CSIR UGC NET December 2025 Syllabus and cut off

Last updated on December 24th, 2025 at 10:10 pm

CSIR UGC NET December 2025 Syllabus and cut off

The application form has opened today for the eligibility of JRF, Assistant Professor and PhD admission. The application process will go till 24 October. While candidates apply for the they must check the exam pattern and syllabus. We have provided the cut-off of June 2025 for all three categories

Subjects Of The Test & Specializations

The article covers the following topics

1.Exam Pattern

2.Syllabus

3.Cut off

Exam Pattern

CSIR UGC NET December 2025 Paper- 1 

Chemical Science  701	A	B	C	Total
Total Questions	20	40	60	120
Maximum No. of Questions to attempt	15	35	25	75
Marks for each correct answer	2	2	04	200
Negative Marking (25% of Negative marking for part A, B & C)	0.5	0.5	01	–

Paper -2

Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean And Planetary Sciences  702	A	B	C	Total
Total Questions	20	50	80	150
Maximum No. of Questions to attempt	15	35	25	75
Marks for each correct answer	2	2	04	200
Negative Marking (25% of Negative marking for part A & B, 33% for Part- C)	0.5	0.5	1.32	–

December 2025 Paper-3

Life Sciences  703	A	B	C	Total
Total Questions	20	50	75	145
Maximum No. of Questions to attempt	15	35	25	75
Marks for each correct answer	2	2	04	200
Negative Marking (25% of Negative marking for part A, B & C)	0.5	0.5	01	–

Paper 4 December 2025

Mathematical Science  704	Part A	Part B	Part C	Total
Total Questions	20	40	60	120
Maximum No. of Questions to attempt	15	25	20	60
Marks for each correct answer	2	3	4.75	200
Negative Marking (25% of Negative marking for part A & B, No Negative Marking for Part- C)	0.5	0.75	0	–

CSIR UGC NET December 2025 Part -5

Physical Sciences  705	A	B	C	Total
Total Questions	20	25	30	75
Maximum No. of Questions to attempt	15	20	20	55
Marks for each correct answer	2	3.5	5	200
Negative Marking (25% of Negative marking for part A & B, No Negative Marking for Part- C)	0.5	0.875	1.25

Common Questions

Syllabus

Chemical Sciences:

Chemical Sciences: The candidate is to answer a maximum of 15, 35 and 25 questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If are more than number of questions candidates answer only first 15, 35 and 25 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively will be taken up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B and Part C, four alternatives or responses are available. Only one of these alternatives is the “correct” option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer.

Earth Sciences:

candidate is to answer a maximum of 15, 35 and 25 questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than the number of questions candidates answer, only first 15, 35 and 25 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively will be taken up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B and Part C, four alternatives or responses are available. Only one of these alternatives is the “correct” option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer.

Life Sciences:

The candidate is to answer a maximum of 15, 35 and 25questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than the number of questions candidates answered, only first 15, 35 and 25 questions in Part A,

Part B and Part C respectively, will be up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B and Part C, four alternatives or responses are available. Only one of these alternatives is the “correct” option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer.

Mathematical Sciences:

The candidate is to answer a maximum of 15, 25 and 20 questions from Part A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than the required number of questions are answered, only first 15, 25 and 20 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively, will be taken up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B, four alternatives or responses are available. Only one of these alternatives is the “correct” option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer. In Part C each question may have “ONE” or “MORE” correct options. Credit in a question shall be given only on identification of “ALL” the correct options in Part C.

Physical Sciences:

He/She is to answer a maximum of 15, 20 and 20 questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than required number of questions are answered, only first 15, 20 and 20 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively will be up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B and Part C, four alternatives or responses are availablethe . Only one of these alternatives is the “correct” option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer.

Part A

Part ‘A’ shall be common to all subjects. This part shall contain questions pertaining to General Aptitude with emphasis on logical reasoning, graphical analysis, analytical and numerical ability, quantitative comparison, series formation, puzzles etc.

Part B

It shall contain subject-related conventional Multiple-Choice questions (MCQs), generally covering the topics given in the syllabus. Part ‘C’ shall contain higher order questions that may test the candidate’s knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts. The questions shall be of analytical nature where a candidate is expected to apply scientific knowledge to arrive at the solution to the given scientific problem.

Language of Test

English and Hindi

June 2025 cut off

Junior Research Fellowship (Category-1)
Subject	UR (%)	EWS (%)	OBC (%)	SC (%)	ST (%)	PwD (%)
Chemical Science	50.75	44.50	43.75	33.25	28.00	25.50
Earth Science	61.29	53.97	53.13	44.99	43.38	26.70
Life Science	51.50	44.00	43.75	37.25	35.75	25.00
Mathematical Science	53.375	46.00	43.375	35.375	30.75	25.125
Physical Science	51.188	42.375	43.375	31.625	29.188	25.125

Eligibility for Assistant Professor (Category-2)
Subject	UR (%)	EWS (%)	OBC (%)	SC (%)	ST (%)	PwD (%)
Chemical Science	45.675	40.05	39.375	29.925	25.200	25.000
Earth Science	55.161	48.573	47.817	40.491	39.042	25.000
Life Science	46.350	39.60	39.375	33.525	32.175	25.000
Mathematical Science	48.038	41.40	39.038	31.838	27.675	25.000
Physical Science	46.069	38.1375	39.038	28.463	26.269	25.000

Admission to Ph.D only (Category-3)
Subjects	UR (%)	EWS (%)	OBC (%)	SC (%)	ST (%)	PwD (%)
Chemical Sciences	36.750	33.00	33.00	25.00	25.00	25.00
Earth Sciences	45.310	34.880	37.40	31.190	29.170	25.00
Life Sciences	38.25	33.00	33.00	27.50	25.75	25.00
Mathematical Sciences	38.375	33.00	33.00	26.00	25.00	25.00
Physical Sciences	36.50	33.00	33.00	25.00	25.00	25.00