UGC National Eligibility Test 2011, For Junior Research Fellowship and

Eligibility for Lectureship for June-2011

Exam State Exam Date Last Date

All India 26 Jun 2011 25 Apr 2011

Exam Details: University Grants Commission (UGC)

National Educational Testing (NET) Bureau

1. The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National Eligibility Test (NET) on 26th
June 2011 (Sunday) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Award of Junior Research
Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship in Indian universities and colleges. UGC will conduct NET
in 78(seventy eight including ‘Bodo’ as a new subject) subjects (listed under item no. 9) at 74 (Seventy
four) selected University Centres (listed under Item no. 10) spread across the country.

The result of the UGC-NET held on 26th December 2010 and the one to be held on 26th June 2011 will
be made available on the UGC websites: www.ugc.ac.in and www.ugcnetonline.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 all three papers of 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) /

Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-creamy layer), as per the central list of Other Backward Classes
available on National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), Government of India website :
www.ncbc.nic.in, 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 their finding 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 who already have 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.

Examination Fee:

General Candidates: Rs.450/-

Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available on website): Rs. 225/-

SC/ST/PH/VH candidates: Rs.110/-

SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST:

The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on 26th June 2011 in two separate
sessions as under:

Session Paper Marks Duration

First I 100 1 ¼ Hours (09.30 A.M.
to 10.45 A.M.)
First II 100 1 ¼ Hours (10.45 A.M.
to 12.00 NOON)
Second III 200 2 ½ Hours (01.30 P.M.
to 04.00 P.M.)

IMPORTANT:

1. 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 CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship conducted by CSIR.
2. 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.

Subjects: The list of NET subjects along with their respective codes is as given below:

Subject Name of the Subject Subject Name of the Subject

Code Code
01 Economics 41 Russian
02 Political Science 42 Persian
03 Philosophy 43 Rajasthani

04 Psychology 44 German
05 Sociology 45 Japanese

06 History 46 Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/

Non Formal Education
07 Anthropology 47 Physical Education
08 Commerce 49 Arab Culture and Islamic Studies
09 Education 50. Indian Culture
10 Social Work 55 Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial
Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human
Resource Management
11 Defence and Strategic Studies 58 Law
12 Home Science 59 Library and Information Science
14 Public Administration 60 Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies
15 Population Studies* 62 Comparative Study of Religions
16 Music 63 Mass Communication and Journalism
17 Management 65 Performing Arts – Dance/Drama/Theatre
18 Maithili 66 Museology & Conservation
19 Bengali 67 Archaeology
20 Hindi 68 Criminology
21 Kannada 70 Tribal and Regional Language/Literature
22 Malayalam 71 Folk Literature
23 Oriya 72 Comparative Literature
24 Punjabi 73 Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (including
Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotisha/ Navya Vyakarna/
Vyakarna/ Mimamsa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/
Tulanatmaka Darsana/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhva
Vedanta/ Dharma Sastra/ Sahitya/ Purana-
itihasa/Agama/Advaita Vedanta)
25 Sanskrit 74 Women Studies
26 Tamil 79 Visual Arts (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture/
Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)
27 Telugu 80 Geography
28 Urdu 81 Social Medicine & Community Health
29 Arabic 82 Forensic Science
30 English 83 Pali
31 Linguistics 84 Kashmiri
32 Chinese 85 Konkani
33 Dogri 87 Computer Science and Applications
34 Nepali 88 Electronic Science
35 Manipuri 89 Environmental Sciences
36 Assamese 90 International and Area Studies
 37 Gujarati 91 Prakrit

38 Marathi 92 Human Rights and Duties

39 French 93 Tourism Administration and Management
40 Spanish 94 Bodo

Eligibility:

Conditions of 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 or equivalent examination is 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% marks 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(Non-
creamy layer)/SC/ST/PH/VH certificate along with online printout of their Application Forms (obtained
while applying on-line). Other candidates are not required to submit any certificates/documents in
support of their eligibility alongwith printout of their 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 at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they
shall be liable for legal action.

(vi) Candidates with post-graduate diploma/certificate course(s), should in their own interest,
ascertain the equivalence of their course(s) with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from
Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. (www.aiuweb.org)

Age Limit & Relaxation:

1. Junior Research Fellowship: Not more than 28 years as on 01.06.2011. 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.

2. Lectureship: There is no upper age limit for applying for lectureship eligibility.

Exemption (Eligibility for Lectureship):

(i) NET/SLET/SET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of
Assistant Professors in Universities/ Colleges/Institutions. Provided however, that candidates, who are
or have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum
Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from the
requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment and appointment of
Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/ Colleges/ Institutions.

(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.
How To Apply:

(APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE):

STEPS FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

(i) The candidates are required to download the Bank Challan Performa from the UGC website OR
take photocopy from the UGC-NET Notification published in the Employment News and then deposit the
requisite test fee in any branch of State Bank of India along with the bank charges (commission) of
Rs.20/-.

(ii) Before applying Online, the candidates must possess the following: (i) Scanned passport (pp) size
photograph in JPEG format of less than 300 kb, (ii) Copy of Bank Challan (fee receipt).

(i) Candidate seeking admission to the Test must apply online (i.e. www.ugcnetonline.in OR through a
link available on the UGC website: www.ugc.ac.in).

(ii) After successful submission, the candidate should take printout of online Application Form (two
copies), Attendance Slip (one copy) and Admission Card (one copy) on separate A-4 size papers.

(iii) SC/ST/PH/VH candidates and candidates belonging to OBC (non-creamy layer) (as per the Central
list of OBC available on website: www.ncbc.nic.in must enclose the attested copy of certificate for the
same.

(iv) Candidates seeking age relaxation must enclose the certificate of educational
qualification/research experience entitling the candidates for age relaxation. (For details, please see
item no. 4).

(v) The Application (consisting of two copies of printout of online application form, one copy of
Attendance Slip and one copy of Admission Card) along with required documents (as mentioned in item
No. 13) must reach the Registrar of the University (UGC Test Centre).

(vi) Application received after 02.05.2011 at the Test Centre will be rejected.

(vii) Before applying Online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on
UGC website and also to be shortly published in the Employment News. Please note that Fee submitted
through any other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO etc. will be summarily rejected.

(viii) The envelope containing the Application Form should be superscribed “UGC NATIONAL
ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP, JUNE 2011”.

(ix) The candidates must affix their recent identical passport size photographs, at the places indicated,
on the printout of Online 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.
(x) In order to avoid last minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough. UGC will not
be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this nature.

Important Dates:

Date of UGC NET examination: 26th June 2011

Last date for Applying On-Line 25th April 2011

Last date for receiving the printout of online Application Form (2 copies), Attendance Slip (one copy) and
Admission Card (one copy) at the respective test centre opted by the candidate (with fee receipt &
category certificate(s)):2nd May 2011

NOTE: PRINTOUT OF ON-LINE APPLICATION FORM SENT DIRECTLY TO THE UGC OFFICE WILL NOT BE
ENTERTAINED.

To know more Information about UGC NET 2011 admission please visit www.ugcnetonline.in