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NLU Seats in India: Course-Wise Seat Intake of All NLUs
The National Law Universities (NLUs) are often the most cherished institutions among aspirants when it comes to pursuing law. In all, there are 26 NLUs, and they offer 5-year LLB, 3-year LLB, and LLM programmes. There are around 5790 NLU seats in India. While the 5-year LLB admissions at NLUs are primarily done through the CLAT UG exam, the LLM admissions are done through CLAT PG. The universities that offer 3-year LLB conduct their separate exams. NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya do not participate in CLAT and instead conduct separate law entrance exams. In this article, get programme-wise NLU seats in India for all NLUs.
Premier NLUs such as NLS Bengaluru, NLU Delhi, and NALSAR Hyderabad are among the top 3 law colleges in India as per the NIRF law rankings 2024.
Admission Process and Courses Offered by NLUs in India
The table below provides an overview of the courses offered and the admission process of NLUs.
NLU Courses and Entrance Exams
Courses Offered | Accepted Exam | Admission Process |
5-year LLB | CLAT | Centralised counselling |
LLM | CLAT PG | Centralised counselling |
5-year LLB at NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya |
| Institute level counselling (NLU Delhi) Interview followed by counselling (NLU Meghalaya) |
LLM at NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya |
| Institute level counselling (NLU Delhi) Interview followed by counselling (NLU Meghalaya) |
3-year LLB at NLSIU Bengaluru, NLU Odisha, and DSNLU Visakhapatnam |
| Institute level counselling |
LLM at CNLU Patna | Entrance exam conducted by the university | Institute level counselling |
Course-wise NLU Seats in India
As stated above, NLUs offer 5-year LLB, 3-year LLB and LLM programmes. The overview of the seat intake is given below.
NLU Seats in India Overview
Particulars | Seats |
NLU 5-year LLB seats through CLAT | 3705 |
NLU LLM seats through CLAT | 1436 |
NLU 3-year LLB seats | 318 |
NLU Delhi BA LLB seats | 120 |
NLU Delhi LLM seats | 81 |
NLU Meghalaya 5-year LLB seats | 60 |
NLU Meghalaya LLM seats | 10 |
CNLU Patna LLM seat | 60 |
Total | 5790 |
NLU Seats in India Details
The table below provides the course-wise seat intake for NLUs that conduct admissions into 5-year LLB, LLM, and 3-year LLB programmes.
NLU CLAT UG Course-wise Seat Intake
NLU Name | Course | CLAT Seats | Supernumerary Seats | |
NRI / Foreign national seats | Other Category Seats | |||
BA LLB (Hons.) | 310 | 15 (FN) | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 132 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 116 | 18 (NRI/ NRI sponsored), 5 (FN) | - | |
BSc LLB (Cyber Security) | 59 | 9 (NRI/NRI sponsored) 5 (FN) | - | |
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) | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 164 | 16 (NRI / NRI sponsored) | 16 (EWS) | |
BBA LLB (Hons.) | ||||
BA LLB (Hons.) | 170 | 8 (NRI), 2 (FN) | 5 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (Students of J&K) | |
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) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 66 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 169 | 20 (NRI/NRI Sponsored/ FN) | 2 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants/ Kashmiri Pandits/ Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 180 | 5 (NRI) | 18 (EWS), 9 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (J&K residents) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 69 | 5 (NRI) | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 69 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | 6 (NRI sponsored), 2 (FN) | 6 (EWS), 2 (Transgenders), 2 (J&K Migrants) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 106 | 10 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 4 (FN) | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 53 | 5 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 2 (FN) | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | 12 (EWS), 2 (J&K) | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | 6 (EWS), 1 (J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | 12 (NRI / NRI Sponsored/ FN) | 6 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants)) | |
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) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 100 | 20 (NRI/NRI sponsored/ FN) | 2 (Permanent Residents of J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons in Adjudication and Justicing) | 60 | - | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 60 | - | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
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) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | 12 (EWS), 2 (J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | 3 (J&K) | ||
| IIULER Goa | BA LLB (Hons.) BBA LLB (Hons.) | 120 (BA LLB) 60 (BBA LLB) | ||
Total | 3705 | 247 | 140 | |
NLU CLAT PG Course-wise Seat Intake
NLU | 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 | - | 8 |
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 | 94 | |
NLU 3-year LLB Seats
NLU | Seats |
120 | |
60 | |
138 |
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CLAT PG stands for Common Law Admission Test Postgraduate. CLAT PG is a national-level entrance examination for admission to LLM programmes offered by participating National Law Universities (NLUs) and other institutions.
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