University Grant Commission (UGC) and CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) may introduced the notification for CSIR UGC NET June 2017 in the month of February 2017, Exam will be tentatively held in the month of June 2017

Admit card will be issued from Mid June 2017.

Important dates:

Online application form will be available from: February 2017
Last date for Online Application March 2017
Last date for receiving completely filled hard copy of online application form March 2017
Last date for recieving completely filled hard copy of online application form (from remote areas) March 2017
CSIR-UGC NET Exam Date June 2017

Exam pattern:

CSIR-UGC NET Exam for Science stream is conducted by CSIR in the following areas: -

1. Chemical Sciences
2. Earth Sciences
3. Life Sciences
4. Mathematical Sciences
5. Physical Sciences

The pattern for the Single Paper MCQ test shall be as given below:-

The MCQ test paper of each subject shall carry a maximum of 200 marks.
The exam shall be for duration of three hours.
The question paper shall be divided in three parts

Part 'A' shall be common to all subjects. This part shall be a test containing a maximum of 20 questions of General Aptitude. The candidates shall be required to answer any 15 questions of two marks each. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 30 out of 200

Part 'B' shall contain subject-related conventional MCQs. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 70 out of 200. The maximum number of questions to be attempted shall be in the range of 20-35.

Part 'C' shall contain higher value questions that may test the candidate's knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts. The questions shall be of analytical nature where a candidate is expected to apply the scientific knowledge to arrive at the solution to the given scientific problem. The total marks allocated to this section shall be 100 out of 200.

Negative marking for wrong answers.