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| Parameters | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Form | University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test |
| No. of sessions | Two |
| UGC NET 2025 Exam timings | To be announced |
| UGC NET 2025 Exam fee | INR 1,150 (General category), INR 600 (OBC-NCL), and INR 325 (SC, ST, PwD) |
| No. of test takers | 11,21,225 (as of 2024) |
| Mode of examination | Computer-based test mode |
| Scores validity | Valid for becoming Assistant Professor or Lecturer in colleges across India. |
| Conducting Institute for UGC NET 2025 | National Testing Agency (NTA) |
| UGC NET 2025 exam website | To be announced |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| To be announced | UGC-NET 2025 Registration Begins |
| To be announced | UGC-NET 2025 Registration Ends |
| To be announced | UGC-NET 2025 Correction Window Opens |
| To be announced | UGC-NET 2025 Correction Window Closes |
| To be announced | UGC-NET 2025 Admit Card Releases |
| To be announced | UGC-NET 2025 Exam Date |
| To be announced | UGC-NET 2025 Answer Key Releases |
| To be announced | UGC-NET 2025 Result |
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Visit the official UGC-NET website and click on 'New Registration'.
Enter your email ID, name, and mobile number to generate a User ID and Password. A User ID and Password will be sent to your official email ID.
Log in using the User ID and Password sent to your email.
Find the application form link and click on it.
Complete the application form with required details.
Include personal details, educational qualifications, work experience, and exam centre city preferences. Double-check all information before submission. Fill in the NET subject code for the exam. Upload scanned copies of your documents in the prescribed format.
Deposit the required fee to proceed with your application.
The fee must be paid online using debit card, credit card, net banking, UPI, or other online payment methods.
| Topic | No of Questions | Level of difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Paper I | 50 | Easy to Moderate |
| paper II (Subject chosen by the candidate) | 100 | Easy to Difficult |
| Topic | No of Questions | Level of difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| UGC-NET Paper I | N/A | Easy to Moderate |
| Teaching Aptitude | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Comprehension | N/A | Easy to Moderate |
| Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude | N/A | Moderate to Difficult |
| Data Interpretation | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Research Aptitude | N/A | Moderate to Difficult |
| Information and Communication Technology (ICT) | N/A | Easy to Moderate |
| Higher Education System | N/A | Moderate to Difficult |
| Communication | N/A | Moderate to Difficult |
| Logical Reasoning | N/A | Moderate to Difficult |
| People, Development and Environment | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Topic | No of Questions | Level of difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| UGC-NET Paper II (Any one Subject) | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non-Formal Education | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Anthropology | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Arab Culture and Islamic Studies | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Arabic | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Archaeology | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Assamese | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Bengali | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Bodo | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Chinese | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Commerce | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Comparative Literature | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Comparative Study of Religions | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Computer Science and Applications | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Criminology | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Defence and Strategic Studies | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Dogri | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Economics / Rural Economics / Cooperation / Demography / Development Planning / Development Studies / Econometrics / Applied Economics / Development Economics / Business Economics | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Education | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Electronic Science | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| English | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Environmental Sciences | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Folk Literature | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Forensic Science | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| French (French Version) | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Geography | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| German | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Gujarati | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Hindi | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Hindu Studies | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| History | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Home Science | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Human Rights and Duties | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Indian Culture | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Indian Knowledge System | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Japanese | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Kannada | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Kashmiri | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Konkani | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Labour Welfare/ Personal Management/ Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/ Human Resource Management | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Law | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Library and Information Science | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Linguistics | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Maithili | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Malayalam | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Management (including Business Admin., Marketing, Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Financial Management, Co-operative Management) | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Manipuri | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Marathi | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Mass