<span style="color: #222222;">The last date to submit online application and fee payment for the University Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exam has been extended to May 30. In a tweet, UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said in pursuant to representations from the candidates, regarding submission of online application form for UGC-NET December 2021 and June 2022, it has been decided to extend the last date for submission and fee payment to 30 May 2022.<br />''<br />''The UGC had earlier fixed May 20 as the last date for submission of application. The UGC-NET exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) twice a year to determine the eligibility for 'Assistant Professor' and 'Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor' posts in Indian universities and colleges. The UGC-NET December 2021 and June 2022 will be held in 82 subjects in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. The slots of JRF of both UGC-NET December 2021 & June 2022 cycles have been merged while the methodology for Subject wise cum Category-wise allocation of JRF remains unchanged. </span><br />