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UGC NET 2026 June dates out; check subject-wise schedule, timings

Vaishnavi Shukla | June 6, 2026 | 05:09 PM IST | 2 mins read

NTA will conduct the UGC NET 2026 June exam in two shifts for 87 subjects across the country; Admit card soon on ugcnet.nta.nic.in

UGC NET June 2026 schedule out. (Representational Image: Careers360 File Photo)
UGC NET June 2026 schedule out. (Representational Image: Careers360 File Photo)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the UGC NET June 2026 subject-wise schedule and timings today. NTA will conduct UGC NET June 2026 exams from June 22 to 30 in two shifts across the country for 87 subjects.

NTA will hold the UGC NET 2026 June shift 1 exam from 9 am to 12 pm, and shift 2 exam will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm.

Recently, NTA has added four more cities to the UGC NET June 2026 exam centre list. The new exam city centres include Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh, Kakching and Bishnupur in Manipur, and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya.

This year, UGC has also added two more subjects, forestry and statistics, to the UGC NET 2026 subject list.

NTA will issue the UGC NET 2026 June admit card soon on ugcnet.nta.nic.in.

Also read Under NTA, UGC NET a ‘general knowledge test’ – rewards rote learning, not analytical skills

UGC NET June Exam Dates 2026

The UGC NET June 2026 exam dates are shown in the table below.

Date

Shift 1 Subject Code

Shift I Subject Name (9 am to 12 pm)

Shift 2 Subject Code

Shift II Subject Name (3 pm to 6 pm)

22 June 2026

79

Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)

87

Computer Science and Applications


66

Museology & Conservation

42

Persian


24

Punjabi

41

Russian


26

Tamil

19

Bengali


80

Geography

12

Home Science


38

Marathi

16

Music


55

Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management

15

Population Studies


95

Santali



23 June 2026

14

Public Administration

63

Mass Communication and Journalism


9

Education

88

Electronic Science


10

Social Work

74

Women Studies


22

Malayalam

58

Law


28

Urdu

27

Telugu


68

Criminology

82

Forensic Science


65

Performing Art-Dance/Drama/Theatre

34

Nepali


70

Tribal and Regional Language/Literature

59

Library and Information Science


71

Folk Literature

3

Philosophy

24 June 2026

2

Political Science

8

Commerce


62

Comparative Study of Religions

11

Defence and Strategic Studies


45

Japanese

50

Indian Culture


33

Dogri

60

Buddhist; Jaina; Gandhian and Peace Studies




43

Rajasthani




31

Linguistics

25 June 2026

30

English

6

History


32

Chinese

83

Pali


85

Konkani

91

Prakrit


40

Spanish

72

Comparative Literature


84

Kashmiri



29 June 2026

20

Hindi

4

Psychology


49

Arab Culture and Islamic Studies

18

Maithili


103

Indian Knowledge Systems

29

Arabic


35

Manipuri

17

Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management)


21

Kannada

47

Physical Education


44

German

73

Sanskrit traditional subjects (including Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama).


101

Sindhi

105

Ayurveda Biology


39

French (French Version)

104

Disaster Management

30 June 2026

1

Economics/Rural Economics/Co-operation/ Demography/Development Planning/Development Studies/Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics

36

Assamese


89

Environmental Sciences

5

Sociology


102

Hindu Studies

100

Yoga


7

Anthropology

93

Tourism Administration and Management.


94

Bodo

46

Adult Education/Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education.


37

Gujarati

67

Archaeology


25

Sanskrit

23

Oriya


90

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.

81

Social Medicine & Community Health


92

Human Rights and Duties

107

Statistics




106

Forestry

NTA conducts the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET 2026) exams twice a year for junior research fellowship and assistant professor positions, and determines eligibility for admission to PhD programmes at Indian universities and colleges.

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