UGC NET 2020

University Grant Commission - National Eligibility Test
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Exam Dates: 15th Jun 2020
to 20th Jun 2020
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National Eligibility Test (NET) is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of University Grant Commission (UGC). Earlier, the examination was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The NET examination is conducted twice a year for the selection of either Assistant Professor in the Indian Universities and Colleges or both Assistant Professor as well as Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).

All the candidates who qualify NET are not considered for Research Fellowships granted by the University Grant Commission. The candidates aspiring to seek fellowship must specify it in the application form that whether they are applying for the fellowship or not. The fellowship is awarded to the candidates persuading Research work in the respective disciplines.

UGC NET examination is provided for the following subjects:

Economics Persian
Political science Rajasthani
Philosophy German
Psychology Japanese
Sociology Adult Education
History Physical Education
Anthropology Arab Culture and Islamic Studies
Commerce Indian Culture
Education Labour Welfare/ Personnel Management/ Industrial Relation/ Labour and Social Welfare
Social Work Resource Management
Defense and Strategic Studies Law
Home Science Library and Information Science
Public Administration Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies
Population Studies Comparative Study of Religions
Hindustani Music- Vocal and Instrumental Mass Communication and Journalism
Management Dance
Maithili Museology & Conservation
Bengali Archaeology
Hindi Criminology
Kannada Tribal and Regional Language/ Literature
Malayalam Folk Literature
Odia Comparative Literature
Punjabi Sanskrit Traditional Subjects
Sanskrit Women Studies
Tamil Social Medicine & Community Health
Telugu Forensic Science
Urdu Pali
Arabic Computer Science and Applications
English Electronic science
Linguistics International and Area Studies
Chinese Prakrit
Dogri Human Rights and Duties
Nepali Tourism Administration and Management
Manipuri Bodo
Assamese Santali
Gujrati Karnatik Music- Vocal and Instrumental
Marathi Rabindra Sangeet
French Percussion Instruments
Spanish Drama and Theatre
Russian Yoga

To apply for the examination candidate must fulfill the basic UGC NET Eligibility Criteria to apply for the examination. Candidate must have a postgraduate degree in the relevant subject with an aggregate of 55%. Once the candidate meets the requirement of the examination, he or she can step forward to complete the UGC NET Application Procedure, which is the first step towards the UGC NET Selection Procedure. It is important to note that candidates who successfully completed the application procedure will only be able to get the UGC NET Admit Card, which is mandatory for the examination.

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