UGC NET CutOff- Overview, Important Dates, Cutoff Criteria

University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) is a national level entrance exam that is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). This exam is conducted for the post of Assistance Professor and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). Every year approximately 10 lakh students register for this exam. Until June 2018 this exam was conducted by CBSE at 91 cities across the countries, but from December 2018 onwards, it is being conducted by NTA. It is conducted twice every year. For making your preparation at the best level, it is important for the candidates to know about the UGC NET Cut off marks and percentages subject- wise, and category-wise. In this article, you’ll get information about the same, and some other relevant details about the UGC NET Examination.

UGC NET Exam: Overview

Exam Name	University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET)
Conducting Body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam Duration	180 Minutes
Exam Mode	Online
Exam  Level	National
Post	Assistance Professor and Junior Research Fellowship
Official Website	https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in
Helpline No.	0120-6895200

UGC NET Exam: Important Dates

UGC NET Examination’s important dates are released by notification on the official website. You can go through the notification and check all the relevant dates. It is important for candidates to go through the exam dates so that they can make a preparation plan according to that. They can also prepare a time- table according to that and focus on their weak areas or subjects. 

Important UGC NET events and their respective dates are mentioned in the below table:

Events	Exam Date (as expected)
Notification	10/08/2021
Application Form	10/08/2021
Last Date of Application	05/09/2021
Application correction window	07/09/2021- 12/09/2021
Admit Card	to be announced
UGC NET Exam	to be announced
Result	to be announced

UGC NET Cutoff 2021

 Candidates who have appeared for June 2020 examination can check the cut-off from the list provided below. The list has been made subject-wise and category-wise. As compared to the previous year’s cut-off, there is an increment in some subjects, while most of the subjects remained the same.

Subject Code	Subject	Assistance professor (UR)	JRF and Assistance Professor (UR)	Assistance professor (EWS)	JRF and Assistance Professor (EWS)	Assistance professor (OBC-NCL)	JRF and Assistance Professor (OBC-NCL)	Assistance professor (SC)	JRF and Assistance Professor (SC)	Assistance professor (ST)	JRF and Assistance Professor (ST)
001	Economics	62.67	70.00	56.67	66.67	56.00	65.33	50.67	60.67	49.33	58.67
002	Political Science	60.00	68.00	55.33	64.67	55.33	64.00	50.67	59.33	50.00	60.00
003	Philosophy	63.33	72.00	58.67	68.87	57.33	66.67	55.33	62.67	47.33	55.33
004	Psychology	54.67	60.67	50.67	57.33	49.33	56.67	46.00	54.00	45.33	52.67
005	Sociology	61.33	70.00	55.33	66.67	54.67	64.67	50.67	62.00	49.33	60.67
006	History	54.00	60.00	50.00	58.00	49.33	56.67	46.00	52.67	44.67	52.67
008	Commerce	95.63	99.35	85.21	98.53	88.32	96.79	72.68	92.09	67.71	89.64
009	Education	58.00	67.33	52.00	63.33	52.00	62.67	48.00	57.33	48.00	58.00
012	Home Science	62.00	70.67	56.00	66.67	55.33	64.67	53.33	60.67	52.00	62.00
017	Management	56.67	64.67	52.67	61.33	52.00	59.33	50.00	58.00	48.67	56.67
020	Hindi	97.22	99.59	85.92	99.03	91.76	96.80	74.65	91.76	76.50	91.76
025	Sanskrit	66.00	74.00	60.67	72.00	60.67	70.00	57.33	67.33	51.33	66.00
030	English	98.29	99.74	90.21	99.06	87.32	96.32	79.96	96.32	75.27	88.85
047	Physical Education	51.33	56.00	48.00	51.67	46.00	52.67	44.00	50.00	42.67	49.33
080	Geography	60.67	68.00	56.00	65.33	56.00	64.67	53.33	62.00	50.67	58.67
087	Computer Science	54.67	63.33	49.33	58.67	48.67	57.33	46.67	54.00	45.33	52.67
089	Environmental Science	59.33	68.00	54.67	64.67	53.33	62.67	50.67	60.00	48.00	56.67

How To Check UGC NET CutOff Marks

UGC NET Cutoff is released every year on its official website. Candidates have to score a minimum cut-off to qualify for the exam. Following are the steps, that candidates can follow to check the cut-off for the UGC NET exam: 

1. Go to the official website of UGC NET.
2.  Click on the notification tab.
3. Search for the UGC NET Cut-off.
4. Click on that link, log in on that site with your details.
5. After that cut-off marks will be displayed on the screen in Pdf format.
6. Download the Pdf and save it for future reference.

Factors Determining UGC NET CutOff:

The cut off is determined on the basis of the following factors:

• It depends on the number of vacancies in that recruitment drive. If the number of vacancies is less then it will lead to an increase in cut off as there will be an increase in competition. 
• It also depends on the difficulty level, as it is a very important factor to determine cut-off. If the question paper will be more difficult, then the cut off will be lower; whereas in the case of easy paper the cut off will be less.
• It also depends on the number of candidates, those who have appeared for the examination. If the candidates will be more then cut off will be higher, and vice-versa in case of fewer candidates.
• It can also be determined by the previous year’s UGC NET Cut off. We can get an average, by calculating through the previous year’s data.

Calculation of UGC NET Cutoff:

• The number of qualified candidates should be equal to 6% of the appearing candidates.
• Slots that are available for the candidates should be according to the government rules on the reservation.
• Candidates need to score the following minimum marks to get selected:

1. For the General category, candidates need to score a minimum of 40% marks in both the papers taken together to get qualified.
2. For OBC/ SC/ ST, candidates need to score a minimum of 35% marks in both the papers taken together to get qualified.

Conclusion:

Hope this article will be helpful for you, and all your queries regarding the UGC NET Cutoff are cleared. As a candidate, an idea of cut-off will definitely help you in improving your performance and preparation level. Always remember to go through the previous year’s question papers to get an idea about the examination and difficulty level by understanding the pattern and level of questions.

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