National Testing Agency (NTA) UGC NET December 2025

Short Info : National Testing Agency (NTA) has released Joint NET Exam December 2025 Notification. Those candidates who are interested in this UGC NET December, 2025 Exam can apply online from 07 October, 2025 to 07 November, 2025. Read the notification for NTA UGC NET Exam, eligibility, Subject Details information, Document Required, age limit, how to Apply and all other information.

Important Dates

Application Start Date

07 October, 2025

Last Date For Applying Online

07 November, 2025 Upto 11:50 PM

Last Date For Paying Exam Fees

07 November, 2025

Dates for Making Correction in Filled Form

10-12 November, 2025 Upto 11:50 PM

Exam Date

31 December to 07 January, 2026

Exam City Details

20 December, 2025

Admit Card For Exam

28 December, 2025

Eligibility Details

Minimum Age

Maximum Age For JRF

30 Years (As on 01 December, 2025)

For Assistant Professor / Admission to PhD

Age Relaxation

As Per Rules

Application Fees Info

General / Unreserved Category Candidates

1150 Rs./-

General - EWS / OBC - Non Creamy Layer Category Candidates

600 Rs./-

Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST) / Person with Disability (PwD) / Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) / Third Gender Category Candidates

325 Rs./-

Payment Mode

Online Through Debit Card / Credit Card / Net Banking.

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NTA UGC NET December 2025 - Eligibility Details
Exam Name	NTA UGC NET JRF December Eligibility 2025
NTA UGC NET December	Passed / Appeared for Master’s Degree in a Related Subject with a Minimum 55% Marks OR Equivalent Eligibility From Any Recognised University / Institutions in India. For more complete information, kindly read the NTA UGC NET JRF December Exam Notification 2025.

NTA UGC NET December 2025 - Subjects Details
Subject Code	Subject Name	Subject Code	Subject Name
01	Adult Education / Continuing Education / Androgyny / Non-Formal Education.	02	Anthropology
03	Arab Culture and Islamic Studies	04	Arabic
05	Archaeology	06	Assamese
07	Bengali	08	Bodo
09	Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian, and Peace Studies	10	Chinese
11	Commerce	12	Comparative Literature
13	Comparative Study of Religions	14	Computer Science and Applications
15	Criminology	16	Defence and Strategic Studies
17	Dogri	18	Economics / Rural Economics / Co-operation / Demography / Development Planning/Development Studies / Econometrics / Applied Economics / Development Economics / Business Economics
19	Education	20	Electronic Science
21	English	22	Environmental Sciences
26	Folk Literature	24	Forensic Science
25	French (French Version)	26	Geography
27	German	28	Gujarati
29	Hindi	30	Hindu Studies
31	History	32	Home Science
33	Human Rights and Duties	34	Indian Culture
35	Indian Knowledge System	36	Japanese
37	Kannada	38	Kashmiri
39	Konkani	40	Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare / Human Resource Management
41	Law	42	Library and Information Science
43	Linguistics	44	Maithili
45	Malayalam	46	Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing / Marketing Mgt. / Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt. / Personnel Mgt. / Financial Mgt. /Co-operative Management)
47	Manipuri	49	Marathi
50	Mass Communication and Journalism	51	Museology & Conservation
52	Music	53	Nepali
54	Oriya	55	Pali
56	Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre	57	Persian
58	Physical Education	59	Political Science
60	Politics, including International Relations/International Studies, including Defence / Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies.	61	Population Studies
62	Prakrit	63	Psychology
64	Public Administration	65	Punjabi
66	Rajasthani	67	Russian
68	Sanskrit	69	Sanskrit traditional subjects (including Jyotisha / Sidhanta Jyotish / Navya Vyakarna / Vyakarna / Mimansa / Navya Nyaya / Sankhya Yoga / Tulanatmaka Darsan / Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant / Dharmasasta / Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama).
70	Santali	71	Sindhi
72	Social Medicine & Community Health	73	Social Work
74	Sociology	75	Spanish
76	Tamil	77	Telugu
78	Tourism Administration and Management.	79	Tribal and Regional Language/Literature
80	Urdu	81	Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture, Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)
82	Women Studies	83	Yoga
84	Disaster Management	85	Ayurveda Biology

NTA UGC NET December 2025 - Exam Pattern
Paper	Pattern of Paper	Questions	Marks
Paper 1	The questions will be generic in nature, intending to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate.	50	100
Paper 2	This is based on the subject selected by the candidate and will assess domain knowledge.	100	200
Total	–	150	300
Exam Mode : Online – CBT (Computer-Based Test) Exam Duration : 3 Hours (180 Minutes) Question Type : Multiple Choice Questions Negative Marking : No Negative Marking
How to Apply
Visit Website : Go to the official NTA UGC NET portal: `ugcnet.nta.nic.in`. New Registration : Click on the 'New Registration' link and provide basic details (email/mobile) to generate an Application Number. Complete Form : Log in with your new credentials and fill out the detailed application form with personal and academic information. Upload Documents : Upload your scanned passport-size photo (10-200 KB) and signature (4-30 KB) in JPEG format. Pay Fee : Pay the application fee online via Credit/Debit Card, UPI, or Net Banking. Confirmation : Download and print the Confirmation Page, as it's proof of successful submission.
Selection Process
Exam Structure : A Computer Based Test (CBT) with two papers, Paper 1 (Teaching & Research Aptitude) and Paper 2 (Subject-Specific), both combined for 3 hours. Eligibility : Master's degree in a relevant subject with minimum marks (55% for General, 50% for Reserved categories). Qualifying Criteria : General : 40% aggregate in both papers. Reserved Categories : 35% aggregate in both papers. Awarding JRF/Assistant Professor : Assistant Professor : Determined by subject-wise cut-offs. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) : Awarded to top-scoring candidates (above Assistant Professor cut-off), with an age limit of 30 (relaxable). For PhD : Assistant Professor eligibility applies, with no upper age limit.