The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala

Established by the State Legislature of Punjab by passing the Rajiv Gandhi University of Law Punjab Act, 2006 (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2006), RGNUL started functioning from May 26, 2006. The main campus of the university is at Sidhuwal, Bhadson Road, Patiala in an area of 50 acres.  

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The university acquired approval of the Bar Council of India (BCI) in August 2006 and is a regular member of Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi and several other prestigious national and international institutions / organisations. 

Courses offered: The university is running 5-year Integrated Law Course BALLB. (Hons.) and one-year post-graduation course in Law (LLM). The university also enrolls researchers for PhD in law and PhD in social sciences with law. 

In the graduation course in law, the students have  the choice to pick up the subjects of arts for their major or minor subjects out of economics, sociology, political science and history. In their fourth and fifth year, the students can adopt any stream to undertake a specialisation in Business Laws, International Laws, Constitutional Law or Criminal Law. Specialisations are also offered in the PG course.  

Getting in: Students from all over India and even outside are eligible to join RGNUL on the basis of merit of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). Admissions to BALLB (Hons.) and LLM are made, every year, on the basis of the entrance test. The total intake for each batch in BALLB (Hons.) is 180 (excluding the supernumerary seats in the NRI/Wards of Kashmiri Migrants / Jammu & Kashmir Residents Category). For the LLM, the total intake for each year is 40 students.

For further details on admission dates and courses check out RGNUL Website at www.rgnul.ac.in