UGC NET December 2026: Application Form (LIVE), Exam Date, Syllabus, PYQs & Mock Test

National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the UGC NET December 2026 session from December 14 to December 19, 2026, with December 20 and 21, 2026 reserved as buffer dates. The official notification and online application forms for the December session have been released on official portal at ugcnet.nta.nic.in.

Earlier, NTA declared the UGC NET 2026 Re-exam result for the examinations conducted on September 9 and 10 across three subjects. Candidates can check their scorecards and qualifying status using their application number and date of birth. The main June session examination for 84 subjects was held from June 22 to June 30 and July 5, 2026, and the e-certificates have been issued for qualified candidates.

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UGC NET 2026 Re-Exam Result 2026 Out for 3 Subjects; 824 Qualify for JRF, Check Cutoff

UGC NET Dec 2026 Exam Dates OUT; NTA to Conduct Exam From December 14, Check Buffer Dates 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the UGC NET December 2026 results following the conclusion of the examination scheduled from December 14 to December 19, 2026 (with buffer dates on December 20 and 21). The results will be published in the form of scorecards at ugcnet.nta.nic.in using the normalisation percentile score method. Candidates will be able to access and download their scorecards by logging in with their Application Number and Date of Birth.

How to Check UGC NET December 2026 Result

• Visit the official website at ugcnet.nta.nic.in.
• Click on the link for UGC NET December 2026 Scorecard / Result.
• Enter your Application Number, Date of Birth, and the Security PIN.
• Click on Submit to view and download your scorecard.

UGC NET Minimum Qualifying Marks

Have a look at the minimum qualifying marks for the exam below.

UGC NET Marks for PHD

The results is divided into three categories. The detailed category-wise update has been given below:

• Category 1:  Candidates qualified with JRF will be eligible for the Junior Research Fellowship, Appointment as Assistant Professors, and Enrollment as PhD scholar. 
• Category 2: Candidates qualified for NET will be eligible for Assistant Professorship and admission as PhD scholar 
• Category 3: Based on the marks obtained by the candidates, the candidates will be allowed in the universities as a  PhD scholar

Note: The candidates from Category 2 & 3 will have to go through an interview by the Universities to enroll as a PhD scholar. 70% weightage will be given to the NET score and 30% marks will be based on the interview. 

National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the category-wise, paper-wise, and subject-wise UGC NET December 2026 cut-off along with the announcement of the December session results at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. Candidates who meet or exceed the prescribed cut-off marks will qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), Assistant Professorship, or Ph.D. admission.

1. Visit at ugcnet.nta.nic.in
2. Click on the cut-off link
3. Go through it
4. Download the PDF

Earlier, the NTA released the subject-wise cut-off marks for all 84 subjects along with the re-examination cut-off for the June 2026 session.

Also Read: UGC NET Cut Off

National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the UGC NET December 2026 admit card approximately a week prior to the examination scheduled for December 14 to December 19, 2026.

Candidates can download their hall ticket by following these steps:

• Visit at ugcnet.nta.nic.in
• Click on the ‘Download Admit Card for UGC-NET June Re-Exam 2026' link
• Log in using the 'Application Number', 'Date of Birth', and 'Security Pin'
• Download the UGC NET Admit Card 2026
• Take the printout for future use

In case, a candidate is not able to download his/her admit card or there is any discrepancy in the particulars given on the admit card, s/he should call the following helpline number of the NTA - 011-40759000. Candidates can call on these numbers on working days from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM. 

In case of any error on the UGC NET admit card, the official website of the exam informs, “In such cases, candidates would appear in the examination with the already downloaded Admit Card. However, NTA will take necessary action to make corrections in the record later.”  

UGC NET City Intimation Slip 2026

The National Testing Agency will release UGC NET city intimation slip 2026 for December re-exam. The candidates can check their exam date and exam centre in the following manner:

•  Go to ugcnet.nta.nic.in
• Click on the UGC NET 2026 Advanced City Intimation link 
• Fill out the credentials asked for login- application number, date of birth, security pin, etc. 
•  Press the submit button
• The UGC NET city slip 2026 will appear on the screen
• Check the exam city for the exam 

 National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct UGC NET December 2026 exam from December 14 to December 19, 2026 (with buffer dates on December 20 and 21). The shift-wise and subject-wise exam analysis for the December cycle will be shared here once each exam shift concludes.

