UGC NET 2023 Notification Out

JRFAdda 10, May 2023

UGC NET 2023: NTA has released the official notification and begun the application process for the June cycle on 10 May 2023. Candidates who wish to appear for the upcoming NET 2023 Exam must fill out the form and apply by 31 May 2023. As soon as the application window ends, the correction window will be opened for two days. Along with the application information, the exam conducting body announced the UGC NET Exam Date 2023 for the June cycle, which is from 13 June to 22 June 2023.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released the notification for the National Eligibility Test (NET) 2023 on its official website. The UGC NET Exam is conducted twice a year to determine the eligibility of candidates for the post of Assistant Professor or for Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor in Indian universities and colleges.

UGC NET 2023 Exam Date

The UGC NET 2023 exam will be conducted in June and December 2023. The exact dates for the exam will be announced soon on the official website.

UGC NET Exam Date 2023 Out

The UGC NET exam date 2023 for the UGC NET's June cycle has been notified on the official website along with UGC NET Notification 2023. The UGC NET 2023 online CBT exam was held from the 13th to the 22nd of June 2023. Check the important dates for UGC NET 2023 as mentioned below.

UGC NET 2023- Important Dates
UGC NET 2023 Events	Dates
UGC NET Notification	10th May 2023
Release of Application form	10th May 2023
UGC NET Application Form Last Date	31st May 2023 (up to 5 pm)
Last date to Pay Fee	01st June 2023 (upto 11:50 P.M)
Correction of Application Form	02nd – 03rd June 2023 (upto 11:50 P.M)
Downloading of UGC NET Admit Card	June 2023
UGC NET 2023 Exam Dates	13th to 22nd June 2023
UGC NET Answer Key 2023	June 2023
UGC NET Result 2023	July 2023

UGC NET 2023 Application Form

The application process for the UGC NET 2023 exam has started from May 12, 2023. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) before the last date of application submission. The last date to apply for the UGC NET 2023 exam will be announced soon on the official website.

UGC NET 2023 Notification PDF- Click to Download

UGC NET 2023 Eligibility Criteria

To appear for the UGC NET 2023 exam, candidates must fulfill the following eligibility criteria:

Candidates must have completed their Master's degree or an equivalent course from a recognized university with at least 55% marks (50% marks for reserved categories).
The age limit to appear for the exam varies depending on the category of the candidate. For General category candidates, the upper age limit is 30 years.
Candidates can appear for the UGC NET exam a maximum of 6 times in their lifetime.

UGC NET 2023 Exam Centre

National Testing Agency conducts the UGC NET 2023 Exam across 224 cities all over the country. The applicants have to choose their preferences while submitting their UGC NET Application Form. The list of UGC NET exam centers is provided below.

