UGC-NET December 2023 dates declared; Schedule, Timings, Latest Updates & Highlights

UGC NET Exam Dates -The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the dates of UGC-NET December 2021 and June 2022 merged cycles. UGC Chairman, M Jagadesh Kumar took to Twitter stating that the exam will begin on 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th July and 12th, 13th, and 14th August 2022. 

The dates for the conduct of UGC-NET December 2021 and June 2022 merged cycles are 08, 09, 11, 12 July 2022 and 12, 13, 14 August 2022. The detailed date sheet will be uploaded soon on https://t.co/cUvZGrYigp and https://ugcnet.nta.nic
Best wishes to all the applicants. pic.twitter.com/wAcW62NLKf

— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) June 25, 2022

UGC NET (University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test ) is a national-level exam, which is conducted twice every year to recruit candidates for the positions of:

• Only Assistant Professor, OR
• Both Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Indian universities and colleges

However, this time, the UGC NET exam for the June 2022 cycle was postponed because of the postponement of the December 2021 cycle (due to the increase of the COVID-19 cases). In order to not adversely affect any of the students, NTA decided to combine both the December 2021 cycle and June 2022 cycle.

As of now, the UGC Chairman had announced that the next UGC-NET will be tentatively conducted either in the 1st or 2nd  week of June 2022. The detailed date sheet has not been announced yet, but will soon be updated on the official NTA website — nta.ac.in.

Candidates must read this article further to gain information on the recent updates related to UGC NET exam dates 2022.

UGC NET Status and Important Updates

• UGC NTA NET exams will be conducted on 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th July and 12th, 13th, and 14th August 2022. Candidates will know all the UGC NET exam dates in the below article.
• UGC had also decided to extend the validity of the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) award letter for a year.
• The e- certificate for assistant professors will now have lifetime validity.
• Subject-wise UGC NET exam dates 2021 are out. Read the article to know more.
• UGC NET 2022 exam will be conducted in 541 exam centre cities across the country
• UGC NET exam will be conducted in English and Hindi

UGC NET Exam Dates 2022 – Schedule

The new UGC NET revised exam dates (December 2021 and June 2022 Session) was released by NTA on 25th June 2022. As per the latest notification, NTA UGC NET exam will be conducted from 8th July 2022. NTA has also informed that the UGC NET exam 2022 will be conducted in the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode (online).

Candidates can find important events and their respective dates associated with the UGC NET exam in the table below:

UGC NET Exam Dates 2022

Events	Dates
Release of exam dates for UGC-NET December 2021 and June 2022 merged cycles	25th June 2022
Start date of Registration Process for UGC NET	30th April 2022
Last date for Application Fee Payment	30th May 2022 (till 11:50 PM)
Final submission of UGC NET Application Form	30th May 2022
Online Form Correction Window	31st May to 1st June 2022
Intimation of Cities of exam centres	To be announced
UGC NET Admit Card Release	2 weeks before the exam
UGC NET Exam Dates	8th, 9th, 11th, 12th July and 12th, 13th, and 14th August 2022

UGC NET Exam Timings

As per the latest announcement, the UGC NET exam will take place in 2 shifts:

Time Slots for UGC NET Papers

UGC NET (Paper 1 & 2)	Forenoon (FN) Shift 1 – 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM   (No breaks between Paper 1 and Paper 2)
	Afternoon (A) Shift 2 – 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM   (No breaks between Paper 1 and Paper 2)

UGC NET Exam Dates – Subject- & Shift-Wise Timings

NTA has not yet released the shift-wise timings and UGC NET exam dates with the subjects of the UGC NET exam 2021. The table given below highlights the subject and shift-wise timings for previous sessions. 

