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CLAT Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 31 Oct' 25
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.
The table below provides an overview of the courses offered and the admission process of NLUs.
| 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 | 
As stated above, NLUs offer 5-year LLB, 3-year LLB and LLM programmes. The overview of the seat intake is given below.
| 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 | 
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 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 | 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 | Seats | 
| 120 | |
| 60 | |
| 138 | 
On Question asked by student community
Hello,
If you are from Delhi and appearing for CLAT, then you come under the General (All India) category, as CLAT reservation is based on the domicile of NLUs, and Delhi does not have a National Law University under CLAT (NLU Delhi conducts AILET separately).So, you can apply for CLAT through All India Quota, and if you don’t get a seat in NLUs. You can apply through CLAT, AILET, or private law colleges like Amity, Symbiosis, or IPU for admission.
Keep both CLAT and AILET options open to maximize your chances.
Hope you understand.
 
Hello,
No, you are not elligible to appear for the CLAT exam while in Class 11, as the elligiblity criteria require you to be in or have completed Class 12 . However, you can start preparing for the exam now.
You can get the CLAT Exam practice tests by following this link:
Hello,
Yes, if a student is from Telangana, they can apply for a reserved seat in CLAT only if they belong to a reserved category such as SC, ST, OBC, EWS, or PwD, as per the rules of CLAT and the participating National Law Universities (NLUs).
However, please note:
CLAT does not have a separate “Telangana state quota.”
Reservation is given based on category , not on the state, except in some NLUs that offer domicile (state) reservation for their own state students.
So, if you are from Telangana, you can:
Apply under your category reservation (like SC/ST/OBC/EWS) .
And you may get Telangana domicile reservation only in those NLUs that are located in Telangana (for example, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad ).
Hope it helps !
Hi Dear Candidate!!
For VITEEE (VIT Engineering Admission), a safe zone generally means scoring around 110–120 out of 125 or securing a rank under 25,000 for most B.Tech branches at VIT Vellore. Other campuses like Chennai, Bhopal, or Amaravati may have slightly lower cutoffs, around ranks 25,000–40,000, depending on the branch. Highly competitive branches like Computer Science or Electronics usually require higher scores, while less competitive branches may have slightly lower requirements.
For CLAT (National Law University Admission), a safe score for top NLUs such as NLU Delhi, Bangalore, or Hyderabad is around 140–145 out of 150 for General category students. Mid-tier NLUs usually require scores in the 120–135 range. Keep in mind that category-wise variations and yearly fluctuations in applicants can slightly change the cutoffs, so aiming higher than these predicted scores is always recommended to ensure a seat.
Hello,
For CLAT PG 2026 application :
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Signature: JPEG/JPG, 140x60 pixels, 10–20 KB, sign on white paper with black ink, must match exam documents.
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