UGC NET DEC 2015 Notification and Dates
National Eligibility Test (NET)-2015
Junior
Research Fellowship/Eligibility for
Lectureships
On behalf of UGC, the
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) shall hold the National Eligibility Test(NET) on 27th Dec 2015 (Sunday) for determining the eligibility of
Indian Nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility for Assistant Professor Both in Indian Universities and
Colleges. CBSE will conduct NET in 84 subjects at 89 selected
Cities of Examination spread across the country
The candidates who qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship are eligible to pursue research in the
subject of their post-graduation or in a related subject and are also eligible
for Assistant Professor. The universities, institutions, IITs and other
national organizations may select the JRF awardees for whole time research work
in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them. The award of JRF and
Eligibility for Assistant Professor both OR Eligibility for Assistant Professor
only will depend on the performance of the candidate in all three papers of NET. However, the candidates
qualifying exclusively for Assistant Professor will not be considered for award
of JRF
Candidates appearing
in NET should clearly specify in the prescribed Application Form whether they
are applying for both JRF & Eligibility for Assistant Professor both OR
only for Eligibility for Assistant Professor.
Candidates who qualify
the Test for eligibility for Assistant Professor will be governed by the rules
and regulations for recruitment of Assistant Professor of the concerned
universities/ colleges/state governments, as the case may be
Scheduled Caste
(SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with disability (PWD)/Other Backward Classes
(OBC) (Non-creamy layer), as per the central list of Other Backward Classes
available on National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), Government of
India website www.ncbc.nic.in,
candidates will be given such special concessions as may be decided by the
Commission
Junior
Research Fellowship
Candidates qualifying
for the award of Junior Research Fellowship will be eligible to receive
fellowship of UGC under various schemes, subject to their finding placement in
universities/IITs/institutions. The validity period of the offer is two years
w.e.f. the date of issue of JRF Award Letter. However, in case the candidates who
have already joined M.Phil/Ph.D., the date of commencement of fellowship shall
be from the date of declaration of NET result or date of their joining,
whichever is later
SCHEME
AND DATE OF TEST:
The Test will consist
of three papers. All the three papers will consist of only objective type
questions and will be held on 27th December
2015 Tentative
Date in two separate sessions as under:
Paper-I shall
be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the
candidate. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability,
comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate. 60
(sixty) multiple choice questions of 2 marks each will be given, out of which
the candidate would be required to answer any 50 (fifty). In the event of the
candidate attempting more than 50 questions, the first 50 questions attempted
by the candidate would be evaluated
Duration -
1¼ Hours (09.30 A.M. to 10.45 A.M.) IST
Paper-II shall
consist of 50 objective type compulsory questions based on the subject selected
by the candidate. Each question will carry 2 marks. Duration - 1¼ Hours (11.15
A.M. to 12.30 P.M.) IST
Paper-III will
consist of 75 objective type compulsory questions from the subject selected by
the candidate. Each question will carry 2 marks
Duration -
2½ Hours (02.00 P.M. to 04.30 P.M.) IST
All the questions of
Paper-II and Paper-III will be compulsory, covering entire syllabus (including
all electives, without options)
The candidate will
have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III on
the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Sheet provided alongwith the test booklet
The
detailed instructions for filling up the OMR sheet are given on page 16 and 17.
It may be noted that these instructions to candidate will not be sent to any of
the candidate by post
Important
Dates
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Submission of online application form
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From 1st October
2015
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Last date for
Applying Online
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1st November 2015
(exact dates will be updated soon)
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Last date of submission of Fee through online generated Bank challan , at any branch of
(Syndicate/Canara ICICI Bank) or through credit/debit card
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2nd November 2015
(exact dates will be updated soon)
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Correction in
Particulars of application form on the website
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9th to 14th Nov,
2015
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Date of
Examination
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27th December 2015
(Sunday)
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UGC NET ELIGIBILITY
Candidates who have
secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR
equivalent exam from universities/institutions recognised by UGC (list attached
page No.21 to 47) in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science,
Computer Science &Applications, Electronic Science etc (list of subjects of
post graduation attached at page No.18 to 19) are eligible for this Test. The
Other Backward Classes(OBC) belonging to non-creamy layer/Scheduled
Caste(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST)/ persons with disability(PWD) category candidates
who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree
or equivalent examination are eligible for this Test
Candidates who have
appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying Master’s degree (final year)
examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying
examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test. However, such
candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for
award of Junior Research Fellowship/eligibility for Assistant professor only
after they have passed their Master’s Degree examination OR equivalent with at
least 55% marks(50% marks in case of OBC(Non- creamy layer)/SC/ST/PWD(persons
with disability) category candidates. Such candidates must complete their P.G
degree examination within two years from the date of NET result with required
percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified
The Ph.D. degree
holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed by 19th September
1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a
relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e. from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.
