I m a student of Physics Bsc. After completing Bsc, If I continue Msc in environmental science or ma in other subjects, Can I appear UGC NET for assistant Professor?
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Yes, with Msc environmental science or even ma in any course or any post graduation, you will be eligible for UGC NET and after clearing it, you can be an assistant professor, all you need is to have at least 55% marks in your Post graduation to be eligible for UGC NET
For your reference,
UGC NET eligibility criteria is given below :-
---------) You need at least 55% marks in your master or equivalent degree ( 50 % marks for
OBC/ST/SC/PWD/Transgender).
---------) Those who are currently in the final year of their Master's degree are also provisionally eligible for UGC NET provided that they must fulfil above educational requirements within two years.
--------)Age limit :-
Post |
age limit for the post |
Junior Research Fellow |
31 years |
Assistant professor |
no age limit is there |
Age relaxation
Category |
Age relaxation |
SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Female/Transgender/Ex Armyman/Research candidates |
5 years |
pursuing LLM degree |
3 years |
†††††† IMPORTANT NOTE
While applying for UGC NET you need to select the test for the subject which have studied in your post-graduation. In case if your post graduation subject is not given in the list , then you can choose the relevant subject from the list as per your preference. The subject list is attached as Annexure-IV in the information brochure . The Annexure-IV is on the page number 34 on official information brochure, which you can download by going through the link provided below
https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/webinfo/File/GetFile?FileId=56&LangId=P
For detailed eligibility criteria, you can visit our page the link for which is provided below:-
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/ugc-net-eligibility-criteria
Thank you
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