CSIR NET Exam Date 2023 Out: The National Testing Agency has released CSIR NET Notification 2023 and CSIR NET Exam Date 2023. NTA invites applications from interested and eligible candidates every year who aspire for the Junior Fellowship (JRF) and Lectureship/ Assistant Professor in the esteemed universities and colleges of India. Candidates holding a Master's Degree/Post-Graduation in the Science stream can appear for the CSIR NET Exam. All the detailed information about CSIR UGC NET 2023 is uploaded on the official website or for your convenience, we have also updated this space with the latest information.

CSIR NET Dec 2023- Exam Summary

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research National Eligibility Test (CSIR NET) is organized by the National Testing Agency twice every year in the months of June and December hence this year December's notification is released so make sure you go through the highlights of the CSIR NET 2023 Exam from the below-tabulated data to have a better understanding of the eligibility test.

CSIR UGC NET 2023- Exam Summary
Exam NameCSIR UGC NET December 2023
Full-FormCSIR NET (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research National Eligibility Test)
Conducting BodyNational Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam LevelNational
Exam FrequencyTwice a year (June & December)
Application ModeOnline
CSIR UGC NET December 202326th, 27th, 28th December 2023
Mode of ExamOnline - CBT (Computer Based Test)
Language/Medium of ExamEnglish and Hindi
No. of Test Cities225
Official Websitehttps://csirnet.nta.ac.in/
https://nta.ac.in/

CSIR UGC NET 2023 Exam Date Out

CSIR UGC NET Exam will be conducted on 26th, 27th, and 28th December 2023. The CSIR UGC NET Exam Date 2023 is announced on the official website and we have updated all the important dates related to the application process, exam date, admit card release, result, and more in the below table. 

CSIR NET EventsCSIR NET Exam Dates
CSIR NET Notification 20231st November 2023
CSIR NET Application form 20231st November 2023
Last date for submission of the application fee30th November 2023
Last date for submission with late application fee30th November 2023
CSIR NET Application correction window2nd to 4th December 2023
CSIR NET Admit Card 2023December 2023
CSIR NET Exam Date 202326th, 27th, 28th December 2023
CSIR NET Result 2023January 2024

CSIR UGC NET 2023 Notification

The detailed CSIR NET December 2023 Notification released by the National Testing Agency including the necessary details like the application process dates, exam dates, and other important details have been announced. The CSIR UGC NET 2023 Notification is available on the official website of CSIR UGC NET at https://csirnet.nta.ac.in/ or NTA at https://nta.ac.in/. We have also updated the link to download the CSIR UGC NET 2023 December Notification in the below section. 

CSIR UGC NET 2023 December Notification- Click to Download

CSIR NET Application Form 2023

CSIR UGC NET application form has been released on the official website from 01st to 30th November 2023 (5:00 p.m.). Candidates can submit their application form with a late fee till 30th November 2023 (11:59 p.m.). The CSIR NET Application Form have to fill by candidates in two parts – Registration and Application. The applicants holding the required eligibility criteria have to fill CSIR NET Application Form.

CSIR NET Application Form 2023 Link [Active]

CSIR NET 2023 Application Fee

The applicants have to pay the CSIR NET application fee online mode via debit card/credit card/internet banking. The category-wise application fee is as follows.

CategoryCSIR NET Application Fee
GeneralRs. 1100
EWSOBC – Non-creamy layerRs. 550
SC/ST/Third GenderRs. 275
PwDNIL

CSIR NET 2023 Eligibility Criteria

For an applicant to appear in the CSIR NET 2023 examination has to follow the below-mentioned eligibility criteria:

ParametersEligibility
Nationality Indian citizen
Upper Age Limit JRF- 28 years 
Lectureship- No age limit
Education Qualification
  1. Bachelor's degrees, regardless of whether science, engineering, or some other discipline, are eligible for the fellowship solely after getting enlisted/enrolled for a PhD or Integrated PhD program within the legitimacy time of two years.
  2. Enrolled for M.Sc. or have completed 10+2+3 years of the above qualifying exam are also eligible to apply in the above subject under the category 'Result Awaited (RA)

CSIR NET 2023 Exam Pattern

The CSIR UGC NET 2023 exam will be conducted in an online mode with objective-type multiple-choice questions being asked from the subject chosen by candidates. Have a look at the CSIR NET 2023 exam pattern overview from the below table.

ParticularsExam Pattern Highlights
Exam modeOnline (Computer Based Test)
Exam duration180 minutes (3 hours)
Number of sections/parts3 in each paper
No. of questions Total Questions- 610
To be attempted- 310
Type of questionsMCQs; 4 options with only 1 correct option
Total marks200 for each paper
Negative markingYes
Language of paperEnglish and Hindi

For each subject, the test would consist of three parts for which the detailed CSIR UGC NET Exam Scheme has been discussed below- 

  1. Each exam will be conducted for a total of 200 marks.
  2. There will be three sections - Part A, Part B and Part C in each exam.
  3. The marking system for each exam differs. We have provided the exam pattern for each exam below.
CSIR UGC NET Subject-wise Scheme
SubjectsNo. of QuestionsTo be attemptedMarking SchemeNegative Marking
Chemical Sciences120
Part A- 20
Part B- 40
Part C- 60
75
Part A- 15
Part B- 35
Part C- 25
200
Part A- 2 
Part B- 2
Part C- 4
Part A- 0.5
Part B- 0.5
Part C- 1
Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences150
Part A- 20
Part B- 50
Part C- 80
75
Part A- 15
Part B- 35
Part C- 25
200
Part A- 2
Part B- 2
Part C- 4
Part A- 0.5
Part B- 0.5
Part C- 1.32
Life Sciences145
Part A- 20
Part B- 50
Part C- 75
45
Part A- 15
Part B- 35
Part C- 25
200
Part A- 2
Part B- 2
Part C- 4
Part A- 0.5
Part B- 0.5
Part C- 1
Mathematical Sciences120
Part A- 20
Part B- 40
Part C- 60
60
Part A- 15
Part B- 25
Part C- 20
200
Part A- 2 
Part B- 3
Part C- 4.75
Part A- 0.5
Part B- 0.75
Part C- 0
Physical Sciences75
Part A- 20
Part B- 25
Part C- 30
55
Part A- 15
Part B- 20
Part C- 20
200
Part A- 2 
Part B- 3.5
Part C- 5
Part A- 0.5
Part B- 0.875
Part C- 1.25

CSIR NET 2023 Admit Card 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the CSIR NET Admit Card  two weeks before the examination. The CSIR NET Admit Card will be available on the official website along with the details for the exam day. The candidates can download their CSIR NET 2023 Admit Card by following the steps mentioned below-

Step 1: Visit the official website of CSIR NET.
Step 2: Select the ‘CSIR NET Admit Card Download’. Type in your credentials like Application No. and Date of Birth/Password.
Step 3: Click on the submit button and the applicant's CSIR Admit card will be available.
Step 4: Download the admit card and take 1 or 2 printouts for further use.

CSIR NET 2023 Answer Key

Once the exams are conducted, NTA will release the provisional answer key on its website. Candidates will get an opportunity to challenge this answer key. And to do so the candidate has to pay Rs. 1000 per challenged question. After reviewing these challenges, NTA will release the final answer key on its website. You cannot challenge this final CSIR NET Answer Key in any manner whatsoever. 

CSIR NET 2023 Result

Candidates will be given fellowship as per the CSIR merit list. Only those candidates who will obtain the cut off will be eligible for the final merit list. NTA will publish two separate merit lists on its website for the result of JRF and Lectureship respectively. Candidates who qualify in the JRF merit list will also be eligible for the Lectureship/Assistant Professor fellowship. As per the notification, there shall be no re-evaluation of the CSIR NET result. Here is how you can check the results for the CSIR NET 2021 exam. 

