university.
Visit the official website of the university - nls.ac.in
Click on admissions
Click on the merit list for the desired round
The NLSIU Bengaluru merit list 2026 will be displayed on the screen
Download and save the merit list for future reference
In this section, one can get the NLSIU Bengaluru 2026 merit list for each counselling round. The section will be updated upon the release of the merit list by the consortium.
| Counselling round | NLSIU Bengaluru merit list PDF |
|---|---|
Round 1 | Will be updated |
Round 2 | |
Round 3 | |
Round 4 | |
Round 5 |
The CLAT 2026 cut-off for NLSIU Bengaluru will be available after the publication of the merit list. The NLSIU Bengaluru cut-off will be updated in this section upon official notification. NLSIU Bengaluru is the top law college in India. The cut-off for NLSIU Bengaluru is often the highest among all NLUs.
The merit list of NLSIU Bengaluru is provisional. Candidates are required to complete certain formalities to gain CLAT 2026 seat allotment. The admission process is given below:
Candidates are first required to select one of three options - freeze/float/exit through their login.
Candidates who choose the freeze or float option are required to pay a confirmation fee of Rs. 20000 which will be adjusted against the university fees.
Candidates who want to exit the counselling process can choose the exit option.
The candidates who are allotted the seat are required to visit the university for document verification and payment of the balance university fee.
Candidates can download the NLSIU Bengaluru merit list for the previous year from the table below.
Given below is the previous year's NLSIU Bengaluru cut-off. Candidates can go through the data to estimate the CLAT cut-off 2026 trends.
| General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank |
| 2025 | 1 | 112 | 119 | 703 | 209 | 1541 | 182 | 3133 | 678 | 3396 |
| 2024 | 1 | 102 | 122 | 523 | 151 | 971 | 372 | 3007 | 239 | 7487 |
| 2023 | 1 | 114 | 129 | 510 | 171 | 923 | 181 | 2674 | 1781 | 2835 |
| General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank |
| 2025 | 13 | 145 | 190 | 684 | 297 | 1113 | 510 | 1682 | 298 | 2740 |
| 2024 | 14 | 239 | 302 | 940 | 165 | 1236 | 385 | 1642 | 2253 | 3663 |
| 2023 | 8 | 200 | 269 | 469 | 237 | 902 | 678 | 1927 | 251 | 3096 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
At NLSIU Bengaluru, there are 300 seats for 5-year LLB and 120 seats for LLM.
To get into NLSIU, a good score is 100+ marks for general candidates, 90+ marks for OBC/EWS candidates, and 80+ marks for SC/ST candidates.
To get into NLSIU Bengaluru, general category candidates must have a rank of less than 100.
On Question asked by student community
Hello,
Based on previous year CLAT cutoff trends , your chances for NLSIU Bangalore are very low .
NLSIU Bangalore has the highest cutoff among all NLUs . In recent years, the final closing rank for General category has been around AIR 100–120 only.
You have:
General category AIR: 658
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