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1) The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National Eligibility
Test (NET) on 26th June, 2005 (Sunday) for determining the eligibility of Indian
nationals for the Award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and eligibility for
Lecturership in Indian universities and colleges. The UGC will conduct the NET
Examination in 77 (seventy seven) subjects (listed under item no. 9) at 65 (sixty five)
selected University Centres (listed under Item no. 10) around the country.
The result of the UGC-NET held on 26th December, 2004 will be 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.
Candidates who qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship are eligible to
do interdisciplinary 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 in the NET. The qualified
candidates will also be eligible for Lectureship. However, the candidates qualifying
exclusively for Lectureship will not be considered for award of JRF. Candidates
appearing in the above NET Examination should clearly specify in the prescribed
Application Form whether they are candidates for both JRF & eligibility for
Lectureship OR only for eligibility for Lectureship.
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.
Candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship will be eligible to
receive fellowship of the UGC under various schemes, subject to finding their
placement in universities/IITs/institutions. The validity period of the offer is one year
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 examination result or date of their joining, whichever
is later. 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.
EXAM. DATE : 26-06-2005
CLOSING DATE : 29-04-2005
i) Only those candidates are eligible to appear in the NET who have completed/are
pursuing a UGC specified Master’s degree as given in item No. 13.
ii) Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without grace or rounding off)
in Master’s Degree (or) equivalent examination 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 grace or rounding off)
in Master’s degree examination are eligible for this Examination.
iii) Candidates who have appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying Master’s
degree examination and whose result is still awaited OR candidates whose
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). These candidates must obtain their P.G.
degree/marksheet within one year from the date of NET Examination with
required percentage of marks, failing which they will be treated as
disqualified.
iv) 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 the NET Examination.
v) 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 at item No. 9, may appear in a related subject.
vi) 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 supposed to submit any certificates/documents in support
of their eligibility alongwith the application form. Therefore, the candidates, in
there 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 he/she will be liable for legal action.
i) Junior Research Fellowship : Not more than 28 years as on 01.06.2005. 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
applicable 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.
i) For M. Phil/ Ph.D candidates: NET shall remain the compulsory requirement
for appointment as Lecturer even for candidates having Ph.D. degree. However,
the candidates who have passed their M.Phil degree by 31st December 1993 or
have submitted their Ph.D. thesis to a university on or before 31st December 2002
are exempted from appearing in the NET Examination. In case such candidates
fail to obtain Ph.D. degree, they shall have to pass the NET examination. The
candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are
also exempted from appearing in the NET Examination.
ii) For SLET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the State Level
Eligibility Test (SLET), accredited by the UGC for eligibility for Lectureship,
held prior to 1st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in the NET
Examination. For SLET examinations held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the
qualified candidates shall be eligible to apply for the post of lecturer only in the
universities/ colleges belonging to the state from where they have cleared their
SLET Examination. All SLET qualified candidates are also eligible to appear in
NET, if they so desire.
(i) The Examination will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on
26th June, 2005 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 will be of general nature intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude
of the candidates. It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability,
comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness of the candidate.
Paper-II will consist of short questions based on the subject selected by the
candidates. Each of these papers will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50
objective type questions. The candidates will have to mark their 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 candidates along with their Admit Card. Paper-III will consist of only
descriptive questions from the syllabus of the subject selected by the candidates.
The candidates will be required to attempt questions in the space provided in the
test booklet. The format of Paper-III has been revised and is available on the
UGC website www.ugc.ac.in.
A candidate who does not appear in Paper I will not be permitted to appear in
paper-II and paper-III. Paper-III will be evaluated only for those candidates who
are able to secure the minimum qualifying marks in Paper-I and Paper-II.
ii) For Visually handicapped candidates, thirty minutes’ extra time shall be provided
separately for paper-I and Paper-II. For paper-III, forty five minutes, extra time
shall be provided. They will also be provided a writer who would be a graduate
in a subject other than that of the candidate.
iii) Syllabus of 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 along with
the Admit Card.
iv) In Paper III, candidates have the option to answer either in Hindi or in
English in all subjects except languages where the candidates are required to
write in the concerned language only. In case of Computer Science &
Applications, Electronic Science and Environmental Sciences, the question papers
will be in English only. In case of any discrepancy found in the English and
Hindi versions, the questions in English version shall be taken as final.
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. 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
UGC-CSIR national level Test conducted by CSIR.
ii) The UGC NET Examination 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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Centre Name of the Centres
Code
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01 Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh – 202 002.
02 University of Allahabad, Allahabad – 211 002.
03 Andhra University, Visakhapatnam – 530 003.
04 Arunachal University, Itanagar – 791 112.
05 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221 005.
06 Bangalore University, Bangalore – 560 056.
07 M.P. Bhoj Open University, Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal – 462 016.
08 Berhampur University, Berhampur – 760 007.
09 Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046.
10 Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli – 620 024.
11 University of Burdwan, Burdwan – 713 104.
12 University of Calcutta, Kolkata – 700 073.
13 University of Calicut, Kozhikode – 673 635.
14 Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut – 250 005.
15 Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur – 208 024.
16 Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi – 682 022.
17 Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi – 110 025.
18 Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya , Indore – 452 001.
19 Dr. B. S. A. Marathwada University, Aurangabad – 431004.
20 Gauhati University, Guwahati – 781 014.
21 Goa University, Goa – 403 203.
22 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur–273 009.
23 Gujarat University, Ahmedabad – 380 009.
24 Gulbarga University, Gulbarga – 585 106.
25 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar – 143 005.
26 Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla – 171 005.
27 University of Jammu, Jammu (Tawi) – 180 006.
28 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur – 342 001.