CSIR UGC NET Cut Off 2023

CSIR NET Cut off 2023 will be released by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) along with the UGC NET Result. The cutoff marks have been released subject-wise and category-wise separately for the Joint CSIR UGC NET for each session separately. Have a look at CSIR NET June 2021 Cut Off  for Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship/Assistant professor from below section. 

CSIR NET June 2021 Cut Off 

SubjectJunior Research Fellowship (NET)
UR (%)EWS (%)OBC (%)SC (%)ST (%)PWD (%)
Chemical Science52.75046.25045.50036.25027.25025.000
Earth Science60.86054.79053.06046.40042.81026.400
Life Science*98.786024896.068871596.229116990.532925584.872001364.7657382
Mathematical Science49.25044.87542.75034.37527.00025.000
Physical Science38.81333.00033.00025.00025.00025.000
SubjectLectureship/Assistant professor (NET)
UR (%)EWS (%)OBC (%)SC (%)ST (%)PWD (%)
Chemical Science47.47541.62540.95032.62525.00025.000
Earth Science54.77449.31147.75441.76038.52925.000
Life Science*97.011753393.876576993.876576986.385445279.829335163.6902270
Mathematical Science44.32540.38838.47530.93825.00025.000
Physical Science34.93233.00033.00025.00025.00025.000

