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The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct UGC-NET December 2023 for ‘Junior Research Fellowship’ and eligibility for ‘Assistant Professor’ in 83 subjects in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.

Eligibility Criteria for UGC-NET December 2023:

(i) 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 recognised 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.

(ii) 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 disqualifie

(iii) 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.

(iv) 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 -VI.

(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 -V, may appear in a related subject.

(vi) 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.

(vii) 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)

Exemption (Eligibility for Assistant Professor)

(i) NET/SET/SLET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities/Colleges/ Institutions. In this regard, exemption from NET/SET/SLET will be governed by UGC regulations and amendments notified in the Gazette of India from time to time.

(ii) The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR/ JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET.

(iii) For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the States Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for Assistant Professor held prior to 1st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, and are eligible to apply for Assistant Professor anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor only in the universities/ colleges situated in the State from where they have cleared their SET.

Age Limit for UGC-NET December 2023:

JRF: Not more than 30 years as on 1st day of the month in which the examination is concluded i.e. 01.02.2023.
Assistant Professor: There is no upper age limit in applying for UGC-NET for Assistant Professor.

Application Fee Details for UGC-NET December 2023:

General/ Unreserved: Rs.1150/-
General-EWS/OBC-NCL: Rs.600/-
SC/ST/PwD: Rs.325/-

How to Apply for UGC-NET December 2023?

Candidates can apply online only

Important Dates for UGC-NET December 2023:

Events	Dates
Last date for Submission of Online Application Form	October 28, 2023
Last date for submission of Examination fee (through Credit Card/ Debit Card/Net Banking /UPI)	October 29, 2023
Correction in the Particulars in Online Application Form	30-31 October 2023
Announcement of City of Exam Centre	First week of the February 2023

Downloading of Admit Card from NTA Website	Second week of the February 2023
Dates of Examination	06 December 2023 to 22 December 2023
Centre, Date and Shift	As indicated on Admit Card
Display of Recorded Responses and Answer Key(s)	To be announced later on the website

Mode of Examinations: The Examinations will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode

Pattern of Question Papers: The Test will consist of three parts. All the parts will consist of objective type, multiple choice questions. There will be no break between papers. The subject-wise scheme of examination is as per details below:

Chemical Sciences	Part A	Part B	Part C	Total
Total questions	20	40	60	120
Max No of Questions to attempt	15	35	25	75
Marks for each correct answer	2	2	4	200
Marks for each incorrect answer (Negative marking for part A, B & C is @ 25%)	0.5	0.5	1	-

Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean And Planetary Sciences	Part A	Part B	Part C	Total
Total questions	20	50	80	150
Max No of Questions to attempt	15	35	25	75
Marks for each correct answer	2	2	4	200
Marks for each incorrect answer (Negative marking for part A & B is @ 25% and part C is @ 33%)	0.5	0.5	1.32	-

Life Sciences	Part A	Part B	Part C	Total
Total questions	20	50	75	145
Max No of Questions to attempt	15	35	25	75
Marks for each correct answer	2	2	4	200
Marks for each incorrect answer (Negative marking for part A, B & C is @ 25%)	0.5	0.5	1	-

Mathematical Sciences	Part A	Part B	Part C	Total
Total questions	20	40	60	120
Max No of Questions to attempt	15	25	20	60
Marks for each correct answer	2	3	4.75	200
Marks for each incorrect answer (Negative marking in Part A & B is @ 25%; no negative marking in Part C)	0.5	0.5	0	-

Physical Sciences	Part A	Part B	Part C	Total
Total questions	20	25	30	75
Max No of Questions to attempt	15	20	20	55
Marks for each correct answer	2	3.5	5	200
Marks for each incorrect answer (Negative marking for part A, B & C is @ 25%)	0.5	0.875	1.25	-

Chemical Sciences: The candidate is required to answer a maximum of 15, 35 and 25 questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than required number of questions are answered, only first 15, 35 and 25 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively will be taken up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B and Part C, four alternatives or responses are given. Only one of these alternatives is the "correct" option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer.

Check CSIR UGC NET--Chemical Sciences Model Question Paper

Earth Sciences: The candidate is required to answer a maximum of 15, 35 and 25 questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than required number of questions are answered, only first 15, 35 and 25 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively will be taken up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B and Part C, four alternatives or responses are given. Only one of these alternatives is the "correct" option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer.

Life Sciences: The candidate is required to answer a maximum of 15, 35 and 25 questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than required number of questions are answered, only first 15, 35 and 25 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively will be taken up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B and Part C, four alternatives or responses are given. Only one of these alternatives is the "correct" option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer.

Check CSIR UGC NET Life Sciences Model Question Paper

Mathematical Sciences: The candidate is required to answer a maximum of 15, 25 and 20 questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than required number of questions are answered, only first 15, 25 and 20 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively will be taken up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B, four alternatives or responses are given. Only one of these alternatives is the "correct" option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer. In Part C each question may have "ONE" or "MORE" correct options. Credit in a question shall be given only on identification of "ALL" the correct options in Part C.

Check CSIR UGC NET--Mathematical Sciences Model Question Paper

Physical Sciences: The candidate is required to answer a maximum of 15, 20 and 20 questions from Part-A, Part-B and Part-C respectively. If more than required number of 17 questions are answered, only first 15, 20 and 20 questions in Part A, Part B and Part C respectively will be taken up for evaluation. Below each question in Part A, Part B and Part C, four alternatives or responses are given. Only one of these alternatives is the "correct" option to the question. The candidate has to find, for each question, the correct or the best answer.

Check CSIR UGC NET--Physical Sciences Model Question Paper

Part 'A' shall be common to all subjects. This part shall contain questions pertaining to General Aptitude with emphasis on logical reasoning, graphical analysis, analytical and numerical ability, quantitative comparison, series formation, puzzles etc.

Part 'B' shall contain subject-related conventional Multiple-Choice questions (MCQs), generally covering the topics given in the syllabus.

Part 'C' shall contain higher order questions that may test the candidate's knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts. The questions shall be of analytical nature where a candidate is expected to apply scientific knowledge to arrive at the solution to the given scientific problem.

Medium of Examination:- The test will be in Hindi and English version. Candidates opting for Hindi medium in the Application Form will be given bilingual paper, but candidates opting for English medium will be given English version only. Candidates are required to answer in the medium as per option exercised in the Application Form. In case of any ambiguity between Hindi and English version due to translation, English version would be treated as final.

Check CSIR UGC NET Previous Papers

CSIR UGC NET - Important Dates:

Online registration and submission of Application Form through NTA Website: 10.08.2022 (up to 05:00 pm)
Last date for successful transaction of Examination fee: 10.08.2022 (up to 11:50 pm)

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