Ph.D. in Law 

at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Punjab, Patiala

As of now, the University has released the list of students placed. From 2022 to 2024, a declining trend was recorded in the number of students placed. Check the table below for RGNUL placement trends:

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.

Candidates willing to get admission must take part in the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Punjab admission process before the last date of application. Follow the RGNUL Punjab application process mentioned below:

Step 1: Visit the official website of CLAT.

Step 2: Register for the CLAT exam.

Step 3: Then appear for the CLAT exam.

Step 4: Then take part in the counselling.

Step 5: Then pay the fee at the selected and allocated college.

CNLU releases the round-wise CLAT cutoff for admission to NLU Patiala to B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. in Criminal Law courses. As per the CLAT 2024 Round 1 Seat Allotment result the All India opening and closing ranks for B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) are 502 and 1129. For LL.M. in Criminal Law, the opening and closing rank are 90 and 774 for the General category candidates.

Candidates with the valid CLAT 2024 cutoff are eligible for the NLU Patiala admissions. For more details regarding the latest updates on Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Punjab cutoff 2024, click here. 

The RGNUL average package will be updated here once released. Meanwhile, students can have a look at the median package offered during the 2023 placements:

NOTE: The above salary details are fetched from the NIRF report 2024.

The following table represents the RGNUL Patiala placement package for UG and PG courses:

NOTE: The aforementioned salary details are fetched from the NIRF report 2024.

The University has a decent placement record. As of now the list of students placed along with the company's name has been released. During the 2024 drive, 22 students were placed in total. Check the key highlights of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law placements 2024 from the table below:

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. 

The CLAT Consortium will conduct at least five rounds of seat allotment for CLAT 2025. Before each round, the consortium will share the seat allotment list for the remaining seats. In case there are still seats vacant after the fifth round, the counselling mop-up round will be held at institute level. In CLAT 2024 as well, there were total of five CLAT seat allotment rounds until all seats at the participating NLUs were secured by candidates.