Candidates preparing for the upcoming December exam can review the detailed UGC NET exam analysis from the recent UGC NET 2026 June session and re-examinations (English, Commerce, and Sociology) below. Analyzing previous shifts helps aspirants gauge the overall difficulty level, high-weightage topics, recurring question patterns, and expected cut-off trends.

UGC NET 2026 Sep 10 Re-Exam Analysis (Shift 1): Student Reactions Out

As per the feedback received from the students', Paper 1 was Moderate and Paper 2 was Moderate to difficult.

Topics asked in Sociology (Paper 2) were:

• Merton CUDOs framework
• Reflexivity
• Hypergamy Hypogamy
• Weber ideal types
• Edge city
• Cyborg
• ANT Theory- Latour
• Ethics in Research
• Bourdieu Uronlogical
• Social Structure - Musdock
• M.N Srinivas- Sankritisation, Westernisation 
• A.M Shah books
• Triangulation
• Smallest is beautiful book
• Soft State- Myrdal
• Samir Amin- Underdevelopment
• Hindu Succession Act
• Match the following patrilineal, matrilineal
• Glocalisation
• Passage was on Tebhaga
• Hyper urbanization
• Civil Religion - Robert Bellah
• WID
• Devlant Career, etc.

UGC NET 2026 Sep 9 Re-Exam Analysis (Shift 1): Student Reactions OUT

As per the feedback received from the students English re-exam Paper 1 was Moderate. Some students' felt Easy. DI was moderate, RC was easy. In Higher Education, Chronology was asked. 

More Topics asked were:

• Fallacy: Existential Fallacy
• Communication: Model
• Movie chronology
• NEP 2020: Which education policy was there before NEP 2020: Ans is 1986 Education Policy
• Area of Cube, cylinder
• ICT fullform
• 2 to 3 Match the column questions
• Series (Letter based) asked in Maths
• Water borne diseases
• Pollution
• SSD full form
• Question on input output devices from ICT
• MDG- P.D.E
• Arrange PH value in ascending order
• Model of communication- hierarchy
• Causes of malaria, dengue (Match the column)
• Speed and Boats question asked in Maths
• Teaching Aptitude: Bloom taxonomy that is domain
• Hardware and software match the column
• In DI: missing figure
• Statement based questions asked in communication, etc.

UGC NET 2026 June 30 Exam Analysis (Shift 1): Student Reactions OUT

As per the feedback received from the students', the UGC NET 2026 June 30 overall difficulty level of an exam was Easy to Moderate. Paper 1 was Easy to Moderate. 

Topics asked in Paper 1:

• Number series
• DI was easy, population
• RC was also Easy
• Communication: Mass Media
• Logical Reasoning: Square of opposition, Anuman
• Jean Piaget stages of development
• Movie related question asked (Match the following), Movie and director name
• Non Verbal Communication
• Algebra: x+1/x
• Magazine sequence
• Variance
• Scientific Research
• Fallacy 
• Magazines sequence
• Swayamprabha Channel
• ICT: Conversion
• Decreasing Connotation (virtual Library)
• Research design 
• SWAYAM- Diksha (Common is both offer online course)
• Contradictory
• IP address (Which one is wrong)
• Green House Gases (Arrange in order)
• Time and Work
• Pratyaksha Pramaan

UGC NET 2026 June 29 Exam Analysis (Shift 1): Student Reactions OUT

As per the feedback received from the students Hindi exam was Moderate and Paper 1 was Easy to Moderate.

