Osmania University, Hyderabad, has released the TG LAWCET 2026 notification. The TG LAWCET and PGLCET registration will start on February 10, on the official website, lawcet.tgche.ac.in. Students looking to apply for admission to Telangana law schools can register and complete their applications by April 1 (without a late fee). The TG LAWCET 2026 will be conducted on May 18, 2026, in online mode.
TG LAWCET is conducted for 3-year LLB and 5-year LLB courses. The LLM admissions are conducted through TG PGLCET, a postgraduate-level entrance exam. These exams will be conducted around 60 centres spread across Telangana and a few centres in Andhra Pradesh.
Activity | Date(s) |
February 08, 2026 | |
Commencement of online application submission & registration | February 10, 2026 |
Last date to submit application without late fee | April 01, 2026 |
Last date to submit application with Rs.500 late fee | April 15, 2026 |
Last date to submit application with Rs.1,000 late fee | April 25, 2026 |
Last date to submit application with Rs.2,000 late fee | May 05, 2026 |
Last date to submit application with Rs.4,000 late fee | May 10, 2026 |
Last date to submit application with Rs.10,000 late fee | May 13, 2026 |
Correction window for online application data | May 03, 2026 to May 08, 2026 |
Commencement of hall ticket download | May 12, 2026 |
TG LAWCET & TG PGLCET 2026 examination date | May 18, 2026 |
Announcement of preliminary answer key | May 23, 2026 |
Last date to submit objections on preliminary key | May 25, 2026 |
Announcement of final answer key & result (tentative) | June 05, 2026 |
The 3-year LLB and 5-year LLB LAWCET have a similar syllabus; a question paper, divided into 3 parts — general knowledge, mental ability, current affairs and aptitude to study law. The legal aptitude carries 50% weigthage (60 questions out of 120), and the remaining 60 questions will be divided equally between Part A and Part C. The difference lies in the difficulty level. The 5-year LLB question papers test elementary understanding at the Class 12th level, whereas the TS LAWCET 3-year LLB questions will have a graduate-level standard.
Part – A: General knowledge and mental ability (30 questions carrying 30 marks)
Part – B: Current affairs (30 questions carrying 30 marks)
Part – C: Aptitude for the study of Law (60 questions carrying 60 marks, including 10 comprehension-based questions)
Total number of questions - 120 (objective-type questions)
Duration - 90 minutes
Maximum marks - 120
The TS LAWCET 3-year LLB, attended by over 41000 students last year, will be held in two shifts, from 9:30 am to 11:00 am and 12:30 pm to 02:00 pm. This will be followed by 5-year LLB and LLM entrance exams, from 4 pm to 5:30 pm. The 5-year LLB entrance exam saw 11,695 students registering and 9,325 appearing last year. TG PGLCET (LLM) had 4,810 applicants last year, of which 4,166 appeared.
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It is quite difficult to get top law colleges at this score even not the lowest cutoff university will allow students to pursue law at this score but lets hope for the best try college like kalatiya university college of law and Mahatma Gandhi law college which has low cutoff.
You are on a border line which is very close to last years cutoff at kalatiya university college of law and Mahatma Gandhi law college belonging to bc-e category you might get seat here if cutoff trends is same as last year but definitely you are not going to get
Based on your situation, it seems there may have been some confusion regarding the eligibility criteria for non-local candidates in TS LAWCET. Generally, for state entrance exams like TS LAWCET, "non-local" candidates are those who are not residents of the state but have fulfilled specific residency requirements, such as living
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Congratulations on your TS LAWCET rank!
With a rank of 294, you have a good chance of getting a seat in the 5-year BALLB program at Osmania University through the Non-Local (NIQ) quota.
Osmania University has a total of 120 seats in the 5-year BALLB program, with 30% reserved
With a 14th rank in TS LAWCET (Telangana State Law Common Entrance Test) but being from Andhra Pradesh (AP), here’s what you should consider regarding admission to Osmania University:
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