UGC NET Exam To Begin From August 21, Admit Cards To Be Out Soon

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is soon expected to release the admit cards for the UGC NET 2024 exams. Candidates who have registered for the exam will be able to download their admit card from the official website by using their login details. The cards are expected to be issued two to three days before the exam. The University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) 2024 is scheduled between August 21 to September 4, 2024.

The agency had earlier released the city intimation slips for all UGC NET 2024 exams except for August 26, 2024, which is postponed to August 27, 2024 on account of Krishna Janmashtmi. The city intimation slip for August 27 exam will be released shortly on the official website of the UGC. 

Candidates who have registered for the exam can visit the official website of the UGC-NET to download the city intimation slips by using their login credentials such as application number, date of birth. The city intimation slips will include details about the centre where the examination will be held. This will allow students to plan their travel and search for accommodation accordingly. 

The UGC NET exam will be held in a computer-based test (CBT) format for 83 subjects.

The June session of UGC NET, initially set for June 18, was cancelled due to allegations of a paper leak. However, investigations confirmed that no leak had occurred.

The entrance exam is conducted 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 will cover 83 subjects, including Hindi, English, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Arabic, Linguistics, Nepali, Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Chinese, Dogri, Manipuri, Assamese, Gujarati, Persian, French, Spanish, Russian, Rajasthani, Labour Welfare, Library and Information Science, and Mass Communication and Journalism.