Top Colleges Accepting CLAT Score Other Than NLU

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is conducted every year for admission to top law colleges in India. The most preferred choices of candidates for admission through CLAT are the 24 National Law Universities. However, since the NLUs offer a limited number of seats for admission, students can apply for the other CLAT participating colleges. There are approximately 60 colleges accepting CLAT score other than NLU. Many of these colleges offer quality education with excellent placement and internship opportunities. Candidates appearing in CLAT 2025 can read the full article to know more about the top colleges other than NLU that accept CLAT scores. Many private law colleges, such as UPES University Dehradun and BITS Law School Mumbai, are few of the non NLU accepting CLAT scores.

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The Consortium of National Law Universities conducts the Common Law Admission Test in the month of December. The test is conducted in offline mode in 131 cities in India to get admission to top law universities in India. The CLAT 2025 application form will be released tentatively in July.

Top colleges other than NLU accepting CLAT

As mentioned above, CLAT is accepted by several top-ranked universities. Students can also opt for a non NLU accepting CLAT from the list below. Here is the list of the top 10 law schools in India that accept CLAT scores.

Siksha ‘O’ Anusadhan University, Bhubaneswar

Siksha “O” Anusadhan University is ranked eighth by the NIRF ranking in the law category 2023. The university was established in 1996 and has been accredited with a grade of “A” by NAAC. In session 2021-2022, the median salary of the law graduates who got the job from the college placement was Rs. 4,80,000.

Siksha “O” Anusadhan University courses offered through CLAT, seats and fee structure

Saveetha Institue of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATs), Chennai is a deemed university established in 2005 and is ranked eleven by the NIRF ranking of law category 2023. NAAC has accredited the college with an “A++” grade. According to the data of NIRF, the median salary of the law graduates who got placed was Rs. 6,00,000 per annum for the session 2021-2022.

SIMATS, Chennai courses offered through CLAT

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology Research and Academy, Thanjavur

SASTRA University, Thanjavur was established in 1984 and was conferred as deemed to be a university in 2001. According to the NIRF ranking in the law category 2023, the university stands at the 15th rank. As per the data of NIRF, in the session of 2021-2022, the median salary offered to law graduates of SASTRA university was Rs. 4,50,00 pa and a total of 107 out of 132 students got campus placement.

SASTRA University courses offered through CLAT

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

Lovely Professional University was established in 2005. LPU offers admissions to various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The university is accredited as “A” by the NAAC and is ranked 16th by the NIRF law ranking. According to the data from the NIRF, in 2022 16 out of 18 students got the placement and the median salary of the placed graduates was Rs. 8,00,000 per annum.

Lovely Professional University courses offered

Alliance University, Bangalore

Alliance University in Bangalore was established in 2010. The university is ranked 25 by the NIRF ranking law category 2023. AU was also ranked 751-800 by the QS Asia University Rankings.

Alliance University courses offered through CLAT, seats and fee structure

Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad

Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad offers admission to various law programmes. The university was established in 2007 and is accredited “A” by NAAC. NIRF ranking has ranked Nirma University as 21 in 2023 under the law category. As per the Nirma University placement reports for 2021-2022, the highest salary offered in the placement of law graduates was Rs. 16 Lakh per annum.

Institute of Law, NU courses offered through CLAT, seats and fee structure

ICFAI Law School, Dehradun

The ICFAI Law School, Dehradun was established in 2007. The university is a member of the Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi. According to the placement data of ICFAI, the highest package offered in college placement to law graduates was Rs. 5,00,000 pa.

IFCAI Law School courses offered through CLAT, seats and fee structure

UPES School of Law, Dehradun

UPES School of Law is accredited with a grade of “A” by NAAC. The college was established in 2007. It is a constituent school of UPES, Dehradun. According to the placement data of UPES, the highest CTC offered to a law graduate in college placement was Rs. 15,00,000 per annum.

IFCAI Law School courses offered through CLAT, seats and fee structure

GITAM School of Law, Visakhapatnam

GITAM School of Law, Visakhapatnam was established in 2012 and is accredited an “A++” grade by NAAC. The college offers admission to various undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in law.

GITAM School of Law courses offered through CLAT, seats and fee structure

Indore Institute of Law

Indore Institute of Law is affiliated with DAVV. It was established in 2003. The college has received the Rashtriya Siksha Ratan Award 2017 from the Global Achievers Foundation. The college is accredited with an “A+” grade by NAAC.

Indore Institute of Law courses offered through CLAT, seats and fee structure

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Complete List of Colleges Accepting CLAT Scores Other Than NLUs

The CLAT scores are accepted by affiliated colleges that sign agreements with the Consortium of NLUs. 60+ colleges accept CLAT scores. A list of such colleges is given below.

CLAT Affiliated Colleges 2025