Topics asked in Paper 1:

• DI: Missing, Date Based
• Higher Education: Foreign University (steps)
• Reading Comprehension: (Easy to Moderate)
• Logical reasoning: Term distribution, Fallacy (Begging the question, hasting generalization)
• Environment: Ocean Science related, 
• ICT: http, computer, printer, telegram

UGC NET 2026 June 25 Exam Analysis (Shift 1): Student Reactions OUT

As per the students feedback, the UGC NET Shift 1 of June 25 overall difficulty level is Easy to Moderate. DI in todays shift is a bit difficult or complicated as compared to other shifts. It is percentage based. 

Topics asked in Paper 1

• Maths/Reasoning: Time and work, Average (Match the following), arrange Fraction, 
• ICT: internet related question that is function of www, www founder
• Research: (Moderate to difficulty), NOIR Scale, Deductive research, Variance Calculation and arrangement, Action research steps, Inductive research process, 
• Communication: Lasswell Modal, Buddhist communication, 
• DI: (complicated): Too much data, Memory, RAM, ROM, VPN, www, 
• Logical reasoning: Naya Philosophy, Fallacy, Indian Logic
• Reading Comprehension: Easy to moderate
• PDE: SDG goal, Climate change, NEP education goal in SDG, Chronology in SDG (Paris agreement, commission), G452k Scheme, MDG, Montreal Protocol, Cold Desert
• Teaching Aptitude: Mills Method, Teaching Modals, 
• Higher Education: NEP 2020, Commission, Ancient University

UGC NET 2026 June 24 Exam Analysis (Shift 2): Student Reactions OUT

As per the feedback received from the students, the UGC NET 2026 exam shift 2 for June 24 overall difficulty level was Easy to Moderate. Previous year paper based paper in Commerce. Paper 1 was factual, process based like research process, hypothesis testing, Maths was easy, etc.

Topics asked in paper 1

• National Parkw
• Research process
• Hypothesis testing
• Informal Fallacy
• Inductive approach
• Sampling and its types (3 Ques)
• NEP 2020 (2 Ques)
• Five Year Plans
• In Maths time and speed, fraction, series, etc.
• In ICT, hardware, software related questions, volatile memory, memory speed hierarchy, etc.
• Co variance coefficient
• Biodiversity hierarachy
• World Bank chronology based on establishment
• Teaching Aptitude: types of evaluation

UGC NET 2026 June 24 Exam Analysis (Shift 1)

As per the students feedback, the UGC NET June 24 Exam overall difficulty was Easy to Moderate. In Shift 1 Paper 1 questions asked were in the form of chronology and research based questions. Applications questions were also asked.

Topics asked in Paper 1 are:

• DI: (Moderate Level): Percentage based DI, 
• Environment: Political Control Act 1950, Lead disease, Population Pressure, Toxicity, SDG Chronology, Pollution statement based question, Minimata disease, Cause of Deforestation, Micro plastic, 
• Maths/Reasoning: Profit and Loss, Ratio Proportion, Question on identities, Average, Algebra (2 Question),
• Logical reasoning: Nyaya Darshan shastra, Hetva Bhasha, Schools like  Nyaya, Vedanta, Buddhism, 
• Communication: Group Communication, Simplex Duplex, Half Duplex, Communication Thinkers and books orders, 
• Higher Education: Planning Commission, Ancient University Founder, NEP 2020, Kothari Commission, Regulatory body
• ICT: MAC address (Media access control), Simplex Duplex, Cyber Grooming, RFID, mail merge
• Research Aptitude: Null Hypothesis, Small group, Mode of individuals, Grounded Theory, Type 1 Error, Methods of Research, Steps of Research
• Teaching Aptitude: Realism, Interpretism (atch the following), Learning stages, 

UGC NET 2026 June 23 Exam Analysis (Shift 2)

As per the feedback received from the students, the UGC NET Shift 2  2026 exam difficulty level is Moderate to Difficult.

