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RGNUL Admission 2024: Application Process, Eligibility, Courses & Fee

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RGNUL Admission Process 2024

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Q:   Can I join The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law directly?

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Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law does not offers direct admission. Aspirants who wish to get a seat in BA LLB (Hons) or LLM need to qualify CLAT. For PhD, the university conducts an entrance test. The university conducts a written test of three hours of a maximum of 70 marks. The selection for PG Diploma course is based on merit of the apsirants in the last qualifying exam.

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Q:   Are admissions at The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law entrance-based or merit-based?

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Admissions at The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) are typically entrance-based. For undergraduate courses like BA LLB (Hons) and postgraduate courses like LLM, the university commonly accepts admission through national-level law entrance exams such as CLAT (Common Law Admission Test).

Entrance exams are designed to assess the candidates' aptitude, reasoning abilities, and legal knowledge. The scores obtained in these entrance exams play a crucial role in determining eligibility and admission to the respective courses at RGNUL.

It's essential to check the specific admission criteria and requirements mentioned in the university's official admission notifications or prospectus, as they may

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Q:   What is the entrance exam for Rajiv Gandhi law University?

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Rajiv Gandhi law University offers BA LLB (Hons) and LLM course admission based on the CLAT score. The university also conducts entrance exam for admission to PhD and LLD course. The list of courses along with the accepted entrance exams is given below: 

Course

Entrance Exam

BA LLB (Hons)

CLAT

LLM

CLAT

PhDPhD Entrance Test
LLDUniversity entrance exam
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Q:   What is the last date to apply at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law?

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Candidates need to fill out the CLAT application form for Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses. The registration for CLAT opens in July and go on till November. Besides, the university opens application for PhD from February. Candidates have to apply on the university website for admission. The application form for PG Diploma course is available from April.

 

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RGNUL BA LLB (Hons) Admission 2024

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  • 10+2 with 45% aggregate
  • Accepting Exams: CLAT, CBSE 12th, ISC, PSEB 12th

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DatesUpcoming Events
10 Dec '24
CLAT 2025 Result
11 Dec '24 - 20 Dec '24
CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration
11 Dec '24 - 20 Dec '24
CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration (Begins)
26 Dec '24
CLAT 2025 First Allotment List
26 Dec '24 - 4 Jan '25
CLAT 2025 First Allotment List fee payment
DatesPast Events
1 Dec '24
CLAT 2025 exam date
18 Oct '24 - 25 Oct '24
CLAT 2025 Application Correction Window
15 Jul '24 - 22 Jul '24
CLAT 2025 online registrations
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Q:   What is the lowest rank to get into RGNUL BA LLB?

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NLU Patiala admission to the BA LLB (Hons) course is based on valid CLAT scores, followed by CLAT counselling. Looking at the closing cutoff of the past three-years the rank was between 1123 and 1250. Below is year-wise closing rank for CLAT:

Course202220232024
BA LLB (Hons)112313071250
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Q:   Is there BA LLB in Rajiv Gandhi University?

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Yes, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law offers admission to BA LLB (Hons) programme based on the CLAT score and counselling process. For admission to the programme, candidates must fulfill the following eligibility and selection criteria: 

Course

Common Eligibility

Selection Criteria

BA LLB (Hons)

Class 12 in any stream from a recognised board with an aggregate of 45%

40% in case of SC/ ST category candidates

CLAT

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Q:   What is the seat intake for BA LLB (Hons) at The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law?

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The total seat intake for RGNLU is 180. Candidates are offered seat in BA LLB (Hons) based on CLAT score. Below is category-wise intake for NLU Patiala BA LLB (Hons):

Category

UG Seat Intake

General

133

SC

27

ST

14

Foreign Nationals

5

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RGNUL Application Process 2024

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Q:   What is the application fee for BA LLB at RGNUL?

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RGNUL BA LLB admission 2024 is done through CLAT. For admission through CLAT candidates have to submit the application fee, other than the course fee.

For General /OBC /PWD /PIO /OCI /NRI category candidates, the application fee is INR 4,000 and for SC /ST /BPL category candidates, the application fee is INR 3,500.

Candidates who qualify for CLAT are required to pay fee for their respective courses, which includes various components such as Tuition Fee, Examination Fee, Security Deposit, Hostel Charges (if applicable), etc. 

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Q:   How to register for CLAT 2025?

