UGC NET 2025 December exam schedule announced for assistant professor, JRF, PhD; subject-wise dates
Sundararajan | December 18, 2025 | 01:27 PM IST | 2 mins read
UGC NET Admit Card 2025: The NTA will issue the NET exam city intimation slip 10 days before the exam date, ie, by December 21, on the official website, ugcnet.nta.ac.in.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the exam schedule for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET 2025) December session. As per the UGC NET 2025 exam dates, the NTA will conduct the exam from December 31 to January 7.
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As per the schedule, the NTA will issue the computer-based UGC NET 2025 city intimation slip at least 10 days before the exam. Accordingly, candidates can expect the UGC NET 2025 exam city slip download link around December 21.
Candidates can check their allotted exam city through the city intimation slip, and the UGC NET 2025 admit card will be issued afterwards. The UGC NET December 2025 exam will be held to assess candidates’ eligibility for assistant professor posts, Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), and PhD admissions.
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UGC NET December 2025: Exam schedule, timing
The UGC NET 2025 exam schedule for the December session is provided below, listed by subject. The morning shift will run from 9 am to 12 noon, while the afternoon shift will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm.
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UGC NET exam date |
Morning shift |
Afternoon shift |
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December 31 |
Law |
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Social work |
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Telugu |
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Tourism administration and management |
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Spanish |
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Prakrit |
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Kashmiri |
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Konkani |
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January 2 |
Computer Science and Applications |
Sociology |
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Library and Information Science |
Psychology |
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Urdu |
Philosophy |
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Forensic Science |
Oriya |
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Bengali |
Yoga |
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Arabic |
Punjabi |
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Bodo |
Social Medicine & Community Health |
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Human Rights and Duties |
Women Studies |
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January 3 |
Commercе |
Geography |
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Sanskrit |
Education |
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Santali |
Folk Literature |
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Criminology |
Maithili |
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Politics, including International Relations/International Studies, including Defence/Strategic Studies: West Asian Studies; South East Asian Studies; African Asian Studies: South East Asian Studies: African Studies: South Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; Soviet Studies; American Studies |
Indian Culture |
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Disaster Management |
Persian |
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Museology and Conservation |
Comparative Study of Religions |
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January 5 |
English |
History |
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Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Nadhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama). |
Visual Art (including Drawing and Painting/Sculpture Graphies/Applied Art/History of Art) |
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Anthropology |
Assamese |
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Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy' Non-Formal Education. |
Tribal and Regional Language/Literature |
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French (French Version) |
Archaeology |
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Dogri |
Gujarati |
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Russian |
Rajasthani |
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Chinese |
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January 6 |
Political Science |
Hindi |
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Defence and Strategic Studies |
Tamil |
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Arab Culture and Islamic Studies |
Mass Communication and Journalism |
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Hindu Studies |
Kannada |
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Nepali |
Malayalam |
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Comparative Literature |
Manipuri |
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Japanese |
Indian Knowledge Systems |
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Sindhi |
German |
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January 7 |
Economics/ Rural Economics/ Co-operation/ Demography/ Development Planning/ Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics/ Development Eco./ Business Economics |
Environmental Sciences |
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Management (including Business Admn. Ngt./ Marketing/ Marketing Ngt./ lndustrial Relations and Personnel Ngt./ Personnel Mgt./ Financial Ngt./, Co-operative Management) |
Home Science |
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Public Administration |
Physical Education |
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Population Studies |
Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management |
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Linguistics |
Electronic Science |
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Buddhist; Jaina; Gandhian and Peace Studies |
Music |
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Ayurveda Biology |
Marathi |
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Pali |
Performing Arts - Dance/ Drama/ Theatre |
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