Common Universities Entrance Test (CUET) 2025 for Law Courses Admissions

Common Universities Entrance Test (CUET) 2025 for Law Courses Admissions

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Various universities also accept CUET scores for admission to law courses. Find universities, law courses, and other details for admissions through CUET 2025. The application process for CUET 2025 for Law is expected to commence in second week of February 2025. Check here how to apply.

When we think of admission to law courses at any level, only prominent law exams like CLAT, AILET, LSAT-India, SLAT, MH-CET Law etc. come to our mind. However, from 2022 onwards, the Common Universities Entrance Test (CUET) has also reserved a spot among top law entrance exams in India, which candidates can take to apply for law admissions at various participating universities. CUET scores is accepted by the Banaras Hindu University, University of Allahabad, Aligarh Muslim University for admission to five-year Integrated Bachelor of Arts in Law (BA LLB) course. In this article, we have mentioned all about CUET for law admissions, eligibility criteria, universities, and other details. 

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CUET 2025 Eligibility Criteria for Law Courses

Candidates seeking admissions to law courses through CUET 2025 will have to fulfill the eligibility requirements as under:

University

Course name

Eligibility Criteria for Law courses through CUET 2025

Banaras Hindu University

BA LLB (Hons.)

Candidates who have completed class 12 or equivalent or 11 1, “A” level in Senior School Leaving Certificate course from a national or state recognised school or university. 

Those who have completed class 12 from open examination system are not eligible for BHU BA LLB admission 

No age limit for admission to BA LLB course

University of Allahabad 

BA LLB 

Candidates who have passed an examination in 10 2 or 11 1 course of schooling recognized by the Academic Council of the University or possess such academic qualifications which are considered equivalent to 10 2 or 11 1 courses by the Bar Council of India
Those have secured 45% marks if belonging to General category, 42% marks if belonging to OBC category, and 40% marks if belonging to SC/ST categories in the class 12th examination will be eligible to participate in the admission process on qualifying CUET exam.

Central University of South Bihar

BA LLB 

Candidates should have qualified 10 2 or equivalent examination in any stream from any recognized Board/ University with at least 45% marks for General /OBC/EWS and 40% marks for SC / ST / PWD category.

Assam University

BA LLB

Candidates obtaining 50% of marks in the qualifying examination, as well as, 45% in English subject separately are eligible for admission to BA LLB course. Final merit of the candidates will be on the basis of NTA score

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

BBA LLB

Candidates should have passed Intermediate Examination or equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks (45% for SC/ST/PwD) from recognized board

Dr Harsingh Gaur Vishwavidyalaya

BA LLB (Hons.)

Candidates passed in 10 2 (in any Discipline) and securing 45% marks or equivalent CGPA if belonging to Unreserved (UR), EWS and OBC-NCL categories in the qualifying examination. A relaxation of 5% marks will be given to candidates belonging to SC and ST categories in this programme. 

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya

BCom LLB (Hons.) and BA LLB

Candidates should have obtained a minimum of 45% aggregate if belonging to General category, 42% of total marks for OBC & 40% of total marks for SC/ST candidates at 10 2 level from any recognized Board or equivalent. No age limit for both courses.

Rajiv Gandhi University

BA LLB

Candidate passed in class 12 (10 2) examination from any recognised board in any stream - Arts/ Science/ Commerce

RNB Global University

BA LLB

BBA LLB

Candidate passed in class 12 (10 2) examination in any stream from any recognised board.

Barkatullah University

BA LLB

Candidates passed in Class 12 as per the education standards of BCI

Also Read: CUET Colleges and Accepting Universities

CUET 2025 Subjects for Law Courses

The candidates applying for CUET will have to select a combination of subjects, which is to be accepted by universities for law course admission. The subject combination candidates can select to apply for law courses at various universities are:

Q:   Is CUET exam date announced?

A:

National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the CUET 2025 exam date anytime soon at nta.ac.in. It is expected that CUET UG 2025 exam will be held in May/June. The exam will be conducted in multiple slots each day. The number of CUET exam slots will depend upon the number of candidates registered for the exam.

CUET 2025 registrations will commence at cuetug.ntaonline.in. Candidates willing to appear for the CUET for admission to UG courses of Central, State, Private or Deemed universities must fill the online application form to appear for the CUET 2025 exam. Only registered candidates will be able to appear for the exam as per the schedule. 

Q:   When is the CUET PG 2025 exam notification releasing?

A:

CUET PG exam is being conducted by NTA, national testing agency every year. For the academic session 2025-2026, CUET PG exam schedule released by the examination body on January 2, 2025.

The CUET PG 2025 exam will be conducted from March 13, 2025, to March 31, 2025, at centers across the nation and overseas.  candidates need to fill out the registration form. CUET PG application form 2025 has been released on February 2, 2025 at the official website. The last date to fill out the CUET PG registration form 2025 will be February 1, 2025 tilll 11:50 pm

Q:   Will CUET PG be conducted in 2025?

A:

Yes, the CUET PG exam is scheduled to happen for the academic session 2025-2026. CUET PG 2025 exam will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to various postgraduate programmes in Central and State Universities/Institutions and participating Deemed/Private Universities/Institutions. 

