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
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.
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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 U GC 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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