NLU Odisha (NLUO) - National Law University BBA LLB Courses & Fees 2026: Eligibility & Highlights, Cutoff, Placements, Admission, Seats, Ranking, Application Process

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

NLU Odisha offers admission to BBA LLB (Hons) programme, based on the entrance exam and counselling process. Below-mentioned are the NLUO BBA LLB eligibility along with its selection criteria:

Yes, NLU Odisha offers a five-year integrated programme in BBA LLB course i.e., divided into ten semesters and offered in full-time mode. BBA LLB programme combines both training in law subjects and knowledge in the Commerce subjects. The curriculum of BBA LLB at NLU Odisha includes several subjects, such as Financial Markets and Institutions, Cost and Management Accounting, Marketing, Corporate Accounting, Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Managerial Psychology, Ethical Entrepreneurship and Leadership. Admission to this course is based on the scores secured in the CLAT entrance test followed by the counselling conducted by CNLU for final seat allotment. 

With an emphasis on business and management, the B.B.A. L.L.B. program might be the best fit for you if you're interested in a career in law. A more suitable option for you if you're interested in a conventional legal career is the B.A. L.L.B. program. The placement statistics for B. A LLB and BBA LLB at NLU Odisha (NLUO) are quite impressive. In 2022, a total of 47 students were placed out of the 172 students in reputed companies and law firms.

As per the latest report, the the highest and median package offered during NLU Odisha placements 2024 stood at INR 19.5 LPA and INR 13 LPA, respectively. Further,  the participating recruiters offered 43 jobs to the batch of 178 students during NLU Odisha placements in 2024.The key highlights of NLU Odisha placements for the Class of 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

NLU Odisha has a wide alumni network working across multiple sectors. According to unofficial sources, the alumni are primarily working in the Education sector (43%). For more information, refer to the below pie chart representing the NLU Odisha alumni sector-wise distribution:

For admission to BBA LLB  course at NLU Odisha candidates have to register through CLAT portal. Registered candidates for CLAT counselling will be called by NLU Odisha through multiple 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 Odisha 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. 

No, it is not possible to get in NLUO without giving CLAT for Law courses. Check out the table below to understand the eligibility criteria for admission to NLU Odisha popular courses:

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) is expected to release the CLAT Notification 2026 anytime soon. The CLAT 2026 Application Process is likely to begin in the next few days. Aspirants of NLU Odisha are required to appear for the exam in offline pen-paper mode at the allotted test centres. The exam will take place in more than 125 cities listed as CLAT test centres in 22 states and UTs.

For admission to NLU Odisha for the LLB or LLM course, the result of CLAT 2026 can be expected by the last week of December 2023 After the release of result, the exam takers will be able to download their CLAT scorecards from the official website using their login credentials for NLU Odisha admission via CLAT counselling and seat allotment.

CLAT 2026 result contains details like the candidate's overall and sectional scores, and merit rank. Those who will qualify CLAT by meeting the required minimum cutoff as per the merit list are called for counselling process for seat allotment.

Note that for admission to the 5-year LLB or LLM courses, the candidate will have to meet the CLAT 2026 cut-off in their respective category. The CLAT 2026 merit rank list will be shared at the time of admission and seat allotments. Candidates ranked higher in CLAT merit list will be given preference during the seat allotment process.

As pe the CLAT Counselling schedule, CLAT Counselling 2024 is expected to be conducted in five rounds. Also, as per CLAT cutoff 2023, the counselling has been concluded after five rounds. NLU Odisha accepts CLAT scores for admission to the Law courses including BA LLB (Hons) at UG level and LLM at PG level. Candidates seeking admission to NLU Odisha courses must apply through CLAT Counselling. The counselling is conducted round wise for seat allotment to NLUs including National University of Law Odisha. The allotment results can be checked by the registered candidates on the official website of CLAT 2024 as well. 

After getting selected at the college, candidates need to submit some documents to the college for admission confirmation. Below documents are required at the time of admission at NLU Odisha: 

• Class 10 and Class 12 marksheet
• Class 10 and Class 12 certificate
• Migration certificate
• Caste certificate (if required)
• Certificate of person with disability (if applicable)
• PwD affidavit (if applicable)

NLU Odisha offers a total of 120 seats for the BA LLB course. Among these, 25% seats are reserved for General, ST & SC students, and  under 5% seats are reserved for Specially Abled Persons (SAP) at the all India level according to the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

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.

For admission to BBA LLB course at NLUO candidates have to register through CLAT portal. Registered candidates for CLAT 2026 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.