Candidates are advised
to appear in the subject of their post graduation only. The candidates, whose
post graduation subject is not covered in the list of subjects in item No.14
(on page 11), may appear in a related subject
Candidates are neither
required to send any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility nor
printout of their Application Form (Confirmation Page) to CBSE. However the
candidates, in their own interest, must satisfy themselves about their
eligibility for the Test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by
the UGC/CBSE at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall
be liable for legal action
Candidates having
post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University/ Institute or
foreign degree/diploma/certificate awarded by the foreign University/institute
should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their
diploma/degree/certificate with Master’s degree of recognized Indian
universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi
Age Limit & Relaxation
i)
Junior Research Fellowship: Not
more than 28 years as on 01st December 2015. A relaxation up to 5 years is
provided to the candidates belonging to OBC (Non-Creamy layer, as per the
Central list of OBC available on website www.ncbc.nic.in SC/ST/PWD categories and to women
applicants
Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience,
limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of
post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a
certificate from appropriate authority
Three years relaxation
in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing LLM Degree; total age
relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any
circumstances
ii)
Assistant Professor: There
is no upper age limit for applying for eligibility for Assistant Professor
Exemption (Eligibility for Assistant
Professor)
i) NET/SLET/SET shall
remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of
Assistant Professors in Universities/Colleges/ Institutions. Provided however,
that candidates, who are or have been awarded a PhD Degree in accordance with
the UGC (Mini. Standards & Procedure for Award of the PhD Degree)
Regulations 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum
eligibility condition of NET/SELT/SET for recruitment and appointment of
Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in
Universities/Colleges/Institutions
ii) The candidates who
have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from
appearing in NET
iii) For SET
Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the States Eligibility Test (SET)
accredited by UGC for eligibility for Assistant Professor held prior to 01st
Dec.-2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, being eligible to apply for
Assistant Professor anywhere in India
For SET held from 01st
Dec-2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post
of Assistant Professor only in the universities/colleges situated in the state
from where they have cleared their SET
EXAMINATION FEE AND
MODE OF PAYMENT :
For General candidates, the examination fee is Rs.600/-; for Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central
list of OBC available on website www.ncbc.nic.in,
the fee is Rs.300/- and for SC/ST/PWD candidates, it is Rs.150/-
i) The candidates may
pay the examination fee either by credit/debit
card or through e-challan generated during the online filling of
the application form. In case of e-challan the payment should be made in the
Syndicate/Canara/ICICI Bank. In case the examination fee is paid through
credit/debit card the additional processing charges as following will also be
debited from the credit/debit card of the candidate
The fee can be
remitted in the following ways:
•
Through eChallan by deposit of prescribed fees in CBSE
Account with Syndicate Bank, ICICI, HDFC and Canara Bank.
• By
Debit/Credit Card.
ii) After filling all
the details for applying online for NET, the candidate will have the option to
select the mode of payment of examination fee either by credit/debit card or
through e-challan generated during the online filling of the application form
indicating your details therein
iii) The candidate is
required to check the status of fee payment at CBSE website (www.cbsenet.nic.in)
and if the status is ‘OK’ the candidate will be able to take the printout of
online Application Form (one copy), Attendance Slip (one copy) and Admission
Card (one copy) on separate A-4 size papers. In case, the fee payment status is
not ‘OK’ the candidates are advised as following:
> If
the fee is paid through e-challan by depositing cash in the above mentioned
bank, the candidate should contact immediately the concerned bank to update
his/her fee status on the website
> If
the fee is paid through credit/debit card and status is not ‘OK’, it means the
transaction is cancelled and the amount will be refunded to concerned
credit/debit card within a week. Such candidates have to pay the fee once again
iv) The candidate has
to attach the copy of the Bank Challan (in case fee is paid by e-challan) with
the printout of online Application Form which he/she has to submit to the
Registrar/Principal of UGC-NET Coordinating Institution opted by the candidate.
