NTA UGC NET / JRF 2024 Exam Date: Exam Pattern, Eligibility

UGC NET 2024 Exam Date: The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) is an important exam for candidates who want to pursue a career in the field of education as Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in universities & colleges across India. UGC NET 2024 exam will be conducted from January 3 to 16, 2025. UGC NET City Notification Slip is now available, candidates can now download it using their application number and date of birth. Check here for a detailed overview of UGC NET December 2024, including key information about the notification, exam date, eligibility criteria, exam pattern, syllabus, and application process.

NTA UGC NET / JRF 2024 Exam Date:  Application Fees, Age Limit, Subject Available & Eligibility

UGC NET December 2024 Exam Short Details

Important Dates

  • Application Begin: 19/11/2024
  • Last Date for Apply Online: 11/12/2024
  • Fee Payment Last Date: 12/12/2024
  • Correction Date: 13-14 December 2024
  • UGC NET Exam Date: 03-16 January 2025
  • Exam City Available: 24/12/2024
  • Admit Card Available: Before Exam
  • Result Declared: Notified Soon

Fees Detail

  • General: 1150/-
  • EWS / OBC: 600/-
  • SC / ST / PH: 325/-
  • Pay the Examination Fee Through Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking, E Challan

UGC NET JRF December 2024 Age Limit

  • JRF: Maximum Age: 31 Years
  • NET: No Age Limit
  • Age Relaxation Extra as Per UGC NET December 2024 Exam Rules

UGC NET JRF Exam December 2024 Eligibility

  • Passed / Appeared Master’s Degree in the Concerned Subject with at Least a Minimum 55% Marks.
  • 4-Year Bachelor Degree Candidate Also Eligible.

NTA UGC NET December Exam 2024 Subject Available

S No.

Subject Name

S No.

Subject Name

1

Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non-Formal Education.

44

Maithili

2

Anthropology

45

Malayalam

3

Arab Culture and Islamic Studies

46

Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing / Marketing Mgt. / Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt. / Personnel Mgt. / Financial Mgt. /Co-operative Management)

4

Arabic

47

Manipuri

5

Archaeology

48

Marathi

6

Assamese

49

Mass Communication and Journalism

7

Bengali

50

Museology & Conservation

8

Bodo

51

Music

9

Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies

52

Nepali

10

Chinese

53

Oriya

11

Commerce

54

Pali

12

Comparative Literature

55

Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre

13

Comparative Study of Religions

56

Persian

14

Computer Science and Applications

57

Philosophy

15

Criminology

58

Physical Education

16

Defence and Strategic Studies

59

Political Science

17

Dogri

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.

18

Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation  / Demography / Development Planning /Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics / Development Economics /Business Economics

61

Population Studies

19

Education

62

Prakrit

20

Electronic Science

63

Psychology

21

English

64

Public Administration

22

Environmental Sciences

65

Punjabi

23

Folk Literature

66

Rajasthani

24

Forensic Science

67

Russian

25

French (French Version)

68

Sanskrit

26

Geography

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).

27

German

70

Santali

28

Gujarati

71

Sindhi

29

Hindi

72

Social Medicine & Community Health

30

Hindu Studies

73

Social Work

31

History

74

Sociology

32

Home Science

75

Spanish

33

Human Rights and Duties

76

Tamil

34

Indian Culture

77

Telugu

35

Indian Knowledge System

78

Tourism Administration and Management.

36

Japanese

79

Tribal and Regional Language/Literature

37

Kannada

80

Urdu

38

Kashmiri

81

Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/ History of Art)

39

Konkani

82

Women Studies

40

Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare / Human Resource Management

83

Yoga

41

Law

84

Disaster Management

42

Library and Information Science

85

Ayurveda Biology

43

Linguistics

86

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Where can we get UGC NET 2024 City Intimation Slip

The city notification slip for the UGC NET December 2024 exam is now available. Candidates can download it using their application number & date of birth. This receipt provides details about the city where the exam center is located. Please remember that this is not the admit card, the admit card will be released later. Official Website: Click here

UGC NET 2024 Exam Pattern Details:

UGC NET 2024 Exam Pattern
Paper Marks Number of Questions Total Duration
I 100 50 3 hours (180 minutes) without break

 

II 200 100

UGC NET Paper 1 and 2 Passing Marks

Category UGC NET Passing Marks
Unreserved (UR) – General 40%
Reserved – OBC/PWD/SC/ST/EWS 35%

