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UGC NET Commerce Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern, Exam Date 2026

Detail Information about UGC NET has published notification 2026 for this exam of Commerce. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Exam with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.

UGC NET Syllabus 2026 - Highlights
 
Particulars Details
Name of the Exam UGC NET (University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test)
Conducting Authority National Testing Agency (NTA)
Exam Level National Level
Exam Frequency Twice a year
Exam Mode Online
Category Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Language Hindi and English
Purpose of the exam Determine the eligibility of candidates for posts of only Assistant Professor or both Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Assistant Professor in Indian universities and colleges
Official Website https://ntanet.nic.in

UGC NET Commerce Syllabus 2026

Part I : Teaching/ research aptitude
 
Unit-I Teaching Aptitude
 
1. Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
2. Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
3. Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
4. Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
5. Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
6. Evaluation Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher education, Computer based testing, Innovations in evaluation systems.
 
Unit-II Research Aptitude
 
1. Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Postpositivistic approach to research.
2. Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
3. Steps of Research.
4. Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
5. Application of ICT in research.
6. Research ethics.
 
Unit-III Comprehension
 
A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.
 
Unit-IV Communication
 
1. Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
2. Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.
3. Barriers to effective communication.
4. Mass-Media and Society.
 
Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude
 
1. Types of reasoning.
2. Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
3. Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).
 
Unit-VI Logical Reasoning
 
1. Understanding the structure of arguments: argument forms, structure of categorical propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition.
2. Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
3. Analogies.
4. Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments.
5. Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
6. Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
7. Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).
 
Unit-VII Data Interpretation
 
1. Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
2. Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
3. Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
4. Data Interpretation.
5. Data and Governance.
 
Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
 
1. ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
2. Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
3. Digital initiatives in higher education.
4. ICT and Governance.
 
Unit-IX People, Development and Environment
 
1. Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
2. Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
3. Environmental issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.
4. Impacts of pollutants on human health.
5. Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
6. Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
7. Environmental Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.
 
Unit-X Higher Education System
 
1. Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
2. Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
3. Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
4. Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
5. Value education and environmental education.
6. Policies, Governance, and Administration.
 
Part II : Domain knowledge (Commerce)

Unit 1: Business Environment and International Business
 
1. Concepts and elements of business environment: Economic environment- Economic systems, Economic policies(Monetary and fiscal policies); Political environmentRole of government in business; Legal environment- Consumer Protection Act, FEMA; Socio-cultural factors and their influence on business; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
2. Scope and importance of international business; Globalization and its drivers; Modes of entry into international business
3. Theories of international trade; Government intervention in international trade; Tariff and non-tariff barriers; India’s foreign trade policy
4. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and Foreign portfolio investment (FPI); Types of FDI, Costs and benefits of FDI to home and host countries; Trends in FDI; India’s FDI policy
5. Balance of payments (BOP): Importance and components of BOP
6. Regional Economic Integration: Levels of Regional Economic Integration; Trade creation and diversion effects; Regional Trade Agreements: European Union (EU), ASEAN, SAARC, NAFTA
7. International Economic institutions: IMF, World Bank, UNCTAD
8. World Trade Organisation (WTO): Functions and objectives of WTO; Agriculture Agreement; GATS; TRIPS; TRIMS
 
Unit 2: Accounting and Auditing
 
1. Basic accounting principles; concepts and postulates
2. Partnership Accounts: Admission, Retirement, Death, Dissolution and Insolvency of partnership firms
3. Corporate Accounting: Issue, forfeiture and reissue of shares; Liquidation of companies; Acquisition, merger, amalgamation and reconstruction of companies
4. Holding company accounts
5. Cost and Management Accounting: Marginal costing and Break-even analysis; Standard costing; Budgetary control; Process costing; Activity Based Costing (ABC); Costing for decision-making; Life cycle costing, Target costing, Kaizen costing and JIT
6. Financial Statements Analysis: Ratio analysis; Funds flow Analysis; Cash flow analysis
7. Human Resources Accounting; Inflation Accounting; Environmental Accounting
8. Indian Accounting Standards and IFRS
9. Auditing: Independent financial audit; Vouching; Verification ad valuation of assets and liabilities; Audit of financial statements and audit report; Cost audit
10. Recent Trends in Auditing: Management audit; Energy audit; Environment audit; Systems audit; Safety audit
 
Unit 3: Business Economics
 
1. Meaning and scope of business economics
2. Objectives of business firms
3. Demand analysis: Law of demand; Elasticity of demand and its measurement; Relationship between AR and MR
4. Consumer behavior: Utility analysis; Indifference curve analysis
5. Law of Variable Proportions: Law of Returns to Scale
6. Theory of cost: Short-run and long-run cost curves
7. Price determination under different market forms: Perfect competition; Monopolistic competition; Oligopoly- Price leadership model; Monopoly; Price discrimination
8. Pricing strategies: Price skimming; Price penetration; Peak load pricing
 
