UGC NET 2024 Application Forms: Check Eligibility, Dates, Direct Link to Apply

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the UGC NET application and notification for the June session, with the exam slated for action between June 10 to 21, 2024. Historically, the UGC NET digital form typically emerges around the third week of April 2024. Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar of UGC confirmed the impending release of the UGC NET notification on 20^th of April 2024. Aspiring candidates can now submit their applications for the UGC NET exam by enrolling on the official website-ugcnet.nta.ac.in.

Organization	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam Name	National Eligibility Test (NET)
Advt No.	UGC NET June 2024
Application Mode	Online
Starting Date to Apply	20th April, 2024
Last Date to Apply	10th May, 2024
UGC NET 2024 Exam Dates	10th June To 21 June 2024
Category	Application Forms
Official Website	ugcnet.nta.nic.in

The UGC NET 2024 application forms are the gateway to your academic aspirations. They allow you to officially register for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET), a prestigious examination that determines eligibility for Assistant Professorship or both Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Assistant Professor posts in Indian universities and colleges.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has invited online applications for the UGC NET Examination from 20^th of April 2024. This year’s exam session is scheduled for June 10 to 21, 2024, as announced by UGC Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar via social media channels.

Qualifying Examination:

• General/Unreserved/General-EWS candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree or equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognized by UGC (available on the website: www.ugc.ac.in in Humanities and Social Science (including languages), Computer Science and Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this Test. List of subjects at Post Graduation level is attached as Appendix -V. The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to Non-Creamy Layer/Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disability (PwD)/Third gender category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this Test.
• Candidates who are pursuing their Master’s degree or equivalent course or candidates who have appeared for their qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for award of JRF/eligibility for Assistant Professor only after they have passed their Master’s Degree or equivalent examination with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of OBC-NCL/ SC / ST / PwD / Third gender category candidates). Such candidates must complete their Master’s degree or equivalent examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
• Candidates belonging to the Third gender category are eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee, age and Eligibility Criteria for NET (i.e. JRF and Assistant Professor) as are available to SC/ST/PwD categories. The subject-wise qualifying cut-offs for this category would be the lowest among those for SC / ST / PwD / OBC–NCL / General-EWS categories in the corresponding subject.
• The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master’s level examination have been completed by 19 September 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e. from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET. The list of Post – Graduation courses and their codes is given at Appendix -VI.
• Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their Post – Graduation only. The candidates, whose Post Graduation subject is not covered in the list of NET subjects attached as Appendix -V, may appear in a related subject.
• Candidates are neither required to send any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility nor printout of their Application Form or Confirmation Page to NTA. However, the candidates, in their own interest, must ensure themselves about their eligibility for the test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by the UGC/NTA at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action. NTA does not verify the information provided by the candidates during online registration and hence candidature will be purely provisional subject to the fulfillment of eligibility criteria.
• Candidates with post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/ Institute or foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/ institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma/degree/ certificate with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi (www.aiu.ac.in).

Amidst the upcoming schedule for the UGC NET June exam, the NTA released a new update in the guidelines for using UGC NET JRF scores. Now the UGC NET scores will be divided into three categories. The detailed category-wise update has been given below:

• Category 1:  Candidates qualified with JRF will be eligible for the Junior Research Fellowship, Appointment as Assistant Professors, and Enrollment as PhD scholar. 
• Category 2: Candidates qualified for NET will be eligible for Assistant Professorship and admission as PhD scholar 
• Category 3: Based on the marks obtained by the candidates, the candidates will be allowed in the universities as a  PhD scholar

Note: The candidates from Category 2 & 3 will have to go through an interview by the Universities to enroll as a PhD scholar. 70 per cent weightage will be given to the NET score and 30 per cent marks will be based on the interview. 

Educational Qualification: Post-graduation degree or equivalent.

Age Limit: Varies based on the category and position applied for.

Below is the UGC NET Exam age limit for JRF and Assistant professor:

There is no upper age limit to appear for the UGC NET professorship exam, whereas, for the post of JRF (Junior Research Fellowship), the candidates must be below or equal to 30 years of age. However, the candidates must fulfill other criteria to appear for the UGC NET exam. The details of the age limit criteria are given below:

• Candidates should not be more than 30 years of age to be eligible for NTA NET JRF.
• There is no age restriction to applying for the post of Assistant Professor.
• A relaxation of five years in age criteria is given to reserved category candidates.

University Grant Commission provides some relaxation in the upper age limit for UGC NET aspirants, such as

Category	Age Relaxation
OBC, ST, SC, PWD, Transgender and Women Applicants	5 years
Research Experience (only if an approved university or institute produces the certificate)	5 years
L.L.M. Degree	3 years
Armed Forces	5 years

Relaxation: Applicable to reserved categories as per government norms.

