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Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test
Registration opens
27 May 2026
Registration closes
19 Jun 2026
Admit card release
13 Jul 2026
Exam date
17 Jul 2026
Result declared
Not yet officially announced as of 30 Aug 2026; estimated ~3 months after the exam based on typical NTA turnaround for this exam.
~Oct 2026
Provisional
Application fee
₹1150(₹325 SC/ST/reserved)
Official website
https://csirnet.nta.nic.inCSIR NET is the science counterpart to UGC NET - a twice-yearly (June and December) qualifying test for Assistant Professor eligibility and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), covering five science streams: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Earth/Atmospheric/Ocean/Planetary Sciences. Conducted by NTA on behalf of CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) and UGC jointly.
Mode
Computer-based test (CBT)
Duration
3 hours
Total marks
200
Sections
Negative marking and per-question marks vary by subject stream - e.g. Life Sciences deducts 25% per wrong answer across all three parts, while Mathematics has no negative marking in Part C at all.
Qualifying CSIR NET (Assistant Professor and/or JRF category) makes you eligible for JRF fellowship or Assistant Professor recruitment in your science subject at UGC-recognized institutions - not itself an admission or job offer; each institution runs its own hiring or PhD-admission process afterward.