v) Please note that
fee submitted by any other mode like money order, demand draft, IPO etc. will
be rejected. Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances
UGC Net 2015 Subjects and Subject Code
The list of NET
subjects along with their respective codes are as given below:
(01) Economics, (02)
Political Science, (03) Philosophy, (04) Psychology, (05) Sociology, (06)
History, (07) Anthropology, (08) Commerce, (09) Education, (10) Social Work,
(11) Defence and Strategic Studies, (12) Home Science, (14) Public Administration,
(15) Population Studies*, (16) Hindustani Music (Vocal/Instrumental) , (17)
Management, (18) Maithili, (19) Bengali, (20) Hindi, (21) Kannada, (22)
Malayalam, (23) Odia, (24) Punjabi, (25) Sanskrit, (26) Tamil, (27) Telugu,
(28) Urdu, (29) Arabie, (30) English, (31) Linguistics, (32) Chinese, (33)
Dogri, (34) Nepali, (35) Manipuri, (36) Assamese, (37) Gujarati, (38) Marathi,
(39) French, (40) Spanish, (41) Russian, (42) Persian, (43) Rajasthani, (44)
German, (45) Japanese, (55) Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial
Relations/Labour and Social elfare/Human Resource Management, (58) Law, (59)
Library and Information Science, (60) Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace
Studies, (62) Comparative Study of Religions, (63) Mass Communication and Journalism,
(65) Dance, (66) Museology & Conservation, (67) Archaeology, (68)
Criminology, (70) Tribal and Regional Language/Literature, (71) Folk
Literature, (72) Comparative Literature, (73) Sanskrit Traditional Subjects
(including Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotisha/Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/Mimamsa/Navya
Nyaya/Sankhya Yoga/Tulanatmaka Darsana / Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhva Vedanta/
Dharma Sastra/ Sahitya/ Purana-itihasa/Agama/Advaita Vedanta), (74) Women
Studies, (79) Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture/Graphics/Applies
Art/History of Art), (80) Geography, (81) Social Medicine & Community
Health, (82) Forensic Science, (83) Pali, (84) Kashmiri, (85) Konkani, (87)
Computer Science and Applications, (88) Electronic Science, (89) Environmental
Sciences, (90) International and Area Studies, (91) Prakrit, (92) Human Rights
and Duties, (93) Tourism Administration and Management, (94) Bodo, (95)
Santali, (96) Karnatik Music (Vocal Instrument, Percussion), (97) Rabindra
Sangeet, (98) Percussion Instruments, (99) Drama, (100) Theatre
*The candidates with
Master’s Degree in Geography (with specialization in Population Studies) or
Mathematics/Statistics are also eligible to appear in the subject “Population
Studies” (Code 15)
**The candidates with
Master’s Degree in Humanities (including languages) and Social Sciences are
eligible to appear in the subject ‘Women Studies’ (Code 74)
HOW TO APPLY
Candidate seeking
admission to the Test (UGC-NET,
December 2015) must
apply online only on the CBSE websitewww.cbsenet.nic.in ( Official Notification and application process will start
sometime in mid October 2015)
Before applying Online, the candidates must possess the scanned images as below:
Passport size
photograph in JPG format of minimum 4kb to 40 kb. The dimension of the
photograph should be 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height)
Signature in JPG
format of minimum 4kb to 30 kb. The dimension of the signature should be 3.5 cm
(width) x 1.5 cm (height)
Before applying
Online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on
CBSE website www.cbsenet.nic.in
Please note that Fee
submitted through any other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO etc. will
be summarily rejected
The envelope
containing the Application Form should be superscribed “UGC NATIONA”
For
details, logon to the link: http://cbsenet.nic.in
