UGC NET Cut off 2020 - Subject wise and Category Wise Cut Off Marks

Q: What if I secure the UGC NET qualifying marks and fail to secure the cut off score by 1 mark?

To pass the UGC NET exam , you will have to secure both qualifying marks as well as the minimum cut off scores.

UGC NET Cut off 2020 - The National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the UGC NET 2020 cut off in PDF form along with the result on its official website @nta.ac.in. The cut off of UGC NET 2020 will be released separately for candidates who qualify for Lectureship and JRF. The NTA UGC NET cutoff marks are the minimum qualifying marks that candidates need to score in order to qualify the exam. The UGC NET cut off 2020 displays the subject-wise and category-wise cut off marks along with the total number of qualified candidates who have appeared for each subject in all categories. Candidates who score equal to or more than the cut off will be considered qualified for UGC NET exam. NTA has not released the new exam dates of UGC NET 2020 (June Session) but the exam is likely to be conducted in August. To know more about UGC NET cut off marks for previous year exam, read the complete article below.
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UGC NET Cutoff 2020 - Check Subject-wise Cut off Marks

UGC NET 2020 Overview

Particulars	Parameters
Exam Conducted by	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam Name	UGC NET (University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test)
Frequency of the exam	Twice a year - June Session and December Session
Previous year data of UGC NET	Candidates qualified in June Session 2019 JRF & Lectureship - 4756 Lectureship - 55,701
	Candidates qualified in December Session 2019 JRF & Lectureship - 5092 Lectureship - 60,147


Official website	NTA - https://nta.ac.in/ UGC NET - ugcnet.nta.nic.in

What is the UGC NET Qualifying Marks 2020?

Apart from the cut off of UGC NET 2020, NTA also determines the minimum qualifying marks that a candidate needs to score in order to pass the UGC NET exam. Candidates will have to secure these marks prescribed by NTA in both the papers of UGC NET to get short-listed for JRF or Assistant Professorship. In the following table, candidates can see the category wise marks qualifying marks of UGC NET.

UGC NET 2020 Qualifying Marks

Category	Paper I (Out of 100 marks)	Paper II (Out of 200 marks)
UGC NET qualifying marks for General (Unreserved)	40 (40%)	40 (40%)
OBC Non-creamy layer, PWD/SC/ST and Transgenders	35 (35%)	35 (35%)

How to check UGC NET Cut off 2020?

To check the UGC NET 2020 cut off, candidates must follow the steps mentioned below:

Click on cut off link of this page (the clickable link will be highlighted when the cut off marks are released by NTA)
It will redirect to the UGC NET cut off June PDF
Download UGC NET cut off PDF

OR

Visit the official website of NTA - ugcnet.nta.nic.in or nta.ac.in
Click on UGC NET cut off June 2020 link available on left-hand side of home page.
The link will redirect you to the UGC NET cut off PDF.
Download the UGC NET 2020 cut off PDF for future reference.

UGC NET 2020 Cut off (June Session) - General

S. No	Subject	Lectureship Cutoff Only (General)	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (General)
001	Economics	To be notified	To be notified
002	Political Science	To be notified	To be notified
003	Philosophy	To be notified	To be notified
005	Sociology	To be notified	To be notified
006	History	To be notified	To be notified
007	Anthropology	To be notified	To be notified
008	Commerce	To be notified	To be notified
014	Public Administration	To be notified	To be notified
017	Management	To be notified	To be notified
020	Hindi	To be notified	To be notified
030	English	To be notified	To be notified
063	Mass Communication and Journalism	To be notified	To be notified
080	Geography	To be notified	To be notified

How To Calculate UGC NET Cutoff?

