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Admission is based on the Common Entrance Test (CET) by the Maharashtra State, and Centralized Admission Process (CAP) conducted by the State CET Cell.

• The admissions to UMLA shall be based on merit in the Maharashtra State Common Law Entrance Test (MHCET-Law).
• The admission process for the first year of the Five-year B.B.A. LLB (Hons.) course will commence immediately after the declaration of MHCET-Law results. Reservation for 85% of seats for a candidate from the state of Maharashtra having a domicile certificate.

The candidate should be an Indian Citizen. The candidate belonging to the type [NRI, PIO, OCI, and Foreign National Students] with the following Academic Eligibility is not required to appear for the CET Examination. They must apply only for CAP rounds.

A candidate to be eligible for admission to the first year of the Five-Year integrated law course should have passed the H.S.C. Examination [Arts, Science, or Commerce] of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune, or its equivalent examination.

(a)   An applicant who have completed Senior Secondary School course (+2) or equivalent (such as 11+1, A level in Senior Secondary School Leaving Certificate Course) from a recognized university of India or outside or from Secondary Board or equivalent, constituted or recognized by the Union or by a State Government or from any equivalent institution from a foreign country recognized by the government of that country for issue of qualifying certificate on successful completion of the course Examination, with minimum of 45% marks in aggregate. (Candidate belonging to SC and ST Category with minimum 40% marks).

(b)   The applicants who have obtained +2 Higher Secondary Pass Certificate or First Degree Certificate after completing studies in the distance or correspondence method are eligible for the course:

Provided that, the applicants who have obtained 10+2 through the Open University system directly without having any basic qualification are not eligible.

Further provided that, applicants who have obtained the 10th std. /Secondary Schooling Certificate Examination, in a single sitting examination, without having a basic qualification (1 to 9th standard of schooling) is not eligible.

Further provided that, the candidates who are appearing/appeared for the qualifying examination (regular examination of that academic year) are also eligible to apply for the Entrance Examination. Such candidates will be eligible for admission only if they produce the provisional/Degree certificate of the qualifying examination and the mark lists of all parts of the qualifying examination at the time of admission.

(c)    And obtained the score in the CET conducted by the Competent Authority.

A candidate passing the H.S.C. (10+2) examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board Of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, with a minimum of 45% marks or any other examination recognized as equivalent thereto by the University of Mumbai with the minimum prescribed marks is eligible for admission to the First Year of Five Year Law Course. The above percentage of marks shall be relaxed by 5% for candidates belonging to the SC, ST, and 3% for the OBC, categories recognized as such by the Government of Maharashtra.