National University of Advanced Legal Studies - [NUALS], Ernakulam

National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) is located in Kochi city of Ernakulam district, India. It is a public law school and a National Law University. It is the first and only National Law University in the State of Kerala and one of the 23 NLUs in India. It was established by Act 27 of 2005 of the Kerala State Legislature. It was earlier known as National Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). NUALS is also ranked 11 in all India for law studies as per the rankings published by India Today.

NUALS offers BA LLB, LLM, PG Diploma, Ph.D and certificate programs under its curriculum. NUALS admissions to all these courses are done on the basis of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). 

During NUALS placement 2023-24, the university recorded a placement rate of 46% and 30%, for BA LLB Hons and PG 1-year programs, respectively. The median package offered for BA LLB Hons stood at INR 8.23 LPA. Further, the median package offered for PG 1-year program stood at INR 9 LPA.

NUALS Kochi Rankings

National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) is ranked by various national and international agencies. The table below lists all the rankings of NUALS so far:

NUALS Kochi Courses and Fees

The National University of Advanced Legal Studies offers four different courses under various specializations. Candidates who want to practice law in India, are required to clear the CLAT exam with required numbers to get into this institute. Following are the details of the courses and their fees is given: 

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NUALS Kochi Admission 2025 

The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) offers a diverse range of legal education at undergraduate & postgraduate level. The courses offered by the university are BA LLB, LLM, PG Diploma, and Ph.D. 

All the admissions at NUALS are strictly entrance-based. The selection of the UG & PG courses will be done on the basis of the marks of CLAT (centralized exam for law). Kerala students have a reservation of 49% across all categories.

NUALS Kochi Application Process

Admissions to LLM and BA- LLB (Hons) will be done via CLAT. The application process for CLAT is mentioned here:

• Register on the official website of the CLAT & fill the application form correctly.
• Upload all the necessary documents which are asked there.
• Pay the application fee online through net banking debit/ credit cards/ UPI, etc.

Application Process for PG Diploma courses:

• Download the application form as a pdf from the university website
• Submit the application form & upload all the documents that are asked there
• Eligible candidates will be listed on the basis of the qualifying exam (Bachelor’s Degree) cut-off.

Application Process for PhD:

• The candidates have to download the application form as a pdf from the website of the university
• Submit the application form to the university along with the fees that is asked
• The candidates who are doing research in the recognised institutions can submit their application through the Head of the Institution to the Registrar of the University

Note: The students who have secured at least 50% marks in DAT will be eligible for the admission process.

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NUALS Kochi CLAT Cutoff

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLU) will release the cut-off for the year 2024 at the time of counselling and seat allotment. Right after the declaration of CLAT 2024 results the NLUs will start their seat allotment and counselling process. Candidates who want to take admission in NUALS Kochi should check the cut-off scores of CLAT for NUALS Kochi.

The following factors affect the cut-off scores:

• Number of seats available
• Number of candidates applied for CLAT and difficulty of the paper.
• The number of seats allocated for the programme
• Reservation of seats as per state or other criterions

NUALS Kochi CLAT 3^rd provisional list has been released. Candidates can check the Cutoff in the table below:

The previous year cutoff is as follows:

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NUALS Kochi Result

National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi conducts the examination for the academic year students twice a year in the months of April/May/June and October/November/ December. National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi Results come online at the official website. Students can check the result in a few simple steps. Follow the steps mentioned below and check the result.

Step 1 – The candidates need to visit the official website of the University - nuals.ac.in.

Step 2 – Click on the Results link present in Academics on the frontpage of the website.

Step 3 – Click on the Result link one wants to check.

Step 4– The full list of Results will be displayed on the screen

Step 5 – Then, Click on the concerned Exam Result link.

Step 6 – A PDF document will open containing the result.

Step 7 – Check your Roll No., Name and know your Examination Result.

Step 8 – Take a hard copy of the Result for future reference.

NUALS Kochi Placement

According to NUALS Kochi NIRF report of 2024, The median package offered during BA LLB Hons placements 2020 stood at INR 8.23 LPA. Furthermore the median package offered for PG 1-year 2020 stood at INR 9 LPA during NUALS Kochi placements . The placement rate recorded during NUALS Kochi BA LLB Hons and PG 1-year placements 2020 was 46% and 30%, respectively.

NUALS Kochi overall average package 2022 data is not released. According to NUALS Kochi NIRF report 2024, the stream-wise median salary offered during NUALS Kochi placements 2021 is listed below:

The stream-wise median salary trends witnessed during NUALS Kochi placements over the past three years is listed below:

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NUALS Kochi Scholarships

NUALS provides Government based scholarships to students from the backward communities such as SC and ST based on their merit and financial needs. Moreover, there is an NK Nambiar scholarship for the students of low income groups. Apart from this, there are IDIA scholarships as well. IDIA is a Non profit, non governmental organization which runs for the benefit of the student community. Eligible Students can apply for these scholarships by applying from the official website of the Institute.

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NUALS Kochi Facilities

National University of Advanced Legal Studies has good campus infrastructure apart from that it has a very wonderful faculty to teach there.

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NUALS Kochi Collaboration

The National University of Advanced Legal Studies has collaboration with many universities for promoting and facilitating academic and educational exchange. These are:

• Department of Law, Macquarie University, Australia.
• Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

NUALS Kochi Alumni