3. The syllabi of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III will remain the same.
4. The candidates will be allowed to carry the carbon printout of OMR Response Sheets with them on conclusion of the examination.
5. There will be no negative marking.
UGC NET 2012 (June ) Notification and Dates
- National Eligibility Test (NET)-2012
Junior Research Fellowship/Eligibility for Lectureships
The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National Eligibility Test (NET) on 24th June, 2012, Sunday for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship in Indian Universities and Colleges
UGC will conduct NET in 78 subjects at 74 (seventy four) selected university centres spread across the country
The result of the UGC-NET held on 24th December, 2011 and the one to be held on 24th June, 2012 will be made available on the UGC websites www.ugc.ac.in, www.ugcnetonline.in as and when it is declared
The candidates will not be individually intimated about their result
The candidates who qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship are eligible to pursue research in the subject of their post-graduation or in a related subject and are also eligible for lectureship
The universities, institutions, IITs and other national organizations may select the JRF awardees for whole time research work in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them
The award of JRF will depend on the performance of the candidate in all three papers of NET
However, the candidates qualifying exclusively for lectureship will not be considered for award of JRF
Candidates appearing in NET should clearly specify in the prescribed application form whether they are applying for both JRF and Eligibility for Lectureship; or only for eligibility for Lectureship
Candidates who qualify the test for Eligibility for Lectureship will be governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of Lecturers of the concerned Universities/Colleges/State Governments, as the case may be
SC/ST/VH/PH)/OBC (non-creamy layer), as per the central list of other backward classes available on National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), Govt of India website www.ncbc.nic.in, candidates will be given such special concessions as may be decided by the Commission
2) JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP :
Junior Research Fellowship: Candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship will be eligible to receive fellowship of UGC under various schemes, subject to their finding placement in universities/IITs/institutions
The validity period of the offer is two years from the date of issue of JRF Award Letter
However, in case the candidates who have already joined M.Phil/Ph.D, the date of commencement of fellowship shall be from the date of declaration of NET result or date of their joining, whichever is later
UGC NET ELIGIBILITY :
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Junior Research Fellowship: Junior Research Fellowship: Not more than 28 years as on 01st June, 2012 A relaxation upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/PH/VH categories and to women applicants Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority Three year’s relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing LLM degree Total age relaxation on the above grounds shall not exceed five years under any circumstances Lectureship: There is no upper age limit for applying for lectureship eligibility |
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Lectureship: There is no upper age limit for applying for lectureship eligibility. |
CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY
Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree; or equivalent examination from Universities/Institutions recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science and Applications, Electronic Science etc are eligible for this test
The SC/ST/PH/VH category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this test
Candidates who have appeared or will be appearing at the qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited; or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test
However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for award of JRF/Lectureship eligibility only after they have passed their Master’s degree examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of SC/ST/PH/VH category candidates)
Such candidates must complete their PG degree examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified
The Ph.D degree holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed by 19th September, 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET
Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their post-graduation only
The candidates whose post-graduation subject is not covered in the list of subjects may appear in a related subject
Candidates seeking concession in fee are required to submit attested copy of their OBC (non creamy layer)/SC/ST/PH/VH certificate along with online printout of their application forms (obtained while applying on-line)
Other candidates are not required to submit any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility along with printout of their application form
Therefore, the candidates, in their own interest, must satisfy themselves about their eligibility for the test
In the event of any ineligibility being detected by the commission at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action
Candidates with Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate Courses, should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their courses with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi www.aiuweb.org
4) AGE LIMIT & RELAXATION :
i) Junior Research Fellowship :
Junior Research Fellowship: Not more than 28 years as on 01st June, 2012
A relaxation upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/PH/VH categories and to women applicants
Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority
Three year’s relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing LLM degree
Total age relaxation on the above grounds shall not exceed five years under any circumstances
Lectureship: There is no upper age limit for applying for lectureship eligibility
Three years’ relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing L.L.M. Degree. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances.
ii) Lectureship : No upper age limit.
5) EXEMPTION (ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP) :
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NET/SLET/SET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities/ Colleges/Institutions. Provided however, that candidates, who are or have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/ Colleges/ Institutions. |
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The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET. |
ii) For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for Lectureship held prior to 1st June 2003, are exempted from appearing in NET, being eligible to apply for Lectureship anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2003 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of lecturer only in the universities/ colleges belonging to the state from where they have cleared their SET. All SET qualified candidates are also eligible to appear in NET, if they so desire.
