CSIR UGC NET 2020: Application Form, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern

CSIR UGC NET 2020 is also referred to as the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. UGC National Eligibility Test( June session) which will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The exam is organized at the National Level and twice in a year- June & December. Furthermore, this test determines the eligibility of candidates for Lectureship positions in Indian University/Colleges. Those who will clear JRF will be qualified for Lectureship subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria laid down by UGC. The candidates must read the complete article to know all about CSIR UGC NET 2020 June session.

CSIR UGC NET latest updates

The following are the new changes introduced in the CSIR UGC NET 2020 exam:

• CSIR UGC-NET notification has been released by National Testing agency on 16 March 2020. 
• The CSIR NET 2020 June session will be held on 21 June 2020.

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Application Form

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Application Form for June session has been released on the web portal of the NTA. The candidates can check all the details about CSIR UGC NET 2020 Application Form given below:

• The application form can be filled through online mode only from 16 March to 15 April 2020.
• No application will be accepted through offline mode or any other mode.
• Candidates can submit one application only. Multiple applications will not be entertained.
• Candidates have to provide a valid E-mail Address and Mobile Number in the Online Application Form as all information/communication will be sent by NTA through e-mail on the registered e-mail address or SMS on registered Mobile Number only.
• Candidates also have to upload scanned images of Photograph and Signature in JPG/JPEG format.
• All the instructions given in the Information Bulletin and on NTA website must be followed by the candidates while filling the application form.
• Candidates must visit the NTA website and check their e-mails regularly for the latest updates.
• It is mandatory to select four cities while filling the Online Application Form of CSIR UGC NET June 2020.
• The entire application process of CSIR UGC NET June 2020 is online, so candidates do not need to send/submit any document(s) including Confirmation Page to NTA through Post/Fax/E-mail or by Hand.

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Application Fee

The application fee details for the CSIR NET 2020 is mentioned below:

Mode of Payment:

• The application fee can be paid through Credit/Debit Card/Net Banking/UPI.
• Candidates have to pay the fee by using SBI/Syndicate/HDFC/ICICI/Paytm Payment Gateway.
• If in case Confirmation Page is not generated after the payment of fee, then it means that the transaction is cancelled, and the amount will be refunded automatically to the candidate’s account.
• However, the candidate has to make another transaction, in case the Confirmation Page is not generated.
• After successful payment of fee, candidates can download and print copies of Confirmation Page for future reference.

The list of CSIR UGC NET application Fees 2020 for different categories is given below in a table:

CSIR UGC NET Registration Fee 2020

Category	Fee (Rs)
General/General-EWS (Economically Weaker Section)	Rs 1000/-
OBC-NCL (Non-Creamy Layer)	Rs 500/-
SC/ST/PwD	Rs 250/-

NOTE: The application fee of CSIR NET is non-refundable. So, any request by the candidate regarding the refund of fee will not be entertained by NTA under any circumstances.

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Application Form Correction 

The NTA will facilitate the correction window for CSIR UGC NET 2020 for the candidates the dates for which will be notified. The applicants can make the changes (if required) in the application form online. The corrections in the form will be made only to some details.

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must check the CSIR UGC NET 2020 eligibility criteria before filling the application form to know their eligibility. If any candidate is found ineligible at any stage of exam will not be allowed for further process. The detailed eligibility criteria of CSIR UGC National Eligibility Test 2020 is given hereby:

Age Limit 

• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) - Candidates whose age is maximum 28 years as on 01 July 2020 are eligible. The upper age limit will be relaxable up to 5 years if a candidate is female or belong to SC/ST/Persons with Disability (PwD) category and 3 years of relaxation will be provided to OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) applicants.
• Lectureship (LS)/ Assistant Professorship - There is no upper age limit in case of Assistant Professor/Lectureship.

Educational Qualifications

• Candidates who belong to General (UR)/General-EWS and OBC category must have a minimum of 55% marks in their M.Sc. or equivalent degree/Integrated BS-MS/BS-4 years/BE/B. Tech/B. Pharma/MBBS.
• For SC/ST/Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates, minimum marks required to apply for the exam is 50%.
• Candidates enrolled for M.Sc or having completed 3 years of the above qualifying examination/degree as on 09 October 2019, are also eligible to apply under the Result Awaited (RA) category.
• For this, candidates will have to submit the attestation form duly certified by the Head of the Department/Institute from where the candidate is appearing or has appeared. 
• PhD degree holders who have passed Master’s degree before 19 September 1991 with at least 50% marks are eligible to apply for Lectureship/ Assistant Professorship only.

