N E T Exam


The National Educational Testing Bureau of University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) to determine eligibility for lectureship and for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals in order to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research. The Test is conducted in Humanities (including languages), Social Sciences, Forensic Science, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science and Applications and Electronic Science.


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.
The test for Junior Research Fellowship is being conducted since 1984. The Government of India, through its notification dated 22nd July, 1988 entrusted the task of conducting the eligibility test for lectureship to UGC. Consequently, UGC conducted the first National Eligibility Test, common to both eligibility for Lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship in two parts, that is, in December 1989 and in March , 1990.

N E T Schedule
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.

N E T Results Declaration Schedule
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.

N E T for Science Subjects
The NET in Major Science Subjects, viz., Chemical Sciences; Earth Atmospheric Ocean & Planetary Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences is conducted jointly with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. The concerned notifications are issued separately by CSIR.


Syllabus N E T Subjects
The subjects with their respective codes are given below : 
00-General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude (Paper -I)-Download
01-Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies/Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics-Download
02-Political Science-Download
03-Philosophy-Download
04-Psychology-Download
05-Sociology-Download
06-History-Download
07-Anthropology-Download
08-Commerce-Download
09-Education-Download
10-Social Work-Download
11-Defence and Strategic Studies-Download
12-Home Science-Download
14-Public Administration-Download
15-Population Studies-Download
16-Music-Download
17-Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management)-Download
18-Maithili-Download
19-Bengali-Download
20-Hindi-Download
21-Kannada-Download
22-Malayalam-Download
23-Oriya-Download
24-Punjabi-Download
25-Sanskrit-Download
26-Tamil-Download
27-Telugu-Download
28-Urdu-Download
29-Arabic-Download
30-English-Download
31-Linguistics-Download
32-Chinese-Download
33-Dogri-Download
34-Nepali-Download
35-Manipuri-Download
36-Assamese-Download
37-Gujarati-Download
38-Marathi-Download
39-French (French Version)-Download
 -French (English Version)-Download
40-Spanish-Download
41-Russian-Download
42-Persian-Download
43-Rajasthani-Download
44-German-Download
45-Japanese-Download
46-Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education.-Download
47-Physical Education-Download
49-Arab Culture and Islamic Studies-Download
50-Indian Culture-Download
55-Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management-Download
58-Law-Download
59-Library and Information Science-Download
60-Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies-Download
62-Comparative Study of Religions-Download
63-Mass Communication and Journalism-Download
65-Performing Art - Dance/Drama/Theatre-Download
66-Museology & Conservation-Download
67-Archaeology-Download
68-Criminology-Download
70-Tribal and Regional Language/Literature-Download
71-Folk Literature-Download
72-Comparative Literature-Download
73-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).-Download
74-Women Studies-Download
79-Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)-Download
80-Geography-Download
81-Social Medicine & Community Health-Download
82-Forensic Science-Download
83-Pali-Download
84-Kashmiri-Download
85-Konkani-Download
87-Computer Science and Applications-Download
88-Electronic Science-Download
89-Environmental Sciences-Download
90-Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies.-Download
91-Prakrit-Download
92-Human Rights and Duties-Download
93-Tourism Administration and Management.-Download
94-BODO-Download

Submission of the Application Forms for Appearing in The UGC-NET
The procedure for applying for UGC-NET is described in detail in the notification for the relevant examination. The notification is published in the Employment News generally in the months of March and September and is also uploaded on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in.

Non-Receipt of NET Certificate.
In the case of non-receipt of NET certificate the candidates are advised to correspond with/contact the Head, NET Bureau, UGC, South Campus, University of Delhi, Benito Juarez Marg., New Delhi 110 021.In their covering letter, they must state their Roll No., the date of UGC-NET in which they have appeared and UGC-Ref. No. (in case known to them). In case, they have not submitted the attested copies of their documents earlier, they may do so with the covering letter duly signed by them. Attested copies of the following documents may be submitted:
·         High School/Higher Secondary/Matriculation Certificate depicting date of birth.
·         Master's degree/Provisional Certificate.
·         Consolidated mark-sheet of Master's degree course. (Wherever grades are assigned, conversion table in terms of consolidated percentage may be produced from the issuing authority).
·         Caste certificate (only in case of SC/ST/OBC candidates)
·         Certificate of Physical disability (only in case of Physically Handicapped and Visually Handicapped candidates).

Notes:
·         All certificate have to be attested by a gazetted officer with his/her official stamp bearing his/her name, designation and official address.
·         The certificates, which are in languages other than Hindi and English, may be translated in Hindi or English and attested by the issuing authority of the original certificates.

Procedure of issuing Duplicate Certificate
Duplicate NET certificate shall be issued only in the event of loss/ non-receipt of the original one. The candidate may submit the following documents for getting the duplicate certificate issued:
·         An affidavit on a Judicial stamp paper duly attested by the competent Authority for the loss of original certificate issued by the UGC mentioning the name of the candidate, his/her particulars like father's and mother's names, date of UGC-NET, Roll number, subject, address etc. The candidate must state in the affidavit that in case of his/her discovering the original NET certificate/JRF Award letter, he/she would not misuse it and return it to the NET Bureau.
·         A demand draft of Rs. 100/- drawn in favour of the Secretary, University Grants Commission, New Delhi payable at State Bank of India, Service Branch, (Code No. 7687), New Delhi.
·         An attested Copy of FIR registered at a Police Station. The Attestation stamp of the Class-I gazetted officer must bear his/her name, designation and official address.