Chanakya National Law University a public state university is a prestigious public law school and a national university of Law located in Patna, Bihar. It was founded in 2006 by the Government of Bihar with a primary focus on providing high-quality legal education. The university is governed by an ex-officio chancellor who is the Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
The campus of the university is located in the Mithapur area, at the heart of Patna city spreading approximately 18 acres. The Chanakya National Law University provides a five-year integrated program in two streams-B.A, LL.B (Hons) B.B.A, and LL.B (Hons) which can be pursued by appearing in the highly competitive nationwide exam CLAT. The exam is taken by over 80,000 aspirants each year. The university reserves a total of 140 seats for admission, out of 10 seats are reserved for NRIs and 10 for foreign candidates. CNLU has adopted a credit-based elective system that requires students to complete certain required courses and earn a total of 200 credits over five years to earn the degree.
A few popular courses offered by the university are PG Diploma in Cyberlaw, PG Diploma Regulation Intellectual Property Rights, PG Diploma Regulation Human Rights, and PG Diploma in Child Rights.
Chanakya National Law University Admission Process 2025:
- All students need to go to the official website of the university at “https://cnlu.ac.in/” and download the brochure.
- The second step is to read the instructions carefully and note down the required documents for the application form Like the Final year mark sheet, Medical certificate of good health with the candidate’s blood group.
- For graduation courses 10+2 is compulsory and for PG Diploma courses all students need to submit Marksheet or Gradeseet in L.L.B or any other equivalent courses.
- After reading the required documents carefully then fill out the application form and then students will redirect to the payment webpage then they need to pay the admission application fee and then their application form will submit.
- For the latest updates about the admission process, entrance dates and so more all candidates are advised to check the official website daily.