Stay ahead of the curve by marking these crucial dates on your calendar:

• UGC NET Notification 2024: April 20, 2024.
• Online Application Period: April 20 to May 10, 2024.
• Admit Card Release: First week of June 2024.
• Exam Dates: June 10 to June 21, 2024.

Ready to kickstart your UGC NET journey? Here’s a direct link to the official website where you can apply hassle-free: UGC NET Official Website

• https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in

• The medium of Question Paper shall be in English & Hindi only except language papers.
• Option of medium of Question Paper should be carefully chosen by the Candidate, while filling the Application Form online. The option once exercised cannot be changed.
• Candidates are required to answer in the medium as per option exercised in the Application Form.
• In case of any ambiguity in translation/construction of a question in the exam, its English version shall be treated as final and the decision of NTA shall be final in this regard.

• Each question carries 02 (two) marks.
• For each correct response, candidate will get 02 (two) marks.
• There is no negative marking for incorrect response.
• No marks will be given for questions un-answered/un-attempted/marked for Review.
• To answer a question, the candidate needs to choose one option as correct option.
• If a question is found to be incorrect/ambiguous or has multiple correct answers, only those candidates who have attempted the question and chosen one of the correct answers would be given the credit.
• If a question is found to be incorrect and the Question is dropped, then two marks (+2) will be awarded to only to those candidates who have attempted the question. The reason could be due to human error or technical error. Since, there is no negative marking, candidate needs to choose one most nearest option as correct answer.

Reservation Policy of the Government of India is applicable to UGC-NET According to this, in the
Central Universities and Institutions which are deemed to be Universities, the reservation of seats shall be as follows:

• 15% of the seats for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.
• 7.5% of seats Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates.
• 27% of the seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) candidates as per the Central List*
• 10% of the seats for General-Economically Weaker Sections (General- EWS) candidates.
• 05% of the seats in the above mentioned categories for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) with 40% or more disability.

Instructions for filling Online Application Form

Candidates have to apply for UGC NET June 2024 “Online” ONLY by accessing the website:
https://ugcnet.nta.ac.in/; https://ugcnet.ntaonline.in. The Application Form other than online mode
would not be accepted in any case. Only one application is to be submitted by a candidate. More than one application i.e. multiple Application Forms submitted by a candidate will be rejected.

Step-1: Apply for Online Registration using own Email Id and Mobile No.

Step-2: Fill in the Online Application Form and note down the system generated Application Number.
Upload scanned images of: (i) the recent photograph (file size 10Kb – 200Kb) either in colour or black
& white with 80% face (without mask) visible including ears against white background; (ii) candidate’s
signature (file size: 4kb – 30kb)

Step-3: Pay fee using SBI/ CANARA/ ICICI/ HDFC Bank/Debit Card/Credit Card/UPI and keep proof
of fee paid.

All the 3 Steps can be done together or at separate timings. The submission of Application of a candidate could be considered as successful and his/her candidature would be confirmed only on the successful transaction/receipt of the prescribed application fee from him/her.

• The Admit Card would be issued provisionally to the candidates of UGC NET June 2024, subject to fulfilment of eligibility criteria.
• The candidate has to download the Admit Card from the NTA website and appear for the Examination at the given Centre on date, shift, time and discipline as indicated in his/her Admit Card.
• No candidate will be allowed to appear at the examination centre, on Date and Timings other than that allotted to them in their Admit card.
  • The Aadhaar number is only one of the types of identification and is not mandatory. Candidates may also enter Passport number, Ration Card number, Election Card (EPIC No.), Bank Account number or any other valid Government identity number.
• In case a candidate is unable to download Admit Card from the website, he/she may approach the Help Line of NTA between 09:30 am to 5:30 pm or write to NTA at: https://ugcnet.nta.ac.in/; https://ugcnet.ntaonline.in.
• The candidates are advised to read the Instructions given in the Admit Card carefully in advance of the exam day and follow them during the conduct of the examination.
• In case of any discrepancy in the particulars of the candidate or his/her photograph and signatures shown in the Admit Card and Confirmation Page, the candidate may immediately approach the Help Line between 09:30 am to 5:30 pm. In such cases, candidates would appear in the Examination with the already downloaded Admit Card. However, NTA will take necessary action to make correction in the record later.

• Candidates must bring the following documents to the Test Centre
• Printed copy of Admit Card downloaded from NTA website.
• One passport size photograph (same as uploaded on the Online Application Form) for pasting on the specific space in the Attendance Sheet at Centre during the Examination.
• Any one of the authorized photo IDs (must be original, valid and non- expired) – PAN card/ Driving License/Passport/ Aadhaar Card (With photograph)/ Aadhaar).
• The name on the photo identification must match with the name as shown on the Admit Card.
• PwD certificate issued by the Competent Authority, if claiming the relaxation under PwD category.