UGC NET Exam Date 2024 for June and December Exams

NTA UGC NET Exam Date 2024 for June and December Exams. National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the official UGC NET examination notification of the December session and June Session of the test at https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in.

The online application process for this National Eligibility Test (NET) will begin as per the schedule. NTA would be conducting a combined UGC NET 2024 examination for December and June cycle.

The examination is likely to be conducted in first or second week of June subjects at 91 selected cities of examination spread across the country.

UGC NET Exam for the merged cycles of December and June will be conducted in the month of June. The UGC National Eligibility Test is likely to be conducted in the first or second week of June. National Testing Agency, which conducts the exam, will announce the complete schedule soon.

Once the UGC NET 2024 schedule is released for the cycles of December 2021 and June 2024 by NTA, candidates will be able to register themselves for the exam on the official website mentioned above.

The UGC-NET Exam is conducted twice every year. UGC NET is conducted to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility of Assistant Professorship, Junior Research Fellowship or both in various Indian Universities and Colleges.

UGC NET Exam Dates

The dates for the conduct of Examination for UGC-NET December and June cycles have now been finalized. The detailed date sheet will be uploaded soon on http://nta.ac.in and https://ugcnet.nta.nic.

Best wishes to all the applicants. Candidates are advised to regularly visit NTA website(s) www.nta.ac.in , https://ugcnet.nta.nic in for the latest updates regarding the examination.

UGCE NET Important dates

UGC NET Exam Paper pattern:

• There will be total of 2 papers which will consist of objective type questions.
• Paper 1 of UGC NET Exam:
  • Total marks: 100
  • Total questions: 50 (all compulsory)
  • Duration: 1 hour (9:30 am to 10:30 am)
• Each question will carry 2 marks.
• The questions which will be of general nature and will test the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate.
• A candidate’s reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness will be tested.
• Paper 2 of UGC NET Exam:
  • Total marks: 200
  • Total questions: 100 (all compulsory)
  • Duration: 2 hours (11 am to 1 pm)
• Each question will carry 2 marks and will be based on the subject selected by the candidate.

UGC NET Eligibility criteria:

Educational Qualification: Candidates need to secure at least 55 per cent marks in Master’s degree ore quivalent examination from a recognised universities/institutions.

There is five per cent relaxation for OBC, Scheduled Caste(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST)/ persons with disability(PwD) category and transgender candidates who have secured at least 50 per cent marks (without rounding off) in Masters degree or equivalent examination.

Those who are pursuing their Master’s (in the final year) can also apply.  Such candidates must complete their Master’s degree or equivalent examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of mark.

Those who have Ph D degree and whose Masters level examination had been completed by March 19, 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5 per cent in aggregate marks.

Age limit: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF): The candidate should not be over 30 years as on December 1. There is 5 years relaxation for the candidates belonging to OBC, SC/ST/PwD/ transgender categories and to women applicants.

UGC also provides relaxation to the candidates have research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant subject of post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years.

Three years relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing LLM degree. Five years for those who have served armed forces subject to the length of service. Assistant Professor: There is no upper age limit.

How To Apply for UGC NET Exam?

Interested candidates are advised to carefully go through the official notification to check their eligibility. Quickly, candidates ought to have completed their graduation and masters – depending on the course that they wish to take up the Asst. Professorship or JRF in.

There is no upper age limit for Asst. Professor exam. However, there is an upper age limit of 30 years for JRF as on December 1.

Once convinced of the eligibility, candidates can apply online on the official website ntanet.nic.in. The link for registration would be activated soon. Fill the online application form, upload the signature and image and pay the fees.

The candidates may keep these points before applying for UGC NET exam:

• Candidate seeking admission to the Test (UGC NET) must apply online only on the NTA website: NTAnet.nic.in
• Before applying Online, the candidates must possess the scanned images as below:-
• Passport size photograph in JPG format of minimum 4kb to 40 kb.
• The dimension of the photograph should be 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height).
• Signature in JPG format of minimum 4kb to 30 kb.
• The dimension of the signature should be 3.5 cm (width) x 1.5 cm (height).

3. After filling all the details for applying online for NET the candidates have to select the option of payment of examination fee either by credit/debit card or through e-challan generated during the online filling of the application form indicating your details therein and complete the registration process.

4. Before applying online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on NTA website NTAnet.nic.in and note that fee submitted through any other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO etc. will be summarily rejected by the board. In other to avoid last-minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough.

According to the board, NTA will not be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this nature in submission of online application during last days.