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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced the revised dates for the National Eligibility Test (NET) December 2024 cycle. As per the notification released on December 21, the exams will now start on January 3, 2025, instead of the earlier scheduled date of January 1. The exams will continue till January 16, 2025.
The UGC NET is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and aims to qualify candidates for Junior Research Fellowships (JRF), appointment as Assistant Professors, and admissions to Ph.D. programs. For this cycle, the exams will be held online across 85 subjects.
The test will be conducted in two shifts each day:
- Morning Shift: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
- Afternoon Shift: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
The subject-wise exam schedule has been uploaded on the official UGC NET website – ugcnet.nta.ac.in.
Candidates will receive an intimation about their exam city eight days prior to the scheduled exam date. This notification will also be available on the official website.
Shift-Wise Schedule for UGC NET December 2024 Exams
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Date of Exam |
SHIFT – 1 (09:00 AM to 12:00 PM) |
SHIFT – 2 (03:00 PM to 06:00 PM) |
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Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
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03 January 2025 |
014 |
Public Administration |
001 |
Economics / Rural Economics /Co- operation / Demography / Development Planning/Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics / Development Economics / Business Economics |
|
09 |
Education |
066 |
Museology & Conservation |
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06 January 2025 |
087 |
Computer Science and Applications |
002 |
Political Science |
|
042 |
Persian |
072 |
Comparative Literature |
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|
041 |
Russian |
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|
019 |
Bengali |
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|
032 |
Chinese |
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|
043 |
Rajasthani |
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|
049 |
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies |
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07 January 2025 |
008 |
Commerce |
030 |
English |
|
100 |
Yoga |
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08 January 2025 |
020 |
Hindi |
036 |
Assamese |
|
035 |
Manipuri |
095 |
Santali |
|
|
021 |
Kannada |
010 |
Social Work |
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|
012 |
Home Science |
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|
016 |
Music |
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|
046 |
Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non-Formal Education. |
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|
050 |
Indian Culture |
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|
060 |
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies |
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|
067 |
Archaeology |
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09 January 2025 |
024 |
Punjabi |
018 |
Maithili |
|
026 |
Tamil |
029 |
Arabic |
|
|
080 |
Geography |
037 |
Gujarati |
|
|
038 |
Marathi |
017 |
Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing / Marketing Mgt. / Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt. / Personnel Mgt. / Financial Mgt. /Co-operative Management) |
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|
023 |
Oriya |
027 |
Telugu |
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|
047 |
Physical Education |
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|
073 |
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). |
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|
105 |
Ayurveda Biology |
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|
104 |
Disaster Management |
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10 January 2025 |
006 |
History |
011 |
Defence and Strategic Studies |
|
083 |
Pali |
015 |
Population Studies |
|
|
091 |
Prakrit |
031 |
Linguistics |
|
|
094 |
Bodo |
004 |
Psychology |
|
|
007 |
Anthropology |
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|
079 |
Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art) |
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|
081 |
Social Medicine & Community Health |
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|
082 |
Forensic Science |
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|
093 |
Tourism Administration and Management. |
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15 January 2025 |
025 |
Sanskrit |
103 |
Indian Knowledge System |
|
063 |
Mass Communication and Journalism |
022 |
Malayalam |
|
|
045 |
Japanese |
28 |
Urdu |
|
|
065 |
Performing Art - Dance/Drama/Theatre |
055 |
Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare / Human Resource Management |
|
|
088 |
Electronic Science |
068 |
Criminology |
|
|
074 |
Women Studies |
070 |
Tribal and Regional Language/Literature |
|
|
058 |
Law |
071 |
Folk Literature |
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|
034 |
Nepali |
085 |
Konkani |
|
|
089 |
Environmental Sciences |
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16 January 2025 |
005 |
Sociology |
059 |
Library and Information Science |
|
044 |
German |
090 |
Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence / Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies. |
|
|
101 |
Sindhi |
092 |
Human Rights and Duties |
|
|
039 |
French (French Version) |
102 |
Hindu Studies |
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|
033 |
Dogri |
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|
040 |
Spanish |
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|
062 |
Comparative Study of Religions |
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|
003 |
Philosophy |
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|
084 |
Kashmiri |
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The UGC NET is held twice a year – in June and December – to determine the eligibility of candidates for various academic and research roles in India.
For further updates and details, candidates are advised to keep an eye on the official website.
