by vignesh p
5 years ago
What is UGC NET/JRF ?
UGC stands for University Grants Commission. It is the apex University regulator in India. Its functions include granting of University recognitions to prescribing the guidelines for their functioning and teachers recruitment rules. For this purpose, UGC has mandated a National Eligibility Test (NET) for those willing to engage in teaching in university. It is only a qualifying exam and it is valid throughout life time. The UGC NET exam cutoff age for is 55 years old. The exam is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) and it will be a Computer Based Test (CBT). This exam is mandatory for any Indian citizen willing to teach in India. There are the following fields of study in which the UGC NET is offered:
Adult Education/Continuing Education/Andragogy/ Non Formal Education |
Anthropology |
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies |
Arabic |
Archaeology |
Assamese |
Bengali |
Bodo |
Buddhist,Jaina,Gandhian and Peace Studies |
Chinese |
Commerce |
Comparative Literature |
Comparative Study of Religions |
Computer Science and Applications |
Criminology |
Defence and Strategic Studies |
Dogri |
Economics/Rural Economics/Co-operation/Demography/Development/Planning/ Development Studies/ Econometrics/Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics |
Education |
Electronic Science |
English |
Environmental Science |
Folk Literature |
Forensic Science |
French (French Version) |
Geography |
German |
Gujarati |
Hindi |
History |
Home Science |
Indian Culture |
Japnese |
Kannada |
Kashmiri |
Konkani |
Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/ Human Resource Management |
Law |
Library and Information Science |
Linguistics |
Maithili |
Malayalam |
Management (including Business Admn.mgmt/Marketing/Marketing mgt./Industrial and Personnel mgt./ Personnel mgt. /Financial mgt./Co-operative management) |
Manipuri |
Marathi |
Mass Communication and journalism |
Museology and Conservation |
Music |
Nepali |
Oriya |
Pali |
Performing Art- Dance/Drama/Theatre |
Persian |
Philiosophy |
Physical Education |
Political Science |
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 |
Population Studies |
Prakrit |
Psychology |
Public Administration |
Punjabi |
Rajasthani |
Russian |
Sanskrit |
Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/ Sidhanta Jyotish/Navya Vyakarana / Vyakarana/ Mimansa / Navya Nyaya / Sankhya Yoga / Tulanatmaka Darsana/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ sahitya/ Puranotihasa/ Agama) |
Santali |
Sindhi |
Social Medicine & Community Health |
Social Work |
Sociology |
Spanish |
Tamil |
Telugu |
Tourism Administration and Management |
Tribal and Regional Language/Literature |
Urdu |
Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/ Sculpture Graphics/ Applied Art / History of Art) |
Women Studies |
Yoga |
If you are wanting to engage in teaching any of the above subject, you are required to write UGC NET.
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)
Another reason for writing UGC NET is to be valid for Junior Research Fellowship
However, Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) is valid only for 5 years. JRF is a facility offered by the UGC to those willing to undertake research activities in their respective fields.
NET EXAM DATE
The exam date is between June 20-28. Since this is a computer based test, only those candidates who receive admit card will be aware of the dates.