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UGC NET Exam Date 2025 Out, December Session Starts from 31 Dec

National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the exam date for University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test for the December session. UGC-NET December 2025 Exam will be held on multiple days from 31st December 2025 to 07th January 2026 in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode, across the country. Candidates can check the exam schedule from the article.

UGC NET December Exam Date 2025 Out

UGC NET is a national-level exam held to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for ‘Award of Junior Research Fellowship’, ‘Appointment as Assistant Professor’, ‘Appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D.’, and ‘Admission to Ph.D. only’ in Indian Universities and Colleges. UGC NET 2025 Exam will be conducted from 31st December 2025 to 07th January 2026 in multiple shifts across the country.

Events Dates
UGC NET City Intimation Slip 2025 10 days before exam date
UGC NET Admit Card 2025 3 to 4 days before the exam date
UGC NET Exam Date 2025 31st December 2025 to 07th January 2026

UGC NET Exam Date 2025 Official Notice

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released a notice for the UGC NET December Exam Date 2025. Candidates can check the start date and end date of the UGC NET Exam for the December session from below attached notice.

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UGC NET Admit Card 2025

The admit card for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test December 2025 exam will be released 3 days before the exam date at the official website https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/. The admit card contains information such as exam date, timing, exam venue, important instructions for the exam etc.

UGC NET Exam Pattern 2025

Candidates preparing for the UGC NET exam are to be familiar with the UGC NET Exam Pattern 2025 to know the type of questions, topics asked in the exam, marking scheme, and other details.

UGC NET Exam Pattern 2025
Particulars Paper 1 Paper 2
Examination Mode Computer Based Test (CBT) CBT
Duration 1 Hour 2 hours
Question Type Multiple Choice Questions Multiple Choice Questions
Number of Questions 50 100
Total Marks 100 200
Subjects
  • Teaching Aptitude
  • Research Aptitude
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Communication
  • Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Data Interpretation
  • Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
  • People and Environment
  • Higher Education System: Governance, Polity, and Administration
  • Topics within the candidate’s chosen subject domain
Marking Scheme 2 marks for each correct answer 2 marks for each correct answer
Negative Marking No No

UGC NET 2025 Exam Centre

The UGC NET December 2025 exam will be held in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode at different cities across the country. Chcek the exam city name from the table.

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