UGC NET Syllabus 2024 for Paper 1 and Paper 2

UGC NET Syllabus 2024 Overview
Conducting Body National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam Name UGC NET 2024
Post Category UGC NET Syllabus 2024
Exam Level National
Exam Duration 3 hours (180 minutes)
Number of Papers 2
Total Marks
  • UGC NET Paper 1: 100
  • UGC NET Paper 2: 200
Total Questions
  • UGC NET Paper 1: 50
  • UGC NET Paper 2: 100
Helpline Number 0120-6895200
Official Website ugcnet.nta.nic.in or www.nta.ac.in

The UGC NET December 2024 syllabus PDF format can be downloaded from the official website of UGC or from the link(https://www.ugcnetonline.in/syllabus-new.php)

UGC NET Paper 1 Syllabus 2024

The complete syllabus details for Paper 1 is provided below:

UGC NET Paper 1 Syllabus 2024
Unit Name Syllabus
Unit-I (Teaching Aptitude)
  • Teaching: Concept, objectives, levels of teaching (memory, understanding, and reflective), characteristics, and basic requirements
  • Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (academic, social, emotional, and cognitive), individual differences
  • Factors affecting teaching related to Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment, and Institution
  • Methods of teaching in higher learning institutions: Teacher-centred vs learner-centered methods; offline vs online methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs, etc.).
  • Teaching support system: Traditional, modern, and ICT based
  • Evaluation systems: Elements and types of evaluation, evaluation in Choice Based Credit Systems in higher education, computer-based testing, innovations in evaluation systems
Unit-II (Research Aptitude)
  • Research: Meaning, types, and characteristics, positivism and post-positivist approach to research
  • Methods of research: Experimental, descriptive, historical, qualitative, and quantitative methods
  • Steps of research
  • Thesis and article writing: Format and styles of referencing
  • Application of ICT in research
  • Research ethics
Unit-III (Comprehension) Reading comprehension with questions
Unit-IV (Communication)
  • Communication: Meaning, types, and characteristics of communication
  • Effective communication: Verbal and non-verbal, inter-cultural and group communications, classroom communication
  • Barriers to effective communication
  • Mass-media and society
Unit-V (Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude) Types of reasoning, mathematical aptitude, number and letter series, etc.
Unit-VI (Logical Reasoning) Argument structure, deductive and inductive reasoning, analogies, Venn diagrams, Indian logic, etc.
Unit-VII (Data Interpretation) Data sources, acquisition, classification, Interpretation, Governance, etc.
Unit-VIII (Information and Communication Technology (ICT)) Basics of ICT, internet, email, digital initiatives, and governance, etc.
Unit-IX (People, Development and Environment) Development and environment interaction, environmental issues, resources, Environmental protection acts, international agreements, and efforts, etc.
Unit-X (Higher Education System) History of higher education in India, learning programs, policies, and governance, etc.

UGC NET Paper 2 Syllabus 2024

The complete syllabus details for Paper 2 is provided below:

UGC NET Paper 2 Syllabus 2024

UGC NET Subjects UGC NET Syllabus (English PDF) UGC NET Syllabus (Hindi PDF)
Economics / Rural Economics /Cooperation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics Download Download
Political Science Download Download
Philosophy Download Download
Psychology Download Download
Sociology Download Download
History Download Download
Anthropology Download Download
Commerce Download Download
Education Download Download
Social Work Download Download
Defence and Strategic Studies Download Download
Home Science Download Download
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Population Studies Download Download
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UGC NET Preparation 2024-2025 Tips

