UGC NET Dec 2012 Notification, Form & Eligibility

Notification for UGC NET December 2012 has come out just today after days of waiting, since the notification was expected from the beginning of this month.As per the notification, while the online submission of form starts today, last date to submit the form for UGC-NET December 2012 is 16th November 2012. UGC NET exam would be held on 30th December 2012 (Sunday).

You can Click here to find the UGC-NET December 2012 notification

If you are a novice to UGC NET, you should know that UGC (University Grants Commission) conducts NET (National Eligibility Test) twice every year: in the months of June & December for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and eligibility for Lectureship in Indian universities and colleges. This blog post is aimed to help you apply for the same, by quoting the eligibility for UGC-NET from the notification and also tell you where to find the form and how to apply.

Important dates for UGC-NET December 2012:
Submission of application form UGC NET 2012 starts on: 1st November 2012
Last date of submission of application:16th November 2012Last date for receiving completed form at the test center: 22nd November 2012Examination Date of UGC-NET Dec 2012: 30th December 2012 (Sunday).Eligibility for UGC-NET December 2012:
Eligibility criteria for appearing in UGC NET (qualification & age criteria) are as follows:

1.0 Educational Qualification criteria:
You need to be a M.Sc. or Equivalent degree in in Humanities (including languages) and Social Sciences, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. with minimum 55% marks for General & OBC candidates; 50% for SC/ST candidates, Physically and Visually Handicapped candidates. If you are a Ph.D. degree holder, having passed Master's degree prior to 19th September 1991, you are eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e., from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.
If you are studying in the final year/semester of M.Sc. or Equivalent degree in above subjects or have appeared in the final exams already and waiting for results, you can appear in the CSIR NET conditionally under RA (Result Awaited) category.2.3 Age limit: (as on 01-12-2012)For Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) NET: Max. 28 years
(Upper age limit relaxed up to 5 years for SC/ST/OBC, Physically handicapped/Visually handicapped and female applicants).For Lectureship LS (NET): No upper age limit.Above eligibility means if you are 28 years or less on 01-12-2012, you can apply for both Lectureship as well as for JRF while if you are more than 28, you can apply only for Lectureship.UGC NET December 2012 Online Form:You can apply for the UGC NET exam only through Online Form. There is no offline application form.
Click here to find the UGC NET December 2012 Online Form. You would also need this Bank Challan for deposit of fee.

How to apply online for UGC NET is given very clearly in this page. After submission of the online form, you have to take printout of the UGC NET December 2012 online application form and send two copies of the same alongwith required documents (Attendance Slip, Admission Card etc.)
I hope above information on Eligibility & Forms from UGC NET December 2012 Notification helps you to apply for the same. I am sure, you would find the following previous blog post of mine useful to prepare for the UGC-NET December 2012:

UGC and CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET): This tells you what is UGC-NET, why should you appear in it and also tells you the difference between UGC-NET and CSIR-UGC NET exams. Yes, believe me, they are different and may be you should have a look at it.

Exam pattern/Format of UGC NET 2012 (Revised): This is a very comprehensive post on UGC-NET exam pattern/format: Pattern of UGC NET has been revised with effect from this year (i.e. 2012). This article gives you the description of Papers, tells you types of questions, breaks the each paper to the sections and gives you mark distribution of each UGC-NET papers sections. You can just have a quick look of this table (a part of the post) giving mark distribution and format of UGC-NET.
Recommended books for UGC-NET preparation: Another source of study material for UGC-NET (besides the syllabus & sample papers above), this post gives you the list of books for UGC-NET exam, subject-wise – it also gives you price of the books and the links to order the books on-line. Keep visiting this blog for more information on UGC-NET.Labels: UGC-NET

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