Niyukti Shakha नियुक्ति शाखा

NTA UGC National Eligibility Test

NET / JRF June 2025

Niyuktishakha.com

Important Dates

Application Fee

For JRF- 30 Years

No upper limit for Assistant Professor and Admission to PhD

(a) 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)/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.

(b) 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 / 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.

(c) 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 / OBC–NCL / General-EWS categories in the corresponding subject.

(d) 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.

(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 Appendix -II, may appear in a related subject.

(f)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. 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.

(g) 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.

(h) 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 June 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.

(i) 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 fulfilment of eligibility criteria.

(j) 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 Master’s degree of recognized Indian 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.

Instructions for filling Online Application

• Candidate must read carefully the Instructions (including how to fill up Application Form online) given in the Information Bulletin available on the NTA Website. Candidates not complying with the Instructions shall be summarily disqualified.
• Candidate can apply for UGC - NET June 2025 through “Online” mode only. The Application Form in any other mode will not be accepted.
• Instructions for filling Online Application Form:

❖ 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.

• The Confirmation Page of the online Application Form will be generated only after successful payment by the Candidate.    

Candidates are strongly advised and requested to retain their copy of the Confirmation Page, Admit Card, and Score Card for future use.

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) Certificate, if applicable

❖ e-mail address and Mobile Number of candidate.

❖ Scanned images in JPG/JPEG format only.

Subject

Code

18

Economics/RuralEconomics/Co-operation/Demography/Development Planning/Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics / Development

Economics /Business Economics

01

Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social

Welfare / Human Resource Management

44

46

Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing / Marketing Mgt. / IndustrialRelations and Personnel Mgt. / Personnel Mgt. / Financial Mgt. /Co-

operative Management)

17

58

60

Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence /

Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies.

90

67

69

Sanskrit traditional subjects (including Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla

Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama).

73

Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of

Art)