UGC NET Eligibility Criteria 2022 - Age limit, Qualification, Marks, Reservation

UGC NET Eligibility Criteria 2022 - The National Testing Agency (NTA) has mentioned the UGC NET 2022 eligibility criteria in the UGC NET official notification. As per the eligibility criteria of UGC NET 2022, the minimum academic qualification is post-graduation degree, those who are awaiting the result of their masters degree can also apply.

As per the UGC NET 2022 eligibility criteria, NTA has extended the age limit for JRF to 31 years for this session only. However, there is no upper age limit for Assistant Professors/Lecturers, according to the UGC NET eligibility criteria 2022. Candidates who met the UGC NET 2022 eligibility requirements will be able to fill the application form. Those who successfully applied will be able to appear in the UGC NET exam by producing the admit card and will eventually become eligible to apply for the post of professor/researcher. The UGC NET 2022 eligibility criteria comprise of the age limit, academic qualifications and other such conditions that candidates need to fulfil to be considered eligible for UGC NET 2022. To know more about the UGC NET eligibility criteria, read the full article below.

UGC NET Eligibility Criteria 2022

Candidates must go through the UGC NET 2022 eligibility criteria before applying. UGC NET is conducted twice every year to determine the qualifying status for candidates aspiring to be JRF and Assistant Professors. Below given is the age limit for different posts under UGC NET 2022:

UGC NET Age Limit 2022

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UGC NET Age Relaxation 2022

The UGC NET 2022 age relaxation details have been given in the table below:

Age Relaxation For UGC NET 20022

UGC NET Eligibility Criteria 2022 - Educational Qualifications

Candidates will have to fulfil certain educational qualifications to be eligible for UGC NET exam 2022. The UGC NET 2022 educational qualifications have been specified below:

• Candidates belonging to the open/unreserved category must score a minimum of 50% in their master (MA, M.Sc, M.Com, M.Tech, MBA etc.) or equivalent degree.

• OBC/ST/SC/PWD/Transgender candidates are also required to score minimum of 50% aggregate marks in their Masters or equivalent degree.

• Candidates who are currently in the final year of their Master's degree are also eligible for UGC NET 2022 given that they fulfil the educational requirements given above within two years.

• According to the eligibility criteria of UGC NET 2022, PhD holders who have completed their master's degree before September 19, 1992, are eligible to get a relaxation of 5% aggregate marks.

• Applicants who have a post-graduate diploma/certificate from any Indian University or institute or have completed a degree/diploma/certificate from any Foreign University or the institute must make sure that their master's degree is recognized by Indian universities from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi (aiu.ac.in).

UGC NET 2022 Eligibility Criteria - Subject Relevance (Masters)

Candidates while applying for UGC NET 2022 must make sure that they select the test for the subject they have studied in their post-graduation. In case the subject of the candidate is not given in the list given by NTA, candidates can choose the relevant subject from the list as per their preference.

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UGC NET 2022 Eligibility for JRF

Candidates who are appearing for JRF are eligible for both Assistant Professors and fellowships programs. A candidate who qualifies for JRF will also be deemed qualified for a Lectureship. However, if any candidate qualifies for Lectureship won’t be considered qualified for JRF. In such a case, candidates will be considered for Lectureship only.

UGC NET Eligibility Criteria 2022 - Exemption (Eligibility for Assistant Professor)

• Candidates must have qualified `NET/SET/SLAT to be appointed as Assistant Professors. In this case, the exemption (from appearing in NET/SET/SLET) will be governed by UGC regulations and amendments notified in the Gazette of India from time to time.

• Candidates who have qualified for the UGC/CSIR JRF exam before the year 1990 are exempted from appearing for the UGC NET 2022 exam.

• Those candidates who have qualified for the State Eligibility Tests (SETs) before the year 2002 are also exempted from appearing for UGC NET 2022. However, such candidates will have to apply for Assistant Professors in the Universities/Colleges of the state of which they have qualified the SET.

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UGC NET Eligibility Criteria 2022 - Reservations

In UGC NET the reservation policy of the Government of India is applicable as per which in central universities and Institutions the reservation of seats shall be as follows:

• 15% seats for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates
• 7.5% seats for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates
• 27% seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) candidates
• 10% for General - Economically Weaker Sections candidates
• 4% seats in the above-mentioned categories for Persons with Disability (PwD) with 40% or more disability
• Reservation for Kashmiri Migrant (subject to notification from Ministry of Education for Academic Session 2022)

For detailed information on the UGC NET eligibility criteria 2002 aspirants are advised to download the UGC NET information brochure and refer to the point 5 from the page number 6.

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UGC NET Application Form 2022

NTA has extended to fill the UGC NET application form 2022 till May 31, 2022. Earlier, NTA has released the UGC NET 2022 application form on April 30 on the official website only. Interested candidates are advised to apply for UGC NET 2022 on or before the last date. The UGC NET 2022 application form is available in online mode only. Candidates are required to upload scanned copies of their photograph and signature along with the payment of the application fee to successfully complete the UGC NET 2022 application process.

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