Communication and Journalism | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Museology & Conservation | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Music | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Nepali | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Oriya | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Pali | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Performing Art - Dance/ Drama/ Theatre | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Persian | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Philosophy | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Physical Education | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Political Science | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| 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 | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Population Studies | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Prakrit | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Psychology | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Public Administration | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Punjabi | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Rajasthani | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Russian | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Sanskrit | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (including Jyotisha/Siddhanta Jyotisha/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulnatmak Darshan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedanta/ Dharmasastra/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa/ Agama) | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Santali | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Sindhi | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Social Medicine & Community Health | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Social Work | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Sociology | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Spanish | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Tamil | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Telugu | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Tourism Administration and Management | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Tribal and Regional Language/ Literature | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Urdu | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/ Sculpture Graphics/ Applied Art/ History of Art) | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Women Studies | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Yoga | N/A | Easy to Difficult |
| Books | Books |
|---|---|
| Best 2000 Smart Question Bank - NTA UGC - NET/SET/JRF - Teaching & Research Aptitude General Paper -1 (Compulsory) - English by S Chand/Testbook | NTA UGC NET / SET / JRF of (Paper 1) by Arihant Expert |
| NTA UGC NET/SET/JRF (Paper 1) by KVS Madan | CBSE UGC-NET - Teaching and Research Aptitude by Dr. M.S. Ansari & RPH Editorial Board |
| NTA UGC NET / SET / JRF of (Paper 1) by Dr. Usha Jain | Trueman’s UGC NET or SET General Paper I by M. Gagan, Sajit Kumar |
| 2019 Latest Syllabus of NTA UGC NET / SET / JRF – (Paper 1) by Harpreet Kaur | General Awareness by Arihant Publications |
| Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggrawal | Trueman’s UGC NET Economics by Srinivas Shirur |
| High School English Grammar & Composition by Wren and Martin |
Exam Categorization: The exam is divided into two papers, Paper I and Paper II.
Total Questions: 150 questions in total. Paper I consists of 50 questions, and Paper II consists of 100 questions.
Exam Format: Objective-type questions only.
Duration: 3 hours.
Total Marks: 300.
Marking Scheme: 2 marks awarded for each correct answer.
Negative Marking: No provision for negative marking for incorrect answers.
Languages: The exam is available in English and Hindi, except for language-specific papers.
| Colleges | City |
|---|---|
| University of Calcutta | Kolkata |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | Delhi |
| University of Delhi | Delhi |
| University of Madras | Chennai |
| Jiwaji University | Gwalior |
| University of Allahabad | Allahabad |
| Mahatma Gandhi University | Meghalaya |
| National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy | Tiruchirappalli |
| Assam University | Silchar |
| GITAM University | Visakhapatnam |
The reservation policy set up by the Indian government for reserved category candidates is also applicable to the UGC-NET 2025 Exam, which means the central universities, deemed to be universities, and even institutions must give the following reservation to the candidates of reserved categories.
27% of seats are reserved for OBC-NCL (Other Backward Classes - Non-Creamy Layer).
15% reservation of seats has been given to SC (Scheduled Caste) candidates.
A reservation of 10% seats has been provided to General-EWS candidates.
7.5% of seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste or ST applicants.
5% seats in the above-mentioned seats are reserved for candidates with 40% or more disability (PwD candidates).
Candidates are always suggested to solve the previous year’s question papers if they want to qualify for the exam. Previous Year's Papers give you an accurate idea of the exam pattern and number of questions asked per topic. This way candidates can prepare more strategically and focus on important topics more.
To prepare for competitive exams, practising the mock tests is an excellent method. Mock tests contain questions according to the latest syllabus of the exam and a time frame is given, during which you need to finish your test. Solving mock tests allows you to know your speed and accuracy and practising them regularly significantly enhances both.
Aspiring candidates can access the free mock tests for UGC NET here.
The NTA (National Testing Agency) generally releases the answer keys within a month of the exam conduct on its official website, allowing candidates to cross-check their answers.
Visit the official website and navigate to the link for the answer key.
Click on the link, then a page will appear requesting login credentials.
The answer key will open, allowing candidates to verify and challenge the answers.
Save the answer key to your device for future reference.
First of all, knowing the exam pattern and syllabus is important before starting the exam preparation. Next, identify your weak areas and topics which seem difficult to you because working on them can be an effective approach to preparing for exams properly.
After preparing the entire syllabus, regular practice is crucial for at least a few months. Solve PYQs and PYPs and practise mock tests to enhance your speed and accuracy.
