UGCNET 2025: University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) December, 2025

University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test

University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) December, 2025

UGC-NET December 2025
[University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test]
conducted by The National Testing Agency (NTA)
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.

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.

The eligibility will be determined in the following manner:

Qualified for	Eligible for
Qualified for	JRF	Assistant Professor	Ph.D. Admission
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	No

The JRF – qualified candidates are admitted into the 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 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. only' will be decided by the results committee.
The result of NET will be declared in percentile along with the marks/normalized marks (in case of multiple shifts) obtained by a candidate to utilize the marks for admission to Ph.D. In case the test for a subject(s) is conducted in two or multiple shifts, the marks will be normalized by using the Equi-percentile method (as per Appendix-IX), and the result will be declared in percentile along with normalized marks.

The selection of candidates for the following Fellowships will be made through the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment:
- National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students (NFSC)
- National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes (NFOBC)
- National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD)
The data of UGC-NET candidates can be shared by the UGC/NTA with Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) for admission to Ph.D. programmes and with Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) & other organizations for their recruitment processes.

Important Information at a Glance

Events	Tentative Dates
Online registration and submission of Application Form (complete in all respects) through NTA Website: https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in	07th October, 2025 to 07th November, 2025 (upto 11:50 P.M.)
Last date for successful transaction of Examination fee (through Credit Card / Debit Card / Net Banking / UPI Payment Modes)	07th November, 2025 (upto 11:50 P.M.)
Fee Payable for UGC-NET December 2025 (Pay fee using the Payment Gateway(s) integrated to the Online Application through Net Banking Debit Card / Credit Card / UPI)
General/Unreserved	Rs. 1150/-
Gen-EWS/ OBC-NCL*	Rs. 600/-
Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST) / Person with Disability (PwD) / Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD)	Rs. 325/-
Third gender	Rs. 325/-
Applicable service/processing charges & GST over and above the Examination Fee, are to be Paid by the candidate to the concerned Bank / Payment Gateway Integrator. For details, Appendix-I may be referred to.
Correction in the Particulars of Application Form online only	10th November, 2025 to 12th November, 2025 (upto 11:50 P.M)
Intimation of Cities of exam centres	To be Intimated later
Downloading of Admit Card by the Candidate from NTA Website	To be Intimated later
Dates of Examination	To be Intimated later
Duration of Examination	180 minutes (03 hours) No break between Paper 1 & Paper 2
Timing of Examination	To be Intimated later
Exam Centre, Date and Shift	As indicated on the Admit Card
Display of Recorded Responses and Provisional AnswerKeys on the Website for inviting challenge(s) from Interested candidates	To be announced later on website
Declaration of Result on NTA website	To be Intimated later
Website(s)	https://www.nta.ac.in, https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in

*As per the OM No. 20013/01/2018-BC-II dated January 17, 2019 issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the OM No. 12-4/2019-U1 dated 17.01.2019 as well as the Letters No 35-2/2019-dated 21.01.2019, 01.02.2019, 04.02.2019 and 15.02.2019 of MHRD Department of Higher Education regarding implementation of reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) for admission in Central Educational Institutions.

**OBC (Other Backward Classes)-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer) as per the central list of Other Backward Classes available on National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC- Government of India website www.ncbc.nic.in).

The candidates falling in this list may mention OBC in the Category Column.
State list OBC Candidates who are not in OBC-NCL (Central List) must choose General / Unreserved.

Candidate can apply for UGC-NET December 2025 through “Online” mode only. The Application Form in any other mode will not be accepted.

Examination Scheme

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, multiple-choice questions. There will be no break between the papers.

Part	Marks	Number of Questions	MCQ	Total duration
I	100	50	The questions in Part-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.	03 hours (180 minutes) without any break. All the questions are compulsory.
II	200	100	This is based on the subject selected by the candidate and will assess domain knowledge.

Subject and Syllabus of Test:
The List of Subjects and their Codes for UGC-NET December 2025 are given at Appendix-II. Syllabus for all NET Subjects can be downloaded from the UGC website: www.ugcnetonline.in/syllabus-new.php. The National Testing Agency will not provide the copy of syllabus to any candidate.

Medium of Question Paper:

The medium of Question Paper shall be in English & Hindi only, except language papers.
Option for medium of Question Paper should be carefully chosen by the Candidate, while filling the Application Form online. The option once exercised cannot be changed.
Candidates are required to answer in the medium as per option exercised in the Application Form.
In case of any ambiguity in translation/construction of a question in the exam, its English version shall be treated as final and the decision of NTA shall be final in this regard.

