What is UGC NET?

 



When will the NET form be out? When is the UGC NET form out? When will the UGC NET application form be out? Students who prepare to appear in the NET exam must have the right knowledge about it.

 

NET exam is mandatory for anyone if one has a goal to become a college professor or PhD etc. in the field of teaching.

 

Postgraduate students prepare for NET to become a teacher in a university or to take admission in Ph.D.

 

The question remains in the mind of many candidates that when is the form of UGC NET out? Today in this article, we will mainly talk about this.

 

What is UGC NET, when NET form is out, when is UGC NET exam etc. Know about all the important things related to the UGC NET exam.

 

What is UGC NET?

The full name of UGC is University Grant Commission and the full form of NET is National Eligibility Test.

 

UGC NET exam is a national level exam that provides eligibility to post graduate students to become teachers or professors in the university.

 

Also NET also provides admission facility for doing Ph.D.

 

That is, UGC NET is an online exam for the job of professor in any government or private college, this exam is conducted twice a year.

 

Earlier this exam was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education i.e. CBSE on behalf of UGC, but since December 2018, this exam is being conducted by the National Testing Agency i.e. NTA.

 

UGC NET exam is completely computer based. Every year lakhs of students take part in this exam to become a professor or for research work in high quality institutes.

 

It is considered to be one of the most difficult examinations in the country, in which any aspirant has to prove his educational qualification.

 

When is the UGC NET form out?

UGC NET exam is conducted twice a year, in which interested students can participate.

 

The notification regarding the examination of UGC NET is released in the month of March and September in the year generally, and the exam is conducted in the month of June and the month of December respectively.

 

NET exam is conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) by NTA, a qualifying exam for lectureship in universities, which is mandatory for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).

 

Students can see its notification issued in March and September by visiting its official website ugcnet.nta.nic.in.

 

UGC NET Application Form For 2021

If we talk about the form of UGC NET exam of this year i.e. 2021, then the deadline to fill the UGC NET application form 2021 for the UGC NET June 2021 exam to be conducted by NTA is over.

 

For the June exam, the form release date was February 2 and the last date for filling the form was March 9.

 

The facility to fill the UGC NET Application 2021 Form for the UGC NET exam to be held in December, from 10 August 2021 to 05 September (11:50 pm), 2021, was given the facility to fill it online.

 

The last date for paying UGC NET application fee was 06 September (11:50 pm) till 2021.

 

Due to the postponement of examinations, the simultaneous UGC NET examination for December 2020 and June 2021 sessions will be conducted in online mode from October 6-8 and October 17-19, 2021.

 

National testing agency has closed the UGC NET 2021 application form correction window facility on 12th September.

 

With this, candidates could visit the official website- ugcnet.nta.nic.in to make necessary changes in their UGC NET Application Form 2021.

 

Candidates willing to participate in NET 2021 are required to enter all required details under the application process, upload scanned copies of photograph and signature along with required application fee.

 

Before filling the UGC NET Application Form 2021, candidates must check the UGC NET 2021 Eligibility Criteria.

 

UGC NET admit card is issued for the candidates who successfully fill the UGC NET application form 2021.

 

Eligibility for UGC NET

The minimum educational qualification for UGC NET 2021 is a post graduation degree in any discipline.

 

The option of 81 subjects is provided by NTA to apply for the respective post.

 

In age limit, there is no upper age limit for the post of Assistant Professors/Lecturers, however, for JRF candidates age should not exceed 31 years.

 

Age relaxation is also provided for some categories. Must have at least 55 percent or its equivalent marks in post graduation.

 

According to the government rules, a relaxation of 5 percent is provided to the reserved category candidates.

 

Documents required to fill UGC NET Application Form

Before starting the process of filling the UGC NET application form, the candidate must have some important documents.

 

All the documents must be correct to avoid any kind of inconvenience or wastage of time while filling the application form.

 

These include Identity proof which includes Bank pass book (with photo), Ration card, Aadhar card number, Voter ID card or any other government ID, marksheet of last semester or eligibility certificate, document for address proof etc.

 

Apart from these, the permanent and correspondence address of the candidate, four cities for choice of center, NET subject code, PG subject code, PG course code, category certificate if applicable, EWS proof if applicable Letter, e-mail address, mobile number and scanned image etc. are also required.