Master of Law (LL.M.) 

at Faculty of Law, Varanasi

Aspirants need to pass a three-year LLB after graduation of five-year LLB recognised by the Bar Council of India with at least 50% aggregate to apply for LLM programme. Candidates must hold the documents proving their eligibility for verification at the time of admission. 

Banaras Hindu University's (BHU) Faculty of Law has a strong placement history. In 2022, BHU Law graduates might expect to receive a median compensation package of INR 8.5 LPA. This is a substantial increase over the INR 5 LPA average income package for law graduates in India.

Positions
Total number of placements inside the country (2021–22)25
The greatest income (INR)14,59,692 and mean income (INR) of INR 7,20,000
There were 230 students who finished their LLB/BA LLB degrees in the allotted period.
Speak with former students who attended BHU's LLM programs to gain insightful information about their placement experiences and future professional options. Making connections with people can be facilitated by using alumni networks on business networking sites such as LinkedIn.

Candidates wanting to pursue LLM from Faculty of Law BHU need to complete the CUET-PG application form. Hence, the application fee is applicable of the national-level exam. Aspirants can check below category-wise CUET-PG application fee:

As per the NIRF report 2023 of Faculty of Law BHU, the total LLM students placed were 12. The total candidates who took part in the placements drive were 69. Moreover, the median package offered during the placements was INR 10 LPA. Apart from university placements, graduates can also find opportunities outside the university placements cell.

Yes, Faculty of Law BHU facilitate scholarship to LLM course applicants. To avail of a scholarship, candidates must fulfil the criteria prescribed by the authority. The applicants can apply for BHU scholarships. Moreover, the scholarships are provided in the form of financial aid. The university offer INR 5,000 Per annum to a maximum of 20 blind students. Additionally, the first and second rank holders are awarded a cash prize of INR 4,000 and INR 3,000, respectively. Candidates belonging to economically weaker backgrounds can get INR 2,000 per annum.

Faculty of Law, BHU offers good placements annually for its BA LLB course. The placement details of the batch 2025 are yet to be released on the official website. Check out the key highlights of the BA LLB placements 2024 form the table below:

Note: The above-mentioned data has been taken form the Faculty of Law, BHU NIRF report 2025.

BHU does not accept JEE Main scores for BTech course admission. The interested students need to take the CUET-UG entrance exam to be eligible for selection. Students who get shortlisted based on exam score have to take part in counselling. The seats are allotted in this round only. 

Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University offers seat reservation as per the Government of India policy. Below is category-wise reservation percentage:

Candidates need to upload scanned copies of a few documents during the registration procedure. The documents must be in PDF / JPEG format. Below is the list of documents.

• Matriculation or its equivalent certificate.
• Class 12 mark sheet.
• Caste Certificate (SC/ST/OBC/EWS) and income certificate (SC/ST) issued by the appropriate authority.
• PwD Certificate (if applicable).
• BHU employee certificate (if applicable).
• Certificate of admission under sports quota is claimed.
• Scanned copy of a recent colour photograph & signature.

Of course. BHU is one of the most renowned universities of the country and it offers aided education to students from all categories and classes of the society. It has special reservation policies for students belonging to the weaker sections of the society. Additionally, the university also offers scholarships to the female students to encourage more and more participation of the women in the academia of the university.