UGC NET Exam timing and date will be declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts UGC NET Exam 2025 for 85 subjects in CBT(computer-based test) mode. The exam for the December session is expected to take place from 1 January to 19 January 2026 (tentative). UGC NET Exam timing 2025 (December) is scheduled in two shifts in a day, between morning shift(9:00-12:00) and afternoon shift (3:00 – 6:000). Detailed information regarding UGC NET Exam timing, exam schedule, and exam dates are given below
UGC NET Exam 2025 December Overview
UGC NET Exam 2025 (December) is tentatively scheduled by NTA in January between 1 January to 19 January 2026. NTA will conduct UGC NET Exam 2025 in two shifts in a single day, such as morning shift (9:00- 12:00) and afternoon shift(3:00-6:00). The timing and shifts will be the same, but the subject will vary according UGC NET Exam date for various subjects according to the NTA Exam Guidelines. UGC NET December 2025 Exam details are given in the table below:
| Shift | Timing |
| Morning shift 1 | 9:00 am -12:00 pm |
| Afternoon shift 2 | 3:00 pm -6:00 pm |
UGC NET Exam Timing 2025 & Shift
UGC NET Exam is conducted by NTA for 85 subjects. The detailed schedule regarding exam date, shift, and timing for the December 2025 session will be provided in the table below once announced-
| UGC NET Subject-wise Exam Schedule for UGC NET December 2025 cycle (To Be Announced) | ||||
| DATES | SHIFT 1 | SHIFT 2 | ||
| Subject code | Subject name | Subject code | Subject name | |
| January 2026 | 009 | Education | 088 | Electronic Science |
| 014 | Public Administration | 045 | Japanese | |
| 103 | Indian Knowledge System | 058 | Law | |
| 022 | Malayalam | 063 | Mass Communication and Journalism | |
| 028 | Urdu | 034 | Nepali | |
| 055 | Labour Welfare / Personnel Management / Industrial
Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare / Human Resource Management |
065 | Performing Arts – Dance/Drama/Theatre | |
| 068 | Criminology | 025 | Sanskrit | |
| 070 | Tribal and Regional Language/Literature | 074 | Women Studies | |
| 071 | Folk Literature | 059 | Library and Information Science | |
| 085 | Konkani | 003 | Philosophy | |
| 089 | Environmental Sciences | |||
| January 2026 | 049 | Arab Culture and Islamic Studies | 002 | Political Science |
| 019 | Bengali | 072 | Comparative Literature | |
| 032 | Chinese | 036 | Assamese | |
| 087 | Computer Science and Applications | 095 | Santali | |
| 042 | Persian | 046 | Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/Non-Formal Education. | |
| 043 | Rajasthani | 050 | Indian Culture | |
| 041 | Russian | 060 | Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian, and Peace Studies | |
| 010 | Social Work | 067 | Archaeology | |
| 012 | Home Science | |||
| 016 | Music | |||
| 015 | Population Studies | |||
| 082 | Forensic Science | |||
| January 2026 | 008 | Commerce | 030 | English |
| 011 | Defence and Strategic Studies | 100 | Yoga | |
| 031 | Linguistics | 090 | Politics, including International Relations/International Studies, including Defence / Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, and American Studies. |
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| 007 | Anthropology | 092 | Human Rights and Duties | |
| 079 | Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture, Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art) | 102 | Hindu Studies | |
| 081 | Social Medicine & Community Health | 033 | Dogri | |
| 093 | Tourism Administration and Management. | 040 | Spanish | |
| 062 | Comparative Study of Religions | |||
| 084 | Kashmiri | |||
| January 2026 | 094 | Bodo | 004 | Psychotogy |
| 006 | History | 018 | Maithili | |
| 023 | Oriya | 029 | Arabic | |
| 083 | Pati | 03? | Gujarati | |
| Prakrit | 017 | Management (including Business Admin. Mgt./Marketin9 /
Marketing Mgt. / Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt. / Personnel M t. / Financial M t. Ito-operative Mana ement |
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| 027 | Telugu | |||
| 047 | Physical Education | |||
| 073 | Sanskrit traditional subjects (including Jyotisha/Sidhanta
Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Maðhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa Agama). |
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| 105 | Ayurveda Biology | |||
| 104 | Disaster Management | |||
| January 2026 | 039 | French (French Version) | 080 | Geography |
| 044 | German | 038 | Marathi | |
| 020 | Hindi | 024 | Punjabi | |
| 021 | Kannada | 026 | Tamil | |
| 035 | Manipuri | 001 | Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operatio/ Demography/ Development Planning/Development Studies/ Econometrics/
Applied Economics/ Development Economics/ Business Economics |
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| 101 | Sindhi | 066 | Museology & Conservation | |
| 005 | Sociology | |||
UGC NET Exam Date FAQs
2. What is the timing for the UGC NET December exam 2025?
UGC NET Exam will be in two shifts: morning shift (9:00-12:00) and afternoon shift (3:00-6:00)
3. How can we get information regarding the UGC NET exam 2025?
UGC NET Exam 2025, NTA will release the intimation Exam centerslip soon, in which the information regarding the exam center will be provided.
4. What is the reporting time of the exam center for the UGC NET Exam 2025?
You have to report for the UGC NET Exam 2025 90 minutes before the exam time.
