University Grants Commission–National Eligibility Test

Acronym	UGC–NET
Type	Computer based test (CBT) OMR (From June 2024)
Developer / administrator	National Testing Agency
Year started	1989–90 (1989–90)[1]
Duration	3 hours (180 minutes)
Score / grade range	0–100 (Paper I) 0–200 (Paper II)
Score / grade validity	Three years (JRF) Lifetime (assistant professor)
Offered	Twice annually
Restrictions on attempts	No restriction
Countries / regions	India
Languages	Mainly English and Hindi
Annual number of test takers	5,44,485 (Dec 2021, June 2022 merged cycles)
Website	ugcnet.nta.ac.in ugcnet.nta.nic.in

The University Grants Commission–National Eligibility Test (UGC–NET) is an Indian standardized test for determining the eligibility for the position of assistant professor in Indian universities and colleges, as well as for the awarding of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), or both. The exam can be taken in any one of the 83 subjects.^[2] UGC–NET is one among the National Eligibility Tests (NET) conducted in India.^[3]

It is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Until July 2018, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the exam, which was taken over by the NTA since December 2018. Currently, the exam is being conducted twice a year in the months of June and December in CBT-mode.^[4] From December 2018 onward, NTA started releasing the UGC-NET e-certificate and JRF award letter online on its official website for the qualified candidates.

Qualifying criteria[edit]

A student has obtain minimum qualifying marks in UGC–NET with aggregate 55% and 50% in their postgraduate's or master's degree, for General and Others respectively. The paper is divided into two papers: Papers 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 is a general exam containing 50 questions of two marks each, totaling 100 marks. Paper 2 is a subject-specific exam containing 100 questions of two marks each, totaling 200 marks. The candidates have to attempt a total of (both in papers 1 and 2) 150 questions in three hours. There is no separate cutoff for any of the papers and the cutoff is decided on the aggregate marks. Amongst those candidates who have obtained minimum qualifying marks, a merit list is prepared subject-wise and category-wise using the aggregate marks of two papers secured by such candidates.^{[citation needed]}

SET/SLETs[edit]

A state-level equivalent exam of NET exam is conducted by the Indian states/UTs in their jurisdiction called State Eligibility Test/State Level Eligibility Test, determining eligibility for lectureship/assistant professorship at universities and colleges in that particular state/UT only.^{[citation needed]}

See also[edit]

• List of Public service commissions in India
• List of Public Sector Undertakings in India

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website