UGC NET Cut-off 2025: English, Psychology See Sharp Rise; Details Here

NTA has released the UGC NET 2025 answer keys on official website ugcnet.nta.nic.in for exams held in December 31 and January 7, 2026. Going by past two year data, English witnessed a sharp rise in cut-offs. Read here to know more.

National Testing Agency has announced provisional answer keys for the University Grants Commission–National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) December 2025 of all 85 subjects. Candidates can find the answer keys on official website ugcnet.nta.nic.in for examinations held between December 31, 2025 and January 7, 2026.

Also, cut off trends of over past two years show significant difference in major subjects for Junior Research Fellowship, assistant professor, and Doctor of Philosophy eligibility among reserved categories.

UGC NET Cut-off 2025: More Details

English cutoffs increased notably with OBC (NCL) cut-off increasing from 99.07 to 176. For JRF, the cutoffs were reduced for economics and education across all reserved categories. In economics, the qualifying marks for the OBC–Non Creamy Layer reduced to 184 from 198. The cutoff for EWS decreased to 186 from 200. 
In coming weeks, NTA is expected to declare UGC NET December 2025 results along with subject-wise cut-offs for all 3 eligibility categories.The cutoffs is the minimum qualifying marks that are required by the candidate to clear the exam. Cutoffs are based on number of candidates that appeared in exam and what is difficulty level of an exam.

How to Check UGC NET Cut Off Marks PDF 2025

To check cutoff, see below:

• Candidates need to visit official website at ugcnet.nta.nic.in
• On homepage, click on the link available to check the cutoff
• The UGC NTA NET 2025 cut-off will be discplayed on the screen
• Candidates should download the PDFs and save them for future reference.

Read more:

• UGC NET 2025 Answer Key to be out by January 15; Check Details Here
• UGC NET Answer Key December 2025 OUT Live: NTA NET Provisional Key PDF Download Link @ugcnet.nta.nic.in