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Candidates could follow the simple steps given below to register for CLAT 2025:

  • Go to the CLAT 2025 official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
  • Open the CLAT 2025 portal and click on the new registration
  • Fill CLAT registration form by entering your contact number, email ID and name and submit
  • Enter the OTP that you have received on your mobile number and email ID to complete registration.
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Q:   What is the application fee at RGNUL?

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Aspirants need to pay an application fee to register for a course at RGNUL. Aspirants can pay the fee via any of the online payment modes. The application fee is mentioned below for each course:

CourseApplication Fee
PG DiplomaINR 200
PhDINR 2,500 + INR 450 (INR 1,500 + INR 270)

 

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RGNUL Scholarships 

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Q:   Does RGNUL offer scholarships?

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RGNUL provides scholarships to meritorious or financially-weak students. The university offers Foundation for Excellence Scholarship. However, students can also apply for scholarships offered by state or central government. Some of the scholarships available to students are the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for Scheduled Caste Students, the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for Scheduled Tribe Students, and other need-based scholarships.

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Q:   What is the criteria for FFE scholarship at RGNUL?

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FFE Scholarship of RGNUL rewards academically bright but economically-weak students. The scholarship is open to students fulfiling the below criteria:

  • The combined family income of the students should be INR 3 Lacs or less per annum
  • Aspirants must pass HSc/ intermediate/ CBSE/ ISC or equivalent not earlier than 2022, 2023 or 2024
  • Students currently in the first year of BE/ BTech/ Integrated 5-year Dual degree MTech/ MBBS/ 5-year Integrated Law can avail the scholarship
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4.2/5
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Placement Review IconPlacements3.4
Infrastructure Review IconInfrastructure4.8
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Crowd Review IconCampus Life4.6
Money Review IconValue for Money4.2
What students say about NLU Patiala (RGNUL) - Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
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Many seniors of our college have been selected in various law firms and companies throughout the country and even abroad.
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The trend of placements in the college has seen a rise in the corporate field as the placements and PPOs are largely dependent on the internships that students undertake.
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B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - Batch of 2026
4.4
3Placements5Infrastructure4Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life5Value for Money
It is a good college to build your career.
Placements: Placements are increasing every year. Around 10-15 students got placed in our college. Our college provides internships in the third year.
Infrastructure: Our college provides the best infrastructure and facilities. The hostel is air-conditioned and has a badminton court, a park, a combined mess, and common rooms. Our college has a sports ground for football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, and running track. The library is divided into two sections. One is the reading room for which you will have to bring your gadgets and books, which is open till noon. You can borrow books from the other library, which is open till 8 PM. Our college provides many facilities like a mess, a separate auditorium, classrooms, seminar halls, conference rooms, etc.
Faculty: Our faculty members are well-qualified and highly knowledgeable. The course curriculum is designed in such a manner so that you can divert your time to other activities like research and publication, moots, debates, mediation, etc. All subjects are good.
Other: Many students are studying in our college from various parts of India, and unity in diversity is maintained very well. Our college surroundings are not well-developed as it is on the outskirts of Patiala.
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B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - Batch of 2025
4.4
4Placements5Infrastructure4Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money
It has the best infrastructure, and the placements in 2021 were good.
Placements: About 200 students are there in my course, shortlisted from CLAT UG. The highest package offered is about 12-15 LPA, the lowest package is 3 LPA, and the average package is 8 LPA. Khaitan & Co., and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas are the top recruiting companies for my course. About 5-6 students got internships in EBC and NHRC-like places every month.
Infrastructure: Our university has one of the best infrastructures among all the NLUs. Every hostel room has AC. The campus is 56 acres. There are 2 canteens on campus. A clinic is also available. Food is of good quality. There is a change of mess menu almost every month.
Faculty: The teachers are very knowledgeable here. The course curriculum is professional, and it leads the student to get recruited by big companies. The passing percentage is 50%, and exams are moderate. The teachers here are mostly doctorates. Vast aspects of the law are covered in the curriculum, like criminology and public international law.
Other: This is a professional course, and I had a keen interest in law. More practicality and other different aspects of law could have been added to the course. Connectivity is not so bad.
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B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - Batch of 2026
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RGNUL - A Place Where You Will Find Your Way
Placements: 30% of the batch gets placed. It’s not due to placement by the college, but 90% of the placed students secure pre-placement offers themselves. Packages start around 6 Lacs, with 10-12 Lacs being average, and tier 1 firms can offer up to 22 Lacs. Not many firms visit for placements. S&A and EY are major recruiters, offering around 8-10 Lacs. 90% of students get internships, but the college's contribution is minimal; students find these themselves. Top roles include associate at law firms, in-house legal counsel, junior advocates at chambers, and consultants at public policy forums.
