Content Curator | Updated On - Oct 8, 2024
CLAT 2025 exam is going to be conducted in a total of 82 centers. You can choose upto 3 test centers while filling CLAT 2025 application form. Previous year, the Consortium of NLUs added two new exam centers- Diu and Silvasa to their list.
The Consortium of NLUs might add or remove CLAT Exam Centers 2025 based on the applicants registered for a particular center. On the day of CLAT 2025 exam, you should enter the center before 2:15 PM. However, it is always advised to enter the hall from 1 PM. Also, without CLAT 2025 admit card and other essential documents you will not be permitted to enter the exam hall.
How to Select CLAT Exam Centers in 2025?
Given below is the step-by-step process for selecting your preferred exam center:
- Step 1: While registering for the online application at the official website, candidates must click on the ‘Apply’ button
- Step 2: After filling in their details and academic qualifications, candidates can select CLAT 2025 Exam Centre at the CLAT Application Dashboard.
- Step 3: After selecting the exam center and paying the application fees, candidates can submit their applications.
How to Edit CLAT Exam Centers 2025 Preference?
Given below is the step-by-step process to edit exam center preference:
- Step 1: Candidates should log in to their online application on the official website.
- Step 2: Candidates should then click on the ‘Edit My Application’ button on the dashboard.
- Step 3: Candidates should navigate to Exam Centre Preference Tab and update their exam centers.
- Step 4: Candidates should then click on the ‘Next’ button and check the declaration box before saving the form.
State wise List of CLAT Exam Centers 2025
CLAT 2025 exam centres list will be released soon before the commencement of the exam. The exam is scheduled on December 1, 2024 for 2025 admission. Every year a fresh list of exam centers is released by the exam authorities.
| State | Cities |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur, Chirala, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tekkali, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/Naharlagun |
| Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
| Bihar | Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur, Bhilai Nagar, Durg, Raipur |
| Delhi | New Delhi |
| Goa | Panaji/Madgaon |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
| Haryana | Faridabad, Gurugram, Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Rohtak, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Una |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Ballari (Bellary), Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru, Bidar, Davanagere, Dharwad/ Hubli, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Hassan, Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Tumakuru (Tumkur), Udupi, Vijayapura (Bijapur) |
| Kerala | Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Thane, Wardha |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur-Ganjam, Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| Pondicherry | Pondicherry |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Sriganganagar, Udaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Erode, Thanjavur, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Namakkal |
| Telangana | Hyderabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Meerut, Noida, Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Allahabad |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee |
| West Bengal | Siliguri, Barasat, Barrackpore, Kolkata, Asansol, Burdwan (Bardhawan), Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani |
Check CLAT 2025 Mock Test
Documents Required at CLAT Exam Center 2025
The candidates must carry the following items inside the exam centers:
- Blue/Black Ball Pen
- Admit Card
- Original Government Issued Photo ID
- Transparent water bottle.
- Own mask, gloves, and personal hand sanitizer.
- Self-health declaration
- Disability certificate for PWD candidates
The following is a list of the photo ID that are allowed in the CLAT exam centre:
- PAN Card
- Passport
- Driving License
- Voter’s ID Card
- Bank Passbook with a photograph
- Photo ID evidence with a photograph issued by a Gazetted Officer on official letterhead
- Photo ID evidence with an image issued by a People's Representative on official letterhead
- A valid current ID card issued by a recognised college or university is required.
- Aadhar card/ Employee ID/ Bar Council Identity Card with a photograph
Candidates Using Scribe in CLAT 2025
Specially Abled Persons (SAP) applicants will be allowed an extra 40 minutes to finish the exam. Blindness, limited eyesight, locomotor disability, mental retardation, hearing impairment, and other disabilities would be included in this category. A certificate of disability issued by a competent authority is required of them.PwD applicants can also benefit from the use of a scribe.
Candidates who want a scribe during the exam must have specified this while registering. Photocopies of the appropriate documents must also be uploaded (attested by Gazetted officers).
Given below is a list of documents that will be required:
- A statement indicating if the candidate will bring a scribe or if the CLAT authorities would provide one.
- If the candidate arranges for a scribe, the scribe must sign a declaration declaring that he or she will follow all laws and regulations and will not engage in any unethical behavior such as assisting the candidate in answering questions. They will only be responsible for reading the questions and marking/clicking the proper responses.
- From the competent authority, a certificate of disability is required.
CLAT 2025 Exam Day Instructions
At their various exam centers, candidates are advised to follow the following guidelines:
- Candidates must maintain a certain level of social distance and avoid crowds or gatherings.
- At the gate, mandatory body temperature checks will be undertaken.
- Candidates must use the masks and gloves provided by the exam centre instead of their own.
- Those who have had close touch with other candidates or invigilators must wash their hands before proceeding.
- Candidates with covid 19 symptoms, such as a temperature, must request a different room.
- Candidates that use scribe services must ensure that the scribe follows the guidelines as well.
- Candidates who are caught cheating or aiding other candidates may be disqualified and prosecuted.
- The candidate must arrive at CLAT exam centre one hour prior to the start of the exam. Candidates who arrive at the exam centre 15 minutes after the exam has begun will be denied admittance.
