The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), on the behalf of UGC, will be conducting the National Eligibility Test (NET) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for working as assistant professor or junior research fellowship in Indian universities and colleges.
Junior Research Fellowship/Eligibility for lectureships
The CBSE will conduct NET in 84 subjects at 89 selected cities of examination spread across the country. The candidates who qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship are eligible to pursue research in the subject of their post-graduation or in a related subject and are also eligible for assistant professor.
The universities, institutions, IITs and other national organisations may select the JRF awardees for whole time research work in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them. The test will consist of three papers that will consist of only objective type questions.
Eligibility
Candidates who have secured at least 55 per cent marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent exam from universities/institutions recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science and Applications, Electronic Science etc are eligible for this test. The OBC, SC, ST and PWD category candidates who have secured at least 50 per cent marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this test.
Important dates: The last date for applying online is May 15, 2015. The date of exam is June 28, 2015. For more information, log on to www.cbsenet.nic.in.