Aspirants seeking admission to the program should have passed post graduation from recognized board.

The research opportunities present at NLU Meghalaya are:

• Research Fellow – Research Fellows will be engaging in defined research problems and also undertake assistive teaching assignments.
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - This is a fully residential funded programme either by UGC, CSIR, ICSSR, domicile Governments, any other funding agency, or University.
• Post Doctoral Fellow – This allows PhD students to continue their training in research after their PhD is over.
• Working Fellow - This will allow working professionals with substantial years of experience either in academics, profession, judiciary or industry to undertake research on defined problems.