UGC NET December registration starts today, October 7 and will close on November 7
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UGC NET December 2025: The application form may start in Mid September for being able for JRF,Assistant Professor and PhD courses. This is one exam for all these three stream. The exam wi with this trend likely to be conducted at the last of December 2025 or January early 2026.
NTA conducts this exam on behalf of UGC. This article covers everything from eligibility to fees, and 85 subjects. Checking the eligibility is most important, not everyone can apply for this. This demands the qualification and percentage in your last qualification. A master’s degree with 55 per cent marks. A four year graduate can also apply but their percentage to appear is different the PG degree.
Check all information given here.
Important Dates (Tentative)Event Expected Date Notification Release October 2025 Application Start 7 October 2025 Last Date to Apply 7 November 2025 Correction Window 10-12 November 2025 Admit Card Release Fourth week of Dec 2025 Exam Date To be Announced Result Declaration February 2026
Exam Details
- Mode: Online (Computer Based Test)
- Shifts: Two daily (morning: 9am–12pm, afternoon: 3pm–6pm)
- Purpose: Eligibility for Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Indian universities and colleges
- Subjects: Exam dates for individual subjects will be out on the official schedule
Few Important Questions
No, according to the UGC guideline you have to have the UGC NET score.
For PhD and Assistant professor it is valid for one year
Yes you will have to take the exam again
| Qualified for | Eligible for | ||
| JRF | Assistant Professor | PhD | |
| Category-1: Award of JRF and appointment as Assistant Professor | yes | Yes | Yes |
| Category-2: Appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D. | No | Yes | Yes |
| Category-3: Admission to Ph.D. only | No | No | Yes |
Some Important Points
The JRF–qualified candidates are also eligible for Ph.D. programme based on an interview as per the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022.
UGC NET under category-2 & category-3 can be used as an entrance test for Ph.D. admission in place of entrance tests conducted by the different universities/HEIs for admission to Ph.D.
For candidates qualified under the category-2 and category-3, the marks obtained in the NET will have 70% weightage and 30% weightage will be based on the performance in the interview/viva voce conducted by the University/HEI concerned. The Ph.D. admission will be based on the combined merit of NET marks and the marks obtained in the interview/viva voce.
For admission to Ph.D., the marks obtained in the NET by the candidates in category-2 and category-3 or phd and assistant professor marks will be valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result of UGC-NET.
The number of candidates who will be qualified for ‘admission to the Ph.D. Result Committee will decide the result of PHDThe .
The result of NET comes in percentiles along with the marks/normalised marks (in case of multiple shifts) obtained by a candidate to utilise the marks for admission to Ph.D. In case the test for a subject(s) is in two or multiple shifts, the marks will be normalised by using the Equi-percentile method
Eligibility
Age
JRF not more than 30 Years
Assistant Professor and PhD-No upper age restriction
General/Unreserved/General-EWS candidates who have secured at least 55% marks
OBC/SC./ST/PWD-50 percent in Master Degree
For PhD admission, the candidate must complete their Master’s degree or equivalent examination within one year from the date of NET result with the required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified
Reservation Policy of the Government of India is applicable to UGC-NET According to this, in the Central Universities and Institutions which are deemed to be Universities, the reservation of seats shall be as followsSC 15% ST 7.50% OBC Non Creamy Layer 27% Gen-EWS 10% PWD with 40% Disability 5%
Four-year Degree
Duration of Degree-4 years or 8 Semester
Percentage Requirement-75%
SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/PWD-5 percent Appearing Candidates
The candidates who are pursuing Four Year/8 eight-semester bachelor’s Degree Programme and are in their last semester/year may also apply for the test
Exemption
NET/SET/SLET is the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities/Colleges/ Institutions.
In this regard, exemption from NET/SET/SLET will be governed by UGC regulations and amendments notified in the Gazette of India from time to time.
The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR/ JRF examination before 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET.
For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the States Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for Assistant Professor held prior to 01 st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, and are eligible to apply for Assistant Professor anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2002
onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor only in the universities/colleges situated in the State from where they have cleared their SET
Fellowship
The selection of candidates for the following Fellowships the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will make it
• National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students (NFSC) • National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes (NFOBC)
• National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD)
Application fees After GST General/UR Rs.1150 Rs.1322.5 Gen-EWS*/ OBC-NCL Rs.600 Rs.708 SC/ST/PWD/Third gender Rs.325 Rs.383.5
How to Apply
- The application form will be available online at https://ugcnet.nta.ac.in.
