National Eligibility Test (NET) a joint UGC test will be conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to determine the eligibility of Indian Nationals for the award of Junior Research Fellowships and for the appointment of lecturers in certain subject areas that fall under the faculty of science. The honor of Junior Fellowship to the successful and eligible candidates depends on the factors like their finding admission/placement in a university/national laboratory/ institution of higher learning and researches whichever is applicable.

The most awaited notification of CSIR-UGC Test for the year 2012 has been released and now it is time for the eligible candidates they never miss a detail regarding the CSIR-UGC Test and regret later. Here for you, we listed all the details of the CSIR-UGC Test exam like important dates of the entrance examination, eligibility criteria and the syllabus of the test.


Candidates with a minimum of 55% marks in the M.Sc or equivalent degree with the subjects mentioned in the syllabus category are eligible for this CSIR-UGC NET .

Candidates awaiting results of the above qualifying exam are also eligible for this entrance exam

Candidates enrolled in the integrated MS-Ph D program are also eligible to apply for this CSIR-UGC entrance exam

The age limit for JRF is a minimum of 19 years and a maximum of 28 years and for the Lecturer test it is a minimum of 19 years and there is no max limit

Syllabus for CSIR-UGC Test :

Knowledge on the following subjects is tested in this entrance test.

1. Chemical Sciences
2. Earth Sciences
3. Life Sciences
4. Mathematical Sciences
5. Physical Sciences

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