Maharashtra National Law University Nagpur PhD Admission 2025 - Fee Structure and How to Apply

Welcome to National Law University, Nagpur (NLU, Nagpur). NLU, Nagpur is built up by Maharashtra Government by the method of the establishment known as the Maharashtra National Law University Act (Maharashtra Act No. VI of 2014) and the University invests heavily to be the Nineteenth National Law University in the nation. The University will gain fast ground towards its fantasy about accomplishing greatness in the field of lawful instruction with its devoted employees, staff and understudies under the capable direction and oversight of its establishing individuals, visionaries, well-wishers and individuals from various legal assemblages of the University. 

The Vice-Chancellor will establish a Research Committee for Doctoral Degree Program comprising everything being equal and three Associate Professors of the University and three outside specialists. The designation of the outer master by the Vice-Chancellor will be for a time of two years. The designation of Associate Professor of the University by the Vice-Chancellor will be for a time of two years on turn premise among all the Associate Professors of the University. The Vice-Chancellor will be the Chairperson of the Research Committee; nonetheless, without the Vice-Chancellor, a Professor of the University assigned by the Vice-Chancellor will be the Chairperson of the Research Committee. 33% Members of the Research Committee will frame the majority at the gathering. 

Contact Details

• National Law University
• Moraj Design and Decorator (DnD) Building, 
• Near Oil Depot, Mihan Fly Over
• Khapri, Nagpur 441108
• Email: registrar@nlunagpur.ac.in

Eligibility

• Master’s degree in Law with at least 55% marks.
• Candidates from SC/ST/OBC category will get a relaxation of 5% in eligibility criteria.
• Candidates are also eligible to apply who are appearing in the final year of the qualifying examination.

Selection Process

• Admission will be given on the base of the entrance tests and personal interviews.
• Candidates will be exempted from appearing in the All India Entrance Test (AIET) who have qualified UGC-NET/ JRF but will have to submit the research proposal and shall appear for the Personal Interview.
• The entrance test will test the abilities of the candidates in the fields of Subject Knowledge and Research Methodology. The type of questions will be short-answer type, essay type as well as multiple-choice questions.
• The candidates will be called for a presentation of the research proposals who are short-listed on the basis of the entrance test.
• Admission will be given to the availability of vacancies.

Syllabus for All India Entrance Test (AIET)

• AIET will have 25 MCQ with each have 1 mark and there are 5 five short descriptive questions each has 5 (Five) marks. The total number of short descriptive questions is 10 (Ten). Candidate has to write an essay on any two topics in about a maximum of 1000 (one thousand) words of his / her area of interest. The Examination shall be of three hours’ duration.
• The multiple-choice questions shall be from the core areas of law, legal and logical reasoning
• The short descriptive questions and essay type questions shall be from Human Rights Law, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, International Law, Contract Law, Jurisprudence, Personal Laws, Criminal Law, Corporate Law, and Intellectual Property Law.
• Candidates of sciences, social sciences, and humanities will get special care.

Categories of Enrolment

Full-time Enrolment

• Duration for full time will be minimum duration will be three years, including course work during which the candidate is required to stay at the university for a minimum period of 12 months.
• The candidate shall complete the research work and submit it for evaluation for a maximum of six years.

Part-time Enrolment

• Duration for full time will be minimum duration will be four years, including course work including time spent for research at any other place with the permission of the Supervisor.
• The candidate shall complete the research work and submit it for evaluation for a maximum of six years.

Fee Structure

• Application Fee: Rs. 2,000/- 
• Registration Fee (at the time of admission): Rs. 15,000/- 
• Course Work Fee (at the time of admission): Rs. 25,000/- 
• Annual Fee (every year): Rs. 10,000/- 
• Library fee (annual): Rs. 6,000/- 
• Library Caution Money (refundable): Rs. 10,000/- 
• Hostel Caution Money (refundable): Rs. 10,000/- 
• Internet/ Electronic Database (annual): Rs. 6,000/- 
• Fee for Change of Area of Research: Rs. 5,000/- 
• Fee for pre-submission of the thesis.: Rs. 10,000/- 
• Fee for final presentation: Rs. 20,000/- 
• Examination Fee (at the time of submission of Thesis): Rs. 10,000/- 
• Re-examination Fee (at the time of submission of Thesis): Rs. 15,000/- 
• Re-submission of Thesis Fee: Rs. 20,000/- 
• Provisional Certificate: Rs. 500/- 

How to fill Application Form

Candidate has to download the application form from the official website of the university and submit it with Demand Draft for Rs.2,000/- (for Indian Nationals) and Rs.4,000/- (for Foreign Nationals) and demand draft should be submitted in the favor of “Registrar, Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur ” payable at Nagpur. 

Applications received after the last date shall not be entertained.

Address for sending the Filled-in Application Form:

• OSD (Academics),
• Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
• Moraj Design and Decorators (DnD) Building,
• Adjacent to MIHAN Fly Over, Near HP Oil Depot,
• Khapri, Wardha Road, Nagpur-440018
• Maharashtra, India

Relocation of Scholar

• If a woman researcher migrates during the time of her exploration because of marriage or something else, the examination information will be permitted to be moved to the University to which the researcher plans to move, given the various conditions in these Regulations are followed in letter and soul and the examination work doesn't relate to the task made sure about by the University/Supervisor from any financing organization. The researcher will anyway give due credit to the parent Supervisor and the University for the piece of examination previously done. 
• A researcher or a workforce, who has been tried out some other National Law University, might be enlisted at Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur with the endorsement of the Research Committee, if the Supervisor of such a competitor or the employee himself/herself joins Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. 
• The University where an applicant, researcher or staff, was prior enlisted assents the exchange of such up-and-comer. The Supervisor needs to give an itemized Report concerning the course work done, the satisfaction of private necessity and the advancement of examination work to the Research Committee before such an application is considered by the Committee. Correspondingly, Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur would allow movement of an applicant, researcher or a workforce, enlisted with it when the Supervisor himself/herself or assigned to him/her joins some other National Law University with the assent of such University.

Research Centres

The development of innovative learning measure and new regions of learning command a solid scholarly program, which will help law-making measure with basic lawful reasoning and usage, should be upheld with a solid socio-lawful exploration. With this article, there is a dire need of the college to have working examination Centers. 

So as to accord selective consideration regarding the distinguished territories, the University is currently setting up the accompanying Centres:

• Centre for Post-Graduate Legal Studies (CPGLS)
• Centre for Natural Resources Laws
• Centre for Family Law and Customary Studies
• Centre for Tribal and Land Rights
• Centre for Human Right sand Refugee Law
• Centre for Constitutional Law and Governance
• Centre for Corporate Law and Governance
• Centre for International Relations and Governance
• Centre for Disability Rights and Studies
• Centre for Women Studies
• Centre for Child Rights
• Centre for Law, Language and Culture
• Centre for Criminal Justice Administration
• Centre for Socio-Legal Research and Gender Studies
• Centre for Disaster Management and Law
• Centre for Intellectual Property Rights
• Centre for Environmental Law
• Centre for Justice Education
• Centre for Legislative Drafting and Policy Review
• Centre for Administrative and Service Laws
• Centre for Agricultural Laws
• Centre for Air and Space Law
• Centre for Maritime Law
• Centre for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Policy Review
• Centre for Taxation Law and Policy Review
• Centre for Media Law and Policy Review