UGC NET 2025 December Notification LIVE Updates - NTA Application Form Link, Eligibility & Age Limit

The candidates should note that the Eligibility Criteria for the UGC NET Exam is mentioned in the official information bulletin released by the National Testing Agency. The candidates can see here the Educational Qualification required to appear in the UGC NET Exam:

A Masters Degree with 55 % marks

The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to Non-Creamy Layer/Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disability (PwD)/Third gender category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks in their Masters Degree without rounding off.

Yes, the National Testing Agency provides one day extra to pay the UGC NET application fee. The candidates are allowed to fill the application form on its official website and pay the application fee. In addition to that, the NTA provides one extra day to pay the application fee only.

As per the UGC NET exam cycles, the National Testing Agency conduct the UGC NET Exam twice in a year. It is most likely that the Commission will conduct the exam in December 2025. To smoothen the application and exam process, the NTA is expected to release the UGC NET December 2025 notification soon on its official website - ugcnet.nta.ac.in.

The National Testing Agency is expected to release the official UGC NET 2025 December Session Notification soon on its official website. The candidates should note that the UGC NET applications will also start as per the dates mentioned in the official information bulletin.

The candidates can see below the exam pattern (latest) as mentioned in the NTA UGC NET information bulletin:

The candidates should note that the National Testing Agency is the exam conducting authority for the UGC NET Exam. All the exam process is arranged and conducted by NTA. Hence the official website of the UGC NET is ugcnet.nta.ac.in.

No, the National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the UGC NET December 2025 notification soon on its official website - ugcnet.nta.ac.in.

No, as per the official information bulletin of UGC NET june 2025, there is no negative marking for the incorrect questions in the UGC NET exam.

The candidates should note that the National Testing Agency mentions in the official information bulletin that the UGC NET exam will be conducted online only as a Computer-Based Exam(CBE).

The candidates should note that the National Testing Agency mention the relaxation in the upper age limit for the JRFs as per the category of the candidate in the following way:

5 years relaxation is provided to the candidates belonging to OBC-NCL /SC/ST/PwD/Third gender categories and to women applicants.

The candidates should note that the National Testing Agency mention the Maximum Age Limit for all the categories separately.  In addition to that their is a separate age limit for the JRF positions and the UGC NET qualification.

For UGC NET JRF - The maximum age limit is 30 year on 1st day of the month in which the examination is concluded i.e. 01.12.2025.

For Assistant Professor - There is no upper age limit to appear in the exam.

Yes, the National Testing Agency provides the UGC NET application fee waiver to the reserved category candidates in the following way.

General EWS/OBC - INR 600

SC/ST - INR 325

The National Testing Agency will mention the UGC NET application fee in the official information bulletin. The UGC NET application fee for the June 2025 session was INR 1,150 for the General Category.

The NTA is expected to release the University Grant Commission information bulletin soon for the candidates to notify all the eligibility criteria for the UGC NET December 2025 exam.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the UGC NET December 2025 notification soon on its official website – ugcnet.nta.ac.in