All these examinations are conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The online registration for UGC NET and CISR NET examinations are already open and candidates can visit the official website of the NTA to check and apply for the examinations.
The CSIR NET examination is conducted only for the Science stream students, the ICAR NET is held for the students belonging to the Agriculture Field. For all other subjects/streams, the candidates need to appear for UGC NET examination. UGC NET exam is conducted for 81 subjects.
Candidates often confuse on whether to appear in CSIR NET, UGC NET or both. The first step to solve this riddle is to check the eligibility criteria for both the exams. The UGC NET eligibility criteria is available on - ugcnet.nta.nic.in - while candidates can check CSIR NET eligibility on - csirnet.nta.nic.in.
CSIR NET Eligibility
Candidate should have M.Sc. or equivalent degree/ Integrated BS-MS/BS-4 years/BE/B. Tech/B. Pharma/MBBS with at least 55% marks for General (UR)/General-EWS and OBC candidates and 50% for SC/ST, Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates.
Maximum age limit is 28 years for the JRF while there is no upper age limit for Lectureship (LS)/ Assistant Professorship (age relaxation is applicable for reserved category as per govt norms)
UGC NET Eligibility
Should have completed the post-graduation with minimum 55% (For General Category) or 50% (For Reserved Category) from the recognized university
Maximum age limit is 30 years for the JRF while there is no age limit for the lectureship (age relaxation is applicable for reserved category as per govt norms)
CSIR NET Test Subjects
Chemical Sciences
Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
Life Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Physical Sciences
UGC NET Test Subjects
Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non Formal Education
Anthropology
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies
Arabic
Archaeology
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies
Chinese
Commerce
Comparative Literature
Comparative Study of Religions
Computer Science and Applications
Criminology
Defence and Strategic Studies
Dogri
Economics / Rural Economics /Co-operation / Demography / Development Planning/ Development Studies / Econometrics/ Applied Economics/Development Economics/Business Economics
Education
Electronic Science
English
Environmental Sciences
Folk Literature
Forensic Science
French (French Version)
Geography
German
Gujarati
Hindi
History
Home Science
Human Rights and Duties
Indian Culture
Japanese
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management 55
Law
Library and Information Science
Linguistics
Maithili
Malayalam
Management (including Business Admn. Mgt./Marketing/ Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt./ Personnel Mgt./Financial Mgt./Cooperative Management)
Manipuri
Marathi
Mass Communication and Journalism
Museology & Conservation
Music
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Performing Art - Dance/Drama/Theatre
Persian
Philosophy
Physical Education
Political Science
Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies
Population Studies
Prakrit
Psychology
Public Administration
Punjabi
Rajasthani
Russian
Sanskrit
Sanskrit traditional subjects (including Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darsan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa /Agama).
Santali
Sindhi
Social Medicine & Community Health
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish
Tamil
Telugu
Tourism Administration and Management
Tribal and Regional Language/Literature
Urdu
Visual Art (including Drawing & Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art)
Women Studies
Yoga