An applicant seeking admission to the M.Phil. Degree Programme shall have an LL.M. Degree either from the NLSIU or from any other recognised University, securing not less than a 'B' grade or an aggregate of 50% marks or its equivalent.

Eligible candidates, will have to subsequent to the admission notification, apply to the Registrar in the prescribed form, which can be obtained after paying an application fee of Rs. 500/- by Demand Draft drawn on the State Bank of India or any other nationalised bank, payable to National Law School of India University at Bangalore and submit the same duly filed in within the stipulated time.

Selection for M.Phil. course, both for the seats in the open quota-and those reserved in favour of the sponsored candidates, shall be based on merit as determined by the performance of the candidates in the written test and interview to be conducted by the Admission Committee constituted by the Director for this purpose.

The number of candidates admitted to the M.Phil. shall ordinarily be five in a year. This number can be increased at the discretion of the Director depending on the strength of the Faculty, their responsibilities towards other courses and the need of the Universities/Law Colleges sponsoring the teachers in law. Of the five seats, at least three seats shall be reserved for the teachers in law sponsored by the Universities/Law Colleges.

Notwithstanding anything mentioned above, the Director may allow a member of the NLSIU's own Faculty to take up M.Phil. Degree Course along with his/her other teaching assignments in the interest of Faculty improvement on the condition that his/her other programmes are not hampered in any way. An admission so made will be in addition to the regular admission strength.

The M.Phil. Course shall be of one academic year's duration, starting from 1st July every year.

On the completion of the admission formalities, the Director shall constitute an Advisory Committee of three Faculty members for each of the students admitted. Each student shall be assigned to a Faculty member specialised in the area of law selected by the student for his/her dissertation, who will be his/her Major Advisor and also the Chairman of the Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee shall prepare a plan of work for the student indicating the teaching, research, seminar and other assignments to be given to the student and supervise the progress of his/her work. The plan of work developed by the Advisory Committee shall be subject to the approval of the Director and him/her making such changes as he deems fit.

Every student shall have teaching, research and seminar assignments depending on the approved plan of work.

The teaching assignment shall ordinarily contain preparation of courses and study materials for undergraduate and postgraduate courses or for a certificate/diploma course or for a summer training workshop/seminar, attending faculty meetings, taking regular or tutorial or group discussion classes in the under-graduate and post-graduate courses.

The research work shall include, attending courses on Research Methodology, identifying a major research subject and a specific research topic, conducting empirical study, if required.

The seminar assignments shall include the presentation of not less than three seminars, the third and final presented as a prelude to the submission of the dissertation discussing among others the findings and in defence of the same.

Note: The method and modalities of the seminar presentation shall be as determined by the Faculty from time to time.

Before the candidate submits his/her dissertation, the Advisory Committee shall evaluate his/her performance in the teaching assignments given to him/her and indicate the satisfactory performance or otherwise. Only on receipt by the registrar of a 'satisfactory' performance report from the Advisory Committee of the student, the latter will be allowed to submit her/her dissertation.

At the end of the course and before 30th June of the following year, the student shall submit the dissertation, in triplicate, to the Registrar, after paying the prescribed fee.

The dissertation submitted by the student shall be referred to a panel of two external examiners for evaluation. In case of difference of opinion on the merit of dissertation, the dissertation shall be referred to a third examiner for his/her opinion. The result of the evaluation by the examiner shall be indicated either as 'Satisfactory' or as 'Not Satisfactory'. Each examiner shall submit his/her report of evaluation in the prescribed form within one month of the receipt of the dissertation.

The Degree of M.Phil. in Law shall be conferred on a student who, having completed satisfactorily the other requirements, receives a 'satisfactory' report on the dissertation from at least two examiners. The Degree shall be conferred at the Annual Convocation of the NLSIU.

A candidate admitted to the M.Phil. Degree Programme shall have to complete all the prescribed requirements within a maximum period of three years from and including the year of admission in order to be eligible for the award of the Degree, Provided, in respect o the NLSIU's own Faculty who have registered for the Degree Programme, the maximum time limit shall be four years including the year of admission.