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UGC National Eligibility Test
Registration opens
NTA notification expected first week of October 2026; application window typically opens shortly after. Exact date not yet released.
~Oct 2026
Provisional
Exam date
Based on established NTA December-cycle pattern (typically late Dec–early Jan). Exact date not yet released.
~Dec 2026
Provisional
Application fee
₹1150(₹325 SC/ST/reserved)
Provisional - UGC NET June 2026 fee
Official website
https://ugcnet.nta.ac.inUGC NET is NTA's twice-yearly (June and December) qualifying test for Assistant Professor eligibility and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) at Indian universities and colleges, across 80+ subjects in humanities, social sciences, commerce, languages, and other non-science disciplines - science subjects are covered separately by CSIR NET.
Mode
Computer-based test (CBT)
Duration
3 hours (single sitting, no break)
Questions
150
Total marks
300
Sections
Qualifying UGC NET (Assistant Professor and/or JRF category, depending on your rank) makes you eligible to apply for teaching posts or for JRF/PhD admission at UGC-recognized institutions - it is not itself an admission or a job offer. Each university/college runs its own separate hiring or PhD-admission process afterward.
The official notification for this cycle hasn’t been released yet, so there’s nothing to verify against - everything above is an estimate based on past years. Always confirm on the official website once it’s released.