There are various factors that are considered while preparing the UGC NET NET cut off. It is important to know how to calculate cut off marks for UGC NET so that the candidates get a clear picture of how much they must secure to be considered qualified. As per the UGC NET cut off calculation process, the number of candidates to be qualified (total slots or Eligibility for Assistant Professor) must be equal to 6% of the total candidates appearing in both the papers of UGC NET. The total slots of exam must be allocated to different categories as per the reservation policy so that the shortlisting becomes easier. While calculating the UGC NET cut off 2020, the authorities will consider the relative performance of all the appeared candidates, and on the basis of it, the percentile scores will be calculated. The marks secured by the candidates are then converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session. The percentile scores are calculated up to 7 decimal places to avoid the situation of the tie.

What is the UGC NET Previous Year Cutoff?

To give candidates a better idea about the level of the UGC NET exam, we have curated the previous year (December session 2019) cut off marks - subject-wise as well as category-wise. Candidates can refer to the following tables of UGC NET previous year cut off for a better understanding of the exam.

UGC NET 2019 Cut off (December Session) - General

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 2019 Cut off (December) - For JRF & Lectureship

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	72	68	61.33	60.67	68.67
002	Political Science	68	64	58.67	59.33	65.33
003	Philosophy	74.67	70	64.67	62.67	70.67
005	Sociology	68.67	64.67	61.33	61.33	66
006	History	62.67	59.33	56.67	56	60.67
007	Anthropology	70	64.67	65.33	59.33	63.33
008	Commerce	62.67	58.67	56	54.67	60
014	Public Administration	68	63.33	60.67	58	65.33
017	Management	61.33	57.33	54	52	57.33
020	Hindi	67.33	64.67	61.33	61.33	65.33
030	English	63.33	57.33	54.67	53.33	59.33
063	Mass Communication and Journalism	64.67	62	61.33	59.33	62
080	Geography	69.33	66	63.33	59.33	67.33

Candidates can check the detailed category wise UGC NET cut off for 2019 December session here - Cut off PDF

UGC NET 2019 Cut off (June) - 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	65.33	56.00	50.67	50.00	54.00
002	Political Science	56.67	50.67	46.67	46.00	48.67
003	Philosophy	64.00	56.00	53.33	51.33	54.67
005	Sociology	62.00	54.67	50.00	49.33	52.67
006	History	54.67	50.00	46.67	46.67	48.00
007	Anthropology	60.67	55.33	53.33	52.00	50.67
008	Commerce	60.00	53.33	50.00	48.00	52.00
014	Public Administration	58.00	52.67	48.67	46.00	50.00
017	Management	60.00	53.33	50.67	49.33	51.33
020	Hindi	53.33	49.33	46.67	45.33	47.33
030	English	58.00	51.33	47.33	47.33	49.33
063	Mass Communication and Journalism	58.00	52.00	49.33	50.00	50.00
080	Geography	60.00	54.67	51.33	50.00	58.00

UGC NET Cut off 2019 (June) - For both JRF & Lectureship

S. code	Subject	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (General)	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (OBC)	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (SC)	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (ST)	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (EWS)
001	Economics	74.67	68.67	63.33	62.00	69.33
002	Political Science	66.00	60.67	56.00	55.33	62.00
003	Philosophy	74.00	68.00	64.67	60.67	68.00
005	Sociology	71.33	66.67	63.33	62.00	66.67
006	History	62.00	58.00	54.00	54.00	58.67
007	Anthropology	68.67	66.00	64.67	58.67	66.67
008	Commerce	68.00	63.33	60.67	57.33	64.67
014	Public Administration	65.33	63.33	60.00	55.33	60.67
017	Management	68.00	63.33	61.33	62.00	62.00
020	Hindi	60.00	57.33	54.00	53.33	56.67
030	English	66.00	60.67	57.33	55.33	61.33
063	Mass Communication and Journalism	65.33	61.33	56.67	57.33	61.33
080	Geography	68.00	64.00	61.33	59.33	64.00

Cut off of UGC NET December Session 2018

In order to get an idea of the UGC NET cut off 2020, candidates must refer to the following table containing the cut off marks of the exam which was held in the 2018 December session.

