The National Testing Agency (NTA) has published the schedule for the UGC-NET December 2025 examination, organized by subject. The UDC -NET examination will take place in Computer Based Test (CBT) format from December 31, 2025, to January 7, 2026.
The UGC-NET is administered to assess the eligibility of candidates for the ‘Award of Junior Research Fellowship’, ‘Appointment as Assistant Professor’, ‘Appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to PhD’, and ‘Admission to PhD only’ in Indian universities and colleges.
Here is the schedule for the UGC NET December 2025 exam
December 31, 2025
- Law
- Social Work
- Telugu
- Tourism Administration and Management
- Spanish
- Prakrit
- Kashmiri
- Konkani
January 2, 2026
Shift 1
- Computer Science and Applications
- Library and Information Science
- Urdu
- Forensic Science
- Bengali
- Arabic
- Bodo
- Human Rights and Duties
Shift 2
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Philosophy
- Oriya
- Yoga
- Punjab
- Social Medicine and Community Health
- Women Studies
January 3, 2026
Shift 1
- Commerce
- Sanskrit
- Santali
- Criminology
- Politics encompassing International Relations and International Studies, which includes Defence and Strategic Studies; West Asian Studies; South East Asian Studies; African Studies; South Asian Studies; Soviet Studies; and American Studies.
- Disaster Management
- Museology and Conservation
Shift 2
- Geography
- Education
- Fork Literature
- Maithli
- Indian Culture
- Persian
- Comparative Study of Religious
January 5, 2026
Shift 1
- English
- Sanskrit Traditional subjects include Jyotisha, Sidhanta Jyotish, Navya Vyakarna, Vyakarna, Mimansa, Navya Navya, Sankhya Yoga, Tulanatmaka Darsan, Shuk;a Yajurveda, Madhav Vedant, Dharmasasta, Sahitya, Puranotihasa, and Agama.Anthropology
- Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/Non Formal Education
- French
- Dogri
- Russian
- Chinese
Shift 2
- History
- Visual Art (including Drawing and Painting/ Sculpture/Applied Art/History of Art)
- Assamese
- Tribal and Regional Language/Literature
- Archaeology
- Gujarati
- Rajasthani
January 6, 2026
Shift 1
- Political Science
- Defence and Strategic Studies
- Arab Culture and Islamic Studies
- Hindu Studies
- Nepali
- Comparative Literature
- Japanese
- Sindhi
Shift 2
- Hindi
- Tamil
- Mass Communication and Journalism
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Manipuri
- Indian Knowledge systems
- German
January 7, 2026
Shift 1
- Economics/Rural Economics/Co-operation/Demography/Development Planning/Development Studies/Econometrics/Applied Economics/Development Economics/Business Economics
- Management (including Business Administration Management/Marketing Management/Industrial Relations and Personnel Management/Personnel Management/Financial Management/Co-operative Management)
- Public Administration
- Population Studies
- Linguistics
- Buddhist, Jaina; Gandhian and Peace Studies
- Ayurveda Biology
- Pali
Shift 2
- Environmental Sciences
- Home Sciences
- Physical Education
- Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management
- Electronic Science
- Music
- Marathi
- Performing Art- Dance/Drama/Theatre
