National Law School of India University, Bangalore

No, you cannot join the NLSIU Bangalore LLM programme without appearing for the CLAT exam. 

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) exam for admission to NLU Bangalore will be conducted on December 3, 2023. 

The application fee for NLSIU LLM is Rs. 11,000 (INR) for general candidates and Rs. 7,500 (INR) for SC/ST candidates.

The difficulty level of NLSIU Bangalore admission can be better analysed with the help of CLAT cutoff, which is the minimum score accepted for admission to the LLM programme. Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) releases institute-wise and course-wise CLAT Provisional Allotment lists on the official website at consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2023 for NLU admissions 2023 to LLM  programme. Candidates seeking admission to NLU Bangalore can refer to the table given below to check out the CLAT cutoff 2023 along with the cutoff ranks for 2022: 

Admission to LLM programme is offered to those candidates who qualify for CLAT. Also, the qualified candidates have to pay the fee for their respective courses, which includes components such as Tuition Fee, Examination Fee, Security Deposit, Hostel Charges (if applicable), etc. Other than the course fee, candidates are required to pay a fee for CLAT application fee. The CLAT registration fee for General /OBC /PWD /PIO /OCI /NRI category candidates, is INR 4,000, and for SC /ST /BPL category candidates is INR 3,500. The table below covers NLSIU's LLM course fees: 

National Law School of India University, Bangalore CLAT cutoff 2023 was concluded with the release of CLAT Round 3 Seat Allotmnet Result. As per NLU Bangalore cutoff 2023, the last round closing rank for BA LLB (Hons) course stood at 114 for the General category students. 

In 2021 and 2022, the last round closing rank for BA LLB (Hons) course was 83 and 149, respectively. So, considering the past three years last round closing cutoff ranks, candidates seeking admission to NLU Bangalore must secure a rank between 100 and 150.