CLAT Cut Off- Expected and Previous Year's NLU Cut Off

The Consortium of National Law Universities organizes CLAT annually, with different National Law Universities taking turns to conduct it. Following the CLAT 2026 results, the Consortium of NLUs will declare the cut-off for various NLUs. This comprehensive list is calculated by considering various factors and is determined based on the opening and closing ranks for the 25 participating NLUs (excluding NLU Tripura, which has opted out for 2026). The cut-off is typically published a few days after the exam is held. The CLAT 2026 registration process is open from August 01, 2025 to October 31, 2025, with the exam scheduled for December 07, 2025 conducted in pen and paper mode with 120 questions.

Admissions officers will examine the following factors when determining the cut-off:

If any of these factors change, the CLAT cut-off will also change. For example, the cutoff will rise if the number of applications grows. In contrast, as the number of applicants decreases, the cutoff will most certainly decrease as well.

The following table shows the CLAT cut-off marks of different NLUs:

Note: The following table provides provisional cut-off ranks for CLAT 2026 based on predicted trends, as results are yet to be declared (expected post-December 2025).

Please note that these are the tentative cut-off ranks for General Category only. These are only tentative ranks which can be aligned for OBC, SC and ST categories, varying by NLU and domicile reservations.

The following table contains information on the cut-off rank for CLAT 2025, categorized on the basis of top 5 National Law Universities (NLUs) and category-wise cut-off rank