NLU Odisha (NLUO): Courses, Fees, Admission 2025, Placements, Cutoff

The closing rank for CLAT Fourth Provisional Allocation List for NLU Odisha LLM course is 1736 for the General category students from Vertical Reservations. 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 Odisha can refer to the table given below to check out the NLU Odisha R4 cutoff 2023 along with the R4 cutoff ranks for 2022 and 2021 to get better clarity on NLU Odisha cutoff trends:

The NLUO Odisha CLAT Cutoff 2026 was published for various categories under both the All India and Home State quota, unlike many other NLUs. The cutoff was out for Round 1 in the form of opening and closing ranks. According to that, the closing ranks ranged from 800 to 907 for the General AI category for admission to the BA LLB (Hons), LLM course, and BBA LLB course. For this category, the hardest out of the 3 courses was BA LLB (Hons), with a cutoff of 800. 

In the case of the General HS quota, the closing cutoff in Round 1 ranged from 2855 to 10269, wherein BA LLB ( Hons) was the most sought-after course, followed by BBA LLB (Hons), with cutoffs of 2855 and 3133, respectively. 

Note: The cutoff for other categories, quotas, courses will vary accordingly. 

A comparison of all the NLU Odisha and NLU Bhopal for the LLM programme on the basis of multiple components, such as fee, ranking and salary packages are tabulated below:

NOTE: The fee and placement details mentioned in the above table are sourced from multiple sources. Hence, are indicative.

The comparison clearly shows how NLU Odisha is a better option in terms of salary offered and hence, ROI. 

National Law University Odisha offers a five year-integrated BBA LLB programme that combines training in law with knowledge of the social sciences. BBA LLB programme at NLUO combines the law subjects with business administration subjects such as Principles and Practices of Management,  Financial Markets and Institutions,  Cost and Management Accounting, Marketing, etc. The subjects included in the first semester of BBA LLB course at NLU Odisha are mentioned in the table below: 

Yes, NLU Odisha have a state domicile reservation for the candidates belonging to various categories under Home State. Unlike many NLUs, it has released its CLAT cutoff 2025 for both All India and Home State quotas. In relation to that, the NLU Odisha cutoff 2025 for BA LLB Hons. and BBA LLB Hons. courses under General Home State quota stood at 1913 and 3066, respectively. Moreover, for the aforementioned courses, the General AI quota cutoff stood at 943 and 1034, respectively.

CLAT 2025 dates for admission to NLU Odisha are out.  Only students who fill out the application form as well as, pay the fee are issued admit cards to appear for CLAT exam 2025. Students can log in using their registered mobile number and password to update their preferences in CLAT 2025 application form. 

Conducted in pen-and-paper mode, candidates have to attempt questions from English, Current Affairs and GK, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Mathematics for UG course, and from Constitutional Law, and other law subjects like Jurisprudence, Torts, IPC, CrPC, CPC, Family Law, and IPR. 

Candidates who are willing to get into NLU Odisha for five-year LLB course must specific the desired course in the application form.

As the per the latest report, the participating recruiters offered 43 job offers during NLU Odisha placements in 2024. The total number of offers provided during NLU Odisha placements between 2022 and 2024 are tabulated below:

For admission to BA LLB course at NLUO candidates have to register through CLAT portal. Registered candidates for CLAT counselling will be called by NLUO through five provisional merit lists, each released by the Consortium of CLAT. Candidates, who have been allocated a seat in the provisional lists and applied for revision, should check the status of their seat in the CLAT provisonal lists. Those, who have been allotted a seat in the NLU Orissa Provisional Allotment Lists, must complete the process of exercising any one of the actions mentioned below:

1. Accept the allotted seat
2. Apply for Revise
3. Exit from the CLAT admission process

If alloted seat is accepted by the candidate. After, that the candidates need to report to NLU Odisha for admission. The admission confirmation requires, documents submission and fees submission by the candidates through the official portal of NLU Odisha. 

NLU Odisha has a good history of placements for its BA LLB, BBA LLB and LLM courses. During NLU Odisha placements 2024, a total of 178 students took part in the NLU Odisha placements 2024, of which 34 students were placed with leading domestic law firms. Further, 3 students were placed with corporations and banking companies in-house roles, 4 students were placed with litigation chambers and Judicial clerkship and 2 students with think tank and legal couching institute. In total 43 students were placed in NLUO placements 2024. The key highlights of NLU Odisha placements for the Class of 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

National Law University as well as other government universities offer reservation based on domicile. Candidates who belong to the host state of the university can apply for the domicile reservation. For example, National Law University, Odisha provides 25% domicile reservation for students of Odisha. Many other institutes also offer similar reservation policies in order to attract the brightest minds from the state.

The National Law University Odisha has not released the2024 placements statistics. However, every year various reputable businesses and law firms take part in the placement process at NLU Odisha. Some of the prominent recruiters who visited the NLUO placements in 2023 are listed in the table below:

Note: Due to unavailability of information on the companies hiring specifically the BA LLB students of the university, the data presented above is relevant for all law courses offered at National Law University Odisha. Additionally, the data is for the year 2023.

The university has not released the recent placements statistics. However, as per the NLU Odisha NIRF report 2024, the median package offered during UG five-year courses, such as BBA LLB placements 2023 stood at INR 14.5 LPA. Further, 87 students were placed out of 177 during UG 5-year placements 2023, respectively.

NLUO offers admission to BA LLB course based on the CLAT entrance exam score and counselling. Below-mentioned are the NLUO BA LLB course eligibility along with their selection criteria:

nLU Odisha courses fee varies from course-to-course. The table below covers a few components of the NLU Odisha fee structure for various courses:

Note: the above information is subject to change.

Yes, National Law University Odisha (NLUO) accepts CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) score for admission to its undergraduate law programs, including the 5-year integrated Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) LL.B. program. CLAT is a national-level entrance exam for admission to undergraduate law programs in participating National Law Universities (NLUs) and other law institutes in India.

NLUO considers CLAT scores along with other factors such as the candidate's academic performance, extracurricular activities, and personal statement in the admission process. The university releases its admission criteria and cut-off ranks each year on its official website.