UGC NET to be held on Pongal, admit cards out for January 15, 16; subject-wise cut-off trends
UGC NET exam will be held in two shifts - shift 1 from 9 am to 12 noon and shift 2 from 3 pm to 6 pm. The admit card is available at ugcnet.nta.ac.in.
Anu Parthiban | January 13, 2025 | 08:05 AM IST
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conclude the University Grants Commission - National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) December 2024 session on January 16. The UGC NET admit card for over 30 subjects scheduled to be held on January 15 and 16 has been uploaded on the official website, ugcnet.nta.ac.in. NTA Exam 2025 Live
The NTA has been conducting the UGC NET December 2024 exams from January 3 for 85 subjects in computer-based test (CBT) mode. The UGC NET exam is held to determine the eligibility of candidates for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and appointment as assistant professor, and admission to PhDs.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin and several state MPs have been requesting the NTA to postpone the NET exam scheduled for January 15-16 as it coincides with the Pongal festival. It also coincides with several other major festivals such as Makar Sankranti, Lohri, and Basant Pancham. Slamming the BJP-led central government for showing “complete insensitivity toward Tamils”, DMK MP Kanimozhi MP has written to the Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan requesting him to defer the exam.
However, the NTA has recently uploaded the NET admit card for the exams scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday. The exam will be held in two shifts - shift 1 from 9 am to 12 noon and shift 2 from 3 pm to 6 pm.
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UGC NET exam schedule
The NTA will be conducting the UGC NET exam for the following subjects on January 15-16.
UGC NET exam date | Shift 1 | Shift 2 |
January 15 | 025 Sanskrit 063 Mass Communication and Journalism 045 Japanese 065 Performing Art - Dance/Drama/Theatre 088 Electronic Science 074 Women Studies 058 Law 034 Nepali | 103 Indian Knowledge System 022 Malayalam 028 Urdu 055 Labour Welfare, Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, Labour and Social Welfare, Human Resource Management 068 Criminology 070 Tribal and Regional Language/Literature 071 Folk Literature 085 Konkani 089 Environmental Sciences |
January 16 | 005 Sociology 044 German 101 Sindhi 039 French (French Version) | 059 Library and Information Science 090 Politics including International Relations, International Studies 092 Human Rights and Duties 102 Hindu Studies 033 Dogri 040 Spanish 062 Comparative Study of Religions 003 Philosophy 084 Kashmiri |
UGC NET cut-off trends
Here’s the last year’s UGC NET cut-off marks for JRF fellowship and assistant professor post.
UGC NET Subject | Category | JRF and Assistant Professor (June 2023) | JRF and Assistant Professor (December 2023) |
Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation | Unreserved | 188 | 180 |
EWS | 178 | 162 | |
OBC- NCL | 178 | 170 | |
SC | 162 | 154 | |
ST | 154 | 148 | |
Political Science | Unreserved | 99.6791148 | 216 |
EWS | 99.3029046 | 206 | |
OBC- NCL | 98.8381743 | 208 | |
SC | 96.1493776 | 190 | |
ST | 93.9474412 | 186 | |
Philosophy | Unreserved | 218 | 224 |
EWS | 208 | 210 | |
OBC- NCL | 206 | 210 | |
SC | 200 | 202 | |
ST | 178 | 180 | |
Psychology | Unreserved | 216 | 216 |
EWS | 206 | 200 | |
OBC- NCL | 200 | 204 | |
SC | 190 | 188 | |
ST | 184 | 188 | |
History | Unreserved | 99.7874663 | 204 |
EWS | 99.5634442 | 194 | |
OBC- NCL | 99.2762364 | 198 | |
SC | 97.8427089 | 184 | |
ST | 97.2887587 | 178 | |
Commerce | Unreserved | 99.7868561 | 184 |
EWS | 99.3741307 | 170 | |
OBC- NCL | 98.7921847 | 174 | |
SC | 97.6249683 | 162 | |
ST | 96.69627 | 152 | |
Management | Unreserved | 184 | 194 |
EWS | 170 | 184 | |
OBC- NCL | 168 | 184 | |
SC | 160 | 176 | |
ST | 162 | 164 | |
English | Unreserved | 99.7694041 | 208 |
EWS | 99.3868246 | 194 | |
OBC- NCL | 98.4876184 | 198 | |
SC | 96.8659923 | 180 | |
ST | 95.7654211 | 176 | |
Law | Unreserved | 204 | 200 |
EWS | 194 | 190 | |
OBC- NCL | 192 | 190 | |
SC | 184 | 176 | |
ST | 178 | 166 | |
Mass Communication and Journalism | Unreserved | 202 | 192 |
EWS | 192 | 182 | |
OBC- NCL | 190 | 182 | |
SC | 184 | 170 | |
ST | 182 | 168 |
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