University Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test (UGC – NET) 2024

 IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND DATES AT A GLANCE 

(Please refer to Information Bulletin for details) 

Dates, Fee Details and Application Procedure: 

EVENTS DATES 

• Online registration and submission of Application Form (complete in all respect) through NTA Website: https://ugcnet.nta.ac.in/ 20th April 2024 to 10th May 2024 
• Last date for successful transaction of Examination fee (through Credit Card/ Debit Card/Net Banking/UPI Payment Modes 11th May 2024 to 12th May 2024 (up to 11:50pm) 
• Fee Payable for UGC – NET June 2024 (Pay fee using the Payment Gateway(s) integrated to the Online Application through Net Banking Debit Card / Credit Card / UPI) 
• General/Unreserved Rs. 1150/- 
• Gen-EWS*/ OBC-NCL** Rs. 600/- 
• Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribes (ST) / Person with Disability (PwD) /Third gender Rs. 325/-  
• Applicable service/processing charges & GST over and above the Examination Fee, are to be Paid by the candidate to the concerned Bank/ 
• Payment Gateway Integrator. For details, Appendix -I may be referred to. 
• Correction in the Particulars of Application Form online only 13th May 2024 to 15th May 2024 
• Intimation of Cities of exam centres To be Intimated Later 
• Downloading of Admit Card by the Candidate from NTA Website To be Intimated Later 
• Dates of Examination 16 June 2024 
• Duration of Examination 180 minutes (03 hours) 
• No break between Paper 1 & Paper 2 
• Timing of Examination To be Intimated Later 
• Exam Centre, Date and Shift As indicated on the Admit Card 
• Display of Recorded Responses and Provisional Answer Keys on the Website for inviting challenge(s) from Interested candidates. To be announced later on website 
• Declaration of Result on NTA website To be Intimated Later 
• Website(s) www.nta.ac.in , https://ugcnet.nta.ac.in/;

University Grants Commission - National Eligibility Test June 2024 

Introduction

1. About National Testing Agency (NTA)

The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GOI) has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent, autonomous, and self-sustained premier testing organization under the Societies Registration Act (1860) for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions.

The NTA has been entrusted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) with the task of conducting UGC-NET which is a test to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for ‘award of Junior Research Fellowship and appointment as Assistant Professor’, ‘appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D.’ and ‘admission to Ph.D. only’ in Indian universities and colleges.

2. About University Grants Commission (UGC)

The University Grant Commission (UGC) is a Statuary Body of Government of India, Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education, constituted under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, vested with two responsibilities: that of providing funds and that of coordination, determination and maintenance of standards in institutions of higher education. The

UGC`s mandate includes:

• Promoting and coordinating university education.

• Determining and maintaining standards of teaching, examination and research in universities.

• Framing regulations on minimum standards of education.

• Monitoring developments in the field of collegiate and university education; disbursing grants to the universities and colleges.

• Serving as a vital link between the Union and state governments and institutions of higher learning.

• Advising the Central and State governments on the measures necessary for improvement of university education.

3. University Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test (UGC – NET)

 3.1 UGC-NET is a test to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for ‘award of Junior Research Fellowship and appointment as Assistant Professor’, ‘appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D.’ and ‘admission to Ph.D. only’ in Indian universities and colleges.

The candidates qualifying under the ‘appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D.’ category will be eligible for appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D. but not for the award of JRF.

The candidates qualifying under the ‘admission to Ph.D. only’ category will be eligible for admission to Ph.D. only but not for the award of JRF and/or appointment as Assistant Professor.

 The eligibility will be determined in the following manner:

Qualified for Eligible for

Qualified for	Eligible for
	JRF	Assistant Professor	Ph.D. admission
Award of JRF and appointment as Assistant Professor	Yes	Yes	Yes
Category-2 Appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D.	No	Yes	Yes
Category-3 Admission to Ph.D. only	No	No	Yes

The JRF-qualified candidates are admitted into the Ph.D. programme based on an interview as per the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022.

UGC NET under category-2 category-3 can be used as an entrance test for Ph.D. admission in place of entrance tests conducted by the different universities/HEIs for admission to Ph.D.

For candidates qualified under the category-2 and category-3, the marks obtained in the NET will have 70% weightage and 30% weightage will be based on the performance in the interview/viva voce conducted by the University/HEI concerned.

The Ph.D. admission will be based on the combined merit of NET marks and the marks obtained in the interview/viva voce.

For admission to Ph.D., the marks obtained in the NET by the candidates in category-2 and category-3 will be valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of the result of UGC-NET.

The result of NET will be declared in percentile along with the marks obtained by a candidate to utilize the marks for admission to Ph.D.

The number of candidates who will be qualified for ‘admission to the Ph.D. only’ will be decided by the results committee.

 3.2 The selection of candidates for the following Fellowships will be made through the Ministry of Social Justice and

Empowerment:

• National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students (NFSC)

• National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes (NFOBC) 

• National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD)

Candidates aspiring for the Fellowships listed above, shall also have to apply for the Test.

 UGC – NET June 2024 

The UGC - NET June 2024 will be conducted in OMR Based mode as per the time schedule specified in the Information at a glance, in the Subjects given at Appendix -II in selected Cities spread across the Country (Appendix -VII).

 4.1 Mode of Examination

The Examination shall be conducted in OMR Based mode only.

 4.2 Pattern of Examination

The Test will consist of two papers. Both the papers will consist of objective type, multiple choice questions. There will be no break between papers.