UGC NET Subject List 2023: Check all the Subjects Name with their Code

Are you aspiring to become a Junior Research Fellow or Assistant Professor? Then you are familiar with UGC NET. In 2021, 12,66,509 people registered for this exam, and only 43,730 qualified.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the UGC NET exam. UGC NET, or University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test, is a national-level exam. It is conducted twice every year, in June and December.

The UGC NET subject list is released every year along with the syllabus by the NTA. You have to go through the UGC NET Subject list carefully before applying for the exam.

Check the UGC NET Subject List Along With the Codes

Earlier, the UGC NET 2022 subject list had only 82 subjects. “Hindu Studies” has been added to this year, making it 83 subjects. The UGC NET subject list 2021 also had only 82 subjects. 

The UGC NET Subject list 2023 is tabulated here.

Subject Name	Subject Code
Adult Education/ Continuing Education/ Andragogy/ Non-Formal Education	46
Anthropology	7
Arab Culture and Islamic Studies	49
Arabic	29
Archaeology	67
Assamese	36
Bengali	19
Bodo	94
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian, and Peace Studies	60
Chinese	32
Commerce	8
Comparative Literature	72
Comparative Study of Religions	62
Computer Science and Application	87
Criminology	68
Defence and Strategic Studies	11
Dogri	33
Economics/ Rural Economics/ Cooperation/ Demography/ Development Planning/ Development Studies/ Econometrics/ Applied Economics/ Development Economics/ Business Economics	1
Education	9
Electronic Science	88
English	30
Environmental Science	89
Folk Literature	71
Forensic Science	82
French (French version)	39
Geography	80
German	44
Gujarati	37
Hindi	20
Hindu Studies	102
History	6
Home Science	12
Human Rights and Duties	92
Indian Culture	50
Indian Knowledge System	103
Japanese	45
Kannada	21
Kashmiri	84
Konkani	85
Labour Welfare/ Personnel Management/ Industrial Relations/ Labour and Social Welfare/ Human Resource Management	55
Law	58
Library and Information Science	59
Linguistics	31
Maithili	18
Malayalam	22
Management (Business Admin. Mgt./ Marketing/ Marketing Mgt/ Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt/ Personnel Mgt/ Finance Mgt/ Cooperative Management	17
Manipuri	35
Marathi	38
Mass Communication and Journalism	63
Museology and Conservation	66
Music	16
Nepali	34
Oriya	23
Pali	83
Performing Art – Dance / Drama / Theatre	65
Persian	42
Philosophy	3
Physical Education	47
Political Science	2
Politics including International Relations/ International Studies including Defence/ Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies	90
Population Studies	15
Prakrit	91
Psychology	4
Public Administration	14
Punjabi	24
Rajasthani	43
Russian	41
Sanskrit	25
Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (Jyotisha/ Siddhanta Jyotish/ Navya Vyakarna/ Mimansa/ Navya Nyaya/ Sankhya Yoga/ Tulanatmaka Darshan/ Shukla Yajurveda/ Madhav Vedant/ Dharmasasta/ Sahitya/ Puranotihasa/ Agama	73
Sentali	95
Sindhi	101
Social Medicine & Community Health	81
Social Work	10
Sociology	5
Spanish	40
Tamil	26
Telugu	27
Tourism Management and Administration	93
Tribal and Regional Language / Literature	70
Urdu	28
Visual Arts (Drawing & Painting/ Sculpture Graphics/ Applied Art/ History of Art)	79
Women Studies	74
Yoga	100

How to Select the Subjects for UGC NET?

Choosing the right subject while you fill out the UGC NET application form is crucial. UGC prescribes that you only select your Post Graduate specialisation as your subject. You can choose a related subject if your specialisation is not included in the UGC NET subject list.

Note:

1. Masters in Geography (Population Studies), Mathematics, or Statistics can choose Population Studies.
2. Masters in Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences can choose Women’s Studies.

Important Factors of the UGC NET Exam

Some critical information about the UGC NET exam:

1. UGC NET comprises Paper 1 and Paper 2
2. Paper 1(General) – 50 questions
3. Paper 2 (Subject-specific) – 100 questions
4. Total time: 3 Hours (without a break between papers 1 and 2)
5. Total marks: 300
6. All the questions are MCQs with four options
7. For each correct answer, two marks will be awarded
8. No negative markings for wrong or unanswered questions
9. In case UGC drops any question, candidates will be granted full marks for that question

Conclusion

From the above information, you will have clarity on choosing your subject for UGC NET exam. Choosing the right subject by entering the correct subject code is crucial because Paper 2 is purely subject-based.

While filling out the application form, you have to enter the right subject name and code. Once the subject is chosen from the UGC NET Subject list, you cannot change it. So, choose the subject wisely!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)