UGC NET 2024 Exam Centers

State City City
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) South Andaman Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh Guntur Amaravathi
Andhra Pradesh Anantapur Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh West Godavari Bhimavaram
Andhra Pradesh Prakasam Chirala
Arunachal Pradesh West Siang Basar
Arunachal Pradesh Papum Pare Itanagar/Naharlagun
Arunachal Pradesh Namsai Namsai
Assam Baksa Dhubri
Assam Barpeta Darrang (Mangaldoi)
Assam Dibrugarh
Bihar Araria Arrah
Bihar Bhojpur Aurangabad
Bihar Arwal Banka
Chandigarh (UT) Chandigarh Chandigarh/Mohali/Panchkula
Chhattisgarh Sarguja Ambikapur
Chhattisgarh Balod Durg
Chhattisgarh Bijapur Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) Dadra & Nagar Haveli Silvassa
Daman & Diu (UT) Daman Diu
Delhi Delhi Delhi/New Delhi
Goa South Goa Panaji/Madgaon/Margao
Goa North Goa Ponda
Gujarat Amreli Vallabhvidyanagar
Gujarat Banaskantha Bharuch
Haryana Ambala Bhiwani
Haryana Faridabad Gurugram
Haryana Gurugram
Haryana Hissar
Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur Chamba
Himachal Pradesh Hamirpur Kangra
Himachal Pradesh Kullu
Jammu & Kashmir Anantnag Badgam
Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla Jammu
Jammu & Kashmir Kathua
Jharkhand West Singhbhum Bokaro
Jharkhand Deoghar Chaibasa
Jharkhand Chatra Dhanbad
Karnataka Bagalkot Ballari
Karnataka Belagavi Belagavi (Belgaum)
Karnataka Bengaluru- Rural Bengaluru- Urban
Kerala Alappuzha Idukki
Kerala Ernakulam Angamaly
Kerala Kannur
Lakshadweep (UT) Kavaratti Kargil
Leh & Ladakh (UT) Leh
Madhya Pradesh Ashok Nagar Balaghat
Madhya Pradesh Barwani Betul
Madhya Pradesh Bhind
Maharashtra Akola Amravati
Maharashtra Aurangabad Beed
Maharashtra Ahmednagar
Manipur Chandel Imphal
Meghalaya Ri Bhoi East Khasi Hills
Meghalaya Shillong
Mizoram Aizawl Mamit
Nagaland Dimapur Kohima
Nagaland Kiphrie
Odisha Balangir Baragarh
Odisha Balasore Balasore (Baleswar)
Odisha Angul
Odisha Mayurbanj Baripada/Mayurbanj
Puducherry Puducherry Karaikal
Punjab Amritsar Firozpur
Punjab Bhatinda Faridkot
Punjab Fazilka
Rajasthan Ajmer Alwar
Rajasthan Baran Barmer
Rajasthan Bharatpur Bhilwara
Sikkim Gangtok West Sikkim
Tamil Nadu Ariyalur Cuddalore
Tamil Nadu Chengalpet Chennai
Tamil Nadu Coimbatore
Telangana Adilabad Asifabad
Telangana Bhupalapally Hayathnagar
Telangana Jogulamba Gadwal Gadwal
Tripura West Tripura Agartala
Tripura Dhalai
Uttar Pradesh Agra Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh Aligarh Ambedkar Nagar
Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj Almora
Uttar Pradesh Ambedkar Nagar Amethi
Uttar Pradesh Dehradun Haldwani
Uttarakhand Nainital Haridwar
West Bengal Darjeeling Asansol
West Bengal Bankura Durgapur
West Bengal Purba Bardhaman Burdwan (Bardhaman)
West Bengal Paschim Bardhaman

UGC NET 2024 Full Subject List

Sr. No UGC NET Subject  Subject Code
1 Adult Education/Continuing Education/Andragogy/Non-Formal Education 46
2 Anthropology 07
3 Arab Culture and Islamic Studies 49
4 Arabic 29
5 Archaeology 67
6 Assamese 36
7 Bengali 19
8 Bodo 94
9 Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian, and Peace Studies 60
10 Chinese 32
11 Commerce 08
12 Comparative Literature 72
13 Comparative Study of Religions 62
14 Computer Science and Applications 87
15 Criminology 68
16 Defence and Strategic Studies 11
17 Dogri 33
18 Economics/Rural Economics/Co-operation/Demography/Development Planning/Development Studies/Econometrics/Applied Economics/Development Economics/Business Economics 01
19 Education 09
20 Electronic Science 88
21 English 30
22 Environmental Sciences 89
23 Folk Literature 71
24 Forensic Science 82
25 French (French Version) 39
26 Geography 80
27 German 44
28 Gujarati 37
29 Hindi 20
30 Hindu Studies 102
31 History 06
32 Home Science 12
33 Human Rights and Duties 92
34 Indian Culture 50
35 Japanese 45
36 Kannada 21
37 Kashmiri 84
38 Konkani 85
39 Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management 55
40 Law 58
41 Library and Information Science 59
42 Linguistics 31
43 Maithili 18
44 Malayalam 22
45 Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management) 17
46 Manipuri 35
47 Marathi 38
48 Mass Communication and Journalism 63
49 Museology & Conservation 66
50 Music 16
51 Nepali 34
52 Oriya 23
53 Pali 83
54 Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre 65
55 Persian 42
56 Philosophy 03
57 Physical Education 47
58 Political Science 02
59 Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies 90
60 Population Studies 15
61 Prakrit 91
62 Psychology 04
63 Public Administration 14
64 Punjabi 24
65 Rajasthani 43
66 Russian 41
67 Sanskrit 25
68 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) 73
69 Santali 95
70 Sindhi 101
71 Social Medicine & Community Health 82
72 Social Work 10
73 Sociology 05
74 Spanish 40
75 Tamil 26
76 Telugu 27
77 Tourism Administration and Management 93
78 Tribal and Regional Language/Literature 70
79 Urdu 28
80 Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art) 79
81 Women Studies 74
82 Yoga 100
83 Indian Knowledge System 103
84 Disaster Management 104
85 Ayurveda Biology 105