UGC NET 2025 Exam from December 31; When will Admit Card be Released?
UGC NET Dec exam will be conducted from December 31, 2025 to January 7, 2026. It is expected that UGC NET admit card 2025 will be released 4 to 5 days before the commencement of exam. Check UGC NET Dec subject wise dates here
UGC NET 2025 Exam from December 31
UGC NET 2025: National Testing Agency will conduct UGC NET exam from December 31. As per exam schedule released UGC NET will be conducted over multiple days till January 7, 2026 for different subjects. UGC NET Dec exam will be held in Computer Based Test (CBT) for 85 subjects ain two shifts from 9 am to 12 pm and 3 to 6 pm.
With exam starting in 6 days, candidates are waiting for release of UGC NET December 2025 admit cards. Earlier, city intimation slips were released at official website: ugcnet.nta.nic.in. UGC NET city slip informs candidates about their city in which their exam centre. However, it does not have exam centre address details or entry instructions. These details will be mentioned only on UGC NET Dec 2025 admit card.
UGC NET 2025 Subject Wise Exam Dates for December Session
Candidates can check table to know subject wise dates of UGC NET for Dec session
| Dates |
Shift I (9 AM to 12 PM) |
Shift II (3 to 6 PM) |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 |
Law, Social Work, Tourism Administration, Prakrit, Telugu, Spanish, Kashmiri, Konkani |
|
| January 2, 2026 |
Computer Science & Application, Library & Info Science, Urdu, Forensic Science, Bengali, Human Rights, Arabic, Bodo |
Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Oriya, Yoga, Punjabi, Social Med. & Comm. Health, Women Studies |
| January 3, 2026 |
Commerce, Sanskrit, Santali, Criminology, Political Science (incl. International Relations / Strategic Studies), Disaster Management, Museology & Conservation |
Geography, Education, Folk Literature, Maithili, Comparative Study of Religions, Indian Culture, Persian |
| January 5, 2026 |
English, Sanskrit Traditional Subjects, Anthropology, Adult/Continuing Education, French, Dogri, Russian, Chinese |
History, Visual Art, Assamese, Archaeology, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Tribal/Regional Languages |
| January 6, 2026 |
Political Science, Defence & Strategic Studies, Arab Culture, Hindu Studies, Nepali, Comparative Literature, Japanese, Sindhi |
Hindi, Tamil, Mass Communication, Kannada, Malayalam, Manipuri, Indian Knowledge Systems, German |
| January 7, 2026 |
Economics (incl. allied fields), Management, Public Administration, Population Studies, Linguistics, Buddhist/Jaina/Gandhian/Peace Studies, Pali, Ayurveda Biology |
Environmental Sciences, Home Science, Performing Arts (Dance/Drama/Theatre), Music, Electronic Science, Labour Welfare/HRM, Marathi, Physical Education |
When will UGC NET 2025 Admit Card be Released?
Based on past exam cycles, NTA releases UGC NET admit cards three to five days before actual exam date. If this same trend is followed this time too, UGC NET 2025 Dec admit card can be expected to be released between December 26 and 28, 2025. It is mandatory to carry a printed copy of UGC NET Dec admit card along with valid photo identity proof to exam centre.
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The NTA will release the UGC NET 2025 December session admit card for all exam dates. Candidates will be able to download their UGC NET 2025 admit card by using their login credentials. The details mentioned on the UGC NET admit card are the name of the candidate, roll number, application number, exam date and time, exam centre address, etc.