Procedure for admission & Seats

• Number of Seats:
  • Ph.D. in Law: Total Seats: 25+2 (UGC-JRF: 8 seats, AILET Merit -16 seats, Fellowship through AILET Merit -1 seat and Foreign Nationals-2 Seats).
  • Ph.D. in Social Sciences: Total Seats: 4 (UGC JRF).
• However, the number of seats may be increased up to 25% for considering the applications of regular faculty members of the NLU Delhi for Ph.D. admission, who are otherwise fulfilling the required eligibility criteria.
• Admission process- UGC-JRF and Foreign Nationals:
  • The candidates with UGC-JRF and Foreign nationals are exempted from the Entrance Test.
  • The admission shall be made through evaluation of research proposals followed by interview/ viva-voce.
  • In the final selection of candidates, a weightage of 50 % shall be given to the evaluation of Research Proposal and 50% shall be given to the results of interview/viva-voce.
  • The candidate should also secure a minimum of 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST/differently abled candidates) in the evaluation of research proposals and interview/viva-voce to qualify for the final selection.
  • The Research Advisory Committee will assist the Doctoral Committee in evaluating the research proposals as per the guidelines prescribed by NLU Delhi. Candidates equal to three times the number of available seats will be shortlisted for defense of Research Proposal before the Doctoral Committee based on the evaluation of Research Proposals by the Research Advisory Committee.
• For AILET Applicants
  • The admission shall be through a two-stage selection process, which includes (1) written entrance test and (2) the evaluation of research proposals followed by interview/ viva-voce. In the final selection of candidates, a weightage of 70% shall be given to the entrance test and 30% shall be given to the results of evaluation of research proposals and interview/viva-voce.
  • 50% of the questions for the entrance test shall be relating to Research Methodology and the remaining 50% shall be from the Law. The candidate shall secure a minimum of 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST/PWD candidates) in the entrance test to qualify for the second stage. Candidates equal to three times the number of available seats will be shortlisted for the second stage, based on the results of the entrance test.
  • The candidate should also secure a minimum of 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST/differently abled candidates, EWS) in the evaluation of research proposals and interview/viva-voce to qualify for the final selection.
  • The Research Advisory Committee will assist the Doctoral Committee in evaluating the research proposals as per the guidelines prescribed by NLU Delhi.

NLU Delhi reserves the right to keep the seats vacant if sufficient number of suitable candidates with minimum cut-off marks are not available.