UGC NET Cut-off 2025: JRF cut-offs for commerce remain high for general, EWS, OBC; last 2 years' trends

Vagisha Kaushik | July 17, 2025 | 07:15 PM IST | 1 min read

UGC NET June 2025 result will be declared on July 22 on ugcnet.nta.ac.in along with UGC NET cut-off 2025 and final answer key.

UGC NET cut-off for commerce in last 2 years. (Representational Image: Wikimedia Commons)

UGC NET cut-off for commerce has been quite high for the general, EWS, and OBC categories in the last two sessions, with the subject witnessing a surge in applications. The National Testing Agency (NTA) will declare the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) June 2025 result on July 22 on the official website, ugcnet.nta.ac.in. Along with the UGC NET results, NTA will also announce the UGC NET cut-off 2025 for all three categories.

UGC NET cut-off 2025 for commerce will be determined on the basis of difficulty level of exam, availability of seats, and number of candidates. As per UGC NET 2025 exam pattern, the test was held for a total of 300 marks. The raw scores of candidates will be normalised as the exam was held in multiple sessions.

The June session examination of UGC NET 2025 was held for 85 subjects from June 25 to 29 for examining the eligibility of aspirants for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), appointment as assistant professor , and admissions to PhD programmes in Indian colleges and universities.

UGC NET Cut-off 2025: Commerce cut-off trends

The last two session’s UGC NET cut-off marks for commerce subject are given below.

UGC NET December 2024 cut-off

Category

JRF

Assistant professor

PhD only

Cut-off marks

Number of candidates

Cut-off marks

Number of candidates

Cut-off marks

Number of candidates

Unreserved

210

139

186

1540

162

3279

Other Backward Classes - Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL)

198

90

168

1088

148

2363

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)

202

43

172

409

144

936

Scheduled Caste (SC)

190

33

158

432

140

943

Scheduled Tribe (ST)

178

13

152

176

136

382

Persons with Disabilities (PWD)-VI-UR

192

1

152

17

116

37

PWD-HI-UR

156

2

130

9

108

5

PWD-LM-UR

190

1

158

19

136

45

PWD-OD&AO-UR

170

2

114

19

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PWD-VI-OB

180

1

126

12

106

13

PWD-HI-OB

124

1

108

6

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----

PWD-LM-OB

178

1

142

12

124

24

PWD-OD&AO-OB

158

1

----

----

----

----

PWD-VI-SC

138

1

120

5

112

2

PWD-HI-SC

128

1

128

1

----

----

PWD-LM-SC

164

2

138

4

124

8

PWD-OD&AO-SC

118

1

110

1

----

----

PWD-VI-ST

118

1

114

2

108

1

PWD-HI-ST

----

----

----

----

----

----

PWD-LM-ST

134

1

130

2

114

5

PWD-OD&AO-ST

----

----

----

----

----

----

PWD-VI-EW

150

2

146

3

110

1

PWD-HI-EW

130

1

----

----

----

----

PWD-LM-EW

174

1

146

6

110

13

PWD-OD&AO-EW

156

1

----

----

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UGC NET June 2024 cut-off

Category

JRF

Assistant professor

PhD only

Percentile

Total candidates

Percentile

Total candidates

Percentile

Total candidates

Unreserved

99.8478738

109

97.7994764

1468

90.1857106

3056

Other Backward Classes - Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL)

99.206861

84

92.1846789

1099

80.1209934

2221

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)

99.5365457

32

93.8870261

387

80.1038174

806

Scheduled Caste (SC)

97.9978076

34

86.8110097

414

71.8955636

839

Scheduled Tribe (ST)

97.0034671

13

83.5729946

181

66.9460923

387

Persons with Disabilities (PWD)-VI-UR

99.2004528

1

80.1038174

16

32.992649

35

PWD-HI-UR

89.4042312

1

53.3111942

13

32.992649

6

PWD-LM-UR

98.7546876

1

89.0766056

20

69.4383544

43

PWD-OD&AO-UR

85.1334795

1

30.1908692

14

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PWD-VI-OBC

78.2692804

1

56.1903534

12

21.988651

7

PWD-HI-OBC

55.4305526

1

21.988651

5

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----

PWD-LM-OBC

94.1519847

1

78.2692804

13

50.4578282

28

PWD-OD&AO-OBC

61.7939128

1

----

----

----

----

PWD-VI-SC

69.4383544

2

50.4578282

3

27.4342275

1

PWD-HI-SC

53.3111942

1

----

----

----

----

PWD-LM-SC

91.2464534

1

69.4827708

4

41.6559195

8

PWD-OD&AO-SC

74.0682229

1

24.5615166

1

----

----

PWD-VI-ST

69.4827708

1

56.1903534

2

----

----

PWD-HI-ST

----

----

----

----

----

----

PWD-LM-ST

83.7861742

1

52.1757589

3

24.5615166

5

PWD-OD&AO-ST

----

----

----

----

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PWD-VI-EWS

92.482134

1

38.6639154

4

30.1908692

1

PWD-HI-EWS

78.2692804

1

21.988651

2

----

----

PWD-LM-EWS

92.482134

1

69.4383544

6

47.5625484

13

PWD-OD&AO-EWS

24.5615166

1

24.5615166

1

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