The Joint CSIR UGC National Eligibility Test is conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for Junior Research Fellowship to all the qualified candidates.

CISR UGC NET is held in the month of June and December.

CISR UGC NET Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must have 4 year program (B.Tech, B.E, B.Pharma, MBBS, M.Sc with at least 55 % from a recognized university.

Candidates who are appearing in the final year of M.Sc or have done 10+2+3 years, they can apply for it.

Candidates with bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or in any other discipline, they are also eligible for it.

Age Limit –

For JRF (NET)- Candidate’s age should not be more than 28 years

Age relaxation is applicable as per government rule.

For LS (NET) -There is no age limit for it.

Application Fees

The candidates have to deposit the examination fee at any branch of the Indian Bank across the country. The category-wise fee chart is as follows-

General category- Rs. 1000/-
OBC/NCL category- Rs. 500/-
SC/ST/PH/VH category- 250/-

Examination Pattern

There will be total 5 subjects in the CSIR UGC NET - Mathematical Sciences, Atmospheric, Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Chemical Sciences.

The will be one paper of total 200 MCQ type questions.

The candidates will also have to pay the penalty for wrong answer.

The question paper will be divided into 3 sections- A,B and C.

Section A- This section is common for all the subjects and consists of question related to General Aptitude, Graphical Analysis, Logical Reasoning, Numeric Ability etc.

Section B- This section consists of MCQ type questions which will cover numerous topics of the concerned subject. However, for the Engineering Sciences, there will be questions related to Mathematics and Engineering Aptitude will also include.

Section C- This section consists of questions of high values to examine the candidates’ knowledge of scientific concepts and/or the application of these scientific concepts. There will be subjects-related MCQs for Engineering Sciences for Part C.