The CUET PG 2025 exam dates have been released on January 2, 2025, by the exam officials, NTA. Interested applicants can fill out the CUET PG 2025 application form from January 2, 2025, onwards. NTA will conduct the CUET PG 2025 exam for admissions to the master's degree program from March 13, 2025, to March 31, 2025. 

 

  • One Language from Section I - A (English Compulsory)
  • General Test and,
  • Legal Studies, and a domain specific subject

Some other combinations applicable/ acceptable for law course admissions are:

Stream Subject combination for law courses
Commerce Stream Legal Studies Accountancy Business Studies Economics
Arts Stream Legal Studies History Political Science Economics
Science Stream Legal Studies Physics Chemistry Biology/Mathematics

CUET Important Dates 2025 for Law Courses

The exam authority, NTA will announce the exam dates for CUET 2025. Check the table below for CUET 2025 key tentative dates:

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CUET 2025 Events

CUET 2025 Dates (Expected)

CUET 2025 Application Forms

To be updated

Last date of application

To be updated

CUET 2025 Application Correction Window

To be updated

Advance Intimation of Exam City

To be updated

Issue of CUET Admit Card

To be updated

CUET 2025 Entrance Exam Dates

To be updated

CUET 2025 Reserved Dates

To be updated

CUET Answer Key Release

To be updated

Last Date to Submit Answer Key Challenge

To be updated

CUET Results

To be updated

CUET 2025 Accepting Universities for Law Courses

The universities accepting CUET 2025 scores (to be updated) for admissions to law courses are: 

  1. BHU - Banaras Hindu University
  2. University of Allahabad 
  3. Central University of South Bihar
  4. Assam University, Silchar
  5. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), Lucknow
  6. Dr Harisingh Gaur Vishwavidyalaya
  7. Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
  8. Rajiv Gandhi University
  9. RNB Global University
  10. Barkatullah University (BU) Bhopal

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Q:   When will CUET UG notification release?

A:

CUET UG 2025 notification will be released at exams.nta.ac.in/CUET-UG. The dates for the CUET 2025 exam subejct wise will be declared online. CUET 2025 will be held tentatively in third week of May 2025. In CUET UG 2025 notification candidates will be able to check the important details pertaining to:

  • Exam important dates
  • CUET eligibility criteria
  • Steps to fill application form
  • Reservation criteria
  • Admit card
  • Exam centres
  • Syllabus
  • Exam pattern
  • Results
  • Normalisation Process

Q:   Does BHU accept CUET for BSc (Hons) admission?

A:

Yes, to apply for BHU BSc (Hons) course, candidates need to register online for CUET-UG. From 2022, the BHU-UET exam is replaced with this exam. Based on the merit of candidates' performance in the entrance exam, candidates are then required to register separately for the counselling round. National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted CUET-UG entrance test from May 21 to Jun 23 and the result was declared on Jul 15.

Q:   Is Part A removed from CUET PG 2025 exam?

A:

Yes, Part A (General Aptitude Test) has been removed from the CUET PG 2025 exam pattern.  This means the exam will now solely focus on domain-specific knowledge related to the chosen subject.

The following table presents the exam structure of the CUET PG 2025 question paper.

Part

Sections/Subjects

Number of Questions

A

Domain knowledge Question from CUET PG syllabus 2025

75

Q:   Is maths compulsory for BCom Honours in BHU?

A:

No, maths is not compulsory for admission to BCom in BHU. However, it is necessary that the candidate studied a subject related to commerce (Commerce/Economics/Maths/Computer Science/Finance/Financial Markets Management/Vocational Courses) in Class 12. Candidate further should hold the qualifying exam pass certificate for verification purposes as well or the application can be treated as invalid.

Q:   What are the CUET PG 2025 exam dates?

A:

CUET PG 2025 exam schedule and dates for the examination is yet to be released by NTA, national tetsting agency and also by UGC Chairman, Mamidala.

As per the previous year's trends, Mamidala, UGC Chairman on September 19, 2023, shared a tweet mentioning the CUET PG exam dates and event schedule for the CUET PG 2024 admission process. Based on the former information provided by the UGC Chairman and NTA, the examination conducting body it is anticipated that CUET PG 2025 exam notification or schedule for the academic session 2025-2026 will be announced in the last week of September 2024.

For further clarification related to the examination dates and other instructions, the Candidates are advised to visit the official website of NTA for the latest updates.

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which all subjects do I have to chose beside legal studies when applying for cuet BA LLB in I am pcb student

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Drakshith

10 months ago

Yea I also want to know

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Manya Jha

a year ago

Ya I also wanted to know that can you plzz tell me.

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Ravi Sahani

a year ago

I am 12th just passed from maths , now i want to take admission for BA LLB . So which subject should I choose for CUTE exam ?

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ALKA CHOWDHARY

a year ago

Mere paas 12 mein legal studies nahi hai ,Cuet mein chalega or its compulsory to have in 12th

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Anjum Khan

a year ago

Hi, You do not require to have studied Legal Studies in Class 12th for applying in CUET 2023, it is one subject that candidates have to select in the application form, so that they can apply for BA LLB/ LLB courses offered at the participating universities during the counselling process. The quest

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