Aligarh Muslim University Courses and Fee 2024: Admission, Application, Entrance & Eligibility

Faculty of Law at AMU (Aligarh Muslim University) is one of the oldest educational departments in our country, especially in the education of law at India. So, Yes the Faculty of Law, AMU is a recognised college that was established in 1883 offering programme courses of BA LLB and LLM. The department of Law here is thereby approved through the Bar Council of India (BCII) which represents and regulates the law bars of India. the faculty is also recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) giving it the ability to provide degrees to the students in the field of law. The AMU faculty of Law s also known popularly as the "mother faculty' due to the fact that it has produced many legal icons of the country. It generally ranks at the position of 5/6 in the list of India's best law colleges.

Faculty of Law AMU offers 240 seats in the BA LLB program. 120 of these seats are available in AMU Aligarh, and the remaining seats are available in the AMU centers at Malappuram and Murshidabad. If you wish to join the Faculty of Law at Aligarh Muslim University as a student, you neeed to fulfill certain eligibility criterions, which are as follows:-

• You must have cleared the Senior Secondary Examination (12th) with aggregate 50& marks from any recognised board like CBSE, UP Board etc./ any university.
• Even if you do not fulfill the above criteria, AMU offers a Bridge Course to cover the gap between the students conforming the first eligibility criteria and the students who have not secured 50% marks in 10+2.
• Age Criteria: Your age should not be more than 22 years as of 1st July at the time of respective year of admission.
• If you are a Deeni Madrasis graduate who must need to complete  the bridge course offeredv by AMU with a minimum of 50% score.

The AMU application form for admission to BA LLB 2024 batch are not released yet. In 2023, the AMU Entrance exam forms were released in the month of feb and the entrance exam for admission to AMU BA LLB took place in March. 

Therefore, based on previous year's schedule, the AMU BA LLB application form are expected to release in the second week of Feb 2024. 

The Faculty of Law, AMU is located in Uttar Pradesh India. It offers courses like BA LLB (Bachelor's in Arts with Bachelors in Law) and LLM Programme (Master of Laws). If we assess the costs to be incured for studying this courses; it is found that the total fees for the 5-year BALLB Programme at AMU is INR 1,01,6,720 and for the 2-year LLM Programme is INR 4.1 lakhs, The fees amount only includes the course fees and not the fess  need to be paid at the time of admission neither the hostel fees. The application fee for the 2023 BALLB programme is INR 700 without late fees and INR 1000 with late fees. The registration fee for the 2023 BALLB programme is INR 900, with an additional INR 300 late fee. So it can be inferred that the faculty of Law, AMU is pretty costly for students belonging from middle-class families.

AMU Entrance Exam 2025 will be conducted for B.A. LL.B. Course admission. The law entrance exam will be held in Aligarh, Kozhikode (Kerala), Kolkata (WB). The exam will be held at AMU test centres located in seven cities across India I. e. Aligarh (UP), Srinagar (J&K), Lucknow (UP)Patna (Bihar), Kolkata (WB), Khanapara (Meghalaya), and Kozhikode (Kerala). For the department tests, the exam centre will be in Aligarh only. Know more about AMU Entrance Exam 2025 test centres - https://www.shiksha.com/university/aligarh-muslim-university/amu-entrance-exam-centre.

AMU BA LLB entrance exam is easy for those who have a good knowledge of GK and current affairs, basic understanding of logical reasoning and a good command in english.  

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Type of questions - Multiple choice based question 

Marking scheme - 1 mark per question, no negative marking in case of incorrect attempts.

Candidates willing to appear for AMU BA LLB entrance exam can check the preparation strategy from here.

To secure admission in the BA LLB course of Aligarh Muslim University, the first thing an aspirant should check is the eligibility criteria, followed by registering their candidature for admission.

Candidates who have passed class 12 or equivalent from a recognised institute with a minimum of 50% aggregate are eligible to apply for the AMU BA LLB course.

The complete process to apply for AMU BA LLB is mentioned below:

Step 1: Visit the official website of Aligarh Muslim University

Step 2: Click on the "Admission/ Exams" available on the taskbar

Step 3: On the redirected page go to the Admission menu> General Admission> Application forms> Signup

Step 4: Enter all the required details and generate a username and password

Step 5: Login using the username and password generated, and upload the required documents

Step 6: Pay the required application fee and click on submit.

During 2022 placements, 181 out of 219 BA LLB students were placed. Earlier, 179 out of 219 students were placed during 2021 placements. For LLM, 10 out of 35 were placed during 2022 placements. In 2021, 7 out of 35 LLM students were placed. The total strength and the number of UG and PG Law students placed from Faculty of Law Aligarh Muslim University placements 2020 to 2022 are depicted below:

NOTE: The above placement statistics are fetched from the NIRF report 2023.

The top scholarships for B.A. LL.B. at the Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) include:

Bharat Sewa Trust Scholarship: This scholarship is offered to students with 70% marks throughout their studies.

National Means Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme 2024: This scholarship is available for students who have secured at least 55% marks in the qualifying examination and whose family income is less than INR 1.5 Lacs per annum.

Top Class Education Scheme for SC Students: This scholarship is available for SC students who have secured at least 50% marks in the qualifying examination and whose family income is less than INR 2.5 Lacs per annum.

Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students: This scholarship is available for OBC students who have secured at least 50% marks in the qualifying examination and whose family income is less than INR 1 Lacs per annum.

To avail these scholarships, you need to meet the eligibility criteria and apply for them through the university's admission process. The selection procedure for the B.A. LL.B. programme is through an Admission Test conducted by the university.

The highest package offered to the BA LLB batch in recent placements has not been released yet. However, the median package offered during 2022 placements is available in the NIRF report 2023. During 2022 placements, the median package for BA LLB stood at INR 12.30 LPA. Earlier, the median package offered during 2021 placements was INR 10.20 LPA. From 2020 to 2022, an improving trend was observed in the BA LLB median package. Take a look at the Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University placement package trends from the table below: