UGC NET 2011 Exam Date

1. The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National Eligibility Test ( NET ) on 26th June, 2011 ( Sunday ) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Award of Junior Research Fellowship ( JRF ) and Eligibility for Lectureship in Indian universities and colleges. The University Grants Commission will conduct NET Exam in 78 ( seventy eight including ‘Bodo’ as a new subject ) subjects ( listed under item no. 9 ) at 74 ( Seventy four ) selected UGC NET Exam 2011 Centres ( listed under Item no. 10 ) spread across the country.

UGC NET Exam Result 2011 held on 27th December, 2010 and the one to be held on 26th June, 2011 will be made available on the UGC website www.ugc.ac.in and shall also be published in the Employment News as and when it is declared. The candidates will not be individually intimated about their UGC NET Exam June Result 2011.

The candidates who qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship are eligible to pursue research in the subject of their post graduation or in a related subject and are also eligible for lectureship. The universities, institutions, IITs and other national organizations may select the JRF awardees for whole time research work in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them.

The award of JRF will depend on the performance of the candidate in all three papers of NET. However, the candidates qualifying exclusively for lectureship will not be considered for award of JRF.

Candidates appearing in UGC NET should clearly specify in the prescribed Application Form whether they are applying for both JRF & eligibility for Lectureship ( or ) only for eligibility for Lectureship. Candidates who qualify the Test for eligibility for Lectureship will be governed by the rules and regulations for recruitment of lecturers of the concerned universities / colleges / state governments, as the case may be.

Scheduled Caste ( SC ) / Scheduled Tribe ( ST ) / Visually Handicapped ( VH ) / Physically Handicapped ( PH ) / Other Backward Classes ( OBC ) ( Non Creamy Layer ), as per the central list of Other Backward Classes available on National Commission for Backward Classes ( NCBC ), Government of India website : www.ncbc.nic.in, candidates will be given such special concessions as may be decided by the Commission.