UGC NET December 2024: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the notification for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET). Interested candidates can now apply at the official UGC NET website — ugcnet.nta.ac.in. Registration has already started from November 19 on the official website.

As per the official notice, the last date for the UGC online application form is December 10. The exam is scheduled to be conducted between January 1 and January 19, 2025.

Step 1: Visit the official website – ugcnet.nta.nic.in

Step 2: Click on the registration link on the homepage

Step 3: Fill out the application form and pay the application fee

Step 4: Click on submit to complete the application process

Step 5: Download the completed application form for future reference.

Candidates will be allowed to make corrections in the particulars in the online application form between December 12 and 13 and then the exam centre city will be notified and admit cards will be released subsequently.

In the June session on June 19, one day after the examination was conducted, the Centre canceled the exam crucial for entry-level teaching jobs and PhD admissions in Indian universities, following inputs from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that “the integrity of the examination may have been compromised”.

The input was a screenshot of a UGC-NET paper circulating on a Telegram channel around 2 pm on the exam day (June 18), with messages and comments suggesting it was leaked before the first session. Later in August, the Agency re-announced the revised dates for the June session. UGC NET was then conducted between August 21 and September 4 in the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.

UGC-NET is a test to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for ‘Assistant Professor’ and ‘Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor’ in Indian universities and colleges.