RMLNLU Course Admissions 2025: Fees, Eligibility, Dates & Selection Process

Admission to the LLM programme at RMLNLU are currently closed. Applications are accepted based on the CLAT PG scores. The CLAT PG test was held on December 7, 2025. Candidates seeking admission through the CLAT PG test have to satisfy the eligibility in terms of admission, where candidates must have an undergraduate law degree with at least an aggregate of 50%. Thus, the above-mentioned dates are tentative and as per the official website.

RMLNLU Lucknow Cutoff 2026 was out for Round 1 for admission to BA LLB (Hons) and LLM programme for students under the All India quota. The Round 1 closing cutoff rank for the General AI students was 747 for the BA LLB (Hons) course. For the same category, the Round 1 closing rank for Master of Law (LLM) course was 290, indicating that the competition for this course is higher than the BA LLB (Hons) course. 

Students can refer to the table below to know the cutoff of the first round for 2026, 2025, and 2024 for the General AI category. 

The applicants are systematically admitted to the LLM programme at RMLNLU. Candidates have to first register and apply for the CLAT PG, which is the requisite test that allows them entry into the institution. After the declaration of the result for CLAT PG, candidates shall look for a cut-off list released by RMLNLU. Candidates who will meet the cut-off shall be considered for counselling. Upon selection, candidates have to complete the formalities related to admission and deposit the prescribed fee.

NLU Lucknow CLAT cutoff 2024 for Round 3 is out. Candidates must note that the ranks for the few other categories hasve been released apart from General category. Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the latest round of RMLNLU cutoff 2024 for all the courses for the the respective categories under All India candidates:

Below are the important dates regarding GNLU CLAT cut off 2024:

The tuition fee for the LLM course at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University has been kept at INR 35,000. An additional amount of INR 20,000 is charged as a one-time admission and caution deposit. Therefore, the total fee that candidates are required to pay to pursue the entire LLM course is INR 55,000. The above fee structure is provisional and therefore subject to change. Hence, it is taken from the official website/sanctioning body.

The application process for PhD and PG Diploma courses is conducted on the official website of NLU Lucknow. Whereas, for admission to BA LLB and LLM courses, candidates must register for CLAT exam at consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The registration process is common for all UG & PG courses. Check here for the detailed CLAT application process.

Yes, though there is no separate application fee for applying to RMLNLU students must pay application fees to register for the CLAT exam and counselling process through which students are selected. 
The CLAT application fee is INR 4000 for both UG and PG level admissions. This fee can be paid online through Net Banking.

Yes, RMLNLU charges a one-time fee for the LLM course. There is a one-time payment after the selection of candidates, which is INR 20,000, including admission fee and caution deposit refundable in addition to the tuition fee that has to be paid annually. However, the aggregate amounting to INR 35,000 sums up to INR 55,000 as course fees for the LLM course. The above-mentioned fees are subject to revision. Hence it emanates from the official website/sanctioning body and is inductive.

Yes, scholarships to the candidates of SC/ ST/ OBC of Uttar Pradesh and also to the students of unreserved categories having family income less than INR 2 lakh annually are provided under various schemes of  Govt. of UP.

NLU Lucknow also provides the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for SC/ST Students. Under this scheme, five eligible students of the SC/ST category are provided scholarships which include reimbursement of full tuition fee, living expenses of INR 2,220 per month, books & stationery of INR 3,000- per year and computer/accessories up to INR 45,000 per year per student. 

Yes, LLM is available at RMLNLU. It is a full-time, one-year course and is designed for people looking for higher legal education. For admission to the LLM programme offered at RMLNLU, candidates have to qualify in the CLAT examination and also meet the eligibility criterion of having a recognised undergraduate Law degree with an aggregate mark of 50% or above. It nurtures profound knowledge and practical competencies in students in various aspects of the law, leaning toward different career prospects within the profession of law.

Continuous evaluation and interactive sessions are included for further enrichment of the learning of LLM students at RMLNLU. The LLM course at RMNLU is offered in full-time mode and the mode of instruction is offline. Candidates must appear for the CLAT exam to take admission in the course.

The total intake for the LLM programme in RMLNLU is 31 seats. The apportioning of the seat total would ideally be so made as to leave room for accommodating different categories for admission to the University. This will be a purely merit-based admission through the CLAT PG exam, followed by counseling. In this manner, RMLNLU can continue to serve as a hub of competitive yet comradely fellow students of the future legal persons who will be trained to undertake different responsibilities in the fields of law.