UGC NET 2025 Syllabus - Summary
National Testing Agency (NTA) has released UGC NET 2025 Syllabus PDF to conduct the UGC-NET 2025 (2022 Dec Cycle) in 83 subjects to determine the eligibility of students to become “Assistant Professors” and “Junior Research Fellowship” (JRF) in Indian universities and colleges. UGC NET 2023 exam (2022 Dec Cycle) is scheduled to be conducted from February 21 to March 10, 2023 in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
National Testing Agency conducts the UGC NET 2025 twice in December and June. UGC NET exam is conducted in two papers – Paper-I and Paper-II consisting of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and all questions are mandatory. Candidates need to complete both papers in a single duration of three hours. To score good marks in the exam, read the detailed syllabus and start your preparation now.
UGC NET 2025 Syllabus – UGC NET Exam Pattern 2025
| Paper | Pattern of Paper | Number of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Paper-I | The questions will be generic in nature, intending to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. | 50 | 100 | 03 hours (180 minutes) |
| Paper-II | This is based on the subject selected by the candidate and will assess domain knowledge. | 100 | 200 | |
| Total | 150 | 300 | ||
UGC NET Syllabus 2025 – Subject Wise
| Subject Code | Subject | Download |
| 00 | General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude (Paper -I) | Download |
| 01 | Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies/Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Eco./Business Economics | Download |
| 02 | Political Science | Download |
| 03 | Philosophy | Download |
| 04 | Psychology | Download |
| 05 | Sociology | Download |
| 06 | History | Download |
| 07 | Anthropology | Download |
| 08 | Commerce | Download |
| 09 | Education | Download |
| 10 | Social Work | Download |
| 11 | Defence and Strategic Studies | Download |
| 12 | Home Science | Download |
| 14 | Public Administration | Download |
| 15 | Population Studies | Download |
| 16 | Music | Download |
| 17 | Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Co-operative Management) | Download |
| 18 | Maithili | Download |
| 19 | Bengali | Download |
| 20 | Hindi | Download |
| 21 | Kannada | Download |
| 22 | Malayalam | Download |
| 23 | Oriya | Download |
| 24 | Punjabi | Download |
| 25 | Sanskrit | Download |
| 26 | Tamil | Download |
| 27 | Telugu | Download |
| 28 | Urdu | Download |
| 29 | Arabic | Download |
| 30 | English | Download |
| 31 | Linguistics | Download |
| 32 | Chinese | Download |
| 33 | Dogri | Download |
| 34 | Nepali | Download |
| 35 | Manipuri | Download |
| 36 | Assamese | Download |
| 37 | Gujarati | Download |
| 38 | Marathi | Download |
| 39 | French (French Version) | Download |
| French (English Version) | Download | |
| 40 | Spanish | Download |
| 41 | Russian | Download |
| 42 | Persian | Download |
| 43 | Rajasthani | Download |
| 44 | German | Download |
| 45 | Japanese | Download |
| 46 | Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education. | Download |
| 47 | Physical Education | Download |
| 49 | Arab Culture and Islamic Studies | Download |
| 50 | Indian Culture | Download |
| 55 | Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management | Download |
| 58 | Law | Download |
| 59 | Library and Information Science | Download |
| 60 | Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies | Download |
| 62 | Comparative Study of Religions | Download |
| 63 | Mass Communication and Journalism | Download |
| 65 | Performing Art – Dance/Drama/Theatre | Download |
| 66 | Museology & Conservation | Download |
| 67 | Archaeology | Download |
| 68 | Criminology | Download |
| 70 | Tribal and Regional Language/Literature | Download |
| 71 | Folk Literature | Download |
| 72 | Comparative Literature | Download |
| 73 | Sanskrit traditional subjects (including) Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama). | Download |
| 74 | Women Studies | Download |
| 79 | Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art) | Download |
| 80 | Geography | Download |
| 81 | Social Medicine & Community Health | Download |
| 82 | Forensic Science | Download |
| 83 | Pali | Download |
| 84 | Kashmiri | Download |
| 85 | Konkani | Download |
| 87 | Computer Science and Applications | Download |
| 88 | Electronic Science | Download |
| 89 | Environmental Sciences | Download |
| 90 | Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies. | Download |
| 91 | Prakrit | Download |
| 92 | Human Rights and Duties | Download |
| 93 | Tourism Administration and Management. | Download |
| 94 | BODO | Download |
| 95 | Yoga | Download |
| 101 | Sindhi | Download |
You can download the UGC NET Syllabus PDF using the link given below.
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UGC NET Syllabus 2022 Hindi
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UGC NET Information Brochure 2021