The National Testing Agency (NTA) has officially released the admit cards for the re-conducted UGC-NET June 2026 examination for three subjects: English, Commerce, and Sociology. Candidates scheduled to appear on September 9 and 10 can now download their hall tickets from the official website, ugcnet.nta.nic.in .
The re-examination was necessitated following multiple complaints regarding errors in the question papers. An NTA-constituted committee reviewed the grievances and identified several factual, typographical, and translation errors across the three papers. The issues included misspelled names of prominent scholars, garbled book titles, and a significant number of repeated questions from earlier examinations . The agency determined that the problems were sufficiently widespread to warrant re-conducting the exams rather than merely dropping erroneous questions during the answer-key challenge process .
Exam Schedule and Subject Details
The re-examination will be held on the following dates and shifts :
- September 9, 2026 (Shift 1): English – 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- September 9, 2026 (Shift 2): Commerce – 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- September 10, 2026 (Shift 1): Sociology – 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Candidates have already been informed of their examination city and date through the Advance City Intimation Slip, issued on September 1 . The admit card now confirms the full details, including the exact centre address and reporting time.
How to Download the Admit Card
Candidates can download their hall tickets by following these steps :
- Visit the official NTA UGC NET website: ugcnet.nta.nic.in
- Click on the link for "UGC NET June 2026 Re-Exam Admit Card"
- Enter the required login credentials: Application Number and Password/Date of Birth
- Enter the Security PIN/Captcha Code
- Submit the details to view the admit card
- Download and take a clear printout for the examination day
- Instructions and Important Guidelines
Candidates are advised to carefully verify all details printed on the admit card, including name, roll number, photograph, exam centre, and shift . They must carry the admit card along with a valid government-issued photo ID proof to the examination centre .
In case of any difficulty downloading the admit card or observing a discrepancy in the particulars, candidates should immediately contact the NTA Helpdesk at 011-40759000 or email [email protected] .
Background of the Re-Examination
The decision for a re-test came after widespread complaints from candidates and educators. In the English paper, allegations included the repetition of questions from previous UGC-NET cycles. The Sociology paper was criticized for spelling errors in names of key sociologists like "Ritzer" appearing as "Putzer" and "Ghurye" as "Ghunye" . The Commerce paper also faced allegations of repeated questions .
The NTA clarified that the re-examination of these three subjects would not delay the results for the remaining 84 subjects, whose processing is proceeding as scheduled . The results for those subjects were declared on August 28
