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Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU) prescribes the TNDALU eligibility criteria 2025 on its official website: tndalu.ac.in. Candidates planning for TNDALU admission 2025 into the law programs offered by the School of Excellence in Law (SOEL) or any other affiliated law college should first refer to the TNDALU 2025 eligibility criteria. The requirements in the eligibility criteria of TNDALU 2025 pertain to minimum educational qualification, qualifying marks, age limit, and any other relevant conditions.
Candidates failing to meet the prescribed TNDALU 2025 eligibility criteria will not be able to secure admission. Such candidates will be disqualified from the admission process, even if found at a later stage. The university conducts law admissions without an entrance exam based on scores obtained in the qualifying exam.
The School of Excellence in Law offers both 5-year LLB and 3-year LLB programmes. The 5-year LLB programmes include BA LLB, B.com LLB, BBA LLB and BCA LLB. Candidates can check the course-wise LLB eligibility criteria in Tamil Nadu mentioned in the table below.
Areas | 5-year LLB | 3-year LLB |
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Educational qualification | Candidate should have passed Higher Secondary Examination (10+2) recognised by the Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University, Chennai Additional qualifications for BCA LLB and BCom LLB
| Graduation in any discipline from a recognised university |
Minimum marks required in the qualifying exam | General/NRI category - 70% SC/ST - 60% | General/NRI category - 60% SC/ST - 55% |
Age limit for LLB in Tamil Nadu | No age limit has been prescribed | |
Additional requirements | The university also specifies that candidates with diploma/ITI qualifications instead class 12 are ineligible. Similarly, candidates who have completed 10+2 or graduation/post-graduation through the open university system without any basic qualifications are not eligible to apply. |
TNDALU Eligibility Criteria 2025 for LLM - SOEL
The TNDALU LLM 2025 admissions will be offered by the School of Excellence in Law which conducts two years LLM programme in around 11 different branches. The detailed list of specialisations and eligibility criteria for the law course in Tamil Nadu is mentioned below.
Course | Specialisation | Eligibility Criteria |
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LLM | Candidate should have qualified either 3-year LLB or 5-year LLB from a recognized university with a minimum score of 45% under the new regulations or 40% under old regulations | |
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Around 15 affiliated law colleges participate in the common admission process. Candidates can check the details of the eligibility criteria below.
Particulars | 5-year LLB | 3-year LLB |
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Educational qualification | Candidates should have passed class 12 from a recognised board. | Graduation in any discipline from a recognised university. |
Minimum marks required in the qualifying exam | General category - 45% SC and ST category - 40% | |
Law College Age Limit in Tamil Nadu | No age limit has been prescribed for admission | |
Disqualified candidates | Employed candidates and candidates with ITI degree are not eligible to apply for admission | Diploma and ITI are not eligible as it is not equivalent to Higher Secondary that is 12th Standard |
Candidates who have obtained their class 12 certificate from any other board except Tamil Nadu, will only be offered admission to the affiliated colleges on the production of eligibility certificate. Candidates can obtain the eligibility certificate form the Office of the Registrar, The Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University by submitting an application in the prescribed form with a bank challan/demand draft for a sum of Rs. 1000, while candidates from other states need to pay a sum of Rs. 2000.
Candidates will be selected for admission to the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, based on the marks they obtained in the qualifying examination. There is no entrance exam. The course-wise selection process has been illustrated in the table below.
Course | Selection Process |
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Course | Selection Process |
5-year LLB | The candidates applying for admission to the BA LLB, BCom LLB, BBA LLB, and BCA LLB[Hons.] will be ranked according to their marks in their qualifying examination, excluding languages. Only the marks obtained by the candidates on the first attempt will be considered. |
3-year LLB | The TNDALU merit list will be prepared based on marks obtained by the candidate in the qualifying degree examination, excluding languages. In case, where the language alone is the subject in the qualifying examination, the percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the said examination may be taken into account |
LLM | Candidates will be selected on the basis of marks obtained by them in 5-year LLB or the 3-year LLB. |
Category | Reservation % |
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Open Category | 31% |
Backward Class (Others) | 26.5% |
Backward Class (Muslim) | 3.5% |
Most Backward Class & Denotified Communities | 20% |
Scheduled Caste (Others) | 15% |
Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyars) | 3% |
Scheduled Tribes | 1% |
Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University releases the TNDALU application form 2025 in online mode. Candidates can fill out the application form of TNDALU by visiting the official website. The application process includes steps such as registration, selecting the programme, filling in all the required details in the application form and paying the application fee.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The university does not conduct any entrance exam, candidates are offered admission on the basis of marks obtained by them in the qualifying examination.
No, the university does not prescribe any specific age limit to admission to its various law programmes.
Candidates aspiring to apply for BCom LLB should have studied commerce and candidates willing to study for BCA LLB should have studied computer science as a subject in their qualifying exam.
The School of Excellence in law offers two years LLM programme in around 11 different specializations such as business law, IPR law, constitutional law, tax law, etc.
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