UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) - 2024

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The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GOI) has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent, autonomous, and self-sustained premier testing organization under the Societies Registration Act (1860) for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions. The NTA has been entrusted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) with the task of conducting UGC-NET which is a test to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for award of Junior Research Fellowship and appointment as Assistant Professor appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D. and admission to Ph.D. only in Indian universities and colleges.

UGC-NET is a test to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for award of Junior Research Fellowship and appointment as Assistant Professor appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D. and admission to Ph.D. only in Indian universities and colleges.

The candidates qualifying under the appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D. category will be eligible for appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D. but not for the award of JRF.

The candidates qualifying under the admission to Ph.D. only category will be eligible for admission to Ph.D. only but not for the award of JRF and/or appointment as Assistant Professor.

CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

1. General/Unreserved/General-EWS candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Masters 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. List of subjects at Post Graduation level is attached as Appendix -V in website bulletin. The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to Non-Creamy Layer/Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disability (PwD)/Third gender category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Masters degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this Test.
2. Candidates who are pursuing their Masters degree or equivalent course or candidates who have appeared for their qualifying Masters degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed 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 Masters Degree or equivalent examination with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of OBC-NCL/ SC / ST / PwD / Third gender category candidates). Such candidates must complete their Masters degree or equivalent examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified. However, those candidates who qualify for Admission to Ph.D. Only must complete their Masters degree or equivalent examination within one year from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
3. Candidates belonging to the Third gender category are eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee, age and Eligibility Criteria for NET (i.e. JRF and 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 / OBCNCL / General-EWS categories in the corresponding subject.
4. The Ph.D. degree holders whose Masters level examination have 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 NET. The list of PostGraduation courses and their codes is given at Appendix -V in website bulletin.
5. Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their PostGraduation only. The candidates whose Post Graduation subject is not covered in the list of NET subjects attached as Appendix -II, may appear in a related subject.
6. The candidates having passed a 4-year/8-semester bachelors degree programme should have a minimum of 75% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed. A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time (refer to University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022 https://www.ugc.gov.in/pdfnews/0909572_Minimum-Standards-andProcedure-for-Award-of-PhD-Degree.pdf) The candidates qualifying in the NET, based on a four-year undergraduate degree, will be eligible for the award of the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and for admission to the Ph.D. The candidates qualifying in the NET, based on a four-year undergraduate degree, will not be eligible for appointment as Assistant Professor.
7. The candidates who are pursuing Four Year/8 Semester Bachelors Degree Programme and are in their last semester/year may also apply for the test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for the award of JRF/admission to Ph.D. only after fulfilling the requirements contained in the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022 within two years (if qualified for award of JRF)/within one year (if qualified for admission to Ph.D. only) from the date of declaration of the NET result, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
8. The candidates with a Four-Year Bachelors Degree Programme are allowed to appear in a subject (the List of Subjects and their Codes for UGC - NET December 2024 are given at Appendix-III) in which they want to pursue a Ph.D. irrespective of the discipline in which they have obtained the four-year bachelors degree.
9. Candidates are neither required to send any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility nor printout of their Application Form or Confirmation Page to NTA. However, the candidates, in their own interest, must ensure themselves about their eligibility for the test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by the UGC/NTA at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled, and they shall be liable for legal action. NTA does not verify the information provided by the candidates during online registration and hence candidature will be purely provisional subject to the fulfillment of eligibility criteria.
10. 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 Masters degree of recognizedIndian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi (www.aiu.ac.in) and for the Law students, they have to ascertain their equivalence via Bar council of India

Mode of Examination

The Examination shall be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only.

Pattern of Examination

The Test paper will consist of two sections. Both the sections will consist of objective type, multiplechoice questions. There will be no break between the papers.

Age Limit and Relaxation

(i) JRF: Not more than 30 years as on 01 st day of the month in which the examination is concluded i.e. 01.01.2025.

• A relaxation of upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to OBC-NCL (as per the Central list of OBC available on website: www.ncbc.nic.in) /SC/ST/PwD/Third gender categories and to women applicants.
• Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates with research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant / related subject of post-graduation degree, subject to amaximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority, which should be a recognized Indian university / Institute of National Importance / foreign university which is duly approved / recognized / accredited in its own Country / Public Sector Undertaking of Government of India / State Government in India. The research should not have been carried out towards completion of graduation or post-graduation degree(s).
• Three years relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates with L.L.M. degree. A relaxation of upto 5 years is provided to the candidates who have served in the armed forces subject to the length of service in the armed forces upto the first day of the month in which the concerned UGC-NET is, conducted, i.e., 01.01.2025. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances.

(ii) Assistant Professor: There is no upper age limit in applying for UGC-NET for Assistant Professor.
(iii) Admission to PhD: There is no upper age limit in applying for UGC-NET for Admission to PhD.

Steps to be followed to apply online:

• Step-1: Apply for Online Registration using own Email Id and Mobile No.
• Step-2: Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application Number. Upload scanned images of: (i) the recent photograph (file size 10Kb to 200Kb) either in colour or black & white with 80% face (without mask) visible including ears against white background;
•  (ii) candidate signature (file size: 4kb - 30kb)
• Step-3: Pay fee using SBI/ CANARA/ ICICI/ HDFC Bank/Debit Card/Credit Card/UPI and keep proof of fee paid.

All the 3 Steps can be done together or at separate timings. The submission of Application of a candidate could be considered as successful and his/her candidature would be confirmed only on the successful transaction/receipt of the prescribed application fee from him/her.

More details can be available from the UGC website.

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