Infrastructure: All facilities are provided, including Wi-Fi, computer labs, AC in classrooms, moot court hall, and seminar hall. In the hostel, there is double occupancy for the first three years and single rooms for the next two. Guest house and medical facilities are available. The campus includes a facility area with shops, laundry, a parlor, a fruit shop, an SBI bank branch, and India Post. The mess is better than at major colleges, though some issues persist occasionally. Water coolers and washrooms are common. Rooms are cleaned daily, with AC available. Sports and games are emphasized, and a ground is available for these activities.
Faculty: The teachers are helpful but not the best. Teaching quality is average overall. The curriculum is relevant but basic, with minimal burden, allowing time for other pursuits. Semester exams are relatively easy to pass with three repeat exam chances. Approximately 95% of the batch passes.
Other: It is a good place if you want to pursue a career in judiciary or other competitive exams. Access to various databases and journals is provided, along with good quality infrastructure. Academics need improvement, particularly with a more proactive internship and placement cell. Zelus is a major sports fest. The campus has a vibrant crowd with many events and parties. It is on the outskirts of Patiala, so connectivity to the city is a bit expensive, although Delhi is accessible by direct bus. There isn’t much to do around the campus except for occasional restaurants and bars. Scholarships are available for SC/ST category students and North Eastern students, as well as merit scholarships through third-party collaborations. Various competitions, conferences, and performances are conducted, including moots, ADRs, debates, and paper presentations.
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B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - Batch of 2026
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Review of NLU Patiala (RGNUL) - Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law.
Placements: The placements offered by this college are not great as not many law firms seem to select the candidates. However, there is a good rate of students pursuing litigation and judiciary as their career options and flourishing in the same. This university offers B.A. L.B honors course, although various new courses in other fields are being debated upon to be added eventually.
Infrastructure: NLU Patiala offers the best infrastructure out of all the NLUs. The campus is well maintained including the hostels and other amenities such as a library, auditorium, academic block, etc. The best part about the infrastructure is 24X7 available. Wi-Fi and an air-conditioner in summer are also available. The hygiene and tidiness are well taken care of. The mess offers a diverse range of food.
Faculty: Teachers in this college are good. A few of the teachers seem to be not so fit for the position however the majority of the teaching staff is well qualified and well experienced. The teaching staff is very helpful and prioritizes the education of the students.
Other: A student would never feel short of the events that are organized, be it cultural or be it academic. Every student will find an event that shall suit students and nobody is left out. The seniors are helpful in this college.
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B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - Batch of 2021
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The college had poor placements, excellent facilities, infrastructure, and average teaching quality.
Placements: Less than 10% of students who participated in on-campus placements received placement offers. The salary package from campus placement offered was 8.4 LPA. However, pre-placement offers from internships ranged from 6 LPA to 15 LPA. The top recruiter on campus was Singh and Associates. Top recruiters off-campus were Trilegal, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, and JSA. Students got internships on a personal application basis in all major law firms and chambers in the country. Top role offered was associate at law firms.
Infrastructure: Excellent facilities and infrastructure were available in the academic block. The college had Wi-Fi, air-conditioners in classrooms, a reading room in the library, tech-equipped classrooms and halls, a cafeteria, and a canteen in the academic block. Water coolers and multiple washrooms were available on all the floors of the academic block and library. Excellent facilities and infrastructure in the hostels and campus were available. Air-conditioned rooms in hostels, multiple common washrooms, and water coolers were available on all the floors of hostels. The canteens in the hostels were open till midnight. The mess food was not the best but more than edible. Each hostel room was equipped with a balcony except on the ground floor, an air-conditioner, chair, desk, bed, and wardrobe. There was a facility area on campus with a health centre, unisex gym, SBI ATM and branch, fruit juice shop, unisex salon, India Post branch, grocery store, laundry, mobile/laptop accessories a repair shop. Facilities were available for sports. There was a football field which was also used as a cricket field, basketball court, tennis/badminton court, and volleyball court.
Faculty: The teaching quality was average overall and below par in a lot of important papers such as evidence law, property law, securities law, drafting, and pleading. The curriculum did not make students industry-ready since it was majorly theoretical. The semester exams were of medium difficulty level. The pass percentage was more than 90%.
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B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - Batch of 2028
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RGNUL, Best Campus with Quality Education!
Placements: Around 60% of students are placed, and the average package is around 12-15 lakhs. As a tier 2 National Law University, almost all major firms come to campus for recruitment. You can join firms, corporate offices, pursue litigation, or prepare for competitive exams. The college provides opportunities for the same.
Infrastructure: The college has one of the best infrastructures in the National Law Universities. The campus area is around 50 acres with all the facilities inside the campus only. We have shops, a library (one of the largest single-subject libraries in Asia), a health center, and the best sports facilities available in any National Law University.
Faculty: Faculty members are very qualified and knowledgeable; almost every faculty has completed their doctorate or is currently pursuing it through the university's Ph.D. program. The teaching quality is excellent, and the curriculum is very relevant. I am pursuing a 5-year integrated B.A. LL.B. program, and the B.A. course is completed in the first year only. The next four years focus solely on law.
Other: National Law Universities are like IITs for law; the selection process is tough, and therefore, its degree is very valuable for law.
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RGNUL Admission 2024 FAQs

