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Start date to apply online : 06th March, 2018Last date for applying online is 05th April, 2018
Fee can be paid up to 06th April, 2018
Date Of Commencement Of Exam : 8th JULY, 2018 (SUNDAY)
Candidate seeking admission to the Test (UGC-NET) must apply online only on the CBSE website : www.cbsenet.nic.in
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On behalf of UGC, the Central Board of Secondary Education announces holding of the National Eligibility Test (NET) on 8th JULY, 2018 (SUNDAY) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both in Indian universities and colleges. CBSE will conduct NET in 79 subjects at 89 selected NET Coordinating Institutions spread across the country.
The candidates who qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship are eligible to pursue research in the subject of their post-graduation or in a related subject and are also eligible for Assistant Professor. The universities, institutions, IITs and other national organizations may select the JRF awardees for whole time research work in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them. The award of JRF and Eligibility for Assistant Professor both OR Eligibility for Assistant Professor only will depend on the performance of the candidate in all three papers of NET. However, the candidates qualifying exclusively for Assistant Professor will not be considered for award of JRF.
The
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) conducts the UGC-CSIR NET for other Science subjects, namely, Life Sciences, Physical
Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Earth
Atmospheric Ocean & Planetary Sciences jointly with the UGC. The
tests are conducted twice in a year generally in the months of June and
December. For candidates who desire to pursue research, the Junior
Research Fellowship (JRF) is available for five years subject to
fulfillment of certain conditions. UGC has allocated a number of
fellowships to the universities for the candidates who qualify the test
for JRF. The JRFs are awarded to the meritorious candidates from among
the candidates qualifiying for eligibility for lectureship in the NET.
JRFs are available only to the candidates who opt for it in their
application forms.
Scheduled
Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Visually Handicapped (VH)/Physically
Handicapped (PH) candidates will be given such special concessions as
may be decided by the Commission.
2) JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP :
Candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship will be eligible to receive fellowship of UGC under various schemes, subject to finding their placement in universities/IITs/institutions. The validity period of the offer is two years w.e.f. the date of issue of JRF Award Letter. However, in case the candidates have already joined M.Phil/Ph.D., the date of commencement of fellowship shall be from the date of declaration of NET result or date of their joining, whichever is later.
2) JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP :
Candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship will be eligible to receive fellowship of UGC under various schemes, subject to finding their placement in universities/IITs/institutions. The validity period of the offer is two years w.e.f. the date of issue of JRF Award Letter. However, in case the candidates have already joined M.Phil/Ph.D., the date of commencement of fellowship shall be from the date of declaration of NET result or date of their joining, whichever is later.
start date to apply online : 06th March, 2018
Last date for applying online is 05th April, 2018 fee can be paid up to 06th April, 2018
Date Of Commencement Of Exam : 8th JULY, 2018 (SUNDAY)
NOTE : PRINTOUT OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM SENT DIRECTLY TO THE UGC OFFICE WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.
Eligibility
i) 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 Sciences, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this Test. The Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Physically Handicapped (PH)/Visually Handicapped (VH) 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 have appeared OR will be appearing at the 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/Lectureship eligibility only after they have passed their Master’s degree examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PH/VH category candidates). Such candidates must complete their P.G. degree examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
iii) 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.
iv) 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 in item No. 9, may appear in a related subject.
v) Candidates seeking concession in fee are required to submit attested copy of their OBC(Non-creamy layer)/SC/ST/PH/VH certificate along with online print out of their Application Forms (obtained while applying on-line). Other candidates are not required to submit any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility along with print out of their Application Form. Therefore, the candidates, in their own interest, must satisfy themselves about their eligibility for the Test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by the Commission at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action.
vi) Candidates with post-graduate diploma/certificate course(s), should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their course(s) with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.
Age : The
upper age limit for appearing in JRF has also been raised by two
years, i.e. from the existing upper age limit of 28 years to 30
years(the relaxation as earlier will remain same).
UGC conducts NET in following subjects
1. Economics 2. Political Science
3. Philosophy 4. Psychology
5. Sociology 6. History
7. Anthropology 8. Commerce
9. Education 10 Social Work
11. Defence and Strategic Studies 12 Home Science
14. Public Administration 15. Population Studies
16. Music 17. Management
18. Maithili 19. Bangali
20. Hindi 21. Kannada
22. Malayalam 23. Odia
24. Punjabi 25. Sanskrit
26. Tamil 27. Telugu
28. Urdu 29. Arabic
30. English 31. Linguistics
32. Chinese 33. Dogri
34. Nepali 35. Manipuri
36. Assamese
37. Gujarati 38. Marathi
39. French 40. Spanish
41. Russian 42. Persian
43. Rajasthani 44. German
45. Japanese 46. Adult Education / Continuing Education / Andragogy / Non Formal Education
47. Physical Education 49. Arab Culture and Isalmic Studies
50. Indian Culture
55. Labour Walfare or Personnel Man agement or Industrial Relations or Labour and Social Walfare or Human Resource Management
58. Law 59. Library and Information Science
60. Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies 62. Comparative Study of Religions
63. Mass Communication and Journalism 65. Performing Art - Dance / Drama / Theatra
66. Muselogy and Conservation 67. Archaeology
68. Criminology 70. Tribal and Regional Language / Literature
71. Folk Literature 72. Comparative Literature
73. Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (including Jyotisha / Sidhanta Jyotisha / Navya Vyakarna / Vyakarnai
/
Mimamsa / Navya Nyaya / Sankhya Yoga / Tulanatmaka Darsana /Shukla
yajurveda / Medhva Vedanta / Dharma Sastra / Sahitya / Purana-itihasa /
Agama /Advaita Vedanta)
74. Women Studies**
79. Visual Arts (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture/ Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)
80 Geography 81 Social Medicine & Community Health
82 Forensic Science 83 Pali 84 Kashmiri
85 Konkani 87 Computer Science and Applications
88 Electronic Science 89 Environmental Sciences
90 International and Area Studies 91 Prakrit
92 Human Rights and Duties
93 Tourism Administration and Management 94. Bodo
95 Santali
The
NET in Major Science Subjects, viz., Chemical Sciences; Earth
Atmospheric Ocean and Planetary Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical
Sciences and Physical Sciences is conducted jointly with the Council of
Scientifica and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. The Concerned
notifications are issued separately by CSIR.
UGC
conducts NET twice a year, i.e., in the months of June and December.
The notifications announcing the June and December examinations are
published in the months of March and September respectively in the
weekly journal of nation-wide circulation, viz, Employment News.
The
result of June, UGC-NET is declared generally in the month of October.
Similarly December, UGC-NET result is usually declared in the month of
April. The UGC-NET results published in the Employment News are also
available on UGC website.
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