UGC - NET December

The National Eligibility Test (NET) is conducted on behalf of UGC, for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) & Eligibility for Assistant Professor both in Indian Universities and Colleges. Traditionally, the UGC-NET is conducted twice a year, in June and in December.

Till June 2018, the CBSE was conducting the NET in 84 subjects at 91 selected Cities of spread across the country. However, from Dec 2018 onwards, the UGC- NET (for Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor both), will be conducted by the NTA.

The award of Eligibility for Assistant Professor only OR JRF and Eligibility for Assistant Professor both depends upon the candidate's performance in both the papers of NET in aggregate. However, those candidates who qualify exclusively for Assistant Professor are not to be considered for the award of JRF.

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UGC NET December Eligibility Criteria

a. Candidates should have scored a minimum of 55% marks (without rounding off) in their Master’s Degree or equivalent examination from recognised universities/institutions.

b. Those candidates who have appeared for their qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and the results are awaited, candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed or candidates who are pursuing their Master’s degree or equivalent course may also apply for this test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for award of JRF/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 OBC falling in Non Creamy layer/SC/ST/PwD category candidates).

c. Candidates belonging to the transgender category would be eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee, age and qualifying criteria for NET (i.e. JRF and Assistant Professor) as are available to SC/ST/PwD categories.

d. Candidates who are Ph.D.degree holders and whose Master’s level examination have been completed by 19th 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 NET.

e. 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 NET subjects attached as Annexure-III, may appear in a related subject.

f. Candidates are neither required to send any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility nor printout of their Application Form (Confirmation Page) to NTA. However, the candidates, in their own interest, must satisfy themselves about their eligibility for the Test.

g. Candidates having 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.

Age Limit and Relaxation
a. JRF: The age of the candidate should not be more than 30 years as on 1st December. A relaxation of age upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to OBC (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available on website: www.ncbc.nic.in) SC/ST/PwD/Transgender categories and to women applicants.

b. Assistant Professor: There is no upper age limit for candidates applying for Assistant Professor.

Exemption (Eligibility for Assistant Professor)
a. NET/SET/SLET shall remain 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.

b. The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET.

c. For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the States Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for Assistant Professor held prior to 1st 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.

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Candidates are required to apply for UGC NET December only through online mode by logging into the NTA official website https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/

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Purnea: BR08

Chandigarh (UT)
Chandigarh: CH01

Chhattisgarh
Bhilai/Durg: CG01
Bilaspur: CG02
Raipur: CG03

Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Dadra Nagar Haveli: DN01

Daman & Diu (UT)
Daman: DD01

Delhi/New Delhi
Delhi: DL01

Gujarat
Ahmedabad: GJ01
Anand: GJ02
Bhavnagar: GJ03
Gandhinagar: GJ04
Godhra: GJ05
Jamnagar: GJ06
Unagarh: GJ07
Mehsana: GJ08
Patan: GJ09
Rajkot: GJ10
Surat: GJ11
Vadodara: GJ12
Valsad: GJ13

Goa
Panaji/madgaon: GO01

Himachal Pradesh
Bilaspur (HP): HP01
Dharamshala: HP02
Hamirpur: HP03
Kangra: HP04
Palampur: HP05
Shimla: HP06
Solan: HP07

Haryana
Ambala: HR01
Bahadurgarh: HR02
Faridabad: HR03
Gurugram: HR04
Hisar: HR05
Karnal: HR06
Kurukshetra: HR07
Panipat: HR08
Sonepat/Murthal: HR09

Jharkhand
Bokaro: JH01
Dhanbad: JH02
Jamshedpur: JH03
Ranchi: JH04

Jammu & Kashmir
Baramulla: JK01
Jammu: JK02
Samba: JK03
Srinagar: JK04

Karnataka
Bagalkot: KK01
Belgaum: KK02
Bellary: KK03
Bengaluru: KK04
Bidar: KK05
Devanagere: KK06
Dharwad: KK07
Gulbarga: KK08
Hassan: KK09
Hubli: KK10
Kolar: KK11
Mangalore: KK12
Manipal: KK13
Mysore: KK14
Shivamogga (shimoga): KK15
Tumkur: KK16
Udupi: KK17

Kerala
Alappuzha: KL01
Angamaly: KL02
Chenganur: KL03
Ernakulam: KL04
Idukki: KL05
Kanjirappally: KL06
Kannur: KL07
Kasaragod: KL08
Kollam: KL09
Kothamangalam: KL10
Kottayam: KL11
Kozhikode: KL12
Malapuram: KL13
Moovattupuzha: KL14
Palakkad: KL15
Pathanamathitha: KL16
Thiruvananthapuram: KL17
Thrissur: KL18

