National Eligibility Test is the national level entrance examination for postgraduate candidates who wish to qualify for university level teaching jobs in India. It is administered by the University Grants Commission.

* 1 About the NET * * * 2 Concept of SET/SLE * 2.1 Identification of State Agency * 2.2 States conducting SLET * 3 Scope of NET & SLET * * 3.1 Eligibility for Lectureship * 3.2 Junior Research Fellowship * 3.3 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (SPM) Fellowship * 3.4 Related Websites * 3.5 References |
About the NET
The University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) to determine eligibility for lectureship and for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals in order to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research. The Examination is conducted in Humanities (including languages), Social Sciences, Forensic Science, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science and Applications and Electronic Science.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) conducts the UGC-CSIR NET for other Science subjects, namely, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences jointly with the UGC. The tests are conducted twice in a year generally in the months of June and December. For candidates who wish to pursue research, the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) is available for five years subject to fulfillment of certain conditions. UGC has allocated a number of fellowships to the universities for the candidates who qualify the test for JRF. The JRFs are awarded to the meritorious candidates from among the candidates qualifying for eligibility for lectureship in the NET Examination. JRFs are available only to the candidates who opt for it in their application forms.
The test for Junior Research Fellowship...