Best Career Options After Qualifying UGC NET: How to Get a Job?

Updated on May 1, 2024 12:25 IST

The candidates searching for career options after qualifying for the UGC NET exam other being an Assistant Professor or Ph.D. scholar at Indian Universities can get the complete details in the article about how to get a job after clearing the UGC NET exam, what are the other options after qualifying for the 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.

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.

Table of contents

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.

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Commonly asked questions

Q: What is the criteria for becoming a government lecturer after cracking net exam?

Eligibility to be a Lecturer: 1. Educational Qualification To be eligible to be a lecturer one should hold at least a Master Degree in any of the relevant subject with at least 55% marks in it. Higher qualifications are always preferred. Step 1.Interested candidate has to appear in UGC-NET exam which is held twice a year and pass it.This is the only hurdle to be cleared to be eligible to get a job as a lecturer In a college. Step 2.After clearing UGC-NET exam one is eligible for applying as a lecturer in any college affiliated with any of the university recognised by UGC in India. Clearing of UGC-NET does not gives guarantee of any job it is just a condition to be cleared. One has to individually apply against the post advertised by various colleges from time to time in the mass media.College authorities can appoint a lecture by their own means. They may take a written test followed by an interview to select the deserving candidate or a walk in interview may be the criterion for the selection.

Q: If I have taken UGC NET 2026 Paper 1, will I be qualified?

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.

Q: How can I apply for the UGC NET 2025 exam?

You can apply for the exam after the release of the UGC NET application form.

Visit the exam site- ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Click on the Application form link mentioned at the bottom of the home page
Click on the New Registration
Enter the details and complete the registration
Fill out the complete application form
Upload scanned pictures of a passport-sized photo (10-200 KB) and signature (4-30 KB). Both images should be in JPEG format
Pay the application fee (Gen - INR 1,100; OBC/EWS - INR 600; SC/ST/PwD/ Transgender - INR 375)
Save and submit the form
Download the confirmation page

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.

Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)	Post	Discipline
THDC India Limited	Executive Trainee - Human Resource	Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour & Social Welfare/Human Resources Management
THDC India Limited	Executive Trainee - Public Relations	Mass Communication & Journalism
PGCIL	Assistant Officer Trainee (HR)	Labour Welfare/ Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ Labour & Social Welfare/ Human Resources Management
PGCIL	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