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Exam guide · UGC NET · Syllabus

UGC NET Syllabus December 2026: Subject-wise Syllabus and Official PDFs

Updated 10 Nov 20261 min read
Not yet announcedUGC NET December 2026: no date from NTA yet. The dates below are the usual timing; this line updates the day a notice comes.
LatestUGC-NET December 2026 Correction Window Open02 Nov
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Conducted byNTA
ModeCBT
Marking+2, no negative
Universities49 CUs
Questions150 (50 + 100)
Duration3 hours

UGC NET subject-wise syllabus (88 subjects)

Every subject has its own page: each unit and topic of NTA's official PDF, the paper's pattern, previous year papers and books.

Paper I (common to all) 1

Paper I: Teaching and Research Aptitude00 · 10 units · 24 topics

Humanities and Social Sciences 18

Anthropology07 · 10 units · 71 topicsCriminology68 · 10 units · 16 topicsDefence and Strategic Studies11 · 10 units · 112 topicsEconomics01 · 10 units · 80 topicsGeography80 · 10 units · 16 topicsHistory06 · 10 units · 74 topicsHuman Rights and Duties92 · 10 units · 24 topicsLaw58 · 10 units · 101 topicsMass Communication and Journalism63 · 10 units · 10 topicsPhilosophy03 · 10 units · 102 topicsPolitical Science02 · 10 units · 72 topicsPolitics including International Relations90 · 10 units · 51 topicsPopulation Studies15 · 10 units · 74 topicsPsychology04 · 10 units · 89 topicsPublic Administration14 · 10 units · 29 topicsSocial Work10 · 10 units · 57 topicsSociology05 · 10 units · 167 topicsWomen Studies74 · 10 units · 12 topics

Commerce, Management and Economics 4

Commerce08 · 10 units · 50 topicsLabour Welfare / HRM55 · 10 units · 34 topicsManagement17 · 10 units · 30 topicsTourism Administration and Management93 · 10 units · 15 topics

Education, Library Science, Physical Education and Yoga 5

Adult Education46 · 10 units · 26 topicsEducation09 · 10 units · 51 topicsLibrary and Information Science59 · 10 units · 107 topicsPhysical Education47 · 10 units · 19 topicsYoga100 · 10 units · 73 topics

Arts, Culture and Religion 11

Arab Culture and Islamic Studies49 · 10 units · 147 topicsArchaeology67 · 10 units · 58 topicsBuddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies60 · 10 units · 41 topicsComparative Study of Religions62 · 10 units · 11 topicsHindu Studies102 · 6 units · 87 topicsIndian Culture50 · 10 units · 26 topicsIndian Knowledge System103 · 10 units · 47 topicsMuseology and Conservation66 · 10 units · 21 topicsMusic16 · 10 units · 58 topicsPerforming Art (Dance, Drama, Theatre)65 · 10 units · 16 topicsVisual Art79 · 10 units · 89 topics

Sciences and Technology 10

Ayurveda Biology105 · 10 units · 20 topicsComputer Science and Applications87 · 10 units · 96 topicsDisaster Management104 · 10 units · 65 topicsElectronic Science88 · 10 units · 11 topicsEnvironmental Sciences89 · 10 units · 55 topicsForensic Science82 · 10 units · 52 topicsForestry106 · 10 units · 57 topicsHome Science12 · 10 units · 100 topicsSocial Medicine and Community Health81 · 10 units · 59 topicsStatistics107 · 10 units · 22 topics

Languages and Literature 39

Arabic29 · 10 units · 200 topicsAssamese36 · 2 units · 58 topicsBengali19 · 8 units · 129 topicsBodo94 · 10 units · 28 topicsChinese32 · 10 units · 12 topicsComparative Literature72 · 10 units · 40 topicsDogri33 · 9 units · 93 topicsEnglish30 · 10 units · 1 topicFolk Literature71 · 10 units · 12 topicsFrench39 · 10 units · 36 topicsGerman44 · 7 units · 43 topicsGujarati37 · 6 units · 105 topicsHindi20 · 10 units · 153 topicsJapanese45 · 10 units · 65 topicsKannada21 · 10 units · 331 topicsKashmiri84Konkani85 · 10 units · 100 topicsLinguistics31 · 10 units · 50 topicsMaithili18 · 10 units · 27 topicsMalayalam22 · 10 units · 126 topicsManipuri35 · 10 units · 38 topicsMarathi38 · 10 units · 77 topicsNepali34 · 10 units · 60 topicsOdia23Pali83 · 10 units · 22 topicsPersian42 · 9 units · 217 topicsPrakrit91 · 10 units · 69 topicsPunjabi24 · 9 units · 164 topicsRajasthani43 · 10 units · 63 topicsRussian41 · 10 units · 77 topicsSanskrit25 · 10 units · 60 topicsSanskrit Traditional Subjects73 · 10 units · 81 topicsSantali95 · 10 units · 31 topicsSindhi101 · 10 units · 59 topicsSpanish40 · 10 units · 13 topicsTamil26 · 9 units · 164 topicsTelugu27 · 10 units · 122 topicsTribal and Regional Language / Literature70 · 10 units · 15 topicsUrdu28

Source: Subject-wise syllabus PDFs published by NTA on ugcnetonline.in (English and Hindi versions). Read on 9 November 2026.

Books students use for UGC NET

  • Trueman's UGC NET General Paper IDanika Publishing
    Amazon
  • NTA UGC NET/SET/JRF Paper 1: Teaching and Research AptitudeKVS Madaan (Pearson)
    Amazon
  • Arihant NTA UGC NET/JRF/SET Paper 1: Teaching and Research AptitudeArihant Publications
    Amazon
  • Oswaal NTA UGC NET Paper 1 previous years' solved papersOswaal Books
    Amazon
Practice:NTA official mock test (free)

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