UGC NET

UGC NET: Exam Pattern & Syllabus

By Mabel Tony

Updated on: Jul 15, 2022 |

UGC NET Exam Pattern Highlights

UGC NET exam consists of two papers (Paper I, II) that are conducted in two sessions. Both examinations are conducted online and consist of objective types questions. The details of paper 1 and paper 2 are given below.

UGC NET Paper-1 Highlights UGC NET Paper-2 Highlights

UGC NET Marking Scheme 2020

*A uniform marking scheme is followed in the exam i.e. you will get two marks for each correct answer on Paper I & Paper II.

*There is no negative marking for incorrect answers as per the revised exam pattern of UGC NET exam.

UGC NET Exam Pattern for Paper- I

Paper- I exam aims to assess teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It is primarily designed to test general awareness, reasoning ability, comprehension and divergent thinking of the candidate.It will have a total of 50 multiple choice questions, 5 each from the following 10 topics:

UGC NET Exam Pattern for Paper-II

Paper-II will have a total of 100 multiple choice questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. It tests the candidate’s in-depth knowledge and expertise in the respective subject.

UGC NET Syllabus

You can get the latest syllabus of UGC - NET from the website : Syllabus

Subjects for UGC NET examination are given below.

UGC NET Subject	Subject Codes
General paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude (Paper-1)	00
Economics/Rural Economics/Cooperation/Demography/Development Planning/Development Studies/Econometrics/Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics	01
Political Science	02
Philosophy	03
Psychology	04
Sociology	05
History	06
Anthropology	07
Commerce	08
Education	09
Social Work	10
Defence and Strategic Studies	11
Home Science	12
Public Administration	14
Population Studies	15
Music	16
Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./ Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./ Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./ Financial Mgt./ Co-operative Management)	17
Maithili	18
Bengali	19
Hindi	20
Kannada	21
Malayalam	22
Oriya	23
Punjabi	24
Sanskrit	25
Tamil	26
Telugu	27
Arabic	29
English	30
Linguistics	31
Chinese	32
Dogri	33
Nepali	34
Manipuri	35
Assamese	36
Gujarati	37
Marathi	38
French (French Version)	39
Spanish	40
Russian	41
Persian	42
Rajasthani	43
German	44
Japanese	45
Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education	46
Physical Education	47
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies	49
Indian Culture	50
Labour Welfare/ Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/ Human Resource Management	55
Law	58
Library and Information Science	59
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies	60
Comparative Study of Religions	62
Mass Communication and Journalism	63
Performing Art - Dance/ Drama/ Theatre	65
Museology & Conservation	66
Archaeology	67
Criminology	68
Tribal and Regional Language/ Literature	70
Folk Literature	71
Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/ Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama)	73
Women Studies	74
Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/ Sculpture/ Graphics/ Applied Art/ History of Art)	79
Geography	80
Social Medicine & Community Health	81
Forensic Science	82
Pali	83
Kashmiri	84
Konkani	85
Computer Science and Applications	87
Electronic Science	88
Environmental Sciences	89
Politics including International Relations/ International Studies including Defence/ Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies	90
Prakrit	91
Human Rights and Duties	92
Tourism Administration and Management	93
Bodo	94
Santali	95
Yoga	100
Sindhi	101