Download Information Brochure of CSIR UGC NET 2019

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Admit Card

The candidates can download the CSIR-UGC NET 2020 Admit Card from the official website of NTA or its own portal. All the details about CSIR NET admit card 2020 are given below:

• Hall Ticket will not be sent by post to any candidate.
• E-Admit Card will be issued by the NTA to those candidates only who will subject to the fulfilment of the eligibility conditions and fill the application form correctly.
• Candidates will not be allowed to appear at the examination centre, on Date and Timings other than that allotted to them in their Admit card.
• In case candidates are unable to download Admit Cards from the website or find any discrepancy in the admits card, then the candidate should approach the Help Line between 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
• The candidates must read the instructions on the Admit Card carefully and follow them during the conduct of the examination. 

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Exam Centres

Candidates can check the list of cities for centres of CSIR UGC NET 2020 June given below:

CSIR UGC NET 2020 (June)Test Centres

S.No.	State	City
1	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar
		Naharlagun
2	Assam	Dibrugarh
		Guwahati
		Jorhat
		Silchar
		Tezpur
3	Andaman and Nicobar	Port Blair
4	Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur
		Surampalem
		Bhimavaram
		Chirala
		Chittoor
		Eluru
		Guntur
		Kadapa
		Kakinada
		Kurnool
		Nellore
		Ongole
		Rajahmundry
		Srikakulam
		Tirupati
		Vijayawada
		Visakhapatnam
		Vizianagaram
		Narasaraopet
		Proddatur
5	Bihar	Bhagalpur
		Arrah
		Darbhanga
		Patna
		Muzaffarpur
		Gaya
		Purnea
6	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
7	Chattisgarh	Bilaspur
		Durg
		Bhilai Nagar
		Raipur
8	Daman & Diu	Daman
9	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Dadra and Nagar Haveli
10	Delhi	Delhi
11	Goa	Panaji
12	Gujarat	Ahmedabad
		Anand
		Bhavnagar
		Ghandhinagar
		Himatnagar
		Jamnagar
		Junagadh
		Mehsana
		Rajkot
		Surat
		Valsad
		Vadodara
13	Haryana	Ambala
		Faridabad
		Gurugram
		Hissar
		Karnal
		Kurukshetra
		Sonepat
		Panipat
		Yamuna Nagar
14	Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur
		Hamirpur
		Palampur
		Shimla
		Solan
		Mandi
		Una
		Kullu
15	Jharkhand	Bokaro Steel City
		Dhanbad
		Hazaribagh
		Jamshedpur
		Ranchi
16	Jammu & Kashmir	Baramulla
		Jammu
		Samba
		Srinagar
17	Karnataka	Belgaum
		Bellary
		Bengaluru
		Bidar
		Davangere
		Gulbarga
		Hassan
		Hubli
		Mangaluru
		Mysore
		Shivamoga
		Tumakuru
		Udupi
		Mandya
18	Kerala	Palakkad
		Pathanamthitta
		Thiruvananthapuram
		Thrissur
		Alappuzha
		Angamaly
		Idukki
		Kannur
		Kasaragod
		Kollam
		Kottayam
		Kozhikode
		Malappuram
19	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
20	Madhya Pradesh	Balaghat
		Betul
		Bhopal
		Chhindwara
		Gwalior
		Indore
		Jabalpur
		Rewa
		Sagar
		Shahdol
		Ujjain
21	Maharashtra	Ahmednagar
		Akola
		Amravati
		Aurangabad
		Chandrapur
		Dhule
		Jalgaon
		Kolhapur
		Latur
		Mumbai
		Nagpur
		Nanded
		Nasik
		Navi Mumbai
		Pune
		Raigad
		Ratnagiri
		Sangli
		Satara
		Solapur
		Thane
		Wardha
22	Manipur	Imphal
23	Meghalaya	Shillong
24	Mizoram	Aizawl
25	Nagaland	Dimapur
		Kohima
26	Odisha	Balasore
		Berhampur-Ganjam
		Bhubaneshwar
		Cuttack
		Dhenkanal
		Rourkela
		Sambalpur
27	Puducherry	Puducherry
28	Punjab	Amritsar
		Bhatinda
		Fatehgarh Sahib
		Jalandhar
		Ludhiana
		Pathankot
		Patiala
		Sangrur
29	Rajasthan	Ajmer
		Alwar
		Bikaner
		Jaipur
		Jodhpur
		Kota
		Sikar
		Udaipur
		Sriganganagar
30	Sikkim	Gangtok
31	Tamil Nadu	Chennai
		Coimbatore
		Cuddalore
		Kanchipuram
		Kanyakumari
		Madurai
		Namakkal
		Salem
		Thanjavur
		Thoothukudi
		Tiruchirappalli
		Tirunelveli
		Tiruvallur
		Vellore
		Virudhunagar
32	Telangana	Hyderabad
		Karimnagar
		Khammam
		Mahbubnagar
		Nalgonda
		Warangal
33	Tripura	Agartala
34	Uttarakhand	Dehradun
		Haldwani
		Haridwar
		Nainital
		Pantnagar
		Roorkee
35	Uttar Pradesh	Agra
		Aligarh
		Allahabad
		Bareilly
		Faizabad
		Ghaziabad
		Gorakhpur
		Noida
		Jhansi
		Kanpur
		Lucknow
		Mathura
		Meerut
		Moradabad
		Muzaffarnagar
		Sitapur
		Varanasi
36	West Bengal	Asansol
		Burdwan
		Durgapur
		Hooghly
		Howrah
		Kalyani
		Kolkata
		Siliguri
37	Ladakh	Leh

