Can you tell me about the eligibility requirements to apply for The National Eligibility Test (NET) as I want to check if I am eligible for it or not?

The National Eligibility Test (NET), also known as UGC NET or NTA-UGC-NET, is the test for determining the eligibility for the post of Assistant Professor and/or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) award in Indian universities and colleges.


UGC NET written exam is the first step that a candidate needs to take for becoming a lecturer or to conduct research work for renowned organization.


Eligibility Criteria

i)
One who has secured minimum 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master Degree OR equivalent exam from universities recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science &Applications, Electronic Science etc. is eligible.

The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to non-creamy layer/Scheduled Caste(SC)/ Scheduled Tribe(ST)/ persons with disability(PWD) category candidates who have secured minimum 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master degree or equivalent exam is eligible.


ii)
One who has appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying Master degree (final year) exam and whose result is still awaited or one whose qualifying exams have been delayed may also apply.

However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and are considered eligible for award of Junior Research Fellowship/eligibility for Assistant professor only after one has passed the Master Degree exam OR equivalent with minimum 55% marks(50% marks for OBC(Non- creamy layer)/SC/ST/PWD(persons with disability) category candidates. Such candidates must complete their P.G degree exam within 2 years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which one is treated as disqualified.


iii)
The Ph.D. degree holder whose Master level exam had been completed by 19th September 1991(irrespective of date of declaration of result) is eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e. from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.


iv)
One should appear in the subject of their post-graduation only. One, whose post-graduation subject is not covered in the list of subjects, may appear in a related subject.


v)
One is neither required to send any certificates/documents in support of the eligibility nor printout of the Application Form to CBSE. However one, in own interest, must satisfy about the eligibility for the Test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by the UGC/CBSE at any stage, the candidature will be cancelled and one shall be liable for legal action.


vi) One having post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/ Institute or foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/institute should in the own interest, determine the equality of the diploma/degree/certificate with Master degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi.


National Eligibility Test Eligibility Criteria