UGC NET Cut off (December 2018) - For JRF and Assistant Professors

The following table contains the subject-wise cut off of UGC NET for qualifying both JRF and Assistant Professor for the exam which was conducted in December 2018

UGC NET Cutoff for Economics

Economics	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD-VI	PWD-HI	PWD-LM	PWD-OD&AO
JRF & Assistant Professor Cut off Score	67.33	61.33	56.57	53.33	53.33	44.67	53.33	40

UGC NET Cut off for Political Science

Political Science	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
JRF & Assistant Professor Cut off Score	63.33	60	55.33	55.33	57.33	46.67	57.33	44

UGC NET Cutoff score of Sociology

Sociology	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
JRF & Assistant Professor Cut off Score	66.67	64	60	58	64	49.33	61.33	60

UGC NET Cut off of History

History	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
JRF & Assistant Professor Cut off Score	56	53.33	50	48.67	48.67	52	50.67	46.67

UGC NET Cut Off for Psychology

Psychology	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
JRF & Assistant Professor Cut off Score	62.67	58.67	57.33	56	52	43.33	46.67	44

UGC NET Cutoff Marks for Anthropology

Anthropology	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
JRF & Assistant Professor Cut off Score	72	69.33	65.33	64	62	50	51.33	-

UGC NET Cut off Marks for Commerce

Commerce	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
JRF & Assistant Professor Cut off Score	62	58	54.67	54	54.67	45.33	55.33	45.33

UGC NET Cut off for Assistant Professors Only

The following table contains UGC NET cut off for qualifying Assistant Professors exam conducted in December 2018. To get an idea of UGC NET cut off, candidates can go refer to this table.

UGC NET Cut off for Economics

Economics	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD-VI	PWD-HI	PWD-LM	PWD-OD&AO
Assistant Professors	57.33	50.00	46	44	42	36	45.33	36.67

UGC NET Cut-off for Political Science

Political Science	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
Assistant Professors	55.33	50.67	47.33	46.67	42	35.33	48	35.33

UGC NET Cut off score of Sociology

Sociology	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
Assistant Professors	59.33	53.33	49.33	49.33	42.67	36	50	35.33

UGC NET Cut off Marks of History

History	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
Assistant Professors	50	46	43.33	42.67	40	36	42.67	36

UGC NET Cutoff for Psychology

Psychology	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
Assistant Professors	56	50.67	47.33	46	42	36.67	44.67	44

UGC NET Cut off for Anthropology

Anthropology	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
Assistant Professors	64	59.33	55.33	52.67	53.33	42	51.33	-

UGC NET Cutoff Marks for Commerce

Commerce	General	OBC	SC	ST	PWD‐VI	PWD‐HI	PWD‐LM	PWD-OD&AO
Assistant Professors	54.67	49.33	47.33	46	42.67	36	47.33	36

UGC NET Cut off July 2018 - (JRF & Lectureship)

In the following table we have showcased the UGC NET cut off for the exam which was held in the 2018 June session.

Subject	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (General)	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (OBC)	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (SC)	JRF & Lectureship Cut off (ST)
Economics	66.00	60.67	56.00	53.33
Political Science	61.33	57.33	54.00	53.33
Philosophy	70.67	67.33	64.00	58.00
Sociology	68.00	64.67	59.33	62.00
History	56.67	54.00	50.67	50.67
Anthropology	70.00	67.33	66.00	57.33
Commerce	64.00	59.33	55.33	54.67
Public Administration	70.00	64.00	64.67	64.00
Management	62.00	56.67	54.00	51.33
Hindi	66.00	63.33	60.00	58.67
English	60.67	56.00	52.00	51.33
Mass Communication and Journalism	60.00	58.00	54.00	54.00
Geography	64.00	60.67	58.00	56.00

