UGC NET Notification Out 2021 – Check details! like Last Date, Exam Dates, How to apply?

Today in this article, We are going to discussed about NTA UGC NET Notification Out 2021 – Last Date, Eligibility, Exam Dates, Age limit, Application Fee.

NTA (National Testing Agency) is a government agency established in Novemeber 2017. The motto of this agency is “Excellence in Assessment”. The whole purpose of this agency is to conduct various different Entrance Exams for higher Education.

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JRF (Junior Research Fellow) & Assistant Professor

Eligibility Criteria

UGC NET 2021 – The Candidates must secured 55% (UR) or 50% (Backward Category) in Master’s degree or equivalent from recognized or reputed university Or Pursuing their Master’s degree or appeared for their Qualifying Master’s degree (final year) also eligible to apply for this Exam.

Percentage Requirement

Category	Percentage (Without Rounding Off)
GEN/ UR/ GEN-EWS	55%
ST/ SC/ OBC-NCL/ PwD/ Third Gender	50%

Age Limit & Relaxation

JRF	Assistant Professor
31 year on first day i.e. 01-03-2021. The age relaxation provided upto 5 years to the candidates belonging to OBC-NCL/ ST/ SC/ Third gender categories/ PwD & Women candidates.	No upper age limit for the post of Assistant Professor.

Reservations

There are some seats reservations for some backward categories i.e. ST/ SC/ OBC-NCL/ General-EWS/ PwD.

Category	Reservation Percentage (%)
ST	7.5%
SC	15%
OBC-NCL	27%
General-EWS	10%
PwD	4% with 40% or more disability

Application Fee

There are Category – wise Application Fee written as below:

Gen/ UR	Rs. 1,000/-
Gen – EWS/ OBC – NCL	Rs. 500/-
SC/ ST/ PwD/ Third Gender	Rs. 250/-

Pattern of Exam

UGC NET 2021 – The Exam will be composed of two papers – Paper – I & Paper – II. Both papers are of MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) type.

Paper – I

Total Marks	100
No. of Question	50
MCQ	Reasoning ability, Reading Comprehension, Divergent thinking and General Awareness and check candidates teaching/ research aptitude.
Duration	3 hours

Paper – II

Total Marks	200
No. of Question	100
MCQ	This Paper consists of Questions from Subject selected by the candidates and check candidates Subject Knowledge.
Duration	3 hours

Exam Time Duration

The Exam will be held in two shifts – First shift and Second shift. The time and duration of exam mentioned below:

First Shift	9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Second Shift	3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Mode of Exam

CBT (Computer Based Test)

Medium of Question Paper

English and Hindi Only.

Important Dates

Date of Online Registration	02-02-2021
Closing Date of Online Registration	02-03-2021
Last Date of Fee Submission	03-03-2021 till 11:50 pm
Date of Download of Admit Card	To be announced later on the website
Date of Exam	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14 & 17 May 2021
Date of Declaration of Results	To be announced later on the website

How To Apply

Full Instructions for filling Online Application Form

Step 1	Log on to NTA Website
Step 2	Click on “Apply Only” button Under “December 2020 Cycle (May 2021) of UGC NET” on website – ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Step 3	Download and Read Information Bulletin
Step 4	Register Online using your Email ID and Mobile No. and Note down your Application Number
Step 5	Upload Scanned images of Photograph & Signature
Step 6	Submit Application Fee using Payment Gateway/ Payment modes of concerned banks/ Paytm

Size of Photograph & Signature

Photograph	10 kb – 200 kb in JPG/ JPEG file
Signature	4 kb – 30 kb in JPG/ JPEG file

Importan Links

Download Official Notification	Click Here
Apply Online	Click Here

Conclusion

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