- The CLAT consortium will not provide a baggage counter, and the candidate is solely responsible for the safekeeping of personal possessions.
- The candidate must sign the admit card in the presence of the Invigilator once inside the CLAT exam center 2025. The signature must be the same as the one that was uploaded when the CLAT application form 2025 was submitted.
Increase in CLAT Exam Centers 2025
The newly added CLAT exam centres are mentioned below in the table:
| CLAT Exam Centers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Allahabad | Aurangabad | Varanasi |
| Agra | Ahmedabad | Thane |
| Visakhapatnam | Amritsar | Vijayawada |
| Barasat | Barrackpore | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Bengaluru | Bhopal | Trichy |
| Bhubaneswar | Bilaspur | Srinagar |
| Chandigarh | Calicut | Sonepat |
| Chennai | Coimbatore | Shillong |
| Dehradun | Durg | Siliguri |
| Ernakulam | Faridabad | Shimla |
| Gangtok | Gorakhpur | Ranchi |
| Gandhinagar | Ghaziabad | Raipur |
| Gurugram | Guwahati | Pune |
| Greater Noida | Haldwani | Patna |
| Hisar | Hyderabad | Patiala |
| Indore | Imphal | Noida |
| Jabalpur | Jalandhar | New Delhi |
| Jaipur | Jammu | Navi Mumbai |
| Jodhpur | Jamshedpur | Nagpur |
| Kanpur | Kota | Mysore |
| Kolkata | Kurukshetra | Mumbai |
| Lucknow | Madurai | Muzaffarpur |
| Mohali | Hooghly | Amravati |
| Hubli / Dharwad | Puducherry | Rajahmundry |
| Salem | Kanyakumari | Surat |
| Chittoor/Tirupati | Cuttack | Kottayam |
| Kurnool | Tirunelveli | Vadodara |
| Vellore | Mangalore | Meerut |
| Gwalior | -- | -- |
CLAT 2025 Participating Institutes
Candidates appearing for CLAT 2025 will gain admission to 22 National Law Universities (NLUs). Various top private law institutes and universities recognise CLAT scores as well.
Below mentioned are the list of National Law Universities (NLUs).
| Participating National Law Universities | |
|---|---|
| National Law School of India University, Bangalore | National Academy of Legal Study and Research University of Law, Hyderabad |
| National Law Institute University, Bhopal | West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata |
| National Law University, Jodhpur | Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur |
| Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar | Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow |
| Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab | Chanakya National Law University, Patna |
| National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi | National Law University Odisha, Cuttack |
| National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam |
| Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam |
| Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai | MNLU, Nagpur |
| MNLU, Aurangabad | HPNLU, Shimla |
| DNLU, Jabalpur | DBRANLU, Haryana |
Also Check CLAT 2025 Participating Colleges
CLAT 2025 Exam Centers FAQs
Ques: How can I choose my CLAT Exam Center 2025?
Ans: Each Candidate will be allowed to choose their preferred exam centres and one can choose three at a time in a most and least preferred order. Candidates are advised to select CLAT Exam Centres that are closer to their houses and can be accessible easily.
Ques: Where will I get to know about my allotted CLAT Exam Centrers 2025?
Ans: Only when you have downloaded the admit card you will be able to see the specifics of the exam center that has been assigned to you. The CLAT admit card includes the exam center's complete address as well as the reporting time.
Ques: Can I carry my water bottle and food items inside CLAT Exam Centers 2025?
Ans: Inside the exam center, food and water bottles are normally prohibited. Candidates are requested to go through the instructions on the CLAT 2025 admit card to avoid any confusion.
Ques: Can I show the digital copy of the admit card at CLAT Exam Center 2025 in case I forget to carry its printout?
Ans: No, only the printout of the CLAT admit card must be carried and shown at the designated test center. Candidates should take a printout beforehand.
Ques: Do I need to submit my admit card to the CLAT Exam Centers 2025?
Ans: No, you do not have to submit your admit card to the CLAT exam center. The admit card will be taken to verify the applicant and after the verification, the examiner will return the admit card to the candidate.
Ques: Will I be given extra sheets/papers for rough work and calculations in CLAT Exam Centers 2025?
Ans: Yes, the rough sheets for computations will be provided by the examination centers. Electronic devices, on the other hand, will not be permitted in CLAT examination centres.
Ques: Will the exam be conducted offline or online in CLAT Exam Centers 2025?
Ans: Yes, CLAT 2025 is a pen and paper exam. CLAT UG will be conducted with a total of 150 questions. CLAT PG will be conducted with a total of 120 questions.
Ques: Will there be parking space near the CLAT Exam Centers 2025?
Ans: Every CLAT Exam Center will have its own set of accommodations, therefore after the admit card is released, look for the Exam Center and google it. You can see if there is any available parking.
Ques: Can I deposit my bags at CLAT Exam Centers 2025?
Ans: There are mostly no arrangements available for depositing bags in the exam centers. However, candidates can enquire with the invigilators or staff present regarding any availability.
Ques: Will anyone help in clarifying the questions related to the paper in CLAT Exam Centers 2025?
Ans: Pay close attention to the invigilator's directions. During the examination, no clarifications or doubts about the examination questions will be considered.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, which will be updated soon subject to the notification issued by the University/College.
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