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

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

    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

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