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National Law University · CLAT

The National Law Institute University

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh · established 1997 · Rashtriya Vidhi Sansthan Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, Act No. 41 of 1997 (substituted by Act No. 06 of 2018)

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Admission

Seats and fees

  • BA LLB (Hons.): 134 seats (2027-28)
  • BA LLB (Hons.), 2027-28: ₹1,61,000 tuition a yearSC/ST/OBC/PWD/General students; tentative

NIRF (Law)

Programmes named in the CLAT 2027 brochure: BA LLB (Hons.), BSc LLB (Hons.) Cyber Security.

Closing ranks

BA LLB (Hons.): closing ranks

After the fifth (final) allotment list of each CLAT cycle; a dash means the category had no seat-holder in that list, and a cycle whose fifth list could not be obtained shows its latest list, labelled.

All-India categories, final list. Tap a figure for the allotment list it was read from.
Category20222023202420252026
General451466473485after round 3459
OBC1,5101,3171,4832,212after round 31,979
EWS8181,2901,3761,377after round 31,380
SC5,7435,3116,0666,085after round 35,986
ST11,35710,96011,6898,867after round 310,159

  • General

    2223242526

  • OBC

    2223242526

  • EWS

    2223242526

  • SC

    2223242526

  • ST

    2223242526

CLAT 2026, list by list

Closing rank after each list (and, beneath it, the last rank that list itself added). From the Consortium’s Cut-Off Rank Tables.
CategoryList 1List 2List 3List 4List 5Seats
General (General)432added to 432451added to 451451none added455added to 455459added to 45952
Scheduled Caste (SC)5,407added to 5,4075,541added to 5,5415,970added to 5,9705,986added to 5,9865,986none added16
Scheduled Tribe (ST)9,461added to 9,4619,595added to 9,5959,595none added9,595none added10,159added to 10,15920
Other Backward Class (OBC)1,714added to 1,7141,894added to 1,8941,894none added1,966added to 1,9661,979added to 1,97914
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)1,315added to 1,3151,380added to 1,3801,380none added1,380none added1,380none added12
Women (W)Being verifiedBeing verifiedBeing verifiedBeing verifiedBeing verified30
Person With Disability (PWD)10,00311,63011,63012,43512,4355
General category of Madhya Pradesh (GC-MP)73575975975975926
Scheduled Caste of Madhya Pradesh (SC-MP)8,1798,3998,3998,3998,3998
Scheduled Tribe of Madhya Pradesh (ST-MP)16,34120,14620,14620,14620,14610
Other Backward Class of Madhya Pradesh (OBC-MP)2,1812,1812,1812,1812,1817

Lists 1 and 2 rest on the CLAT 2026 merit list of 16 December 2025. For lists 3 to 5, see the note on the Allahabad High Court proceedings on the NLUs page.

Closing ranks

BSc LLB (Hons.) Cyber Security: closing ranks

After the fifth (final) allotment list of each CLAT cycle; a dash means the category had no seat-holder in that list, and a cycle whose fifth list could not be obtained shows its latest list, labelled.

All-India categories, final list. Tap a figure for the allotment list it was read from.
Category20222023202420252026
General558after round 1700after round 41,058915after round 3698
OBC1,779after round 11,927after round 41,9642,464after round 32,388
EWS1,177after round 11,640after round 41,7771,997after round 32,283
SC6,117after round 16,837after round 49,4409,010after round 38,400
ST11,619after round 117,143after round 416,20114,978after round 312,196

  • General

    2223242526

  • OBC

    2223242526

  • EWS

    2223242526

  • SC

    2223242526

  • ST

    2223242526

CLAT 2026, list by list

Closing rank after each list (and, beneath it, the last rank that list itself added). From the Consortium’s Cut-Off Rank Tables.
CategoryList 1List 2List 3List 4List 5Seats
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)2,056added to 2,0562,283added to 2,2832,283none added2,283none added2,283none added6
General (General)684added to 684695added to 695695none added695none added698added to 69826
Other Backward Class (OBC)2,326added to 2,3262,382added to 2,3822,388added to 2,3882,388none added2,388none added7
Scheduled Caste (SC)7,996added to 7,9968,400added to 8,4008,400none added8,400none added8,400none added8
Scheduled Tribe (ST)10,429added to 10,42911,025added to 11,02512,196added to 12,19612,196none added12,196none added10
General category of Madhya Pradesh (GC-MP)2,1362,2782,2782,2782,27813
Other Backward Class of Madhya Pradesh (OBC-MP)2,8462,8462,8462,8462,8464
Person With Disability (PWD)24,96624,96624,96624,97347,8143
Scheduled Caste of Madhya Pradesh (SC-MP)9,9689,9689,9689,9689,9684
Scheduled Tribe of Madhya Pradesh (ST-MP)25,91325,91325,91325,91325,9135
Women (W)Being verifiedBeing verifiedBeing verifiedBeing verifiedBeing verified15

Lists 1 and 2 rest on the CLAT 2026 merit list of 16 December 2025. For lists 3 to 5, see the note on the Allahabad High Court proceedings on the NLUs page.

Seat matrix

Seats by category, CLAT 2026

From the Seats column of the Cut-Off Rank Table in the Consortium’s first CLAT 2026 list.

BA LLB (Hons.)

General (General)52
Scheduled Caste (SC)16
Scheduled Tribe (ST)20
Other Backward Class (OBC)14
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)12
Women (W) (horizontal)30
Person With Disability (PWD) (horizontal)5
General category of Madhya Pradesh (GC-MP) (horizontal)26
Scheduled Caste of Madhya Pradesh (SC-MP) (horizontal)8
Scheduled Tribe of Madhya Pradesh (ST-MP) (horizontal)10
Other Backward Class of Madhya Pradesh (OBC-MP) (horizontal)7

Source: CLAT 2026 first list

BSc LLB (Hons.) Cyber Security

Economically Weaker Section (EWS)6
General (General)26
Other Backward Class (OBC)7
Scheduled Caste (SC)8
Scheduled Tribe (ST)10
General category of Madhya Pradesh (GC-MP) (horizontal)13
Other Backward Class of Madhya Pradesh (OBC-MP) (horizontal)4
Person With Disability (PWD) (horizontal)3
Scheduled Caste of Madhya Pradesh (SC-MP) (horizontal)4
Scheduled Tribe of Madhya Pradesh (ST-MP) (horizontal)5
Women (W) (horizontal)15

Source: CLAT 2026 first list

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