NLU Seats in India: Course-Wise Seat Intake of All NLUs

NLU Seats in India: Course-Wise Seat Intake of All NLUs

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CLAT Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 31 Oct' 25

Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 22 May 2025, 07:27 PM IST

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


  • NLU Meg UAT (NLU Meghalaya)

Institute level counselling (NLU Delhi)


Interview followed by counselling (NLU Meghalaya)

LLM at NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya


  • NLU Meg PAT (NLU Meghalaya)

Institute level counselling (NLU Delhi)


Interview followed by counselling (NLU Meghalaya)

3-year LLB at NLSIU Bengaluru, NLU Odisha, and DSNLU Visakhapatnam


  • NLSAT (NSLIU Bengaluru)

  • NAIET (NLU Odisha)

  • DET (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

NLSIU Bengaluru

BA LLB (Hons.)

310

15 (FN)

-

NALSAR Hyderabad

BA LLB (Hons.)

132

-

-

NLIU Bhopal

BA LLB (Hons.)

116

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

-


BSc LLB (Cyber Security)

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.)

164

16 (NRI / NRI sponsored)

16 (EWS)


BBA LLB (Hons.)

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


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

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Around 75,000 - 80,000 students have registered for CLAT examination this year. There are approximately 3,700 seat available in all NLUs through CLAT 2025.

In NLSIU Bengaluru, total 300 UG seats are available while in TNNLU Trichy, 180 are available.

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Hello,

If you want to prepare for the CLAT 2026 LLM exam. You should first understand the CLAT PG exam's syllabus, exam pattern, and weightage of sections like constitutional law and jurisprudence. Also, after that, create a structured study plan with good time management, and focus on your weak areas to improve yourself for the exam. You can also prepare with PYQ and mock tests.

I hope it will clear your query!!

Yes, the School of Excellence in Law (SOEL) accepts CLAT scores for admissions, and there are cutoffs for different categories. SOEL, part of TNDALU, offers BA LLB (Hons), BBA LLB (Hons), and BCA LLB (Hons) programs. The cutoffs vary based on the category and program.

For the OC category, the cutoff for BA LLB/BBA LLB was 97.750, and for BCA LLB, it was 96.5.

The cutoff can fluctuate based on the number of applicants, the difficulty of the exam, and the number of seats available

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Yes, scholarships are available for CLAT merit holders. Many law schools, including some top institutions, offer financial assistance based on CLAT scores. For example, National Law Universities (NLUs) often offer merit-cum-means scholarships to students who excel in the exam. Additionally, some private organizations and law firms also offer scholarships to top CLAT scorers. The amount and criteria for these scholarships vary, but they usually cover tuition fees or provide financial support for study materials and other expenses.

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Here is the link where you can access Free Mock tests : CLAT Mock Test 2026

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