National Law School of India University, Bangalore

Both CLC DU and NLSIU Bangalore are good choices for Law, however NLSIU does not offer LLB based on CLAT and instead requires a separate entrance exam or NLSAT-LLB.

As such even though NLSIU Bangalore is ranked the top or 1st Law course by NIRF 2025, if one has already completed UG in another field and missed the NLSAT LLB doing an Integrated LLB would require a large and unnecessary time investment.

One can still appear for NLSAT LLB during the next admission cycle but depending on one's timeframe CLC DU or other National Law Schools of India are also great choices.

The National Law School of India University Bangalore admissions depends on CLAT for its BA LLB and LLM courses. Students need to appear for the exam and go through the CLAT counselling rounds.

While admissions to the other courses requires students to appear for the in-house entrance exams including:

• NLSAT-MPP for LLM
• NLSAT-LLB for LLB
• NLSAT for PhD

After being shortlisted through the exam/ counselling process students need to visit the campus for document verification and seat confirmation.

The National Law School of India University Bangalore is a Tier-1 Law School of India. Officially it can be called the top Law School of India as it was ranked 1st by the National Institute Ranking Framework or NIRF 2025 under the Law category.

No, the National Law School of India University Bangalore is based on entrance exam scores such as CLAT for most courses however the other courses such as MA, LLB, and PhD have their own institute in-house exams such as NLSAT-MPP, NLSAT-LLB, and NLSAT-PhD, respectively.

As a government institute the institute has no admission based on Management Quota or other means of Direct Admissions.

To be eligible for National Law School of India University Bangalore admissions to its BA LLB course, candidates must complete the course eligibility of:

• Pass Class 12 with at least 45% scores (40% for SC, ST, and PwD candidates).

While the selection process depends on CLAT scores.

Somewhat, admission to the National Law School of India University Bangalore is possible through CLAT as the only entrance exam for its BA LLB and LLM.

However the university also conducts:

• NLSAT-MPP for MA
• NLSAT-LLB for LLB
• NLSAT-PhD for PhD

Further candidates must complete the course eligbility.

NLU Bangalore cutoff was released for BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses across different categories for AI and HS quotas. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the NLSIU Bangalore category-wise cutoff 2026 for CLAT. The cutoff range below is for students belonging to the AI quota. 

For the General Home State quota, the NLU Bangalore CLAT cutoff 2026 was 336 for the LL.M. LL.B. (Hons.) course at the UG level. At the postgraduate level, the institute offers LL.M. in Criminal Law, for which the CLAT 2026 cutoff rank was 378 for admission.