CSIR NET 2023 Exam Centres

State/UTsCity
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsPort Blair
Andhra Pradesh
  1. Anantapur
  2. Bhimavaram
  3. Chirala
  4. Chittoor
  5. Eluru
  6. Guntur
  7. Kadapa
  8. Kakinada
  9. Kurnool
  10. Nellore
  11. Ongole
  12. Rajahmundry
  13. Srikakulam
  14. Tirupati
  15. Vijayawada
  16. Visakhapatnam
  17. Vizianagaram
  18. Narasaraopet
  19. Proddatur
  20. Surampalem
Arunachal PradeshItanagar/ Naharlagun
Assam
  1. Dibrugarh
  2. Guwahati
  3. Jorhat
  4. Silchar
  5. Tezpur
Bihar
  1. Bhagalpur
  2. Darbhanga
  3. Gaya
  4. Muzaffarpur
  5. Patna
  6. Purnea
  7. Arrah
Chandigarh (ut)Chandigarh/Mohali
Chhattisgarh
  1. Bhilai/Durg/Bhilai Nagar
  2. Bilaspur (CG)
  3. Raipur
Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu (UT)
  1. Dadra & Nagar Haveli
  2. Daman
  3. Diu
DelhiDelhi/New Delhi
GoaPanaji/Madgaon
Gujarat
  1. Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar
  2. Anand
  3. Bhavnagar
  4. Jamnagar
  5. Junagadh
  6. Mehsana
  7. Rajkot
  8. Surat
  9. Vadodara
  10. Valsad/Vapi
  11. Himatnagar
Haryana
  1. Ambala
  2. Faridabad
  3. Gurugram
  4. Hissar
  5. Karnal
  6. Kurukshetra
  7. Panipat
  8. Sonipat
  9. Yamuna Nagar
Himachal Pradesh
  1. Bilaspur (HP)
  2. Hamirpur
  3. Kangra/ Palampur
  4. Shimla
  5. Solan
  6. Mandi
  7. Una
  8. Kullu
Jammu & Kashmir
  1. Baramulla
  2. Jammu
  3. Samba
  4. Srinagar
Jharkhand
  1. Bokaro Steel City
  2. Dhanbad
  3. Jamshedpur
  4. Ranchi
  5. Hazaribagh
Karnataka
  1. Belagavi (Belgaum)
  2. Bellary
  3. Bengaluru
  4. Bidar
  5. Davangere
  6. Gulbarga
  7. Hassan
  8. Hubli
  9. Mangaluru
  10. Mysuru
  11. Shivamogga
  12. Tumakuru
  13. Manipal/Udupi
  14. Mandya
Kerala
  1. Alappuzha/Chengannur
  2. Ernakulam/Angamaly/Muvattupuzha
  3. Idukki
  4. Kannur
  5. Kasaragod
  6. Kollam
  7. Kottayam
  8. Kozhikode
  9. Malappuram
  10. Palakkad
  11. Pathanamthitta
  12. Thiruvananthapuram
  13. Thrissur
LadakhLeh
Lakshadweep (UT)Kavaratti
Madhya Pradesh
  1. Balaghat
  2. Betul
  3. Bhopal
  4. Chhindwara
  5. Gwalior
  6. Indore
  7. Jabalpur
  8. Rewa
  9. Sagar
  10. Satna
  11. Ujjain
Maharashtra
  1. Ahmednagar
  2. Akola
  3. Amravati
  4. Aurangabad (MR)
  5. Chandrapur
  6. Dhule
  7. Jalgaon
  8. Kolhapur
  9. Latur
  10. Mumbai
  11. Nagpur
  12. Nanded
  13. Nasik
  14. Pune
  15. Raigad
  16. Ratnagiri
  17. Sangli
  18. Satara
  19. Solapur
  20. Thane
  21. Wardha
Manipur
  1. Imphal
  2. Churachandpur
MeghalayaShillong
MizoramAizawl
Nagaland
  1. Dimapur
  2. Kohima
Odisha
  1. Balasore
  2. Behrampur(Ganjam)
  3. Bhubaneshwar
  4. Cuttack
  5. Dhenkanal
  6. Rourkela
  7. Sambalpur
PuducherryPuducherry/ Cuddalore
Punjab
  1. Amritsar
  2. Bhatinda
  3. Jalandhar
  4. Ludhiana
  5. Pathankot
  6. Patiala
  7. Sangrur
Rajasthan
  1. Ajmer
  2. Alwar
  3. Bikaner
  4. Jaipur
  5. Jodhpur
  6. Kota
  7. Sikar
  8. Sriganganagar
  9. Udaipur
SikkimGangtok
Tamil Nadu
  1. Chennai
  2. Coimbatore
  3. Cuddalore
  4. Kanchipuram
  5. Kanyakumari/ Nagercoil
  6. Madurai
  7. Namakkal
  8. Salem
  9. Thanjavur
  10. Thoothukudi
  11. Tiruchirappalli
  12. Tirunelveli
  13. Tiruvallur
  14. Vellore
  15. Virudhunagar
Telangana
  1. Hyderabad
  2. Karimnagar
  3. Khammam
  4. Mahbubnagar
  5. Nalgonda
  6. Warangal
TripuraAgartala
Uttar Pradesh
  1. Agra
  2. Aligarh
  3. Allahabad
  4. Bareilly
  5. Faizabad
  6. Ghaziabad
  7. Gorakhpur
  8. Greater Noida/Noida
  9. Jhansi
  10. Kanpur
  11. Lucknow
  12. Mathura
  13. Meerut
  14. Moradabad
  15. Muzaffarnagar
  16. Sitapur
  17. Varanasi
Uttarakhand
  1. Dehradun
  2. Haldwani
  3. Haridwar
  4. Nainital
  5. Pantnagar
  6. Roorkee
West Bengal
  1. Asansol
  2. Bardhaman
  3. Durgapur
  4. Hooghly
  5. Howrah
  6. Kalyani
  7. Kolkata
  8. Siliguri
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CSIR NET 2023: FAQs

Ans. Yes, CSIR UGC NET Notification 2023 has been released on 01st November 2023.

Ans. CSIR UGC NET 2023 December Exam has been scheduled for 26th, 27th, and 28th December 2023.

Ans. The candidates with Master's Degree/Post-Graduation in Science stream can apply for CSIR NET 2023.

Ans. CSIR UGC NET will be conducted in online mode (computer-based test).

Ans. The full form of CSIR NET is Council of Scientific and Industrial Research National Eligibility Test.

Ans. CSIR NET Exam is conducted every year for eligibility of candidates for Junior Fellowship (JRF) and Lectureship/ Assistant Professor.

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