APSET 2024 Closing Date

APSET 2024 application submission deadline is extended. Now candidates can register till 14 March 2024.

For Visakhapatnam Centre, you can still apply With a Late fee of Rs. 5,000+Registration Fee (Examination centre at Visakhapatnam only) This is possible from 30 March onwards only and can be done till 5 April 2024

Admit Card

Admit cards can be downloaded from 19 April 2024 Onward and the exam will be conducted on 28 April 2024

The application form’s last date is tomorrow, March 6, 2024. The exam is conducted for the eligibility of candidates for recruitment and promotion of Lecturer and Assistant professor positions in Universities and Degree colleges

APSET 2024 Important Dates

APSET 2024 Eligibility

General/Unreserved/General-EWS candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in a Master’s Degree or equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognized by UGC (available on the website: www.ugc.ac.in) in Humanities and Social Science (including languages), Computer Science and Applications, Electronic Science, etc. are eligible for this test.

APSET 2024 The Backward Classes (BC), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Persons with Disability (PwD), and Gender Category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in a Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this test.

Candidates who are pursuing their Master’s degree or equivalent course, candidates who have appeared for their qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed can also apply for this test.Can  These candidates are admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for eligibility for Assistant Professor only after they have passed their Master’s Degree or equivalent examination with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of BC/ SC / ST / PwD / Third gender category candidates). Such candidates must complete their Master’s degree or equivalent examination within two years from the date of SET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.

Candidates belonging to the Third gender category are eligible are offered the same relaxation in fee, age and Eligibility Criteria for SET (Assistant Professor) as are available to SC/ST/PwD categories. The subject-wise qualifying cut-offs for this category would be the lowest among those for SC / ST / PwD / BC / General-EWS categories in the corresponding subject.

The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master’s level examination has been completed by 19 September 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e. from 55% to 50%) for appearing in SET.

Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their Post-Graduation only. The candidates, whose Post Graduation subject is not covered in the list of SET subjects may appear in UGC-NET/Joint CSIR-UGC Test.

Candidates with post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/ Institute or foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/ institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma/degree/ certificate with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi (www.aiu.ac.in).

The candidates who have cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for Lectureship / assistant Professorship held prior to 1st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, being eligible to apply for the post of Lecturer / Assistant Professor anywhere in India.

For SET held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Lecturer / Assistant Professor only in the universities/ colleges situated in the state from where they have cleared their SET.

There is no age limit for appearing in APSET

For eligibility to Assistant Professor in universities is governed by guidelines issued by UGC and the Government of Andhra Pradesh from time to time.

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