States/UT	Exam City	City Code
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar/ Naharlagun	AL01
Assam	Dibrugarh	AM01
Assam	Guwahati	AM02
Assam	Jorhat	AM03
Assam	Silchar (Assam)	AM04
Assam	Tezpur	AM05
Andaman And Nicobar	Port Blair	AN01
Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur	AP01
Andhra Pradesh	Bhimavaram	AP03
Andhra Pradesh	Chirala	AP04
Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor	AP05
Andhra Pradesh	Eluru	AP06
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	AP07
Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa	AP08
Andhra Pradesh	Kakinada	AP09
Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool	AP10
Andhra Pradesh	Nellore	AP11
Andhra Pradesh	Ongole	AP12
Andhra Pradesh	Rajahmundry	AP13
Andhra Pradesh	Srikakulam	AP14
Andhra Pradesh	Tirupathi	AP16
Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	AP17
Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam	AP18
Andhra Pradesh	Vizianagaram	AP19
Andhra Pradesh	Narasaraopet	AP20
Andhra Pradesh	Proddatur	AP21
Andhra Pradesh	Surampalem	AP23
Bihar	Bhagalpur	BR02
Bihar	Darbhanga	BR04
Bihar	Gaya	BR05
Bihar	Muzaffarpur	BR06
Bihar	Patna	BR07
Bihar	Purnea	BR08
Bihar	Arrah	BR09
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai Nagar/ Durg	CG01
Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)	CG02
Chhattisgarh	Raipur	CG03
Chandigarh	Chandigarh/ Mohali	CH01
Daman & Diu	Daman	DD01
Daman & Diu	Diu	DD02
Delhi	Delhi/ New Delhi	DL01
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	DN01
Gujarat	Ahmedabad/ Gandhinagar	GJ01
Gujarat	Anand	GJ02
Gujarat	Bhavnagar	GJ03
Gujarat	Jamnagar	GJ06
Gujarat	Junagadh	GJ07
Gujarat	Mehsana	GJ08
Gujarat	Rajkot	GJ10
Gujarat	Surat	GJ11
Gujarat	Vadodara	GJ12
Gujarat	Valsad/ Vapi	GJ13
Gujarat	Himatnagar	GJ14
Goa	Panaji/Madgaon	GO01
Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh)	HP01
Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh)	HP03
Himachal Pradesh	Kangra/ Palampur	HP04
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	HP06
Himachal Pradesh	Solan	HP07
Himachal Pradesh	Mandi	HP08
Himachal Pradesh	Una	HP09
Himachal Pradesh	Kullu	HP10
Haryana	Ambala	HR01
Haryana	Faridabad	HR03
Haryana	Gurugram	HR04
Haryana	Hissar	HR05
Haryana	Karnal	HR06
Haryana	Kurukshetra	HR07
Haryana	Panipat	HR08
Haryana	Sonipat	HR09
Haryana	Yamuna Nagar	HR10
Jharkhand	Bokaro Steel City	JH01
Jharkhand	Dhanbad	JH02
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur	JH03
Jharkhand	Ranchi	JH04
Jharkhand	Hazaribagh	JH05
Jammu And Kashmir	Baramulla	JK01
Jammu And Kashmir	Jammu	JK02
Jammu And Kashmir	Samba	JK03
Jammu And Kashmir	Srinagar (J & K)	JK04
Karnataka	Belagavi (Belgaum)	KK02
Karnataka	Bellary	KK03
Karnataka	Bengaluru	KK04
Karnataka	Bidar	KK05
Karnataka	Davanagere	KK06
Karnataka	Gulbarga	KK08
Karnataka	Hassan	KK09
Karnataka	Dharwad/ Hubballi (Hubli)	KK10
Karnataka	Mangaluru (Mangalore)	KK12
Karnataka	Mysuru (Mysore)	KK14
Karnataka	Shivamoga (Shimoga)	KK15
Karnataka	Tumakuru	KK16
Karnataka	Udupi/Manipal	KK17
Karnataka	Mandya	KK18
Kerala	Alappuzha/ Chengannur	KL01
Kerala	Ernakulam/ Angamaly/ Moovattupuzha	KL04
Kerala	Idukki	KL05
Kerala	Kannur	KL07
Kerala	Kasaragod	KL08
Kerala	Kollam	KL09
Kerala	Kottayam	KL11
Kerala	Kozhikode	KL12
Kerala	Malappuram	KL13
Kerala	Palakkad	KL15
Kerala	Pathanamthitta	KL16
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	KL17
Kerala	Thrissur	KL18
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	LD01
Ladakh	Leh	LL01
Meghalaya	Shillong	MG01
Manipur	Imphal	MN01
Madhya Pradesh	Balaghat	MP01
Madhya Pradesh	Betul	MP02
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	MP03
Madhya Pradesh	Chhindwara	MP05
Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior	MP06
Madhya Pradesh	Indore	MP07
Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur	MP08
Madhya Pradesh	Rewa	MP11
Madhya Pradesh	Sagar	MP12
Madhya Pradesh	Satna	MP13
Madhya Pradesh	Ujjain	MP15
Maharashtra	Ahmednagar	MR01
Maharashtra	Akola	MR02
Maharashtra	Amravati	MR03
Maharashtra	Aurangabad (Maharashtra)	MR04
Maharashtra	Chandrapur	MR09
Maharashtra	Dhule	MR10
Maharashtra	Jalgaon	MR13
Maharashtra	Kolhapur	MR14
Maharashtra	Latur	MR15
Maharashtra	Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai	MR16
Maharashtra	Nagpur	MR17
Maharashtra	Nanded	MR18
Maharashtra	Nashik	MR19
Maharashtra	Pune	MR22
Maharashtra	Raigad	MR23
Maharashtra	Ratnagiri	MR24
Maharashtra	Sangli	MR25
Maharashtra	Satara	MR26
Maharashtra	Solapur	MR27
Maharashtra	Thane	MR28
Maharashtra	Wardha	MR29
Mizoram	Aizawl	MZ01
Nagaland	Dimapur	NL01
Nagaland	Kohima	NL02
Odisha	Balasore	OR02
Odisha	Berhampur-Ganjam	OR03
Odisha	Bhubaneswar	OR04
Odisha	Cuttack	OR05
Odisha	Dhenkanal	OR06
Odisha	Rourkela	OR08
Odisha	Sambalpur	OR09
Punjab	Amritsar	PB01
Punjab	Bhatinda	PB02
Punjab	Jalandhar	PB04
Punjab	Ludhiana	PB05
Punjab	Pathankot	PB07
Punjab	Patiala/ Fatehgarh Sahib	PB08
Punjab	Sangrur	PB11
Puducherry	Puducherry	PO01
Rajasthan	Ajmer	RJ01
Rajasthan	Alwar	RJ02
Rajasthan	Bikaner	RJ05
Rajasthan	Jaipur	RJ06
Rajasthan	Jodhpur	RJ07
Rajasthan	Kota	RJ08
Rajasthan	Sikar	RJ09
Rajasthan	Sriganganagar	RJ10
Rajasthan	Udaipur	RJ11
Sikkim	Gangtok	SM01
Tripura	Agartala	TA01
Telangana	Hyderabad/ Secunderabad/ Ranga Reddy	TL01
Telangana	Karimnagar	TL02
Telangana	Khammam	TL03
Telangana	Mahbubnagar	TL04
Telangana	Nalgonda	TL05
Telangana	Warangal	TL07
Tamil Nadu	Chennai	TN01
Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	TN02
Tamil Nadu	Cuddalore	TN03
Tamil Nadu	Kanchipuram	TN05
Tamil Nadu	Kanyakumari/ Nagercoil	TN06
Tamil Nadu	Madurai	TN08
Tamil Nadu	Namakkal	TN10
Tamil Nadu	Salem	TN11
Tamil Nadu	Thanjavur	TN12
Tamil Nadu	Thoothukudi	TN13
Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	TN14
Tamil Nadu	Tirunelveli	TN15
Tamil Nadu	Tiruvallur	TN16
Tamil Nadu	Vellore	TN18
Tamil Nadu	Virudhunagar	TN20
Uttarakhand	Dehradun	UK01
Uttarakhand	Haldwani	UK02
Uttarakhand	Haridwar	UK03
Uttarakhand	Nainital	UK04
Uttarakhand	Pantnagar	UK05
Uttarakhand	Roorkee	UK06
Uttar Pradesh	Agra	UP01
Uttar Pradesh	Aligarh	UP02
Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad	UP03
Uttar Pradesh	Bareilly	UP04
Uttar Pradesh	Faizabad	UP06
Uttar Pradesh	Ghaziabad	UP07
Uttar Pradesh	Gorakhpur	UP08
Uttar Pradesh	Noida/ Greater Noida	UP09
Uttar Pradesh	Jhansi	UP10
Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur	UP11
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	UP12
Uttar Pradesh	Mathura	UP13
Uttar Pradesh	Meerut	UP14
Uttar Pradesh	Moradabad	UP15
Uttar Pradesh	Muzaffarnagar	UP16
Uttar Pradesh	Sitapur	UP17
Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	UP18
West Bengal	Asansol	WB01
West Bengal	Burdwan (Bardhaman)	WB02
West Bengal	Durgapur	WB04
West Bengal	Hooghly	WB06
West Bengal	Howrah	WB07
West Bengal	Kalyani	WB08
West Bengal	Kolkata	WB10
West Bengal	Siliguri	WB11

