Ph.D. in Intellectual Property Rights 

at NLIU Bhopal, Bhopal

The University conducts its own entrance test for admission to PhD programme. Any candidate, who has done master’s in the relevant discipline of law, can apply for the same. The final selection of students will be based on the entrance test scores and the performance in PI. Eligibility criteria for the PhD programme is given below:

NLIU Bhopal offers a PhD programme in three different disciplines of Law. PhD is offered with a minimum course duration of two to three years and a maximum of six. The University conducts its own entrance test for admission to PhD programme. Any candidate, who has done master’s in the relevant discipline, can apply for the same. Below mentioned are the PhD specialisations offered at NLIU Bhopal: 

1. PhD in Law.
2. PhD (Inter-Disciplinary)
3. PhD in Cyber Law and Information Security.

According to National Law Institute University Bhopal placement brochure 2024, the placement rate recorded during BA LLB Hons and MCLIS (Master of Cyber Law & Information Security) placements 2023 are presented below:

NLIU Bhopal highest package data is not released. However, according to NLIU Bhopal brochure 2024, the salary package offered during MCLIS placements 2023 was between INR 5.5 LPA and INR 17 LPA. In addition, the median package offered during NLIU Bhopal MCLIS placements 2023 was INR 9 LPA.

Other than this, as per NIRF report 2024, the median package offered during UG 5-year and PG 1-year placements 2023 stood at INR 16 LPA and INR 6 LPA, respectively.

Admission to all the NLIU Bhopal courses is entrance-based. The university accepts CLAT score for admission to BA LLB and LLM programme. The eligibility requirements for all the popular programmes offered by the university are tabulated below:|

Refer the table below for NLIU Bhopal UG 5-year placement statistics 2023 as compared with other NULs:

To be eligible for admission to NLIU Bhopal, candidates are required to appear and qualify for CLAT. Check out the table below to get an idea about NLIU Bhopal CLAT scores:

The university admits around 120 candidates each year through the Common Law Admission Test UG, for the B.A. LL.B (Hons.) Course and around 60 candidates for the B.Sc. LL.B. (Hons.) [Cyber Security] Course.

The post-graduate courses offered at the university are the Masters of Law (LL.M.) degree and the Master of Cyber Law & Information Security (MCLIS) degree. 

NLIU Bhopal offers admission to the 5-year integrated law courses based on CLAT entrance examination results, followed by counselling rounds. CLAT cutoff 2025 for round 1 is out, where the closing rank for B.Sc. LL.B (Hons)(Cyber Security) and B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) course was 821 and 458, respectively, for students belonging to the General AI category.

 For NLU Jodhpur, which also offers 5-year integrated law courses based on candidates' performance in the CLAT entrance exam, followed by the counselling process. The first round closing rank stood at 357 for the General category candidates.
Therefore, after analysing the cutoff ranks for both institutions, NLU Bhopal is on the easier side for admissions, considering its ranks went up to 821 as compared to NLU Jodhpur’s cutoff rank, which was 357.

 
Aside from cutoffs, aspirants can refer to the different parameters given below to make a better decision regarding which institution suits them better.

NLIU Bhopal is the center for research and a law school established in the year 1997. It is rated among the top three law schools. The university takes 125 undergraduates every year through CLAT (Common Law Admission Test). The students are supposed to complete a total of fifteen trimesters before they can be conferred a combined degree of B.A., LL.B (Hons). Each year is divided into a total of three trimesters each of seventy working days. Students are expected to attempt one paper in each course which is later followed by a meaningful thesis in the seminar courses.