CLAT 2023 Admission Preferences: Know List of participating NLUs, courses, and seats

Candidates can download CLAT admit card 2023 only after giving admission preferences to national law universities.

CLAT 2025 College Predictor

Know your admission chances in National Law Universities based on your home state & exam result for All India Category & State Category seat.

Try Now

Image Credit: Shutterstock

Shubham Bhakuni | December 6, 2022 | 07:39 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has opened the window for admission preference to national law universities (NLUs). Candidates can download the CLAT admit card 2023 only after giving the admission preferences. The law entrance exam will be held on December 18, in offline mode.
Also Read | CLAT Admit Card 2023 (Out) Live: NLU hall ticket at consortiumofnlus.ac.in

New: CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration Open - Direct Link

Latest: CLAT Result 2025 (OUT) - Direct Link

Suggest: CLAT 2025 College Predictor

CLAT 2025: Expected Cut Off & Past Trends | Marks vs Rank

Candidates are required to select at least five NLUs in the order of preference before downloading the admit cards. The counselling and seat allotment process will largely depend on the NLUs selected by the candidates while exercising their options. They will not be considered for admission to only those NLUs for which they have given preference.

Therefore, it becomes important for candidates to know about the NLUs participating in CLAT 2023, courses and seats offered by them. The consortium has advised the candidates to go through the official brochure of the NLUs before selecting them in order to get complete information about courses, seats, facilities and infrastructure.

There are 22 NLUs participating in CLAT 2023. These NLUs offer 5-year integrated LLB programmes such as BA LLB, B.Com LLB, BBA LLB and BSc LLB. At the postgraduate level, these universities offer LLM programmes.

List of CLAT participating NLUs and courses offered

Name of law school	Undergraduate Law Programme	Postgraduate level
NLSIU Bangalore	BA LLB	LLM Business Laws Human Rights Laws
NLU Hyderabad	BA LLB	LLM Specialisation in Corporate Commercial laws; Criminal law; Family law; Intellectual property; International trade and business law; legal pedagogy and research and public law and legal theory
NLIU Bhopal	BA LLB	LLM Intellectual Property & Business Law; Constitutional and Administrative Law; Human Rights and Criminal Law
NLU Jodhpur	BA LLB B.SC LLB	LLM Corporate Laws IPR Laws
NUJS Kolkata	BA LLB BSc LLB	LLM Corporate and Commercial Law International Law Criminal and Security Laws
HNLU Raipur	BA LLB	LLM Research Methods and Legal Writing Comparative Public Law/Systems of Governance Law and Justice in a Globalizing World
GNLU Gandhinagar	BA LLB B.Com LLB	LLM Comparative Public Law/Systems of Governance Research Methods and Legal Writing Law and Justice in a Globalizing World
NLU Lucknow	BA LLB	LLM Constitutional and Administrative Law Corporate Law Criminal and Security Law International Law
RGNUL Patiala	BA LLB	LLM Business Law Constitutional Law Criminal Law International Law
CNLU Patna	BA LLB	LLM
NLU Kochi	BA LLB	LLM
NLU Odisha	BA LLB BBA LLB	LLM Corporate Law & Commercial Law (CCL) Constitutional Law
NLU Ranchi	BA LLB	LLM Intellectual Property Rights Corporate and Commercial Law Constitutional and Administrative Law
NLU Assam	BA LLB	LLM Corporate and Commercial Laws; Intellectual Property Laws; International Law; Environmental Law; Constitutional Law Personal Laws; Human Rights Law.
NLU Visakhapatnam	BA LLB	LLM Legal Aspects of the Commercial Transactions Corporate Securities Laws Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law Information Technology and Commercial Law Investment and Trade Law Infrastructure Law
NLU Trichy	BA LLB BCom LLB	LLM Corporate and Securities Laws Intellectual Property Laws Natural Resources Law
MNLU Mumbai	BA LLB	LLM Corporate & Commercial Law Constitutional & Administrative Law Criminal & Security Law
MNLU Nagpur	BA LLB	LLM Corporate and Commercial Laws; Intellectual Property Laws; Constitutional Law; Personal Laws; Energy and Telecommunication Laws
MNLU Aurangabad	BA LLB
NLU Shimla	BA LLB BBA LLB	LLM Constitutional Law Criminal Law
NLU Jabalpur	BA LLB	-
NLU Sonipat	BA LLB	-

CLAT 2023 seats

The NLUs will offer over 3,100 seats in 5-year integrated LLB programmes through UG CLAT. Whereas, at the postgraduate level, these NLUs offers over 1,100 seats. Candidates can check the NLU-wise tentative seats for various programmes below.

Seats offered by NLUs in UG and PG programmes

Name of NLUs	5-year LLB programmes	LLM seats
NLSIU Bangalore	240	100
NLU Hyderabad	132	66
NLU Jodhpur	104	50
NUJS Kolkata	132	100
GNLU Gandhinagar	172	57
RGNUL Patiala	180	60
NLU Lucknow	169	24
NLU Odisha, Cuttack	180	44
NLU Assam, Guwahati	60	60
NLIU Bhopal	120	60
CNLU Patna	138	-
NLU Kochi	120	50
NLU Ranchi	120	40
NLU Visakhapatnam	138	69
NLU Trichy	120	60
MNLU Mumbai	150	50
MNLU Nagpur	240	45
MNLU Aurangabad	60	60
NLU Shimla	180	80
NLU Jabalpur	120	50
HNLU Raipur	180	90
Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Law University	120	-
Total	3175	1,215

Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..

To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.

[

]

CLAT Admit Card 2023: Giving NLU preferences mandatory for downloading hall tickets

CLAT admit card 2023: As per the latest notification released by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs), the CLAT 2023 admit card will be issued today after 6 pm. However, giving give admission preferences to national law universities (NLUs) is a precondition for downloading the admit cards.

Shubham Bhakuni

[