- Candidates should regularly check the NTA portal for updates, admit cards, and subject-specific schedules
Exam City Selection
The candidate will choose four exam city in order of preference for their convenience
UGC NET Papers TablePaper Subject Marks Number of Questions Duration Paper I General (Teaching & Research Aptitude) 100 50 1 hour (60 minutes) Paper II Chosen Subject 200 100 2 hours (120 minutes)
- Paper I is common for all candidates and evaluates general teaching/research aptitude.
- Paper II is based on the candidate’s selected subject.
- 2 Marks for correct answer
- No Negative Marking
Subjects with their Code
| Subject | Code | Subject | Code |
| Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non-Formal Education. | 46 | Linguistics | 31 |
| Arab Culture and Islamic Studies | 49 | Maithali | 18 |
| Anthropology | 7 | Malayalam | 22 |
| Arabic | 29 | Management(including Business Admn. Mgt/Marketing/Marketing Management/Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt/Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt/Cooperative management | 17 |
| Archeology | 67 | Manipuri | 35 |
| Assamese | 36 | Marathi | 38 |
| Bengali | 19 | Mass communication and Journalism | 63 |
| Bodo | 94 | Museology and Conservation | 66 |
| Budhist,Jaina,Gandhian and Peace Studies | 60 | Music | 16 |
| Chinese | 32 | Nepali | 34 |
| Commerce | 8 | Oriya | 23 |
| Comparative Literature | 72 | Pali | 83 |
| Comparative study of Religions | 62 | Performing Art-Dance/Drama/Theatre | 65 |
| Computer Science and Aplication | 87 | Persian | 42 |
| Criminology | 68 | Philosophy | 3 |
| Defense and Strategic Studies | 11 | Physical Education | 47 |
| Dogri | 33 | Political Science | 2 |
| Economics/Rural Economics/Cooperation/Demography/Development Planning/Development Studies/Econometrics/Applied Economics/Development Economics/Business Economics | 1 | Politics including internation Relation/International Studies including Defence/ Strategic Studies,West Asian Studies,Southeast Asia Studies,African Studies,South Asian Studies,Soviet Studies,Americian studies | 90 |
| Education | 9 | Polulation Studies | 15 |
| Electronics Science | 88 | Prakrit | 91 |
| English | 30 | Psychology | 4 |
| Environmental Sciences | 89 | Public Administration | 14 |
| Folk Literature | 71 | Punjabi | 24 |
| Forensic Science | 82 | Rajasthani | 43 |
| French(French Version) | 39 | Russian | 41 |
| Geography | 80 | Sanskrit | 25 |
| German | 44 | Sanskrit traditional Sunjects(including Jyotisha/Sdihanta Jyotish/Navya Vyakran/Vyakarna/Mimansa/Navya Nyaya/Sankhya Yoga/Tulanatmaka Darshan/Shukla Yajurveda/Madhav vedan/Dharmasata/Sahitya/Puranotihasa/Agamam | 73 |
| Gujrati | 37 | Santhali | 95 |
| Hindi | 20 | Sindhi | 101 |
| Hindu Studies | 102 | Social Medicine & Community Health | 81 |
| History | 6 | Social Work | 10 |
| Home Science | 12 | Sociology | 5 |
| Human Rights and Duties | 92 | Spanish | 40 |
| Indian Knowledge System | 50 | Tamil | 26 |
| Japanese | 103 | Telgu | 27 |
| Kannada | 45 | Tourism Administration and Management | 93 |
| Kashmiri | 21 | Tribal and Regional Language/Literature | 70 |
| Konkani | 84 | Urdu | 28 |
| Labour Welfare/Personnel Mangement/Industrial Relation/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management | 85 | Visual Arti(including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art | 79 |
| Law | 55 | Women Studies | 74 |
| Library and Information Science | 58 | Yoga | 100 |
| Disaster Management | 104 | Ayurveda Biology | 105 |
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