29 Jiwaji University, Gwalior – 474 011.
30 Karnatak University, Dharwad – 580 003.
31 University of Kashmir, Srinagar – 190 006.
32 University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 034.
33 Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra – 132 119.
34 University of Lucknow, Lucknow – 226 007.
35 M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara – 390 002.
36 University of Madras, Chennai – 600 005.
37 Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai – 625 021.
38 Mangalore University, Mangalore – 574 199.
39 Manipur University, Imphal – 795 003.
40 Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur – 313 001.
41 University of Mumbai, Mumbai – 400 032.
42 Nagarjuna University, Guntur – 522 510.
43 Nagpur University, Nagpur – 440 001.
44 North Bengal University, Darjeeling – 734 430.
45 North Eastern Hill University, Shillong – 793 022.
46 Osmania University, Hyderabad – 500 007.
47 Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur – 492 010.
48 Panjab University, Chandigarh – 160 014.
49 Patna University, Patna – 800 005.
50 University of Pune, Pune – 411 007.
51 University of Rajasthan, Jaipur – 302 004.
52 Ranchi University, Ranchi – 834 008.
53 Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur – 482 001.
54 H.N. Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar-246174
55 Sambalpur University, Sambalpur – 768 019.
56 Saurashtra University, Rajkot – 360 005.
57 Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati – 517 502.
58 Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur – 812 007.
59 Tripura University, Agartala – 799 004.
60 Utkal University, Bhubaneswar – 751 004.
61 Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra – 282 004.
62 Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer – 305 009.
63 Mizoram University, Mizoram, Post Box No.190, Aizawl -796012
64 Nagaland University, P.B.341, Lumani, Kohima -797001
65 Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya, Andaman & Nicobar
Island, Port Blair - 744104.
ii) The Candidates should fill the Application Form legibly and carefully, in their own handwriting with ballpoint pen. TWO COPIES OF THE APPLICATION FORM ALONGWITH ADMISSION CARD, ATTENDANCE SLIP AND DEMAND DRAFT SHOULD BE SENT TO THE REGISTRAR OF THE UNIVERSITY WHERE THE CANDIDATE HAS OPTED TO APPEAR FOR THE TEST. APPLICATIONS ADDRESSED TO UGC OFFICE WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. It should be clearly specified on the envelope that the application is for “UGC NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP, JUNE, 2005”
iii) The candidates must affix their recent passport size photographs from the same negative at the places indicated in the Application Form and must sign across the photograph after it is affixed so that a part of the signature spreads over the Application Form beyond the photograph. Besides, it should be duly attested by the Head of the University Department/Principal of the College/Class-I Gazetted Officer.
iv) In Column-7, Write M for Male and F for Female.
v) In Column-8, Write GEN for General, SC for Scheduled Caste, ST for Scheduled Tribe and OBC for Other Backward Classes.
vi) Fill up column 9 only if applicable. Write VH for Visually Handicapped and PH for Physically Handicapped.
vii) Candidates who have appeared and are awaiting their result or
shall be appearing in the final year of Master’s degree examination
should fill up the Attestation Form given at the bottom of the
Application Form and get it attested by the Head of the Institution.
i) The candidates must read the conditions for eligibility as given at item no. 3 carefully and must satisfy themselves regarding their eligibility for the Test before submitting the Application Forms.
ii) Candidates will be issued the Admission Card by the respective
Test Centres. Candidates should note that their candidature is
strictly provisional. The mere fact that Admission Cards have
been issued to the candidates shall not imply that the Commission
has finally accepted their candidature.
iii) UGC may change the centre(s) or date of examination without assigning any reason.
iv) Applications received after the last date will not be entertained.
v) No TA will be paid to the candidates.
vi) Canvassing in any form will disqualify the candidate.
vii) The decision of the Commission shall be final in all matters.
viii) All legal disputes pertaining to this Test shall fall within the jurisdiction of Delhi Courts only.
ix) Candidates should correspond only with their respective Test centres for Admission Card or any other relevant information. UGC will not entertain any requests in this regard.
x) The use of calculators & Log Tables is not permitted. Cellular phones, pagers etc. are not allowed in the Examination Hall.
xi) A candidate who does not appear in paper-I will not be permitted to appear in paper-II and paper-III.
xii) Candidates will not be allowed to write any question from the Test Booklet on the Admission Card or on any other paper.
xiii) Those candidates who do not receive their Admission Card (Roll Number) for appearing in the UGC NET Examination till 22nd June, 2005, are advised to contact the office of Registrar/ Co-ordinator of their UGC-NET Examination Centres from 23rd to 25th June, 2005, with two identical passport-size photographs duly attested by a Gazetted Officer. No Admission Card (Roll Number) will be issued on the day of examination (i.e. 26th June, 2005) under any circumstances.
xiv) The descriptive papers, i.e., Paper-III of language subjects must be answered in the concerned language only.
The candidates are advised to check the following points carefully before
submission of application:-
i) Whether they fulfil the eligibility conditions for the Test as
prescribed under the heading ‘CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY’
and ‘AGE LIMIT’.
ii) Whether they have filled all the columns of the Application Form
correctly and no column has been left blank.
iii) Whether they have filled the name of the Subject and Centre as
well as their codes in columns 3 and 4 respectively.
iv) Whether they have filled their CATEGORY in Column 8 in words,
viz., GEN/SC/ST/OBC correctly.
v) Whether VH/PH candidates have filled Column 9 correctly (only
VH/PH candidates have to fill this column and others have to leave
it blank).
vi) Whether they have signed the Application Form and Attendance
Slip.
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