UGC NET 2018 Notification

The National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) by CBSE is an eligibility test for the post of assistant professors and junior research fellowship , for the Indian colleges and universities . All those candidates who are eligible for the post of Assistant professor do not qualify for the award of junior research fellowship. They have to specify in the form whether they are applying for JRF or the post of assistant professor or both. The candidates must note that only 6 % of the candidates clearing the NET are eligible for the post of Assistant professor.

            Ø Eligibility:

·        General: 55% marks without rounding off, in masters degree or equivalent examinations from universities or institutes recognized by the UGC .

·        OBC / SC / ST /PWD: 50% marks without rounding off, in masters degree or   equivalent examination from universities or institutes recognized by the UGC .

·        Candidates who are awaiting the result of masters degree or will be appearing for masters degree (final year ) are also eligible to apply , but such candidates will be admitted provisionally and will be considered eligible for the award of junior research fellowship .

Ø PhD DEGREE HOLDERS :

·        All the PhD degree holders whose masters have been completed by 19th September, 1991. Shall be eligible, shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate.

Ø AGE CRITERIA :

There is no upper age limit to appear for the post of assistant professor, however the upper age limit for appearing in junior research fellowship has been increased from 28 years to 30 years this year. Relaxations have been given to those candidates who have a research experience in the subject of their post graduation  candidates having an LLM degree are given relaxation of 3 years .

Ø EXEMPTIONS :

• ·        Candidates, who have been awarded or will be awarded a PhD degree in accordance with the UGC regulations 2009, will be exempted from meeting the minimum criteria for NET /SLET /SET.
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• ·        Candidates who have cleared the UGC/CSIR/JRF examination before 1989 are exempted to appear in NET 2018.
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• ·        All those candidates who have cleared SAT (states eligibility test) before June 1 2002 are exempted to appear in the NET 2018, such candidates can apply for the post of assistant professors based on their SAT scores in colleges and universities all over India.
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• ·        Those candidates who have cleared the SAT (Sates Eligibility Test) after June 1 2002 are eligible to apply for the post of assistant professors in the respective states.

Ø Important Dates

Application process starts	6th  march , 2018
Last date to apply	5th April , 2018
Last date to pay fees	6th April , 2018
Admit card	3rd week of June ( tentative )
Date of examination	8th July , 2018

Ø Pattern Of Examination

Paper	No of questions	Marks	Duration
1	50 questions. all compulsory	100	1 hour 9:30am – 10:30am
2	100 questions. all compulsory	200	2 hours 11:00am – 1:00pm

Paper 1 will contain 50 objective type questions, 2 marks each. These questions are drafted in order to check the teaching aptitude, reasoning ability, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate.

Paper 2 will contain 100 objective type questions, 2 marks each. These questions will be based on the subject choice of the candidate.

Ø SYLLABUS :

CODE	SUBJECT
01	Economics
02	Political Science
03	Philosophy
04	Psychology
05	Sociology
06	History
07	Anthropology
08	Commerce
09	Education
10	Social Work
11	Defence and Strategic Studies
12	Home Science
14	Public Administration
15	Population Studies
16	Hindustani Music (Vocal/Instrumental)
17	Management
18	Maithili
19	Bengali
20	Hindi
21	Kannada
22	Malayalam
23	Odia
24	Punjabi
25	Sanskrit
26	Tamil
27	Telugu
28	Urdu
29	Arabie
30	English
31	Linguistics
32	Chinese
33	Dogri
34	Nepali
35	Manipuri
36	Assamese
37	Gujarati
38	Marathi
39	French
40	Spanish
41	Russian
42	Persian
43	Rajasthani
44	German
45	Japanese
46	Adult Education/Continuing Education/Andragogy/Non Formal Education
47	Physical Education
49	Arab Culture and Islamic Studies
50	Indian Culture
55	Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management
58	Law
59	Library and Information Science
60	Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies
62	Comparative Study of Religions
63	Mass Communication and Journalism
65	Performing Art - Dance/Drama/Theatre
66	Museology & Conservation
67	Archaeology
68	Criminology
70	Tribal and Regional Language/Literature
71	Folk Literature
72	Comparative Literature
73	Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (including Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotisha/Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimamsa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsana/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhva Vedanta/ Dharma Sastra/ Sahitya/ Purana-itihasa/ Agama/Advaita Vedanta)
74	Women Studies
79	Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture/Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)
80	Geography
81	Social Medicine & Community Health
82	Forensic Science
83	Pali
84	Kashmiri
85	Konkani
87	Computer Science and Applications
88	Electronic Science
89	Environmental Sciences
90	International and Area Studies
91	Prakrit
92	Human Rights and Duties
93	Tourism Administration and Management
94	Bodo
95	Santali
96	Karnatik Music (Vocal Instrument, Percussion)
97	Rabindra  Sangeet
98	Percussion Instruments
99	Drama/ Theatre
100	Yoga