Lakshadweep (UT)
Kavarrati LD01

Madhya Pradesh
Balaghat: MP01
Betul: MP02
Bhopal: MP03
Chhatarpur: MP04
Chhindwara: MP05
Gwalior: MP06
Indore: MP07
Jabalpur: MP08
Khargaon:  MP09
Mandsur: MP10
Rewa: MP11
Sagar: MP12
Satna: MP13
Shahdol: MP14
Ujjain: MP15
Vidisha: MP16

Maharashtra
Ahmednagar: MR01
Akola: MR02
Amravati: MR03
Aurangabad (MR): MR04
Beed: MR05
Bhandara: MR06
Bhusawal: MR07
Buldana: MR08
Chandrapur: MR09
Dhule: MR10
Gadchiroli: MR11
Gondia: MR12
Jalgaon: MR13
Kolhapur: MR14
Latur: MR15
Mumbai/Mumbai Suburban: MR16
Nagpur: MR17
Nanded: MR18
Nasik: MR19
Navi Mumbai: MR20
Parbhani: MR21
Pune: MR22
Raigad: MR23
Ratnagiri: MR24
Sangali: MR25
Satara: MR26
Solapur: MR27
Thane: MR28
Wardha: MR29
Washim: MR30
Yavatmal: MR31

Meghalaya
Shillong: MG01

Manipur
Imphal: MN01

Mizoram
Aizwal: MZ01

Nagaland
Dimapur: NL01
Kohima: NL02

Odisha
Angul: OR01
Balasore: OR02
Berhampur: OR03
Bhubaneswar: OR04
Cuttack: OR05
Dhenkanal: OR06
Jeypore: OR07
Rourkela: OR08
Sambalpur: OR09

Punjab
Amritsar: PB01
Bathinda: PB02
Fathegarh Sahib: PB03
Jalandhar: PB04
Ludhiana: PB05
Mohali: PB06
Pathankot: PB07
Patiala: PB08
Phagwara: PB09
Ropar: PB10
Sangrur: PB11

Puducherry (UT)
Puducherry: PO01

Rajasthan
Ajmer: RJ01
Alwar: RJ02
Bharatpur: RJ03
Bhilwara: RJ04
Bikaner: RJ05
Jaipur: RJ06
Jodhpur: RJ07
Kota: RJ08
Sikar: RJ09
Sriganganagar: RJ10
Udaipur: RJ11

Sikkim
Gngtok: SM01

Tamil Nadu
Chennai: TN01
Coimbatore: TN02
Cuddalore: TN03
Dindigul: TN04
Kanchipuram: TN05
Kanyakumari: TN06
Karur: TN07
Madurai: TN08
Nagarcoil: TN09
Namakkal: TN10
Salem: TN11
Tanjore: TN12
Thoothukudi: TN13
Tiruchirappalli: TN14
Tirunelveli: TN15
Tiruvallur: TN16
Tiruvannamalai: TN17
Vellore: TN18
Villipuram: TN19
Virudhunagar: TN20

Telangana
Hyderabad: TL01
Karimnagar: TL02
Khammam: TL03
Mahabubnagar: TL04
Nalgonda: TL05
Ranga reddy: TL06
Warangal: TL07

Tripura
Agartala: TA01

Uttar Pradesh
Agra: UP01
Aligarh: UP02
Allahabad: UP03
Bareilly: UP04
Bulandshar: UP05
Faizabad: UP06
Ghaziabad: UP07
Gorakhpur: UP08
Greater noida/noida: UP09
Jhansi: UP10
Kanpur: UP11
Lucknow: UP12
Mathura: UP13
Meerut: UP14
Moradabad: UP15
Muzaffarnagar: UP16
Sitapur: UP17
Varanasi: UP18

Uttarakhand
Dehradun: UK01
Haldwani: UK02
Haridwar: UK03
Nainital: UK04
Pantnagar: UK05
Roorkee: UK06

West Bengal
Asansol: WB01
Bardhman: WB02
Darjeeling: WB03
Durgapur: WB04
Haldia: WB05
Hooghly: WB06
Howrah: WB07
Kalyani: WB08
Kharagpur: WB09
Kolkata: WB10
Siliguri: WB11

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UGC NET Contact Details

National Testing Agency
Block C-20/1A/8, Sector-62,
IITK Outreach Centre,
Gautam Buddh Nagar,
Noida-201309, Uttar Pradesh (India)
Website: https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/