UGC NET Cut off Marks - July 2018 (For Lectureship only)

Subject	Lectureship Cutoff Only (General)	Lectureship Cutoff Only (OBC)	Lectureship Cutoff Only (SC)	Lectureship Cutoff Only (ST)
Economics	56.00	49.33	45.33	44.00
Political Science	52.67	48.67	45.33	45.33
Philosophy	62.00	54.67	52.00	46.67
Sociology	58.00	52.00	48.00	47.33
History	50.00	46.00	43.33	43.33
Anthropology	58.00	52.67	50.00	47.33
Commerce	54.67	49.33	46.00	45.33
Public Administration	57.33	51.33	46.00	45.33
Management	52.67	46.67	44.67	44.67
Hindi	58.00	54.00	50.67	49.33
English	52.00	46.00	43.33	42.67
Mass Communication and Journalism	53.33	48.00	44.67	45.33
Geography	55.33	51.33	48.67	46.67

What are the Factors that Determines the UGC NET 2020 Cutoff?

NTA will determine the cut off of UGC NET 2020 by taking the following factors into consideration:

Total number of candidates appeared for the UGC NET 2020 test
The difficulty level of the UGC NET question paper

UGC NET Cut off 2020 - Category wise Subject Cut-off

Only those candidates will be considered qualified in the June session of the exam who score the minimum UGC NET 2020 cut off marks, apart from scoring the minimum qualifying marks. NTA will release the category wise cut off of UGC NET 2020 in PDF format for each subject for which the aspirants have appeared.

UGC NET Cut off 2020 for Assistant Professor

NTA will short-list 6% candidates in each subject to prepare the merit list for determining the eligibility of Assistant Professor and JRF.

UGC NET 2020 Cut off for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)

NTA will prepare a separate merit list for UGC NET Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), qualified candidates, after considering their eligibility in terms of age.

UGC NET Result 2020

NTA will declare the result of UGC NET 2020 soon after the exam. UGC NET result 2020 will be available in online mode on the official website of NTA. Candidates will be able to check the result by entering their login credentials like application number and date of birth. Only those candidates who have scored the minimum cut off marks determined by the examination authority will be deemed as qualified for the UGC NET exam. Candidates who pass the UGC NET exam 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.

About UGC NET 2020

The UGC NET 2020 test will be held in online mode to determine the eligibility of candidates as Lecturers and to award Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). Those who secure UGC NET June cut off 2020 will qualify the exam and will also be issued an eligibility certificate by NTA. This UGC NET certificate will be valid for the next three years after issuance.

Also read:

UGC NET Answer Key 2020

UGC NET Admit Card 2020

UGC NET Selection Procedure

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Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - UGC NET Cutoff 2020 - Check Subject-wise Cut off Marks

Question: How can I check the UGC NET official cut off score?

Answer:

The UGC NET official cut off score is published by NTA on its official website. You can check the UGC NET cut off marks 2020 in the form of PDF where it will be mentioned category wise as well as cut off scores.

Question: How does the UGC NET cut off marks different from the qualifying marks?

Answer:

The UGC NET qualifying marks are mentioned in the notification of the exam which states that candidates who will secure the minimum qualifying marks will only be considered further to compete for the cut off. However, UGC NET cut off marks are determined after the conclusion of the exam depending on the number of appeared candidates, vacancies and level of the exam.

Question: What if I secure the UGC NET qualifying marks and fail to secure the cut off score by 1 mark?

Answer:

To pass the UGC NET exam, you will have to secure both qualifying marks as well as the minimum cut off scores.

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Can I be eligible for UGC NET ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE after MSc in Biotechnology?

Abhimanyu Mukherjee 4th Aug, 2020

Yes you are eligible for UGC NET Environmental Science after Msc in Biotechnology.

