The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced a revised schedule for the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) December 2024 examination, as stated in a report by NDTV.

Initially scheduled from January 3 to January 16, 2025, the exam on January 15, 2025, was postponed owing to Pongal, Makar Sankranti, and other festivals.  

The UGC-NET exam, conducted for admission to PhD programmes, awarding Junior Research Fellowships (JRF), and determining eligibility for assistant professor roles, is being held for 85 subjects in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode.  

According to the official notification released by NTA, the revised schedule is as follows:  

Exams scheduled for January 21, 2025 (9 am - noon): 
- Indian Knowledge System  
- Malayalam  
- Urdu  
- Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management  
- Criminology  
- Tribal and Regional Language/Literature  
- Folk Literature  
- Konkani  
- Environmental Sciences  

Exams scheduled for January 27, 2025 (3 pm - 6 pm):  
- Sanskrit  
- Mass Communication and Journalism  
- Japanese  
- Performing Arts – Dance/Drama/Theatre  
- Electronic Science  
- Women’s Studies  
- Law  
- Nepali  

The exam originally scheduled for January 15 included 17 subjects such as Sanskrit, Mass Communication and Journalism, Law, Japanese, Women’s Studies, Malayalam, Konkani, and Criminology.  

The UGC-NET determines candidates’ eligibility to become university assistant professors and junior research fellows. Last year, the exam was also postponed after the Education Ministry raised concerns regarding its integrity.