UGC NET Application Form 2023 (Dec): Register & Apply Online Link

 UGC NET Application 2023: The National Testing Agency will release the application form for the UGC NET December cycle 2023 in the month of September or October 2023. Initially, the notification will be released for the UGC NET 2023 December exam which will comprise the application dates, guidelines for the exam, and more. According to the previous notification, the UGC NET application fee was INR 1150 for the General Category candidates whereas INR for OBC (NCL)/EWS, and INR 325 for SC/ST/PwD. 

Earlier, the application for the UGC NET 2023 June session exam was closed on May 31, 2023, and was started on June 10, 2023. The application correction window was activated between June 1 to 3, 2023. The UGC NET June exam was carried out between June 13 to 22, 2023 in two phases for 83 subjects.

Candidates need to undertake the online application process for the UGC NET 2023 exam for the December 2023 cycle in order to appear for the exam to attain eligibility for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and/ or Assistant Professor. Candidates are advised to go through the UGC NET eligibility criteria 2023 before appearing for the UGC NET exam.

 

 

Table of Contents

1. UGC NET Application Form 2023
2. UGC NET 2023 Exam Dates & Schedule
3. How to fill UGC NET Application Form 2023?
4. Pre-requisites for UGC NET Registrations 2023
5. UGC NET Application Form: Important Points to Note
6. UGC NET Application Form Correction 2023
7. UGC NET Registration Trends
8. UGC NET Application Form Correction 2023
9. Age Limit for UGC NET 2023 Application Form
10. UGC NET Age Relaxation
11. UGC NET Answer Key
12. UGC NET E Certificate
13. UGC NET Books 2023
14. UGC NET Application 2023 FAQs

UGC NET Application Form 2023

UGC NET application form 2023 will be released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the UGC NET 2023 December session in the month of September and October 2023 tentatively. The direct link to apply for the UGC NET 2023 December cycle exam will be provided on the page as soon as it releases on the official website. Earlier, the UGC NET June 2023 session exam application was carried out between May 10 to 31, 2023. The UGC NET 2023 exam was conducted for 83 subjects.  

 

UGC NET 2023 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of UGC NET 2023 exam

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
8 Sep '23 -  30 Sep '23	UGC NET Notification December
8 Sep '23 -  31 Oct '23	UGC NET Application 2023

How to fill UGC NET Application Form 2023?

Filling out the UGC NET application is divided into five stages: registration form, application form, image & signature upload, application fee, and confirmation page. The candidates have to fill out the complete application in order to get the hall ticket for the UGC NET exam. Candidates need to follow the below-mentioned steps to apply online for UGC NET 2023 exam.

Step 1: Fill UGC NET Registration Form

For UGC NET 2023 registrations, candidates first need to visit the official website of the UGC NET exam. Thereafter, candidates need to click on the "Fill Application Form UGC NET December 2023" button available at the bottom of the page. On clicking the button, a new page will open. Candidates need to click on the New Registration button and download the information brochure. Once done, candidates need to click on the checkbox at the bottom of the page and click on the 'Click Here to Proceed' button. On clicking the button, the UGC NET registration page will open on the screen. Details to be filled in the registration form are.

Personal Details
Candidate's name	Father's name	Mother's name
Date of birth	Gender	Identification number
Identity type (Note: from December 2018 onwards, Aadhaar Card is not a mandatory document for UGC NET registrations. Candidates can free to provide any other valid Government ID number such as passport number, bank account number, etc) Contact Details Complete postal address Email address Mobile number Choose Password Password (to be chosen) Security question (to be chosen) Security Answer Security Pin (as shown on the screen) Once all details are filled in, candidates can click on the Submit button. After that, candidates need to review the information given on the page and click on the Final Submit button to proceed further with the application process. Once all details are submitted, an application number will be generated on the screen. Candidates need to note the system-generated application number for future reference.  Step 2: Fill UGC NET Application Form Also Read: UGC NET 2023 Application  Next, candidates need to click on the Complete Application Form button and start filling in the remaining details in the online application form. Details to be filled in UGC NET application form 2023 include. Personal Details Apply For Education Details Name Gender Nationality PwD category option Minority community option Date of birth Single girl child option Category Diabetic option Subject name in post-graduation exam Post name (Assistant Professor or JRF) Four choices of exam centre (in order of priority) Subject opted for UGC NET   Post-graduation pass status Post-graduation qualifying exam from (India or outside India) Post-graduation board/university name Post-graduation result mode Post-graduation course/stream name Post-graduation qualifying exam state Post-graduation year of passing/appearing Research/MPhil/PhD/Ex-Service Details Doctorate Details Security Pin Research specialisation, if any Whether MPhil passed/appearing Whether an ex-serviceman? Whether you possess research experience in the subject of post-graduation Whether PhD passes/appearing Whether already a doctorate student? Security Pin (as shown on the screen) After all the details are filled in, candidates need to click on the Submit button and review the details entered in the form. Thereafter, candidates need to click on the Final Submit button.  Step 3: Upload Images and Signature The candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Female/PwD/Third Gender will get age relaxation upto 5 years  The research scholars will get age relaxation of upto five years depending on the time span spent on research  The LLM candidates will get up to 3 years of age relaxation  Candidates who are from the armed forces will get upto 5 years of age relaxation depending on the time period of service in the defence forces  UGC NET Answer Key UGC NET provisional answer key will be released after the exam is concluded for UGC NET/JRF. Along with the provisional answer key, the UGC NET response sheet will also be released by the board for the candidates. Candidates must compare the response sheet with the provisional answer key to know their marks in the UGC NET exam. The candidates can make objections against the released answer key. The final result will be released by the NTA on behalf of UGC after the scrutiny of the objections raised by the candidates. The exam cutoff list will be released along with the final result. The candidates can check the category-wise cutoff of their subjects in the released cut-off list. The candidates can check their final results by logging into their registered accounts. UGC NET E Certificate The UGC NET/ JRF is awarded to those candidates who successfully qualify for the exam by crossing the cutoff. The certificates are released online on the official websites by the NTA on behalf of UGC. These e-certificates are digitally signed copies approved by UGC that ensure the candidate has qualified for the UGC NET/JRF exam. Earlier, UGC used to release the certificates after seven or eight months of the declaration of the final result. However, due to the necessity of the candidates HRD ministry started a platform to download the UGC NET e-certificate directly.  UGC NET Books 2023 The candidates should start preparing for the December 2023 cycle as the application process and dates for the UGC NET exam are going to be released soon. To prepare for the exam, the candidates can go through the list of books that have been given below for the candidates to prepare for the UGC NET Paper 1 exam. The paper 2 exam is subject-specific. The link to get the Paper 2 preparation books has been given below in the article: Trueman's UGC NET/SET General Paper I M Gagan and Sajit Kumar  NTA UGC NET/SET/JRF Paper I: Teaching and Research Aptitude by Pearson KVS Madaan  General Paper-1 UGC NET/JRF/SLET – Teaching & Research Aptitude Arihant Experts  NTA UGC Paper 1 for NET/SET/JRF, Oxford