Q:   What is the fee at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law for BA LLB?

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The total fee for RGNUL courses is a cumulative of tuition fee, exam fee, and other components. Aspirants can pay the fee at the time of admission to confirm their seat in the university. Below is course-wise fee for RGNUL:

CourseTotal Tuition Fee 
BA LLB (Hons)INR 7 lakh
LLMINR 1 lakh
PG DiplomaINR 9,000

Note: This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

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Q:   How many seats are there in RGNLU?

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RGNLU offers admission to five years BA LLB and one year LLM programme, based on CLAT score of candidates. The number of seats for both the courses is limited. Below is the intake for BA LLB, LLM and other courses of RGNUL:

CourseSeat Intake
BA LLB (Hons)180
LLM80
PG Diploma75

Note: This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

 

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Q:   What rank is required for NLU Patiala?

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The opening or minimum rank required for NLU Patiala is 1141 for BBA LLB and 1167 for LLM for General Category students under Vertical Reservation. CLAT Fifth Provisional Allotment list has been released by the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) for NLU Patiala admission to BBA LLB and LLM courses.

Candidates can refer to the table given below to check out the NLU Patiala round-wise cutoff 2023 for the General All India category students: 

CourseR1R2R3R4R5
BA LLB (Hons)10821129113512811307
LLM in Criminal Law8771011114315501645

Note: The above-mentioned cutoff rank is the round-wise closing rank.

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Q:   What are the various courses offered at RGNUL?

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The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law offers courses at UG, PG and doctoral levels. The university offers five-year integrated BA LLB (Hons), One-year LLM and a PG Diploma course. The university offers admission to the flagship course (BA LLB) based on CLAT score. The selection for PG Diploma is based on merit of the candidates in the last qualifying exam.

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Q:   Is CLAT exam tough to crack?

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CLAT is one of the highly competitive law exam and is considered to be one of the toughest exams to clear. However, aspirants should not worry, as with the right preparation and attitude you can definitely ace in the CLAT exam. The toppers of CLAT have suggested that aspirants should trust NCERT books and a habit to read newspaper daily to crack the exam. The difficulty level of CLAT paper is usually moderate. For complete insights on CLAT paper difficulty level, check analysis for current and previous years above. 

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No, direct admission to the LLM programme at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Patiala is not available. Admission to the LLM programme at RGNUL NLU Patiala is based exclusively on the merit of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). Candidates must have passed the LL.B./B.L. Degree exa

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Answered a year ago

To apply for BA LLB at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), you need to follow these steps:

  1. Register for CLAT: The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national-level entrance exam for admission to undergraduate law programs at National Law Universities (NLUs) in India. To register for C

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Answered a year ago

The admission to RGNUL BA LLB course is based on the CLAT score. The last date to apply for admission through CLAT 2024 is Nov 3, 2023. For more details related to RGNUL admission check out the table below: 

DatesUpcoming Events
1 Jul '23 
CLAT 2024 online registrations start
3 Nov '23
CLAT 2024 online registrations close
3 Dec '23
CLAT 2024 exam date

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Answered a year ago

Candidates seeking admission to RGNUL have to apply through CLAT counseling process. For admission to one-year LLM or five-year LLB at RGNLU Patiala, the CLAT test will be conducted on Dec 3, 2023. Aspirants of RGNLU Patiala are required to appear for the exam in offline pen-paper mode at the allot

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Answered 2 months ago

The fee structure for LLM course offered at both the universities include various components, such as security deposit, tuition fee, etc. Some of the fee components, such as security deposit are one-time chargeable, while tuition fee amount is payable annually/semesterly. NLU Ranchi LLM tuition fee

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