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.

UGC NET results for December 2024 session exams will be declared after the answer key challenge facility is closed. (Representational image: Wikimedia Commons)

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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