Master of Arts [MA] (Law)

Fees

Fees at National Law University for the Bachelor of Arts + Bachelor of Law [BALLB] {Hons.} program are detailed and inclusive of various components. The tuition fee ranges between 1,42,000 to 2,20,000 INR annually, with a one-time admission fee of 10,000 INR. Additional fees include a caution fee of 25,000 INR, registration fees from 1,500 to 3,500 INR, counseling fees between 20,000 to 30,000 INR, and charges for academic services and facilities at 43,000 INR.

The student welfare fund varies from 2,000 to 7,000 INR, with utility and hostel facilities fees amounting to 20,000 and 83,000 INR respectively. Mess fees range between 30,000 to 46,000 INR per year. Annual increments of 5- 10% on fees might apply. Scholarships are available, including need-cum-merit, hardship, and loan-based assistance, with amounts varying from 10,000 to 40,000 INR depending on family income.

Eligibility

Entry is at the postgraduate stage, so a candidate needs a completed bachelor's degree from a recognised university; the programme is generally open to graduates from law, the social sciences and the humanities, and the exact list of acceptable disciplines is set out in the admission notification. Selection is usually through a written entrance test, and some cycles add a statement of purpose, a writing sample or an interview. The minimum marks required at the bachelor's level, category relaxations and the final cut-off are decided by the university for each intake and are not fixed year to year, so check the current prospectus. Final-year students may be permitted to apply provisionally.

About Master of Arts [MA] (Law)

The Master of Arts in Law at National Law University in New Delhi is a postgraduate programme for people who want to study law as a discipline rather than train for courtroom practice. The teaching is oriented towards legal theory, constitutional and public law, human rights, regulation, law and society, and research method, and the work is discussion and writing heavy: seminar papers, a dissertation or research project, and close reading of judgments, statutes and academic literature. It suits graduates from the social sciences and humanities who deal with law in their work, along with journalists, civil-society professionals, policy researchers and teachers, as well as law graduates who want a research-facing qualification. Graduates typically move into policy and research organisations, think tanks, the development sector, journalism, teaching, or on to doctoral study. Delhi's courts, ministries and research institutions make fieldwork and internships practical.