Marking Scheme:

To answer a question, the candidate needs to choose one option as the correct option.
Each question carries 02 (two) marks.
For each correct response, the candidate will get 02 (two) marks.
There is no negative marking for incorrect response.
No marks will be given for questions un-answered/un-attempted/marked for Review.
While every effort will be made to ensure that each question has one unique answer, in case, it is found that a question has more than one option, it will be dealt with in following manner:
- If more than one option is found to be correct, then Two marks (+2) will be awarded to only those who have marked any of the correct options.
- If all options are found to be correct, then Two marks (+2) will be awarded to all those who have attempted the question.
- If none of the options is found correct or a Question is found to be wrong or a Question is dropped, then two marks (+2) will be awarded to only to those candidates who have attempted the question. The reason could be due to human error or technical error. Since there is no negative marking, candidate needs to choose one most appropriate option as correct answer.

Eligibility Criteria for UGC-NET December 2025

Qualifying Examination:

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 (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. The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to Non-Creamy Layer/Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disability (PwD) / Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD)/Third gender category candidates who have secured at 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/PwBD / Third gender category candidates). Such candidates must complete their Master's 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 Master's 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.
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/PwBD categories. The subject-wise qualifying cut-offs for this category would be the lowest among those for SC / ST / PwD/PwBD / OBC–NCL / General-EWS categories in the corresponding subject.
The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master's 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 Post – Graduation courses and their codes is given at Appendix-V.
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 Appendix-II, may appear in a related subject.
The candidates having passed a 4-year/8-semester bachelor's 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.
The candidates who are pursuing Four Year/8 Semester Bachelor's 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.
The candidates with a Four-Year Bachelor's Degree Programme are allowed to appear in a subject (the List of Subjects and their Codes for UGC-NET December 2025 are given at Appendix-II) in which they want to pursue a Ph.D. irrespective of the discipline in which they have obtained the four-year bachelor's degree.
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.
Candidates holding a foreign qualification are advised, in their own interest, to obtain equivalence of their qualification from the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Attention is invited to the University Grants Commission (Recognition and Grant of Equivalence to Qualifications Obtained from Foreign Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2025 published in the Gazette of India on 04 th April, 2025. For more clarification candidates are requested contact NET Bureau.
The Candidates with Post-Graduate diploma awarded by an Indian Institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma with Master's degree of recognized Indian Universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

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Registration and Application Process

Instructions for filling Online Application Form:
Candidates have to apply for UGC-NET December 2025 “Online” ONLY by accessing the website: ugcnet.nta.nic.in. The Application Form other than online mode would not be accepted in any case. Only one application is to be submitted by a candidate. More than one application i.e. multiple Application Forms for same subject submitted by a candidate will be rejected.
It is suggested that the candidate should keep the following ready before starting the filling of the Application Form:
Before beginning the process of filling the Online Application Form, read Information Bulletin carefully, keep ready required documents and follow the following instructions:

Copy of Board/University Certificate for Candidate’s Name, Mother’s Name,Father’s Name and Date of Birth.
Type of Identification – Bank A/c passbook with photograph / Passport Number / Ration Card / Aadhaar Card Number / Voter ID Card Number / Other Govt. ID.
Qualifying Degree Certificate or last semester marks sheet
Your Mailing Address as well as Permanent Address with Pin Code (Refer Appendix-VI for State Code)
Four cities for Centres of your choice (Refer Appendix-III for Codes)
Code of UGC-NET Subject (Refer Appendix-II for Code)
Code of subject at Post Graduation level (Refer Appendix-IV for Code)
Code of Post-Graduation Course (Refer Appendix-V for Code)
Category Certificate, if applicable
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Certificate, if applicable
Person with Disability (PwD) / Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) Certificate, if applicable
e-mail address and Mobile Number of candidate
Scanned images in JPG/JPEG format only

Information Bulletin should be downloaded and read carefully by the candidate to ensure about his/her eligibility and acquaint themselves with requirements for submission of Online Application Form. In order to avoid correction in the particulars in later stage, the candidate should exercise utmost caution while filling up correct details.

Steps to be followed to apply online:

Download Information Bulletin and Replica of Application Form. Read these carefully to ensure your eligibility.
Follow the steps given below 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) a recent photograph (file size 10Kb – 200Kb) either in colour or black & white with 80% face (without mask) visible including ears against white background;
(ii) candidate's 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.
Download, save and print a copy of Confirmation Page of the Application Form (which would be downloadable only after successful remittance of fee) for future reference.
All the three 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.

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Published By: Sahadeb

Published On: 22 Oct 2025

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