The NLU Mumbai cut-off 2025 has been released for the five-year integrated law courses at both the undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) Levels. The CLAT cut-off has been released separately for each of the National Law Universities (NLUs). The cut-off is affected by various factors such as difficulty level, change in seat intake, etc. The CLAT round 1 cut-off has been released for 5 years integrated for UG and PG courses. The admission is based on the CLAT exam. As per the MNLU Mumbai CLAT cut-off 2025, the lowest cut-off was 536 for BA LLB (Hons). In 2024, the closing rank was 547, whereas in 2023, the cut-off rank for the same was 533. After the release of merit lists CLAT counselling process is conducted in three rounds. The counselling process is held completely online, such as the registration process, publishing of merit list, seat allotment, etc.
NLU Mumbai Round 1 CLAT Cutoff 2025 for BA LLB
The NLU Mumbai 2025 cut-off is the last rank of the last candidate from each category who has been given admission. It is expected that the cutoff ranks will go down in the upcoming rounds. CLAT UG Round 1 2025 opening and closing cutoff ranks for NLU Mumbai BA LLB (Hons) is given as follows:
| Vertical Reservation Category | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
| General | 418 | 18972 (PWD) |
| OBC – MH | 2649 | 17839 (PWD) |
| EWS – MH | 2524 | 7523 |
| SC-MH | 7180 | 12388 |
| ST-MH | 10288 | 31018 (w) |
| NTB-MH | 2717 | 6717 |
| NTC-MH | 4952 | 8206 |
Important Factors Affecting the NLUs Cut-off 2025
Given below are the important factors influencing the NLU Mumbai cut-off 2025:
- Level of difficulty of the exam
- The reservation policy followed by the NLUs
- Availability of seats at each NLU
- Preference of the NLUs given by the candidates at the time of the CLAT exam
NLU Mumbai CutOff Over the Years
From 2021 to 2024, the cutoff for the general category has changed slightly. For the OBC category, the cut-off changed from 8987 in 2022 to 149 in 2023. The students must check the detailed category-wise cut-off from 2021 to 2024 given below:
Category-wise NLU Mumbai 2024 CutOff
Check below the category-wise NLU Mumbai 2024 cut-off:
| Category | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
| General | 99 | 590 |
| EWS | 811 | 3932 |
| OBC | 2123 | 6468 |
| SC | 4506 | 11392 |
Category-wise NLU Mumbai CutOff Over the Years
Check below the category-wise NLU Mumbai cut-off over the years:
| Category | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| General | 568 | 548 | 533 |
| EWS | 4124 | 8987 | 9149 |
| OBC | 10350 | 11816 | 8923 |
| SC | 2702 | 4227 | 4878 |
Good Score in CLAT 2025 Exam
Check below the analysis of the CLAT 2025 question paper, consisting of the number of good attempts and good score for admission to one of the top 5 National Law Universities:
| Section | No. of Questions | Good Attempt | Good Score |
| English Language | 24 | 20 | 16-18 |
| GK and Current Affairs | 28 | 25 | 23-24 |
| Legal Reasoning | 32 | 28 | 24-26 |
| Logical Reasoning | 24 | 20 | 16-18 |
| Quantitative Techniques | 12 | 10 | 6-8 |
| Total | 120 | 100 | 85-94 |
CLAT Round 1 Closing Rank Cut-Off Over the Years
Check below the CLAT round 1 Closing Rank cut-off over the years:
| Course | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| B.A.LLB.(Hons.) | 533 | 547 | 536 |
| LLM in Corporate and Commercial Laws | 671 | 664 | – |
| LL.M in Constitutional and Administrative Laws | – | 664 | – |
| LLL.Min Maritime Laws | – | 664 | – |
| LL.M.(Professional) | – | 664 | – |
CLAT Last Round Closing Rank Over the Years
Check below the CLAT last round closing rank over the years:
| Course | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| B.A.LLB.(Hons.) | 590 | 590 | 536 |
| LLLMin Corporate and Commercial Laws | 734 | 727 | – |
| LL.M. in Constitutional and Administrative Laws | – | 727 | – |
| LLL.Min Maritime Laws | – | 727 | – |
| LL.M.(Professional) | – | 727 | – |
FAQs
At top NLUs such as NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, and WBNUJS Kolkata, the rank of the students ranges between 1 and 140, whereas for RMLNLU Lucknow, the rank ranges between 300 and 400.
CLAT Counselling session is conducted after the cut-off I released. About 4 to 6 counselling rounds are conducted to fill the seats.
In case the candidates are not able to meet the cut-off, they will not be given admission into the NLUs. But they can apply to other colleges that accept CLAT scores.
The CLAT score is accepted by 24 NLUs or National Law Universities. Candidates must get a score in the range of 78 to 82 in the CLAT exam to get admission into the NLUs. In order to get admission into the top NLUs, the candidates must score in the range of 80 – 90.