Discontinued(june-2025) -Ph.D. in Law 

at HNLU Raipur, Raipur

 The seat intake for the PhD programme at Hidayatullah National Law University is 30. 

For taking admission in PhD course at HNLU Raipur - Hidayatullah National Law University, candidates must have a master's or professional degree from the relevant statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% of the possible points in the aggregate or an equivalent grade of "B" on the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed), in order to be admitted to the PhD programme at HNLU Raipur, Hidayatullah National Law University. This is done in order to evaluate, accredit, or guarantee the quality and standards of educational institutions.  Applicants for a PhD in law or an interdisciplinary PhD programme may have an LLM or an equivalent degree.  However, only the interdisciplinary PhD is open to applicants with other professional degrees or master's degrees.

According to the official placement reports, HNLU doesn't release the highest salary package data. However, the salary package range offered during HNLU Raipur placements in recent past stood between INR 12 LPA and INR 16 LPA.

HNLU Raipur average package data is not released. However, the salary package range offered during HNLU Raipur placements in recent past stood between INR 12 LPA and INR 16 LPA.

According to the official placement report for the Class of 2024, firms such as Ernst & Young Global Delivery Services, ICICI Bank and IndusLaw visited the campus during HNLU Raipur placements 2024.

Further, as per the overall placement reports for class 2024, batch of 2018-23 (BA LLB Hons) and batch of 2021-22 (LLM), the key placements highlights of HNLU Raipur are presented below:

Particulars	Overall Placement Statistics (Class of 2024)
Total students	171
PPOs granted	18
Interested students in recruitment drive	67
Offers made and accepted	37
Particulars	BA LLB Hons Placement Statistics (2023)
Salary range	Between INR 12 LPA and INR 16 LPA
PPOs granted	11
Total students	168
Students subscribed to RCC Agreement	76
Offers made	42
Offers accepted	37
Particulars	LLM Placement Statistics (2022)
Salary range	Between INR 12 LPA and INR 16 LPA
Total number of subscribers in batch	80
Offers made	39
Offers accepted	39
PPOs granted	12
Companies participated	8

Your chances depends on two important factors. Number one is your category and number second is this year's cut-off. As per last year's trend closing rank for the following were :- 1. General - 765 2. ST - 14977 3. SC - 9735 Final rank till which HNLU Raipur admitted student was 37607. So, there are still chances for you if you have reservation or Domicile of Chhattisgarh or you are Dependents of Freedom Fighters of Chhattisgarh (DFF-CHT).

Yes, with a CLAT cutoff rank of 500, it is possible to secure a seat at any courses offered at HNLU Raipur for the students belonging to the General AI quota. During the NLU Raipur CLAT cutoff 2026, the maximum recuired cutoff was 773. Therefore, a cutoff rank of 500 is considered as a safe rank for admission at Hidayatullah National Law University.

HNLU Raipur organises various extracurricular activities for students. In the past, the university has arranged the below-mentioned competitions:

• Colossus is the flagship sports fest of HNLU which is organized in march every year. The fest was first organized in 2013 and comprises 15 sports events and an equal number of cultural events. The sports events include football, cricket, tennis, table tennis, basketball, throw-ball, volleyball, and chess. 
• Intra-university sporting events: The university has an endowment cricket tournament, the Sudeep Memorial Cricket Tournament, named after an alumnus. There is an annual football tournament held in the university known as the Hidayatullah Premier League (HPL).
• Literary and debating: The university has an active debating circuit which is supported by the Literary & Debating Committee. The university teams selected on the basis of challengers or benchmarks participate in Parliamentary debates across the country including the National Law School Debate, the Mukarji Memorial Debate at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, the NALSAR IV and the NUJS Parliamentary Debate at WBNUJS, Kolkata. Year round activities held on the campus include:

• • The Aruna Hyde Memorial Debate: A parliamentary debate held by the L&D Committee and named after the late Aruna Hyde, Faculty of English.
  • Literary & Debating Week: Activities include debates, one act plays, Scrabble competitions, quiz contests, and the Hindi Debate.
  • The Republic Day Debate: It is an annual tradition to hold a debate on a relevant social issue on Republic Day.
  • The India Quiz & Debating Premier League: DPL started in 2014, as a debating equivalent of the IPL, where investors buy teams which are pitted against each other.
  • Freshers Debate: The inaugural edition was held in 2013, meant for the first-year students of the University.

Hidayatullah National Law University accepts the CLAT entrance exam for admission to its B.A. LLB(Hons) course at the undergraduate level. HNLU Raipur CLAT cutoff 2026 for Round 1 is out for different categories of students in the All India and Home State quotas. For the AI quota, the CLAT first round cutoff 2026 for BA LLB (Hons) programme stood at 736. For the HS quota, the cutoff rank for the same course was 3781. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the category-wise CLAT first round closing ranks for BA LLB (Hons) programme. 

Category	CLAT Round 1 Cutoff 2026 (AI quota)
General	736
OBC	1982
SC	6464
ST	10917
PWD	11943