UGC NET Notification for June 2012 Important dates and how to apply..?Online Details

UGC NET June 2012 Notification Forms Eligibility" Notification for UGC NET June 2012 exam has just come out today. As per the notification, while the online submission of form starts today, last date to submit the form for UGC-NET June 2012 is 30th April, 2012 (Monday).

You can Click here to find the UGC-NET June 2012 notification 

UGC (University Grants Commission) conducts NET (National Eligibility Test) twice every year: in the months of June & December for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) and eligibility for Lectureship in Indian universities and colleges. This blog post is aimed to help you apply for the same, by quoting the eligibility for UGC-NET from the notification and also tell you where to find the form and how to apply.

Important dates for UGC-NET June 2012:

• Submission of application form UGC NET 2012 starts on: 12th April, 2012
• Last date of submission of application:30th April, 2012 (Monday)
• Last date for receiving completed form at the test center: 7th May,.2012 (Monday)
• Examination Date of UGC-NET June 2012: 24-06-2012 (Sunday)

Eligibility for UGC-NET June 2012:
Eligibility criteria for appearing in UGC NET (qualification & age criteria) are as follows:

1.0 Educational Qualification criteria:
You need to be a M.Sc. or Equivalent degree in in Humanities (including languages) and Social Sciences, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. with minimum 55% marks for General & OBC candidates; 50% for SC/ST candidates, Physically and Visually Handicapped candidates. If you are a Ph.D. degree holder, having passed Master's degree prior to 19th September 1991, you are eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e., from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.

If you are studying in the final year/semester of M.Sc. or Equivalent degree in above subjects or have appeared in the final exams already and waiting for results, you can appear in the CSIR NET conditionally under RA (Result Awaited) category.

2.3 Age limit: (as on 01-06-2012)
For Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) NET: Max. 28 years

(Upper age limit relaxed up to 5 years for SC/ST/OBC, Physically handicapped/Visually handicapped and female applicants).

For Lectureship LS (NET): No upper age limit.

Above eligibility means if you are 28 years or less on 01-06-2012, you can apply for both Lectureship as well as for JRF while if you are more than 28, you can apply only for Lectureship.

UGC NET June 2012 Online Form:
You can apply for the UGC NET exam only Online.

How to apply online for  UGC NET is given very clearly in this page. You can find Click here to download the Bank Challan  required for payment of the application fee (GEN: Rs. 450/=, OBC: Rs. 225/=, all others: Rs.110/=).

If you have gone through the "How to apply " instructions given above, please Click here to find the UGC- NET June 2012 Online Form.

I hope above information on Eligibility & Forms from UGC NET June 2012 Notification helps you to apply for the same. 

I am sure, you would find the following blog post useful to prepare for the UGC-NET 2012:

UGC and CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET): This tells you what is UGC-NET, why should you appear in it and also tells you the difference between UGC-NET and CSIR-UGC NET exams. Yes, believe me, they are different and may be you should have a look at it.

Exam pattern/Format of UGC NET 2012 (Revised): This is a very comprehensive post on UGC-NET exam pattern/format: Pattern of UGC NET has been revised with effect from this year (i.e. 2012). This article gives you the description of Papers, tells you types of questions, breaks the each paper to the sections and gives you mark distribution of each UGC-NET papers sections. You can just have a quick look of this table (a part of the post) giving mark distribution and format of UGC-NET.

Recommended books for UGC-NET preparation: Another source of study material for UGC-NET (besides the syllabus & sample papers above), this post gives you the list of books for UGC-NET exam, subject-wise – it also gives you price of the books and the links to order the books on-line.

Kindly keep visiting this blog for more information on UGC-NET.