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What is the upper age limit for applying to the post of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in Colleges and Universities as per UGC Regulations 2018?

To appear for NET or SET examination for recruitment as assistant professor in government or private college there is no upper age limit.
The required educational qualification to appear for examination is that candidate must have passed master degree with minimum 55% marks.
The examination is conducted by CBSE under the proper guidance of UGC.
For more detailed information visit at official website of CBSE or UGC.

The upper age limit for applying to the post of Assistant Professor:-

Normally, age limit for any lecturer post in UGC recognised government in universities is 21 to 40 years. You have to qualify UGC NET for getting job in a government University.
There is relaxation available for candidates who belong to reserved category.

For more information about examination visit at www.ugc.ac.in

There is no age limit for applying for NET exam if you are applying for assistant professor only. For JRF, the candidate can be maximum of 30 years.

NTA NET is one of the most renowned and prestigious national-level exams. Every year lakhs of students appear for this examination to become an Assistant Professor or JRF. This makes NTA NET to be the toughest higher education exam.

The candidate of any age can apply for National Eligibility Test(NET). There is no age limit for the candidates to appear in this test. The candidate need to qualify this exam to become a professor in India.

There is no age bar to apply for the post of Assistant Professor. The educational qualification required is a candidate must have passed Master's degree in the relevant field with a minimum score of 55% marks in aggregate for general category and for SC/ST category it is 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized university. The candidate has to clear certain entrance examinations like UGC-NET/CSIR-NET/SLET to teach in UGC- approved colleges.

I am also giving you the UGC-NET website link for your reference that is https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/

The upper age limit for applying to the post of Assistant Professor is as follows.

There is no upper age limit to be recruited as Assistant Professor.

Applicant can apply for the position of Assistant Professor on the basis UGC NET score.

UGC NET score has validity of life time.

There is no any age limit criteria set by the UGC to be eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor.
You have to qualify entrance exam to be eligible:-
NET
GATE
SLET
CSIR NET
If you have completed PhD. degree from regular mode then, you will be exempted from clearing entrance examinations.
You can directly apply for the post of lecturer in any college/university.

There is no any upper age limit criteria set by the UGC for the post of Assistant Professor.
You have to qualify any of the entrance exam mentioned below:-
NET
GATE
SLET
CSIR NET

✓ The upper age limit is 40 years on the 1st January of the year of the advertisement for applying to the post of Assistant Professor. The relaxation is available up to 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC category candidates for the post of Assistant Professor.


For further more details you can check into Google website of Assistan Professor.

if there is any exception in persons already in the regular teaching service in universities for appointment of assistant professors