Topics asked in UGC NET Paper 1:

• DI: Easy, Ratio and percentage related
• Teaching Aptitude: Methods of teaching, Evaluation (Match the following), Norm-reference and criteria reference evaluation question asked
• Research Aptitude: Research types, Research ethics, hypothesis, deductive research, 
• Communication: News decipher, barrier (Match the column), 
• Logical Reasoning: deductive Reasoning (Steps), Hasty Generalisation (Fallacy), Moods and Figures
• Maths: Trigonometry (Cos and Sin), HCF and LCM and put in decreasing order, 
• Reading Comprehension: Easy

UGC NET 2026 June 23 Exam Analysis (Shift 1)

As per the student reactions, the UGC NET 2026 June 23 exam overall difficulty level was Easy to Moderate. Paper 1 was also Easy to Moderate.

Topics asked in paper 1:

• Teaching aptitude: Learning style
• Environment: Act (table), MTF, Coal, So2, No2, 
• Logical reasoning: Mood Figure, Square of opposition, Inductive deductive reasoning, Term distribution,
• Communication: Models, Chronology like Vande Matram
• DI: percentage, Income
• Reading Comprehension: Easy, App based
• Higher Education: NEP 2020, Comm, Kautilya Book section, Kothari Commission< Buddhist Universities
• ICT: JPEG fulform, Facebook, internet (Chronology), Payment method, 
• Research Aptitude: Sampling, Process T-Test, Qualitative Quantitative, P-Value, Nominal, Reliability, accuracy, Validity (Match the following), Hypothesis

UGC NET 2026 June 22 Exam Analysis (Shift 1)

As per the feedback received from the students, the UGC NET June 22 first shift overall difficulty level was Moderate. Some felt that the exam was Easy to Moderate.

Topics asked in Paper 1

• Research Aptitude: Sampling (Snowball), Coefficient of Variation
• Environment: Montreal Protocol
• Reading Comprehension (Easy Level)
• Reading Comprehension was Research based
• DI (Easy Level): Percentage based DI was asked
• Research Aptitude: In which is not a reseach design, Qualitative Data Analysis
• Maths/Reasoning (Simple): Time, Speed and distance, Ratio Proportion
• In ICT: Malware attacks (Match the following)
• Environment: Vienna Convention (Match the following)
• Higher education: AICTE, NCTE (Match the following), NEP 2020, Open University Chronology
• Logical reasoning: Fallacy
• Maths/Reasoning: Percentage based chronology
• Assertion And Reasoning questions were also asked.

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release UGC NET December 2026 provisional answer key after conducting the December session examinations scheduled from December 14 to December 19, 2026 (with buffer dates on December 20 and 21). Along with the provisional answer key, the NTA will also upload the candidates' response sheets and question papers on the official portal at ugcnet.nta.nic.in.

Candidates will be able to download the answer key by following these steps:

• Visit the official portal at ugcnet.nta.nic.in.
• Click on the UGC NET Answer Key link.
• Log in using your Application Number and Date of Birth / Password.
• Download the provisional answer key, question paper, and response sheet.

How to Challenge UGC NET Answer Key? 

The methods to challenge the UGC NET answer key are given below:

1. Visit at ugcnet.nta.nic.in
2. Click on the link available for the answer key
3. Click on any one of the links: Through the application number and password or the application number and date of birth
4. Enter the application number, password/date of birth, and security PIN (as shown on the screen)
5. Click on Sign In
6. Click on the Challenge Answer Key link
7. Select the correct answer option ID for the question ID for which the challenge needs to be made
8. Click on the 'Save Your Claims' button
9. Upload the supporting documents in a single PDF file to support your claim
10. Click on the ‘Save Your Claims & Pay Fee’ button
11. Pay INR 200 per question in the online mode

As per the official notice, the payment of the processing fee may be made through (through Credit Card/ Debit Card/Net Banking/UPI Payment Modes). No challenge will be entertained without receipt of the processing fee. The Challenges will not be accepted through any other mode.

UGC NET 2026 Final Answer Key OUT

Candidates can check below UGC NET 2026 December session examination date and also Buffer dates. This time, NTA announced the buffer dates as well. Buffer dates are generally kept by NTA to accommodate any requirement for conducting exam beyond originally scheduled dates. Candidates should, therefore, keep these dates in mind while planning their examination-related schedule.

Also Read: UGC NET important Dates