SLAT 2026 Counselling (3rd Merit List OUT): SLS Pune Direct Link, Fees, Documents

The SLAT merit list for a particular year is a list containing the name, registration number, and roll number of the candidates who achieved marks equal to or higher than the SLAT cut-off for the SLAT entrance exam conducted in the same year. The SLAT cut-off is made up of scores secured by candidates in the SLAT exam, PI and What. A merit list includes the name, roll number, registration number, collective marks secured by them in SLAT What, and PI their merit rank, and category. Based on the selection of candidates in the SLAT merit lists for a particular 5-year LL.B. Programme, seats are offered to each candidate. They need to book their respective seats by paying the admission before the due date ascertained by the SLS from whose merit list they get selected.

Candidates who want to appear in SLAT need to know that there is only one Symbiosis Law School in North India. This Symbiosis Law School is SLS Noida. Thus, SLS Noida is one of the options for candidates who want to take the SLAT and get admission to a law college in the South. No other college in the northern states of India accepts the score of the SLAT exam. Two SLSs, namely, SLS Pune and SLS Nagpur, can help candidates get admission to these two colleges in western India. However, SLS Hyderabad is the option for candidates who want to take the SLAT and get admission to a law college in South India.

SLAT counselling is the process of confirming candidates who will be eligible for admissions to Symbiosis Law Schools - SLS Pune, SLS Noida, SLS Nagpur, and SLS Hyderabad with the help of a Written Ability Test and Personal Interaction and verifying documents of candidates. In the SLAT counselling process 2026, applicants will have to appear in a Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interaction (PI). 

The Symbiosis International University will conduct the SLAT 2026 Slot exam on December 28 across the nation. The Computer-Based Test is conducted in 80 cities simultaneously.

Candidates can find important details of SLAT exam on SIU website, set-test.org. The information will be mentioned on the "Important Dates" column. 

Each SLS has released its schedule to conduct the Personal Interview. The University will conduct the Personal Interview online. Candidates must check the schedule as each SLS has its own dates. 

The SLAT 2026 exam notification was relased on August 1, 2025. The notification contains important information about the exam. Candidates can refer to the exam date and admission process. 

The Symbiosis Internation Law University has discontinued Writing Ability Test from the SLAT Admission Process. For the current SLAT 2026 admissions cycle, and since the 2025 cycle, the selection process is based solely on a candidate's performance in the main SLAT entrance exam and a subsequent Personal Interview (PI) round. 

SLAT exam authority uses University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines for SLAT reservation policy. As per the exam authority, the total percentage of reserved seats for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates is 15. The total percentage of seats reserved for Scheduled Tries candidates in SLAT is 7.5%. The exam authority has reserved 5% of seats for wards of Defence Personnel at Symbiosis Law School Pune. The reservation facility for wards of Defence personnel is not available at the other three Symbiosis Law Schools. Moreover, 3% of total seats are reserved for Different Able candidates in all SLSs through SLAT.