About the N E T
The University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts National Eligibility Test
(NET) to determine eligibility for lectureship and for award of Junior
Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals in order to ensure minimum
standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research. The
Examination is conducted in Humanities (including languages), Social
Sciences, Forensic Science, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science and
Applications and Electronic Science.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) conducts the
UGC-CSIR NET for other Science subjects, namely, Life Sciences, Physical
Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Earth Atmospheric
Ocean & Planetary Sciences jointly with the UGC. The tests are conducted
twice in a year generally in the months of June and December. For candidates
who desire to pursue research, the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) is
available for five years subject to fulfillment of certain conditions. UGC
has allocated a number of fellowships to the universities for the candidates
who qualify the test for JRF. The JRFs are awarded to the meritorious
candidates from among the candidates qualifiying for eligibility for
lectureship in the NET Examination. JRFs are available only to the
candidates who opt for it in their application forms.
The test for Junior Research Fellowship is being conducted since 1984. The
Government of India, through its notification dated 22nd July, 1988
entrusted the task of conducting the eligibility test for lectureship to UGC.
Consequently, UGC conducted the first National Eligibility Test, common to
both ? eligibility for Lectureship and Junior Research Fellowship ? in two
parts, that is, in December 1989 and in March , 1990.
N E T
Examination Schedule
UGC conducts NET Examination twice a year, i.e., in the months of June and
December. The notifications announcing the June and December examinations
are published in the months of March and September respectively in the
weekly journal of nation-wide circulation, viz, Employment News.