Online Applications: UGC NET December 2019 [Exam on Dec 2-6]: Register by Oct 9
About UGC NET
On behalf of University Grants Commission (UGC), the National Eligibility Test (NET) is conducted for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Assistant Professor Both, in Indian Universities and Colleges.
Eligibility
- General/Unreserved/General-EWS candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree or equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognized by UGC in Humanities and Social Science(including languages), Computer Science and Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this Test. The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to Non-Creamy Layer/Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disability (PwD)/Transgender category candidates who have secured a least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this Test.
- Candidates who are pursuing their Master’s degree or equivalent course or 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 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-NCL /SC/ST/PwD/Transgender category candidates). Such candidates must complete their Master 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.
Important dates
- Online Submission of Application Form: 09 September – 09 October 2019 (upto 11:50 pm)
- Last date of successful transaction of fee through Credit Card/Debit Card/Net-Banking/Paytm: 10 October 2019 (upto 11:50 pm)
- Correction in particulars of Application Form on the website: 18 October to 25 October 2019
- Downloading of Admit Cards from NTA website: 09 November 2019
- Dates of Examination Between 02 December 2019 (Monday) and 06 December 2019 (Friday)
- Declaration of Result on NTA website by 31 December 2019
Registration
Candidate can fill the online application form via this page.
- General/Unreserved Rs. 1000/-
- Gen-EWS*/ OBC-NCL** Rs. 500/-
- SC/ST/PwD/ Transgender Rs. 250/-
- Processing charges & Goods and Services Tax (GST) are to be paid by the candidate, as applicable
Exam pattern
- Paper 1 (100 marks, 50 questions): The questions in Paper I intends to assess the teaching/ research aptitude of the candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, reading comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate.
- Paper II (200 marks, 100 questions): This is based on the subject selected by the candidate and will assess domain knowledge.
- Time: 03 hours (180 minutes) without any break
