Best Career Options After Qualifying UGC NET: How to Get a Job?
University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test 2025 ( UGC NET )
The candidates search for other career options after qualifying UGC NET 2024 exam other than being an Assistant Professorship and PhD. Get the best career options after qualifying for the UGC NET exam in the article.
Career Options After UGC NET
Every year thousands of candidates qualify for the UGC NET assistant professorship and JRF and a few of them get enrolled for the PhD or appointed as Assistant professors in private and govt. colleges but the rest of them wait for the vacancies for the same or re-appear for the exam. Candidates who are searching for career options other than the PhD or get an Assistant Professors' job in a college/university must read the article to learn about the career opportunities after qualifying for UGC NET.
- What is UGC NET?
- Best Career Options After UGC NET Exam
- Creative Career Options After UGC NET
- Career Options in Academics after UGC NET
- How to Get Jobs Using the UGC NET Academic Portal?
- Career Growth After Assistant Professor
What is UGC NET?
UGC NET stands for University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test conducted to determine the eligibility to become an Assistant Professor or get JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) to pursue PhD in an Indian University. It is conducted twice a year as the June cycle and December cycle. The candidates preparing for the UGC NET must be prepared for the high competition as every year around 6 to 8 lakh candidates appear for the exam and only the top six percent are declared qualified for the exam.
No. Candidates are required to appear in both UGC NET Paper 1 and Paper 2 to qualify for the exam. Candidates need to pass both exams separately to be considered for the position. Qualifying marks category-wise are mentioned below:
For General or Unreserved category: 40% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together
For PWD/SC/ST/OBC Non-creamy layer and Transgenders: 35% aggregate marks in both the papers taken together
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Best Career Options After UGC NET Exam
Candidates in search for other career options other than an Assistant Professorship or JRF must read the article. Public Limited Companies like THDC India Pvt. Ltd. and PGCIL release vacancy to recruit UGC NET qualified candidates. The vacancies that are released by the THDC and PGCIL to recruit candidates are given in the table.
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| Public Sector Undertakings |
Post |
Discipline |
|---|---|---|
| THDC India Limited |
Executive Trainee - Human Resource |
Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour & Social Welfare/Human Resources Management |
| Executive Trainee - Public Relations |
Mass Communication & Journalism |
|
| PGCIL |
Assistant Officer Trainee (HR) |
Labour Welfare/ Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ Labour & Social Welfare/ Human Resources Management |
| Management Trainee (HR) |
Labour Welfare/ Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ Labour & Social Welfare/ Human Resources Management |
Other than these Public Limited Companies, there are other PSUs in which the candidates can search for job options. The list of these PSUs has been given below:
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
- Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL)
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
- Bharat Electricals Limited (BEL)
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
- Oil India Limited (OIL)
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Creative Career Options After UGC NET
Sometimes candidates search for creative jobs that suit their personality and can't do jobs on a set pattern. There are jobs that the candidates who have qualified for the UGC NET exam can look up to:
- Author
- Lyricist
- Scriptwriter
- Editor
- Content Writing
- Copywriting, and More
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Career Options in Academics after UGC NET
Candidates who want to be academics but do not wish to take up jobs in colleges and universities can do the following things:
- Become an online educator
- Start Teaching Platform
- Become Guest Faculty
- UGC NET Course Designing for Coaching
How to Get Jobs Using the UGC NET Academic Portal?
Candidates can get jobs through the UGC NET academic portal. The steps to apply for the UGC NET academic portal are given below:
- Go to the UGC NET academic portal
- Register on the UGC NET academic portal
- Fill out the details asked on the application form
- The job list will appear on the screen according to the suitability of the candidate
Career Growth After Assistant Professor
The candidates who opt to become assistant professors after qualifying for the UGC NET exam can check their career growth below:
- Junior Assistant Professor
- Senior Assistant Professor
- Assistant Professor (Selection Grade)
- Associate Professor
- Professor
- General Head
- Vice Chancellor
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?B
Beginner-Level 1
Answered a week ago
The authority will release the NTA UGC NET provisional answer key after the conclusion of an exam in a few days along with the question paper and response sheet. It will help the candidates to verify their responses, estimate the probable scores and evaluate their performance in the examination.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a week ago
No. candidate can not submit the UGC NET application form offline. It was released on the official portal at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. The application form was released online on October 7. All the process of the online form including the registration, document upload, fee payment, confirmation, etc. must
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a week ago
In the UGC NET exam, two marks are awarded for every correct answer. There is no negative marking in the exam. For every correct answer, two marks are awarded. Scroll down to know the marking scheme.
UGC NET Marking Parameters | Marks Allotted |
|---|---|
Correct answer | +2 |
Incorrect answer | 0 |
Un-attempted question | 0 |
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a week ago
The NTA released the UGC NETadmit card 2025 for the December session exam. It was released on the official portal at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. The admit card is a mandatory document thata needs to be carried at the examination centre by the candidate.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a week ago
The UGC NET December session exam was over on January 7. As per the students' feedback UGC NET January 2 Paper 1 was Moderate some felt that Assertion & Reasoning part was a bit difficult. Paper 1 was lengthy.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 weeks ago
The questions asked in the NTA UGC NET Paper 1 exam are generic and intend to assess the teaching or research aptitude of the candidate. Details are provided below:
UGC NET Paper 1 Sections | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|
Teaching Aptitude | 5 | 10 |
Research Aptitude | 5 | 10 |
Reading Comprehension | 5 | 10 |
Communication | 5 | 10 |
Reasoning (including Maths) | 5 | 10 |
Logical Reasoning | 5 | 10 |
Data Interpretation | 5 | 10 |
Information & Communication Technology (ICT) | 5 | 10 |
People & Environment | 5 | 10 |
Higher Education System: Governance, Polity & Administration | 5 | 10 |
Total | 50 | 100 |
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 weeks ago
The NTA UGC NET exam consists of two papers and candidates need to complete it in a duration of three hours. Candidates can check below the exam pattern for both papers.
UGC NET Paper | Number of Questions | Total Marks |
|---|---|---|
UGC NET Paper 1 | 50 | 100 |
UGC NET Paper 2 | 100 | 200 |
Total | 150 | 300 |
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 weeks ago
Candidates can chech below the methods to downlaod the UGC NET admit card:
- Go to the ugcnet.nta.nic.in
- Click on the hall ticket link for the exam
- Enter the details asked on the login page- application number, date of birth, and security pin
- Click on the submit button
- Download and save it
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 weeks ago
The UGC NET Paper 2 subject specific i.e, Economics, consists of 100 questions worth 2 marks each. The exam will be of 3-hour duration, so there will be no breaks between paper 1 and paper 2. Candidates should cover all significant units of the of the Economics syllabus as mentioned below:
- Micro Econ
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Contributor-Level 10
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