The University Grants Commission (UGC) will soon close the online application window for the National Eligibility Test or UGC NET December 2022. Eligible candidates can apply for the exams on the official website ugcnet.nta.nic.in upto 5.00 PM today, January 23.

Earlier, the application deadline was January 17, 2023.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the UGC NET December 2022 exam from February 21 to March 10, 2023. The exam will be held for a duration of 3 hours. The paper will be conducted in two shifts — 9.00 AM to 12.00 PM and 3.00 PM to 6.00 PM. The UGC-NET December edition in 83 subjects will be conducted in CBT mode.

The city of the exam centre will be released in the first week of February 2023. Candidates will be able to download their hall tickets from NTA’s official website from the second week of February.

Application Fee

The applicants from General/ Unreserved category are required to pay the fee of Rs 1100, whereas General-EWS/OBC-NCL will have to pay the fee of Rs 550. The candidates from SC/ST/PwD and Third gender category will pay the fee of Rs 275.

UGC-NET is a test to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for ‘Assistant Professor’ and ‘Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor’ in Indian universities and colleges. Candidates can check the eligibility criteria, exam schedule, syllabus and other details available in the notification below:

Direct link to UGC NET 2022 Information Bulletin.

Steps to apply for UGC NET 2022

  1. Visit the official website ugcnet.nta.nic.in
  2. On the homepage, click on “UGC NET December 2022” application link
  3. Register and proceed with the application process
  4. Fill up the form, pay the fee and submit
  5. Check and download the form, take a printout for future reference

Direct link to apply for UGC NET December 2022.

For more details, candidates are advised to visit the official website here.