CSIR UGC NET 2025: NTA opens correction window; what can be edited in application form

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has opened the correction window for the CSIR-UGC NET December 2025 session. Candidates who have applied for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (CSIR UGC NET) will be allowed to edit details till November 1 through the official website, csirnet.nta.nic.in.

The application process for the Joint CSIR UGC NET closed a day ago. Candidates appearing for the test will be assessed to determine their eligibility for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), lectureship, and PhD admissions. The exam will be conducted on December 18 for five papers - chemical sciences, earth, atmospheric, ocean and planetary sciences, life sciences, mathematical sciences, and physical sciences.

“All the registered candidates for the said examination are advised to visit the website (https://csirnet.nta.nic.in/) and verify their particulars. They are further advised to make correction/s in their particulars, in their respective Application Form, if required,” the NTA said.

As per the revised schedule, the NTA CSIR UGC NET correction window will remain open till November 1 up to 11.50 pm.

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CSIR-UGC NET 2025: List of editable fields

The CSIR UGC NET exam city once allotted cannot be changed. Therefore, the NTA has advised candidates to select their preferred location, as any request to change the exam city will not be entertained.

Details such as name, contact details, address, category, PwD status, educational qualification, date of birth, choice of exam, and test cities provided by the candidate will be considered final. These details can be edited during the correction period.

Candidates will be required to pay an additional fee, wherever applicable, depending on the details they are changing. For example, the application fee differs across categories. General category candidates will have to pay Rs 1,150, Gen-EWS and OBC-NCL will have to pay Rs 600, and reserved category candidates will have to deposit Rs 325.

In case a candidate changes their category from OBC to General, they are required to pay the difference through online payment mode.

“Since, it is a one-time facility extended to the candidates to avoid any hardship to them, the candidates are advised to do the correction very carefully, as no further opportunity for correction will be given,” the NTA said.