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Cut Off for UGC NET 2020 - Check Category-wise Cutoff Marks Here
Cut Off for UGC NET - National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the NTA UGC NET cut off in the form of PDF along with the announcement of the result at nta.ac.in The cut off of UGC NET will be released for all the 101 subjects for which the test is held. The authorities will release a separate cut off of UGC NET for both Lecturship and for JRF. Candidates securing the cut off as per their categories will be considered UGC NET qualified. Before securing UGC NET cut off score, candidates will have to secure the minimum qualifying marks. As per the qualifying cut off of UGC NET, candidates must secure at least 40% (general) and 35% (OBC NCL, SC/ST/PWD and Transgender) in both paper I and II. Candidates considered qualified in UGC NET result will be issued the eligibility certificate. The authorities will release the cut off UGC NET twice a year - June and December since the test is held twice.
This Story also Contains
- UGC NET 2020 Dates
- How to check UGC NET cut off?
- Cut off of UGC NET - Category wise
UGC NET 2020 exam for June session dates will be announced later on the website. Candidates can fill the UGC NET application form 2020 in online mode from March 16 to May 31. As per UGC NET exam pattern, the test will be held for two papers - paper I and II wherein paper I is for 100 marks while paper II is of 200 marks. The test is held to determine the eligibility of the candidates as Assistant Professors and to award Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). To know more about the cut off of UGC NET, go through the article below.
UGC NET 2020 Dates
The table below contains UGC NET exam dates along with the result and cut off dates.
UGC NET Important Dates
Events | UGC NET 2020 June Session | UGC NET 2020 December Session (Tentative) |
UGC NET exam dates 2020 | To be announced | December 2 to 6, 2020 |
Release date of UGC NET answer key | To be announced | To be announced |
Announcement of result | To be announced | December 31, 2020 |
How to check UGC NET cut off?
Visit the official website of NTA.
Click on UGC NET cut off link
The link will take you to the UGC NET cut off PDF
Download the UGC NET 2020 cut off PDF
Factors Determining Cut off of UGC NET
There are certain factors that are considered while preparing the category wise NET cut off. Some of the factors are:
Total number of appeared candidates
Difficulty level of the exam
Previous year’s cut off trends
Types of UGC NET cut off
In order to shortlist the candidates, the authrotites release the cut off of UGC NET. The cut offs are released as:
UGC NET Category wise cut off
UGC NET qualifying cut off
Cut off of UGC NET - Category wise
The authorities will release the cut off of UGC NET separately for each category. Candidates who secure the UGC NET cut off as per their category will be considered qualified.
UGC NET qualifying cut off
Before securing the cut off released along with the result, candidates must secure the qualifying marks. The UGC NET qualifying marks are mentioned in the test notification PDF. As per the qualifying marks, candidates belonging to the general category must secure 40 % marks in both the papers while the candidates belonging to the reserved categories must secure at least 35% marks in both paper I and II. The table below contains the minimum qualifying marks that must be secured by the candidates.
UGC NET 2020 Qualifying Marks
Category | Paper I (Out of 100) | Paper II (Out of 200) |
UGC NET qualifying marks for General (Unreserved) | 40 (40%) | 40 (40%) |
OBC Non-creamy layer, PWD/SC/ST and Transgender | 35 (35%) | 35 (35%) |
UGC NET Previous Year Cutoff
In order to get an idea about securinh how many marks would qualify the candidates, go through the tables below containing the cut off of UGC NET conducted in the previous year.
UGC NET Cut off (December Session) - General (2019)
S. code | Subject | Lectureship Cutoff Only (General) | JRF & Lectureship Cut off (General) |
001 | Economics | 72 | 62.67 |
002 | Political Science | 68 | 58.67 |
003 | Philosophy | 74.67 | 64 |
005 | Sociology | 68.67 | 60 |
006 | History | 62.67 | 55.33 |
007 | Anthropology | 70 | 60 |
008 | Commerce | 62.67 | 55.33 |
014 | Public Administration | 68 | 60 |
017 | Management | 61.33 | 54 |
020 | Hindi | 67.33 | 59.33 |
030 | English | 63.33 | 54.67 |
063 | Mass Communication and Journalism | 64.67 | 57.33 |
080 | Geography | 69.33 | 60.67 |
UGC NET 2019 Cut off (December) - For Lectureship only
S. code | Subject | Lectureship Cutoff Only (General) | Lectureship Cutoff Only (OBC NCL) | Lectureship Cutoff Only (SC) | Lectureship Cutoff Only (ST) | Lectureship Cutoff Only (EWS) |
001 | Economics | 62.67 | 54.67 | 49.33 | 48.67 | 56 |
002 | Political Science | 58.67 | 53.33 | 48.67 | 48.67 | 52.67 |
003 | Philosophy | 64 | 58 | 55.33 | 50.67 | 57.33 |
005 | Sociology | 60 | 54.67 | 50.67 | 52 | 54 |
006 | History | 55.33 | 51.33 | 48 | 47.33 | 50.67 |
007 | Anthropology | 60 | 54.67 | 51.33 | 50.67 | 54 |
008 | Commerce | 55.33 | 50.67 | 48 | 47.33 | 50.67 |
014 | Public Administration | 60 | 54 | 50.67 | 50 | 53.33 |
017 | Management | 54 | 48.67 | 47.33 | 46 | 48.67 |
020 | Hindi | 59.33 | 55.33 | 52 | 50 | 54.67 |
030 | English | 54.67 | 48.67 | 46 | 44.67 | 49.33 |
063 | Mass Communication and Journalism | 57.33 | 52.67 | 48.67 | 48.67 | 51.33 |
080 | Geography | 60.67 | 55.33 | 52.67 | 50 | 55.33 |
UGC NET Result 2020
NTA will announce the UGC NET 2020 result a few days after the exam in online mode at the official website of NTA. Candidates will be able to check the result by entering application number and date of birth. Only those candidates who will score the minimum cut off of UGC NET will be considered qualified. Candidates who pass will be issued the eligibility certificate mentioning that the candidates can apply as Assistant Professor in any College/University across the country and avail JRF. the steps below guides the candidates to download the result:
How to download the UGC NET result?
Click on NTA NET result link
The link will take you to the NTA UGC NET result login window
Enter application number and password/date of birth
The screen will then display the UGC NET result.
Download the result for future references
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Hi Akansha,
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Hi Bhavesh,
The UGC NET 2026 result was announced on February 4, 2026. In case you find any issues checking the result, you can write an email at ugcnet@nta.ac.in (mailto:ugcnet@nta.ac.in) or call at 011-40759000.
For the UGC NET examination, only a Central OBC-NCL certificate is considered valid. Submitting a State OBC certificate may create complications during document verification and could lead to your candidature being treated under the General (Unreserved) category. You can immediately obtain a valid Central OBC-NCL certificate from the concerned Tehsil
If you filled the UGC NET form under EWS but you don’t have a valid EWS certificate, then forget using the EWS category. They won’t accept it. You’ll automatically be treated as General category during document verification.
And no, this won’t make your form “invalid” or “illegal.” It just means
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