The UGC NET December 2025 examination is officially scheduled to take place from December 31, 2025, to January 7, 2026. The test will be administered in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) format at various designated centers across the nation.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has officially released the exam schedule for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) December 2025 session. The UGC NET December 2025 exam will be conducted over several days, from December 31, 2025, to January 7, 2026, using the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode nationwide. Students can review the complete exam timeline in the following sections.
UGC NET December Exam Date 2025 Out
UGC NET is a premier national-level examination designed to determine candidate eligibility for the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), Assistant Professorship, and Ph.D. admissions across Indian universities and colleges. The UGC NET 2025 examination will be held from December 31, 2025, to January 7, 2026, across multiple shifts to accommodate candidates nationwide.
| Events | Dates |
| UGC NET City Intimation Slip 2025 | 10 days before exam date |
| UGC NET Admit Card 2025 | 3 to 4 days before the exam date |
| UGC NET Exam Date 2025 | 31st December 2025 to 07th January 2026 |
UGC NET Exam Date 2025 Official Notice
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has published the official notification confirming the UGC NET December 2025 exam schedule. Candidates are encouraged to verify the start and end dates of the examination by referring to the official notice provided below.
UGC NET Admit Card 2025
Admit cards for the UGC NET December 2025 session will be available for download three days prior to the examination date via the official portal at https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/. The admit card is a mandatory document that includes vital details, such as the candidate's exam date, reporting time, assigned venue, and essential examination day protocols.
UGC NET 2025 Exam Centre
The UGC NET December 2025 exam will be conducted in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode at various test centers across India. Please refer to the table below to verify your designated exam city.
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur |
| Bhimavaram | |
| Chirala | |
| Chittoor | |
| Eluru | |
| Guntur | |
| Kadapa | |
| Kakinada | |
| Kurnool | |
| Nellore | |
| Ongole | |
| Rajahmundry | |
| Srikakulam | |
| Tirupati | |
| Vijayawada | |
| Visakhapatnam | |
| Vizianagaram | |
| Narasaraopet | |
| Proddatur | |
| Surampalem | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/ Naharlagun |
| Assam | Dibrugarh |
| Guwahati | |
| Jorhat | |
| Silchar | |
| Tezpur | |
| Bihar | Bhagalpur |
| Darbhanga | |
| Gaya | |
| Muzaffarpur | |
| Patna | |
| Purnea | |
| Arrah | |
| Chandigarh (Union Territory) | Chandigarh or Mohali |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai or Durg or Bhilai Nagar |
| Bilaspur (CG) | |
| Raipur | |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (UT) | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
| Daman | |
| Diu | |
| Delhi | Delhi/New Delhi |
| Goa | Panaji or Madgaon |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad or Gandhinagar |
| Anand | |
| Bhavnagar | |
| Jamnagar | |
| Junagadh | |
| Mehsana | |
| Rajkot | |
| Surat | |
| Vadodara | |
| Valsad or Vapi | |
| Himatnagar | |
| Haryana | Ambala |
| Faridabad | |
| Gurugram | |
| Hissar | |
| Karnal | |
| Kurukshetra | |
| Panipat | |
| Sonipat | |
| Yamuna Nagar | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur (HP) |
| Hamirpur | |
| Kangra/ Palampur | |
| Shimla | |
| Solan | |
| Mandi | |
| Una | |
| Kullu | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Baramulla |
| Jammu | |
| Samba | |
| Srinagar | |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City |
| Dhanbad | |
| Jamshedpur | |
| Ranchi | |
| Hazaribagh | |
| Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum) |
| Bellary | |
| Bengaluru | |
| Bidar | |
| Davangere | |
| Gulbarga | |
| Hassan | |
| Hubli | |
| Mangaluru | |
| Mysuru | |
| Shivamogga | |
| Tumakuru | |
| Manipal or Udupi | |
| Mandya | |
| Kerala | Alappuzha or Chengannur |
| Ernakulam or Angamaly or Muvattupuzha | |
| Idukki | |
| Kannur | |
| Kasaragod | |
| Kollam | |
| Kottayam | |
| Kozhikode | |
| Malappuram | |
| Palakkad | |
| Pathanamthitta | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | |
| Thrissur | |
| Ladakh | Leh |
| Lakshadweep (Union Territory) | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Balaghat |
| Betul | |
| Bhopal | |
| Chhindwara | |
| Gwalior | |
| Indore | |
| Jabalpur | |
| Rewa | |
| Sagar | |
| Satna | |
| Ujjain | |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar |
| Akola | |
| Amravati | |
| Aurangabad (MR) | |
| Chandrapur | |
| Dhule | |
| Jalgaon | |
| Kolhapur | |
| Latur | |
| Mumbai/Navi Mumbai | |
| Nagpur | |
| Nanded | |
| Nasik | |
| Pune | |
| Raigad | |
| Ratnagiri | |
| Sangli | |
| Satara | |
| Solapur | |
| Thane | |
| Wardha | |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Churachandpur | |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Dimapur |
| Kohima | |
| Odisha | Balasore |
| Behrampur(Ganjam) | |
| Bhubaneshwar | |
| Cuttack | |
| Dhenkanal | |
| Rourkela | |
| Sambalpur | |
| Puducherry | Puducherry or Cuddalore |
| Punjab | Amritsar |
| Bhatinda | |
| Jalandhar | |
| Ludhiana | |
| Pathankot | |
| Patiala | |
| Sangrur | |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer |
| Alwar | |
| Bikaner | |
| Jaipur | |
| Jodhpur | |
| Kota | |
| Sikar | |
| Sriganganagar | |
| Udaipur | |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| Coimbatore | |
| Cuddalore | |
| Kanchipuram | |
| Kanyakumari/ Nagercoil | |
| Madurai | |
| Namakkal | |
| Salem | |
| Thanjavur | |
| Thoothukudi | |
| Tiruchirappalli | |
| Tirunelveli | |
| Tiruvallur | |
| Vellore | |
| Virudhunagar | |
| Telangana | Hyderabad |
| Karimnagar | |
| Khammam | |
| Mahbubnagar | |
| Nalgonda | |
| Warangal | |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra |
| Aligarh | |
| Allahabad | |
| Bareilly | |
| Faizabad | |
| Ghaziabad | |
| Gorakhpur | |
| Greater Noida or Noida | |
| Jhansi | |
| Kanpur | |
| Lucknow | |
| Mathura | |
| Meerut | |
| Moradabad | |
| Muzaffarnagar | |
| Sitapur | |
| Varanasi | |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| Haldwani | |
| Haridwar | |
| Nainital | |
| Pantnagar | |
| Roorkee | |
| West Bengal | Asansol |
| Bardhaman | |
| Durgapur | |
| Hooghly | |
| Howrah | |
| Kalyani | |
| Kolkata | |
| Siliguri |
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