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Exam Pattern

Candidates need to check the Paper Pattern of CSIR NET before they start preparing for the examination. The details about CSIR UGC NET 2020 Exam pattern is given below:

• Mode of Examination: The exam will be conducted through Online mode (CBT) only.
• Type of Questions: The questions asked will be of objective type, Multiple Choice Question (MCQ).
• Exam Duration: The exam will be of 180 minutes (three hours) and there will be no break between papers.
• Total Marks: The test paper for each subject shall carry a maximum of 200 marks.
• The medium of Examination: The test will be in Hindi and English language. In case of any ambiguity between Hindi and English language due to translation, English medium would be treated as final.
• Subjects of the Exam: The exam will be held in the five subjects: Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Physical Sciences.
• Sections: The test will consist of three parts/sections.

1. 1. Part 'A' shall be common to all subjects. This part shall contain questions about General Aptitude with emphasis on logical reasoning, graphical analysis, analytical and numerical ability, quantitative comparison, series formation, puzzles, etc.
   2. Part 'B' shall contain subject-related conventional Multiple Choice questions (MCQs), generally covering the topics given in the syllabus. 
   3. Part 'C' shall contain higher-order questions that may test the candidate's knowledge of scientific concepts and/or application of the scientific concepts.

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Syllabus

The syllabus of the CSIR National Eligibility Test is released by the Human Resource Development Group, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR - HRDG). The candidates can check the CSIR UGC NET Syllabus 2020 given below. CSIR UGC NET June 2020 syllabus is as follows:

• Chemical Sciences
• Earth Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Mathematical Sciences
• Physical Sciences

NOTE: National Testing Agency (NTA) will not provide a copy of the syllabus to individual candidates.

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Answer Key

The CSIR NET provisional answer key will be displayed along with the respective Question Paper on the official website of NTA after the conduction of exam. Candidates can check the important dates and the details related to Answer key 2020 below:

S.No	Event	Dates
1	Display of Question paper and Challenge of Provisional Answer Key	To be announced
2	Last date of submission of fee(for challenging) through Credit/Debit card or Net Banking/UPI	To be announced

• The NTA releases the CSIR UGC NET 2020 Answer Key on the official website after the successful commencement of the examination. 
• Answer Keys are to be displayed for two to three days to providing an opportunity for the candidates to challenge the Provisional Answer Key.
• Candidates can challenge the answer key on payment of Rs. 1000/- per question challenged as processing charges.
• The NTA decision on the challenges shall be final and the result will be declared based on final answer keys.
• No grievances concerning Answer Key after the declaration of result will be entertained.

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Result

The details regarding the CSIR UGC NET result 2020 are listed below. Also, the result will be declared on the official website of NTA.

• The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the CSIR 2020 result, after releasing the CSIR NET final answer key.
• Two separate merit list will be made based on the candidates' performance in the test.
• Re-Evaluation/Re-Checking of the result: There shall be no re-evaluation/re-checking of the result. No correspondence/candidate in this regard shall be entertained.

CSIR UGC NET 2020 Highlights 

The highlights for CSIR UGC NET 2020 is mentioned below:

Name of the exam	CSIR UGC NET
Full Name	Council of Scientific & Industrial Research UGC National Eligibility Test June
Exam conducting body	National Testing Agency (NTA)
Level	National Level
CSIR UGC NET Official website	https://csirnet.nta.nic.in/webinfo/public/home.aspx
Exam Mode	Online (Computer Based Test)
Exam purpose	To determine the eligibility of the candidates for JRF (Junior Research Fellowship), Assistant professor/Lectureship positions.

About National Testing Agency 

The NTA was established in November 2017 to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions. NTA conducts the JEE Mains, NEET-UG, NET, CMAT & GPAT. Its actual start was in 2010 with a report submitted to the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) by a committee consisting of some of the directors of the Indian Institute of Technology which recommended that the national testing agency be "created by an Act of Parliament.