Date	Time	Subject Code	Subject Name
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	18   21 25 32 33 35 37 40 42 43 44 45 46 50 62 85 91 101	Maithili Kannada Sanskrit Chinese Dogri Manipuri Gujarati Spanish Persian Rajasthani German Japanese Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non-Formal Education. Indian Culture Comparative Study of Religions Konkani Prakrit Sindhi
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	11    23  26  29  31  34  49  60  63  83	Defence and Strategic Studies Oriya Tamil Arabic Linguistics Nepali Arab Culture and Islamic Studies Buddhist, Jain, Gandhian and Peace Studies Mass Communication and Journalism Pali
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	4   39 66 68 71 72 82 93	Psychology French (French Version) Museology & Conservation Criminology Folk Literature Comparative Literature Forensic Science Tourism Administration and Management
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	3   67 59 90 92	Philosophy Archaeology Library and Information Science Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies. Human Rights and Duties
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	47   58	Physical Education Law
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	65   73 74 89 95	Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa Women Studies Environmental Sciences Santali
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	17	Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management)
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	1	Economics / Rural Economics /Cooperation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	30	English
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	5	Sociology
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	87	Computer Science and Applications
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	6	History
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	2	Political Science
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	8	Commerce
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	9	Education
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	80	Geography
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	22   24 27 28 36 38 41	Malayalam Punjabi Telugu Urdu Assamese  Marathi Russian
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	19   81 84 94	Bengali  Social Medicine & Community Health Kashmiri  Bodo
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	20	Hindi
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM
	09.00 AM to 12.00 Noon	15   16 55 79 88	Population Studies Music Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art) Electronic Science
	03.00 PM to 06.00 PM	7   10 12 14 100	Anthropology Social Work Home Science Public Administration Yoga

UGC NET Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who applied for the UGC NET exam 2021 have to fulfil the predetermined eligibility criteria to get registered and sit for the exam. The below table will highlight the eligibility criteria for UGC NET 2022 in terms of educational qualification and age.

Educational Qualifications for UGC NET

Category	Minimum Percentage Requirement
For ST/SC/OBC/ PWD Candidates	50% aggregate in the Master’s Degree
For General Category Candidates	55% aggregate in Master’s Degree or Equivalent Degree
PhD degree holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed (irrespective of result declaration date)	Relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks for appearing in NET    50% aggregate in Master’s Degree or Equivalent Degree
Final year Master’s Degree student or passed out student awaiting result	Eligible

Age Limit for UGC NET 

Posts	Age Limit as calculated till 1st June 2021
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)	30 years
Assistant Professor	No upper age limit

Age Relaxation in UGC NET

Category	Eligibility Requirement
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe	5 years’ age relaxation from the general age eligibility   (35 years as calculated till 1st June 2021)
Women
Other Backward Classes (OBC)
Transgender
Persons with disabilities (PwD)
Candidates possessing L.L.M. Degree	3 years’ age relaxation from the general age eligibility (33 years)
Candidates having Research Experience	Period spent on research – Maximum 5 years (35 years)
Candidates who have served in the Armed Forces	5 years’ age relaxation from the general age eligibility   (35 years as calculated till 1st June 2021)

UGC NET Exam Dates – Submission of Application Form

The online application form submission process for UGC NET 2022 started on 30^th April 2022. Candidates were able to apply for the UGC NET application forms till 30th May 2022. The final submission of their application form and the application fee payment slot was open until 30th May 2022 (till 11:50 PM – fee payment). 

Candidates were able to submit their application forms via online mode by accessing the official UGC NET website (https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/). Candidates have to follow four simple steps to complete the application form submission process.

UGC NET Application Fee

Candidates need to pay the registration/application fee for UGC NET to apply for the examination. Before making a payment, the candidates should carefully read the eligibility criteria. Candidates must note that the application fee amount is non-refundable.

Before filling up the form, the candidate is advised to make a duplicate copy and fill it up first. Any mistakes or fields left out accidentally may lead to the rejection of the application form.

The fee structure for UGC NET as per candidate categories is as follows:

UGC NET 2021 Application Fee Structure

Category	Fee
SC/ ST/ PwD/ Transgender	Rs. 250/-
OBC (Non- Creamy Layer)/ EWS	Rs. 500/-
GENERAL	Rs. 1000/-

Note: GST/Processing charges are to be paid by the candidate, as applicable

UGC NET Exam Dates – FAQs

When will the UGC NET 2022 exam be conducted?

The UGC NET exam dates 2022 are - 08, 09, 11, 12 July 2022 and 12, 13, 14 August 2022.

For how many subjects is the UGC NET Paper 2 exam conducted?

The UGC NET Paper 2 exam is conducted for a total of 81 subjects. Candidates can select their preferred subject from these 81 subject options.

What is the age limit to apply for the UGC NET exam?

Candidates applying for the post of JRF should not be more than 30 years. There is no age limit to apply for the post of Assistant Professor.

What is the minimum educational eligibility criteria to apply for the UGC NET exam?

Candidates must have passed their master’s with an aggregate score of at least 55%.

When will I get my NTA UGC NET admit card?

For now, the UGC NET admit cards have not yet been announced. Candidates can download the admit card from the official website of the NTA UGC NET.