UGC NET 2023 Syllabus and Exam Pattern

The UGC NET 2023 exam will consist of two papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 will be of general nature and will test the candidate's teaching and research aptitude. Paper 2 will be based on the subject chosen by the candidate. The UGC NET 2023 exam will be conducted in various subjects, including Humanities, Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, and Applications, among others.

Before starting your UGC NET preparation, it is essential to understand the syllabus and exam pattern. The syllabus for the UGC NET exam is vast, and candidates must cover all the important topics.

Conclusion

The UGC NET 2023 Exam is a prestigious examination that provides an opportunity for candidates to pursue a career as an Assistant Professor or for Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor in Indian universities and colleges. Interested and eligible candidates must start their preparation early and follow a well-planned strategy to ace this examination.

UGC JRF NET EXAM FAQs

What is the UGC NET 2023 Exam?

The UGC NET 2023 exam is a national-level examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) to determine the eligibility of candidates for the post of Assistant Professor or for Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor in Indian universities and colleges.

When will the UGC NET 2023 Exam be conducted?

The UGC NET 2023 exam will be conducted in June and December 2023. The exact dates for the exam will be announced soon on the official website.

What is the eligibility criteria for the UGC NET 2023 Exam?

Candidates must have completed their Master's degree or an equivalent course from a recognized university with at least 55% marks (50% marks for reserved categories). The age limit to appear for the exam varies depending on the category of the candidate. For General category candidates, the upper age limit is 30 years.