6) EXAMINATION FEE AND MODE OF PAYMENT :
| General Candidates | Rs.450/- |
| Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available on website ) | Rs.225/- |
| SC/ST/PH/VH candidates | Rs.110/- |
Important Dates
Application submission end date: 30th April, 2012, Monday
Last date for receiving the documents at the test center: 07th May, 2012, Monday
Examination date: 24th June, 2012, Sunday
The print out of online application form (2 copies), attendance slip and admission card to the respective test center with fee receipt and category certificates
For more Details, Please visit UGC website
UGC Net 2012 Subjects
The list of NET subjects along with their respective codes are as given below:
01 Economics 02 Political Science 03 Philosophy 04 Psychology 05 Sociology 06 History 07 Anthropology 08 Commerce 09 Education 10 Social Work 11 Defence and Strategic Studies 12 Home Science 14 Public Administration 15 Population Studies* 16 Music 17 Management 18 Maithili 19 Bengali 20 Hindi 21 Kannada 22 Malayalam 23 Oriya 24 Punjabi 25 Sanskrit 26 Tamil 27 Telugu 28 Urdu 29 Arabic 30 English 31 Linguistics 32 Chinese 33 Dogri 34 Nepali 35 Manipuri 36 Assamese 37 Gujarati 38 Marathi 39 French 40 Spanish 41 Russian 42 Persian 43 Rajasthani 44 German 45 Japanese 46 Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education. 47 Physical Education 49 Arab Culture and Islamic Studies 50 Indian Culture 55 Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management 58 Law 59 Library and Information Science 60 Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies 62 Comparative Study of Religions 63 Mass Communication and Journalism 65 Performing Arts – Dance/Drama/Theatre 66 Museology & Conservation 67 Archaeology 68 Criminology 70 Tribal and Regional Language/Literature 71 Folk Literature 72 Comparative Literature 73 Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (including Jyotis ha/Sidhanta Jyotisha/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimamsa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsana/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhva Vedanta/ Dharma Sastra/ Sahitya/ Purana-itihasa/Agama/Advaita Vedanta) 74 Women Studies 79 Visual Arts (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture/ Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art) 80 Geography 81 Social Medicine & Community Health 82 Forensic Science 83 Pali 84 Kashmiri 85 Konkani 87 Computer Science and Applications 88 Electronic Science 89 Environmental Sciences 90 International and Area Studies 91 Prakrit 92 Human Rights and Duties 93 Tourism Administration and Management. * The candidates who have completed their Master’s Degree in Geography (with specialization in Population Studies) or Mathematics/Statistics are also eligible to appear in the subject “Population Studies”(Code 15). Download UGC 2012 Notification
Applications have to be submitted online only
The candidates are required to download the Bank challan performa from the UGC website and then deposit the requisite test fee in any branch of State Bank of India along with the bank charges (commission) of Rs 20/-
Before applying online, the candidates must possess the following; scanned passport (pp) size photograph in JPEG format of less than 300 kb; copy of Bank Challan (fee receipt)
Candidate seeking admission to the test must apply online www.ugcnetonline.in, or through a link available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in
After successful submission, the candidate should take printout of online application form (two copies), attendance slip (one copy) and admission card (one copy) on separate A-4 size papers
SC/ST/PH/VH candidates and candidates belonging to OBC (non-creamy layer) (as per the central list of OBC available on website www.ncbc.nic.in) must enclose the attested copy of certificate for the same
Candidates seeking age relaxation must enclose the certificate of educational qualification/ research experience entitling the candidates for age relaxation
The application (consisting of two copies of printout of online application form, one copy of attendance slip and one copy of admission card) alongwith required documents must reach the Registrar of the University (UGC Test Centre) on or before 07th May, 2012
Application received after 07th May, 2012 at the test centre will be rejected
Before applying online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on UGC website www.ugcnetonline.in or through a link available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in
Please note that fee submitted through any other mode like money order, demand draft, IPO etc will be summarily rejected
The envelope containing the application form should be super scribed UGC National Eligibility Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship, June, 2012
The candidates must affix their recent identical passport size photographs, at the places indicated, on the printout of online application form and must sign across the photograph after it is affixed so that a part of the signature spreads over the application form beyond the photograph
Besides, it should be duly attested by the Head of the University Department/Principal of the College/Class-I Gazetted Officer
In order to avoid last minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough
UGC will not be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this nature in submission of online application during last days
The candidates must read the conditions of eligibility carefully and must satisfy themselves regarding their eligibility for the test before filling the online application and submitting the printout of online application forms
Candidates will be issued the admission card by the respective test centres after allotment of test venue
Candidates should note that their candidature is strictly provisional
The mere fact that admission card has been issued to any candidate shall not imply that the commission has finally accepted his/her candidature
Important Dates
Application submission end date: 30th April, 2012, Monday
Last date for receiving the documents at the test center: 07th May, 2012, Monday
Examination date: 24th June, 2012, Sunday
