The consortium of NLUs will administer the CLAT 2023 exam at the test centers. However, the number of test centers may vary based on the number of applications received at each center.

The CLAT exam was conducted at 147 test centers across 82 cities in the previous edition.

While filling out the application form, you have the option of selecting up to three exam centers.

You should exercise extreme caution while selecting an exam center, as you will not be able to change your decision once the registration window is closed. This year there is a change of address in 2 centres which will be further discussed in this article as follows. 

Read on to learn more about CLAT Exam Centers 2023 and crucial documents to bring to the exam hall.

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CLAT 2023 Exam Centers

The Consortium of NLUs previously added 18 additional centers to the list of CLAT Exam centers. The exam center is allotted as per your preferences in the registration form.

Check out the table below to know CLAT Exam Centers List 2023.

Allahabad	Aurangabad	Varanasi
Agra	Ahmedabad	Thane
Vishakapatnam	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	Amrawati (Maharashtra)
Hubli / Dharwad	Puducherry	Rajahmundry
Salem	Kanyakumari	Surat
Chittor/Tirupathi	Cuttack	Kottayam
Kurnool	Tirunelveli	Vadodara
Vellore	Mangalore	Meerut
Gwalior	-	-

These are the CLAT exam centers in India. 

Check: How to Prepare for CLAT 2023?

State-wise CLAT Exam Centers List 2023

As said above, the CLAT Entrance Exam is conducted in more than 80 cities across the nation. Check out the table below to know the state-wise list of CLAT Exam Centers. CLAT exam centers list 2023 pdf will be found on the official website. 

Exam Centre States	Exam Centre Cities
Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur, Chirala, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundary, Srikakulam, Tekkali, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar / Naharlagun
Assam	Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar	Muzaffarpur, Patna, Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Purnea
Chattisgarh	Bilaspur, Raipur, Chandigarh, Bhilai Nagar, Durg
Delhi	New Delhi
Goa	Panaji / Madgoan
Gujrat	Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Anand, Bhavnagar, 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
J&K	Jammu, Srinagar, Samba
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh,
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	Alapuzzha, ErnakulamIdukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Thane, Wardha
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
Mizoram	Aizwal
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Balasore, Berhampur-ganjam, Bhubaneswar,  Cuttack , Dhenkanal , Rourkela , Sambalpur
Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur
Rajasthan	Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Sriganganagar, Udaipur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Erode, Thanjavur, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Namakkal
Telangana	Khammam, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar
Tripura	Agartala
Uttar Pradesh	Greater Noida, Meerut, Noida, Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Allahabad, Ghaziabad
Uttarakhand	Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee
West Bengal	Asansol, Burdwan(Bardhaman), Siliguri, Hooghly, Barasat, Howrah, Barrackpore, Kalyani, Kolkata

CLAT Exam Centers List 2023 Address Changes

Note the changes in the address from the previous years. 

Previous address	Current Address
Name: University of Engineering & Management Address: Ashram building campus GN34/2, Ashram Building, Opposite to Nalban Saltlake Electronics Complex, Street Number 27, next to Cognizant Technology Solutions Private Ltd, Sector V, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700091	Name: Institute of Engineering and Management Address: Ashram building campus GN34/2, Ashram Building, Opposite to Nalban Saltlake Electronics Complex, Street Number 27, next to Cognizant Technology Solutions Private Ltd, Sector V, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700091
Name: IES College of Technology ; Address: IES University campus, Ratibad Main Road, Bhopal-462044	Name: IES Public School ; Address: IES University campus, Ratibad Main Road, Bhopal-462044

How to Choose CLAT Exam Centers 2023?

You can follow the instructions below to select the exam centers while filling out the CLAT Application Form 2023.

• While registering on the official website, click on the "Apply" button.
• Go to the CLAT application dashboard and click on the "preferences" tab.
• You have to select three exam centers in the order of preference as per your choice.
• Click on the "save & continue" button and submit the application form.

Documents to be carried to CLAT Exam Center 2023

You must carry any of the following photo ID proofs for identity verification, along with the CLAT Admit Card 2023, to the exam hall.

• PAN Card
• Passport
• Photo identity proof issued by a People’s Representative on official letterhead along with a photograph
• Photo identity proof issued by a Gazetted Officer on official letterhead along with a photograph
• Driving License
• Voter’s ID Card
• Valid recent Identity Card issued by a recognized College/ University
• Bank Passbook with a photograph
• Aadhar card with a photograph/ Employee ID/ Bar Council Identity Card

Check: CLAT Study Plan 2023

CLAT Exam Center Instructions 2023

There are certain CLAT Exam Day Instructions set by the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) that everyone must follow on the exam day. Any violation of these rules mentioned below might result in disqualification. 

• Carry all the documents along with the admit card to the CLAT Exam City without fail.
• Ensure that you do not carry any unrequired objects to the test center, such as paper chits or electronic devices like mobile phones, Bluetooth, earphones, pager, health band, etc.
• Reach the respective CLAT exam center at least one hour before the commencement of the exam.
• You shall not be permitted to enter the exam hall after reporting time. 
• You will be disqualified from the exam if found either copying or receiving or giving assistance to others.
• Avoid talking inside the exam hall.
• Ensure to write your roll number on the top of the rough sheet and dump the same in the drop-box before leaving the examination room.