Central University of Kerala

It is not that hard to get admission in the University as Candidates who have passed Class 12th from a recognised board with at least 50% aggregate marks are eligible and can apply for Central University of Kerala. Students must hold the documents proving their eligibility for verification purposes. Admission to the university BA is based on merit in the last qualifying exam. For B.Com admission in the Central University of Kerala, candidates must pass the entrance exam CUET (Common University Entrance Test) and reserve their seat in the university.

Candidates who have passed Class 12th from a recognised board with at least 50% aggregate marks are eligible and can apply for Central University of Kerala. Students must hold the documents proving their eligibility for verification purposes. Admission to the university BA is based on merit in the last qualifying exam. For B.Com admission in the Central University of Kerala, candidates must pass the entrance exam CUET (Common University Entrance Test) and reserve their seat in the university.

Scholarships to students are provided based on their academic performance and financial conditions at Central University of Kerala - Trivandrum Campus. One of the scholarships is Students’ Aid Fund Scholarship - the scholarship is offered to students whose annual family income is less than Rs 25,000. Eligible students will receive Rs 1000 for UG courses. The university offers merit scholarships for the 3-year BA, B.Sc, and B.Com courses. These INR 2500 per annum scholarships are awarded to 188 students every year.

LLM and PhD in Law are the popular courses in the Thiruvalla campus. 
The LLM course is of two year duration with four semesters.

LLM is offered in Administrative law, Constitutional law, criminal law, commercial law, environment law, public health law etc. 

The department follows a choice based credit system. There are compulsory cures courses and electives as part of the syllabus. The faculty is also pretty good. 

According to the official fee circular by the university's official website, the fee for LLM for the academic year 2024-25 is 30,000 in the first year and around 24,000 in the second year.

This fee is inclusive of tuition fee, professional development fund, placement assistance fee and course registration fee which is 400 per senester. 

There are 4 semesters and together it's a two-year course

Admissions are done based on the rank list prepared from the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) Results. The total number of seats is fifty. Furthermore, passing LLB is also a prerequisite for taking admission to the LLM programmes. Thus, one needs to clear all these conditions in order to be considered for admission here. The ease of selection will depend mainly on the rank attained in the entrance test.

Well, the Thiruvalla campus House the Department of Law. They offer LLM and PhD programmes.

The programmes are offered in Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Health Care Law, Public International Law, Environment Law and Commercial Law. It has been offered since 2014. The PhD programme however was started in 2017. 

Thus, the basic LLM programmes including Constitutional law and criminal law might be the best courses offered by Thiruvalla campus considering its relevance. 

According to the official Central University of Kerala website, there are 40 seats available for BA in International Relations which is again the only BA course which is offered by the university. This is according to the seat allocation circular for the academic year 2024-25.

For more information regarding the seats, you may reach out to the university directly through the contact details shared on their official page.  

Around  80% of students are placed in LLM course, at CUK  and the highest package is INR 10 to 15  lacs, the average package is INR 4.78 lacs.

The top recruiters are in high court, district court, and supreme court, and 50% got internships in district court and have good experience.

Some of the top recruiters for LLM course are as follows:

Trilegal

Manupatra

Lexis

Nexis

Khaitan and Co

Law Commission of India