UGC NET Exam Eligibility Criteria 2021: Qualification, Age Limit,

UGC NET Exam Eligibility Criteria 2021: After the release of the final result UGC NET 2020 process has been completed. Now candidates may start their preparation for the next June 2021 exam.

If you are planning to apply for the NET June 2021 exam then the first and the most important thing is to check that you are fulfilling all the Eligibility Criteria to become eligible for appearing in the NET exam.

To simplify things we have mentioned the complete Eligibility criteria on this page. Please go through each part of the eligibility criteria before filling the application form online.

NET June 2020 official notification was released on 16th March 2020. All details about the Eligibility Criteria also made available by the UGC along with the official notification.

Important articles:

NET Exam date

UGC NET Cut Off

UGC NET exam pattern

NET 2021 syllabus

NET 2021 Admit Card

UGC NET result

NET application process

NET Eligibility Criteria consists the following information.

• Qualification
• Age Limit
• Exemption (Eligibility for Assistant Professor)

NET Qualification

• General and General-EWS category candidates who have completed their post-graduation in the subjects specifies by the National Testing Agency in the official notification are eligible to apply. Post-graduation must be completed from any government-recognized university or institution.
• Candidates must secure a minimum of 55% marks in post-graduation if they want to apply for the NET exam. Reserved categories such as Candidates belonging to the Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy Layer), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Persons with Disability (PwD), and Transgender category candidates will get a relaxation of 5% in their post-graduation and they are eligible if they secured a minimum of 50% marks in their qualifying exam.
• Candidates who are still studying in their final year of the post-graduation course and who are still waiting for their final result of post-graduation may also apply for the UGC NET exam. However, they will have to share proof of the post-graduation qualifying exam later. These candidates will get 2 years of time to clear their final year exam and provide any proof for the final exam. Until then their selection will be provisional and can be rejected by the UGC if candidates fail to qualify for the final year exam.
• The reserved category candidates such as transgender, ST, SC, OBC, PwD will get some extra benefits mentioned below
  • Relaxation in the examination fee
  • Relaxation in the Cut Off marks in the corresponding subject
  • Relaxation in the Age limit (For JRF)
  • Percentage marks in the qualifying exam

Find other details about the NTA UGC NET 2021 exam at the linked article.

Age Limit 2021

Age limit criteria are different for JRF and Assistant Professor. For the Assistant Professor post, there are no maximum UGC NET Age limit criteria defined by the UGC. For JRF the Age limit criteria are maximum of 30 years as of 01.06.2020. Please find below the details.

Post	Age Limit 2021
JRF	30 Years
Assistant Professor	No Age Limit

Age Relaxation for JRF:

Age relaxation will be given according to the below given criteria.

Category	Age Relaxation
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)	5 Years
SC/ST/PwD	5 Years
Transgender	5 Years
candidates having experience in any kind of research work (Depends on the duration of the research)	5 years
Candidates having an LLM Degree	3 Years
candidates belong to the Ex-Servicemen category	5 Years

List of subjects at post-graduation level and their codes

Candidates can check the post-graduation subjects and their codes given below. This list is also available in the Annexure-IV of the UGC NET official notification.

Post-graduation Subject	Code	Post-graduation Subject	Code
Economics	801	law	851
Political Science	802	library and Information Science	852
Philosophy	803	Buddhist	853
Psychology	804	Comparative Study of Religions	854
Sociology	805	Mass Communication and Journalism	855
History	806	Performing Arts- Dance/ Drama/ Theatre	856
Anthropology	807	Museology & Conservation	857
Commerce	808	Archaeology	858
Education	809	Criminology	859
Social Work	810	Tribal and Regional language/ literature	860
Defence and Strategic Studies	811	Folk Literature	861
Home Science	812	Comparative literature	862
Public Administration	813	Sanskrit Traditional Subjects	863
Population Studies	814	Jyotisha	864
Music	815	SidhantaJyotisha	865
Management	816	NavyaVyakarna	866
Maithili	817	Vyakama	867
Bengali	818	Mimamsa	868
Hindi	819	NavyaNyaya	869
Kannada	820	Sankhya Yoga	870
Malayalam	821	TulanatmakaDarsana	871
Oriya	822	Shukla Yojurveda	872
Sculpture	823	Madhv Vedanta	873
Sanskrit	824	Dharma Sastra	874
Tamil	825	Sa hitya	875
Telugu	826	Puranaitihasa	876
Urdu	827	Agama	877
Arabic	828	Women Studies	878
English	829	Visual Art	879
linguistics	830	Drawing & Painting	880
Chinese	831	Computer Science and Applications	881
Dogri	832	Konkani	882
Nepali	833	Kashmiri	883
Manipuri	834	Pali	884
Assamese	835	Forensic Science	885
Gujarati	836	Social Medicine & Community Health	886
Marathi	837	Geography	887
French	838	History of Art	888
Spanish	839	Applied Art	889
Russian	840	Graphics	890
Persian	841	Electronic Science	89:01:00
Rajasthani	842	Environmental Sciences	892
German	843	International and Area Studies	893
Japanese	844	Prakrit	894
Adult Education/ Continuing Education	845	Human Rights and Duties	895
Andragogy I Non  Formal Education	846	Tourism Administration and Management	896
Physical Education	847	Punjabi	897
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies	848	Advaita Vedanta	898
Indian Culture	849	Bodo	899
labour Welfare/ Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ labour and Social Welfare/ Human Resource Management	850	Santali	900

References:

1. Information Bulletin for UGC NET June 2020, National Testing Agency, Mar. 16, 2020. Accessed on: Jan. 14, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/WebInfo/Handler/FileHandler.ashx?i=File&ii=308&iii=Y