RGNUL Admission 2025 - Dates, Form, Online Process, Fees

RGNUL admission 2024 is based on CLAT scores. Students interested in NLU Patiala admission had to participate in the counselling process and select RGNUL as their preferred choice. CLAT result 2023 was announced on December 10 and the authorities conducted CLAT counselling registration between December 12 to December 22. Now, authorities will release round 3 cut off for RGNUL admission on January 22. Students have to select RGNUL Patiala during counselling registration and qualify the admission cut off to get admission in the university. 

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law offers admission to undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate courses in the field of law. Admission to BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses is based on CLAT scores. For PhD admissions, RGNUL conducts its own entrance exam. 

RGNUL admission process for undergraduate and postgraduate courses i.e. BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses is based on candidates' performance in CLAT. Admission to PhD course is based on an entrance exam conducted by the university on an annual basis. RGNUL Patiala admission process includes filling out CLAT entrance exam form, choice filling and locking, appearing for CLAT counselling process and seat acceptance. 

RGNUL UG admission is offered for BA LLB (Hons.) course. Students willing to get admission in this course must know NLU Patiala eligibility criteria for UG courses and adhere to the same before applying for the course. Further, it is also important to know that admissions for BA LLB (Hons.) course is based on CLAT exam. Hence, for complete reference, students are provided with RGNUL selection criteria for UG courses in the table below. 

NLU Patiala UG Eligibility and Selection Criteria

RGNUL PG admission is offered for LLM course. Students willing to get admission in LLM course have to understand NLU Patiala eligibility criteria for PG courses carefully. The course details along with RGNUL selection criteria for PG courses is mentioned below. 

NLU Patiala PG Eligibility and Selection Criteria

RGNUL international admission is offered to students coming from countries other than India. For each course, there are separate quotas for foreign national students. For example, 5 seats in BA LLB course and 2 seats in LLM course are reserved for foreign students at RGNUL Patiala. 

NLU Patiala admission are offered based on CLAT merit list. Now, students must be wondering whether they should float the seat or freeze it. But before that, students must know the concepts of freeze, float and exit. Students who are allotted seats have three options i.e. exit, freeze, or float. 

• Students who do not want to participate in CLAT counselling process can exit from the process by selecting exit option. 
• Second option i.e. freeze is selected if a student is satisfied with the seat and wants to take admission in the allotted NLU. During this option, student needs to pay the confirmation fee to secure admission. However, freezing a seat disallows student to appear for further rounds of CLAT counselling. 
• Third option i.e. float is selected when a student is unsatisfied with the allotted seat and wishes to participate in further rounds of counselling process. 

Now if a student is unsure whether they should float or freeze a seat then they must know that during CLAT counselling 2024 round 1, a total of 174 students were provisionally allotted seats for RGNUL Patiala admission. Out of which 513 students froze their seats while 21 seats were left vacant for further rounds of counselling. 

• For RGNUL BA LLB admissions, students must have completed class 12 from a recognised board of education along with CLAT exam.
• For RGNUL Patiala LLM admission, students must have completed a bachelor's degree in Law from a recognised university and admissions are based on CLAT scores.
• NLU Patiala PhD admissions are based on entrance tests conducted by the university. Students who have completed their LLM are eligible to apply. 

Students have to follow the below steps for admission in RGNUL Patiala: 

• As a prerequisite for BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses, aspiring students must register themselves for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) first and appear for the exam. 
• To apply for CLAT exam, students must visit the official website of Consortium of National Law Universities which is www.consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
• You will find a tab named “Click Here for Registration” on this website.
• Click on this tab and CLAT application form will open in a new window.
• As the next step for admission in RGNUL, fill out CLAT form with correct and required details.
• Attach a passport-size photograph with your form and pay the application form fee.
• The application fee for General category students is Rs 4,000 and for SC/ST category students, it is Rs 3,500. 
• One can pay application fee through debit card/credit card/net banking. 

List of Documents Required to Apply for RGNUL Admission 2024

• Mark sheet of Class 10
• Certificate of Class 10
• Mark sheet of Class 12
• Certificate of Class 12
• Graduation degree
• Mark sheet of Graduation
• Postgraduate certificate
• Postgraduate degree
• Character certificate
• Transfer certificate
• Migration certificate
• Caste certificate (if belonging to reserved categories)
• Detailed mark sheets of LLM or Postgraduation course (for PhD admission)
• Research Proposal (for PhD admission)

Since admission at the university is based on CLAT results, students first have to pay application fees for CLAT exam and then qualify the exam. CLAT application fee for unreserved category is Rs 4000 while SC/ST/BPL students are required to pay Rs 3500 as application fees. Further, RGNUL admission fees is Rs 10,000 which is required to be deposited once the seat is accepted by student in the counselling process.