National Educational Testing (Net) Bureau
UGC National Elgibility Test For Junior Research Fellowship(JRF) and Eligibility For Lectureship – December 2008
EXAM. DATE : 28-06-2009 NOTIFICATION CLOSING DATE : 04-05-2009
Last date for receipt of duly completed Application Forms at the respective Test Centres is
04-05-2009. Candidates should submit their Application Forms only to the Registrar of the
university from where they wish to appear in the Test as indicated in item 10 below. The
application must be strictly as per the prescribed format.. APPLICATION SENT DIRECTLY TO THE UGC OFFICE WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED
- 1) The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National Eligibility
Test (NET) on 28th June, 2009 (Sunday) for determining the eligibility of
Indian nationals for the Award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and
eligibility for Lectureship in Indian universities and colleges. UGC will conduct
NET in 77 (seventy seven) subjects (listed under item no. 9) at 66 (sixty six) selected
University Centres (listed under Item no. 10) spread across the country.
The result of the UGC-NET held on 28th December, 2008 and the one to be held on
28th June, 2009 will be made available on the UGC website : www.ugc.ac.in and
shall also be published in the Employment News as and when it is declared. The
candidates will not be individually intimated about their result.
- 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 Lectureship. 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 will depend on
the performance of the candidate in NET. However, the candidates qualifying
exclusively for Lectureship 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 Lectureship OR only for eligibility for
Lectureship. Candidates who qualify the Test for eligibility for Lectureship will be
governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of Lecturers of the concerned
universities/colleges/state governments, as the case may be.
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Visually Handicapped (VH)/Physically
Handicapped (PH) candidates will be given such special concessions as may be
decided by the Commission.
2) 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 finding their 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 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.
UGC NET ELIGIBILITY :
i) Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in
Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from Universities/Institutions
recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Sciences,
Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this
Test. The Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Physically Handicapped
(PH)/Visually Handicapped (VH) category candidates who have secured at least
50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree examination are eligible for
this Test.
ii) 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 JRF/Lectureship eligibility only after they have passed
their Master’s degree examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% in
case of SC/ST/PH/VH 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.
iii) 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.
iv) 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. 9, may appear in a related subject.
v) Candidates seeking concession in fee are required to submit attested copy of
their OBC/SC/ST/PH/VH certificate along with their Application Forms.
Other candidates are not required to submit any certificates/documents in support
of their eligibility alongwith the Application Form. Therefore, 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 Commission, their candidature
will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action.
4) AGE LIMIT & RELAXATION :
i) Junior Research Fellowship : Not more than 28 years as on 01.06.2009. A
relaxation upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to
SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH 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
L.L.M. Degree. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five
years under any circumstances.
ii) Lectureship : No upper age limit.
5) EXEMPTION (ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP) :
i) For M. Phil/ Ph.D candidates: The candidates having Ph.D. Degree in the
concerned subject are exempted from NET for Under Graduate and Post Graduate
level teaching. The candidates having M. Phil Degree in the concerned subject are
exempted from NET for Under Graduate level teaching only. The candidates who
have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted
from appearing in NET.
ii) For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the State Eligibility Test
(SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for Lectureship held prior to 1st June
2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, being eligible to apply for
Lectureship anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of lecturer only in the
universities/ colleges belonging to the state from where they have cleared their
SET. All SET qualified candidates are also eligible to appear in NET, if they so
desire.
6) EXAMINATION FEE AND MODE OF PAYMENT :
For General candidates, the examination fee is Rs.450/-; for Other Backward Classes
(OBC), the fee is Rs. 225/- and for SC/ST/PH/VH candidates, it is Rs. 110/-. The fee
should be paid in the form of a single crossed demand draft from any Government of
India Bank/Scheduled Government Bank payable at their Service Branch, New
Delhi/Delhi only with six months’ validity drawn in favour of the Secretary, U.G.C., New
Delhi. Fee once paid, will not be refunded under any circumstances.
7) SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST :
(i) The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on 28th
June, 2009 in two separate sessions as under :
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Session Paper Marks Duration
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First I 100 1¼ Hours (09.30 A.M. to 10.45 A.M.)
First II 100 1¼ Hours (10.45 A.M. to 12.00 NOON)
Second III 200 2½ Hours (01.30 P.M. to 04.00 P.M.)
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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.
Paper-II shall consist of short questions based on the subject selected by the
candidate. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50
objective type questions. The candidate will have to mark the response for each
question on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheet provided alongwith the Test
Booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR Sheet will be sent to the
candidate along with the Admit Card. Paper-III will consist of only descriptive
questions from the subject selected by the candidate. The candidate will be
required to attempt questions in the space provided in the Test Booklet. The
format of Paper-III has been revised w.e.f. June,2005 UGC-NET and is
available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in.
Syllabus of UGC NET Test: Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the
UGC Website www.ugc.ac.in and are also available in the libraries of all Indian
universities. UGC will not send the syllabus to individual candidates.
IMPORTANT :
i) The national level Test for determining the eligibility of candidates for the
award of Junior Research Fellowship/Lectureship in science subjects
(Chemical Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences; Life
Sciences; Mathematical Sciences; Physical Sciences) is conducted jointly with
the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. Check out CSIR UGC NET The
candidates in science subjects, desirous of availing UGC-JRF or obtaining
eligibility for Lectureship in these subjects are advised to appear in the Joint
CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for
Lectureship conducted by CSIR.
ii) The UGC-NET for JRF/eligibility for Lectureship will be held at the
University Test Centres specified in the list under item No. 10. PLEASE
NOTE THAT CHANGE OF CENTRE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
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