Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University

Faculty of Law AMU admission 2026 will commence soon. The Faculty of Law offers BA LLB (Hons), LLM, and PhD in the Law stream. Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, admission is based on merit and entrance. The admission is done in three ways, including entrance test conducted by the university, entrance test conducted by separate departments, and admission based on marks in the last qualifying examination or merit-based.

Faculty of Law AMU offers the following specialisations for candidates wishing to pursue the LLM programme: 

1. Criminal Law
2. Constitutional Law
3. Commercial Law
4. Family Law
5. Labour Law

Candidates must choose either of these specialisations while pursuing the LLM course at Faculty of Law AMU. The specialsiation courses help candidates build expertise in the respected field and help them build a career in the same. 

The career prospects after completing the BA LLB course at Faculty of Law AMU are ample. Some of the general career paths opted by candidates after completing the course are as follows: 

• Litigation: Advocates can practice law at courts of multiple levels
• Judiciary: Candidates who have completed their law degree can appear for the judiciary exam that is conducted state wise, candidates who clear the exam are offered the position of a judge. 

Faculty of Law AMU offers a five-year BA-LLB course for candidates who are wishing to build a career in the field of Law. The admission process for the course is entrance based and candidates must appear for the AMU BA-LLB entrance test to participate in the admission process. Direct admission to the course is not possible at Faculty of Law AMU. 

The seat intake for BA LLB at Aligarh Muslim University is 120. Admissions to the course are entrance based, and candidates are shortlisted based on their scores in the same. Candidates wishing to apply to the course must have a minimum of 50% aggregate in Class 12. BA LLB course is designed to equip candidates with the required skills and theoretical knowledge to be the future law officers of tomorrow. 

The entrance exams accepted by Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University are: 

• AMU BA LLB Entrance Test: Candidates are taken into the five-year BA-LLB course based on the scores of this entrance exam
• AMUEE: Candidates applying to LLM must appear for the entrance test to participate in the admission process 

Candidates are required to clear the cutoff to go further in the admission process. 

Aligarh Muslim University's Law Faculty provides 240 spots for the B.A. LL.B. programme at its different locations. The main campus in Aligarh has 120 seats, while the AMU centers in Malappuram and Murshidabad each offer 60 seats. This allows many students who want to study law to join the program. Students are selected through the AMU entrance exam, and they must meet certain requirements to apply.

Faculty of Law, AMU is one of the recognised university for carrying out LL.M. The college has a strong faculty with around 20-25 professors and a student-teacher ratio of 10:1. The LL.M programme is a two-year course whose cost is around INR 50,000 to INR 70,000. The college has a reasonable placement record with about 50-60% students placed every year in different organizations. The average salary package that firms offer to the LL.M students is between 4 Lacs and 6 Lacs INR per year. The college also offers research activity and publication services where faculty members produce approximately 10-15 research papers each year.

1. Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI).
   The total fee for a 5-year BA LLB course is Rs 405,000 and a separate fee of Rs 195,550 is charged for student hostel.
2. Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
   The total fee for a 5-year BA LLB course is Rs 11,410.
3. MNLU Mumbai.
   The total fee for a 5-year BA LLB course is Rs 13,05,000, which includes your tuition fees as well as hostel fees.
4. Jindal Global Law School (JGLS)
   The total fee for a 5-year BA LLB course is Rs 31.25 lakh. There is no additional fee for the course apart from tuition fees like hostel fees.

The fee structure for the B.A. LL.B. at the Faculty of Law is about INR 1,28,000 for the first year while for the rest of the years it is INR 1,18,000 per year. The total fees for this five years training is approximately INR 6,42,000. Further, there are some charges students have to bear including one-time admission fee of Twenty Thousand Indian Rupees, caution money deposit of Five thousand Indian rupees and examination fee of approximately three and half thousand Indian rupees per semester. Hostel fees vary between INR 50000 to INR 70000 depending on the type of accommodation offered in a year.