From December 2018 onwards, the UGC NET will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor both in Indian Universities and Colleges.
UGC NET 2022 Eligibility:-
Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master s Degree OR equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science & 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) 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 Junior Research Fellowship/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 (persons with disability)) 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.
Candidates belonging to third gender in other words transgender would be eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee, age and qualifying criteria for NET (i.e. Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor) as are available to SC/ST/PwD categories. The subject wise cut-offs for this category should be the lowest among those for SC/ST/PwD/OBC NCL categories in the corresponding subject.
The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master s level examination had 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.
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 subjects, may appear in a related subject.
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.
NET Registration / Application Form
CBSE UGC NET 2022 Online Application Form / Registration:-
UGC NET December 2021 & June 2022 (merged cycles) -
Apply online at website - https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in from 30 April 2022 to 30 May 2022 (upto 05:00 P.M)
Upload scanned images of: (i) a recent photograph (in jpg/ jpeg 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);
Fee Payable for UGC NET -
General/ Unreserved - Rs. 1100/-
General-EWS/OBC-NCL - Rs. 550/-
SC/ST/PwD - Rs. 275/-
Mode of Payment - Debit/Credit Card and Net Banking/Paytm.
NET Exam Dates
NTA UGC NET 2022 Date :-
UGC NET December 2021 & June 2022 (merged cycles) Dates - 08, 09, 11, 12 July 2022 and 12, 13, 14 August 2022.
CSIR UGC NET
NET Syllabus
CBSE UGC (NET) 2022 Syllabus:-
Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the UGC website: https://www.ugcnetonline.in/syllabus-new.php and are also available in the libraries of all Indian Universities.
Paper Pattern
CBSE UGC NET 2022 Pattern:-
Mode - Computer Based Test (CBT)
Duration - 03 hours (180 minutes) without any break.
Type - Objective Type, Multiple Choice Questions
Paper I -
Marks - 100
Number of Questions - 50 Qs
Paper II -
Marks - 200
Number of Questions - 100 Qs
The medium of Question Paper shall be in English & Hindi only.
Marking Scheme -
i) Each question carries 02 (two) marks.
ii) For each correct response, candidate will get 02 (two) marks.
iii) There is no negative marking for incorrect response.
iv) No marks will be given for questions un-answered/un-attempted/marked for Review.
v) To answer a question, the candidate needs to choose one option as correct option.
NET Preparation
Edu Vidya offers you some of the essential tips for preparation of CBSE UGC NET 2022
•While preparation, read the topics as you are reading story as this makes your memory strong and enables you to learn the chapters easily.
•Try to make notes in the form of bullets as this will enable you to revise the topics in lesser time.
•Every topic is important so, don’t try to skip any chapter.
•Give more time to theorectical papers than practical papers since this is because practicing the practical papers will be easier than theoretical papers.
NET Notification
UGC NET 2022 Notification:-
UGC NET December 2021 & June 2022 (merged cycles)
Apply online at website -
https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in from 30 April 2022 to 30 May 2022 (upto 05:00 P.M)
UGC NET December 2021 & June 2022 (merged cycles) Dates - 08, 09, 11, 12 July 2022 and 12, 13, 14 August 2022.
Timing of Examination -
First Shift - 09:00 am to 12:00 pm
Second Shift - 03:00 pm to 06:00 pm
CSIR UGC NET