The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the UGC NET Exam Schedule 2025 for the June session at its official website https://ugcnet.nta.ac.in/. As per the official notice, the UGC NET exam for a total 85 subjects will be held from 25th to 29th June 2025. The candidates who have registered for the exam will be eligible to appear for the NTA UGC NET June exam, which will be held in CBT exam in two shifts from 9 am to 12 noon and 3 pm to 6 pm each day.
UGC NET Exam Date 2025 Out
The UGC NET 2025 is a national-level exam held twice a year to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for ‘Assistant Professor’ as well as ‘Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor’ in Indian Universities and Colleges. The UGC NET June 2025 CBT exam will be conducted on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th June 2025. Before that, UGC NET City Intimation Slip 2025 will be released 10 days before the exam date, and UGC NET Admit Card 2025 will be released 2- 3 days before the exam date at the official website of NTA. The UGC NET paper comprises 2 papers, which will be held on the same day. The topics asked in Paper I on Teaching & Research Aptitude and Paper II on the concerned subject opted by the candidate.
UGC NET Exam Date 2025 Notice
The UGC NET Exam Date 2025 has been announced to be held from 25th to 29th June 2025. The exam dates have been revised as previously it was announced from 21st to 30th June 2025, but now the exam will commence from 25th June 2025 onwards. Check the official notice of the UGC NET Date Sheet 2025 from here.
UGC NET Exam Schedule 2025
As per the official UGC NET Exam Notice, the UGC NET 2025 Exam is scheduled for 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th June 2025. Only those who have successfully registered for the UGC NET exam will be eligible to appear for the UGC NET Computer-Based Exam. Candidates can check the subject-wise UGC NET Exam Schedule from here.
Exam Date – 25th June 2025 | |||
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Shift I (9 am to 12 noon) | Subject Code | Shift II (3 pm to 6 pm) | Subject Code |
Education | 009 | Electronic Science | 088 |
Public Administration | 014 | Japanese | 045 |
Indian Knowledge System | 103 | Law | 058 |
Malayalam | 022 | Mass Communication and Journalism | 063 |
Urdu | 028 | Nepali | 034 |
Labour Welfare / HRM / Labour Relations etc. | 055 | Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre | 066 |
Criminology | 068 | Sanskrit | 025 |
Tribal and Regional Language/Literature | 070 | Women Studies | 074 |
Folk Literature | 071 | Library and Information Science | 059 |
Konkani | 085 | Philosophy | 003 |
Environmental Sciences | 089 | — | — |
Exam Date – 26th June 2025 | |||
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies | 049 | Political Science | 002 |
Bengali | 019 | Comparative Literature | 072 |
Chinese | 032 | Assamese | 036 |
Computer Science and Applications | 087 | Santali | 095 |
Persian | 042 | Adult Education / Continuing Education / NFE | 046 |
Rajasthani | 043 | Indian Culture | 050 |
Russian | 044 | Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies | 060 |
Social Work | 010 | Archaeology | 067 |
Home Science | 012 | — | — |
Music | 016 | — | — |
Population Studies | 015 | — | — |
Forensic Science | 082 | — | — |
Exam Date – 27th June 2025 | |||
Commerce | 008 | English | 030 |
Defence and Strategic Studies | 011 | Yoga | 100 |
Linguistics | 031 | Politics including International Relations (incl. Strategic) | 090 |
Anthropology | 007 | Human Rights and Duties | 092 |
Visual Art (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture etc.) | 079 | Hindu Studies | 102 |
Social Medicine & Community Health | 081 | Dogri | 033 |
Tourism Administration and Management | 093 | Spanish | 040 |
— | — | Comparative Study of Religions | 062 |
Exam Date – 28th June 2025 | |||
Bodo | 094 | Psychology | 004 |
History | 006 | Maithili | 018 |
Oriya | 023 | Arabic | 029 |
Pali | 083 | Gujarati | 037 |
Prakrit | 091 | Management (incl. various management domains) | 017 |
— | — | Telugu | 027 |
— | — | Physical Education | 047 |
— | — | Sanskrit traditional subjects (Jyotisha, Vedanta, etc.) | 073 |
— | — | Ayurveda Biology | 105 |
— | — | Disaster Management | 104 |
Exam Date – 29th June 2025 | |||
Bodo | 094 | Psychology | 004 |
History | 006 | Maithili | 018 |
Oriya | 023 | Arabic | 029 |
Pali | 083 | Gujarati | 037 |
Prakrit | 091 | Management (incl. various management domains) | 017 |
— | — | Telugu | 027 |
— | — | Physical Education | 047 |
— | — | Sanskrit traditional subjects (Jyotisha, Vedanta, etc.) | 073 |
— | — | Ayurveda Biology | 105 |
— | — | Disaster Management | 104 |
UGC NET Exam Pattern 2025
Candidates appearing for the UGC NET must be aware of the UGC NET Exam Pattern 2025 to get an idea about the marking scheme, type of questions, etc., for the exam.
UGC NET Exam Pattern 2025 | |
Mode of Examination | Computer-Based Mode |
Type of Examination | Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions |
Total Paper | Paper 1 and Paper 2 |
Topics in Paper 1 | Teaching & Research Aptitude |
Topics in Paper 2 | Subject opted (relevant to Master’s degree) |
Total No. of Questions | Paper 1- 50 Paper 2 – 100 |
Total Marks | Paper 1- 100 Paper 2 – 200 |
Marks for each question | 2 marks for each correct answer |
Negative Marking | None |
Total Time Duration | 03 hours (2 hours for Paper 1 and 1 hour for Paper 2) |