The educational requirements are listed below

55% aggregate marks (without rounding off) in master’s degree or Equivalent Degree - For General/General EWS Category Candidates

50% aggregate marks (without rounding off) in master’s degree or Equivalent Degree - For ST/SC/OBC/ PWD/ Transgender Candidates.

Age Limit and Relaxation

JRF : Not more than 30 years for open category applicants. A relaxation of upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to OBC- Non Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL)/SC/ST/PwD/Transgender categories and to women applicants.

Assistant Professor: There is no upper age limit in applying for UGC-NET for Assistant Professor.

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Dear aspirants, I would like to know the proper strategy correspondence or online mode to prepare for UGC NET examination in English . The suggestions are highly required regarding suitable books and suitable coaching institute to join. Shall be highly grateful to you for guiding me on this

Raja 4th Aug, 2020

If you want to study online for free, you can do that with the help of ample study material on the Internet. You can also get youtube explained videos for free. What I would suggest is that try to get hold of some good coaching materials meanwhile. It will help structure your study plan and you will know exactly what to do and how to do.
If you want to go for coachings, these are some of the prestigious ones:

Global Academy

Elite IIT Institute

GATE-Indian Institute of Tutorials

CGS-Center for Government Services

Global Teachers Academy

iLearning

HelpBiotech Academy

Chembiosis Coaching Center

Academics

Career Plus

Gurukul Edutech

Elite Academy

Laureates Academy

HIRE UGC NET/SET Guidance Center

Amrita Global Education

Professor Academy

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I want to apply for ugc net in mass communication and journalism in future, but for that should I do mba in media management, mba in media and entertainment or mba in communication management? Also, kindly mention if their is any other mba program that will help me reach my goal.

ginnisachdeva02_9364270 Student Expert 30th Jul, 2020

Hey!

To attempt UGC NET, you must have qualified any masters /post graduate degree from ugc recognized university and you must have minimum 50% in same as per eligibility criteria. Courses mentioned by you make you eligible for the exam. All the three courses are basically related to communication management, however differ in some aspects such as digital advertising or marketing or management or public relations management. For more information, kindly visit the link given below

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bschool.careers360.com/articles/mba-in-communication-and-media-management-charting-new-ways/amp

Good Luck

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I have graduated B.A. without honors. now I am doing Masters from IGNOU. can I apply for UGC NET ?

Anurag Khanna 21st Jul, 2020

Hello Aspirant,

Yes, you are eligible for the UGC NET exam because to apply for the exam candidates must have masters’ degree from the approved and recognized universities and IGNOU is a UGC approved University as per the latest eligibility criteria which is described as below :-

Open category/Unreserved category candidates need to have secured a minimum of 55% marks in Masters or equivalent.
OBC/ST/SC/PWD/Transgender candidates should have scored at least 50% marks in Masters or equivalent exam.
Candidates in their final year of master’s degree can also take the UGC NET 2020 exam, however, such candidates have to complete their degree with required NET qualification marks within 2 years.
As per the eligibility criteria of UGC NET Ph.D. degree holders with their master’s completed by September 19, 1992 can avail relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks. This means that such candidates must have secured at least 50% marks in masters.
Candidates with post-graduate diploma/certificate by Indian University/Institute or foreign degree/diploma/certificate by the foreign University/Institute have to ensure that their diploma/degree/certificate is equivalent to master’s degree recognized by Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), NewDelhi.

To apply for JRF your age must not exceed 30 years or if you are from SC/ST/PWD/OBC candidate then you will get 5 years age relaxation but for assistant professor no age criteria is applicable.

For more details refer to the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/ugc-net-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

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Hello, I have passed ugc net and csc set both exm in 2019 by using ews certificate, In west bengal ews certificates validation is one year, so my question is that if I do not renewed my certificate then my net set certificate will be cancelled or not?

Anshul Shroff 21st Jul, 2020

For the award of Junior Research Fellowship, the UGC NET certificate remains valid for 3 years from the date of issue and for lectureship, it is vaild for lifetime.

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