Unit 4: Business Finance
 
1. Scope and sources of finance; Lease financing
2. Cost of capital and time value of money
3. Capital structure
4. Capital budgeting decisions: Conventional and scientific techniques of capital budgeting analysis
5. Working capital management; Dividend decision: Theories and policies
6. Risk and return analysis; Asset securitization
7. International monetary system
8. Foreign exchange market; Exchange rate risk and hedging techniques
9. International financial markets and instruments: Euro currency; GDRs; ADRs
10. International arbitrage; Multinational capital budgeting
 
Unit 5: Business Statistics and Research Methods
 
1. Measures of central tendency
2. Measures of dispersion
3. Measures of skewness
4. Correlation and regression of two variables
5. Probability: Approaches to probability; Bayes’ theorem
6. Probability distributions: Binomial, poisson and normal distributions
7. Research: Concept and types; Research designs
8. Data: Collection and classification of data
9. Sampling and estimation: Concepts; Methods of sampling - probability and nonprobability methods; Sampling distribution; Central limit theorem; Standard error; Statistical estimation
10. Hypothesis testing: z-test; t-test; ANOVA; Chi–square test; Mann-Whitney test (Utest); Kruskal-Wallis test (H-test); Rank correlation test
11. Report writing
 
Unit 6: Business Management and Human Resource Management
 
1. Principles and functions of management
2. Organization structure: Formal and informal organizations; Span of control
3. Responsibility and authority: Delegation of authority and decentralization
4. Motivation and leadership: Concept and theories
5. Corporate governance and business ethics
6. Human resource management: Concept, role and functions of HRM; Human resource planning; Recruitment and selection; Training and development; Succession planning
7. Compensation management: Job evaluation; Incentives and fringe benefits
8. Performance appraisal including 360 degree performance appraisal
9. Collective bargaining and workers’ participation in management
10. Personality: Perception; Attitudes; Emotions; Group dynamics; Power and politics; Conflict and negotiation; Stress management
11. Organizational Culture: Organizational development and organizational change
 
Unit 7: Banking and Financial Institutions
 
1. Overview of Indian financial system
2. Types of banks: Commercial banks; Regional Rural Banks (RRBs); Foreign banks; Cooperative banks
3. Reserve Bank of India: Functions; Role and monetary policy management
4. Banking sector reforms in India: Basel norms; Risk management; NPA management
5. Financial markets: Money market; Capital market; Government securities market
6. Financial Institutions: Development Finance Institutions (DFIs); Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs); Mutual Funds; Pension Funds
7. Financial Regulators in India
8. Financial sector reforms including financial inclusion
9. Digitisation of banking and other financial services: Internet banking; mobile banking; Digital payments systems
10. Insurance: Types of insurance- Life and Non-life insurance; Risk classification and management; Factors limiting the insurability of risk; Re-insurance; Regulatory framework of insurance- IRDA and its role
 
Unit 8: Marketing Management
 
1. Marketing: Concept and approaches; Marketing channels; Marketing mix; Strategic marketing planning; Market segmentation, targeting and positioning
2. Product decisions: Concept; Product line; Product mix decisions; Product life cycle; New product development
3. Pricing decisions: Factors affecting price determination; Pricing policies and strategies
4. Promotion decisions: Role of promotion in marketing; Promotion methods - Advertising; Personal selling; Publicity; Sales promotion tools and techniques; Promotion mix
5. Distribution decisions: Channels of distribution; Channel management
6. Consumer Behaviour; Consumer buying process; factors influencing consumer buying decisions
7. Service marketing
8. Trends in marketing: Social marketing; Online marketing; Green marketing; Direct marketing; Rural marketing; CRM
9. Logistics management
 
Unit 9: Legal Aspects of Business
 
1. Indian Contract Act, 1872: Elements of a valid contract; Capacity of parties; Free consent; Discharge of a contract; Breach of contract and remedies against breach; Quasi contracts;
2. Special contracts: Contracts of indemnity and guarantee; contracts of bailment and pledge; Contracts of agency
3. Sale of Goods Act, 1930: Sale and agreement to sell; Doctrine of Caveat Emptor; Rights of unpaid seller and rights of buyer
4. Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: Types of negotiable instruments; Negotiation and assignment; Dishonour and discharge of negotiable instruments
5. The Companies Act, 2013: Nature and kinds of companies; Company formation; Management, meetings and winding up of a joint stock company
6. Limited Liability Partnership: Structure and procedure of formation of LLP in India
7. The Competition Act, 2002: Objectives and main provisions
8. The Information Technology Act, 2000: Objectives and main provisions; Cyber crimes and penalties
9. The RTI Act, 2005: Objectives and main provisions
10. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) : Patents, trademarks and copyrights; Emerging issues in intellectual property
11. Goods and Services Tax (GST): Objectives and main provisions; Benefits of GST; Implementation mechanism; Working of dual GST
 
Unit 10: Income-tax and Corporate Tax Planning
 
1. Income-tax: Basic concepts; Residential status and tax incidence; Exempted incomes; Agricultural income; Computation of taxable income under various heads; Deductions from Gross total income; Assessment of Individuals; Clubbing of incomes
2. International Taxation: Double taxation and its avoidance mechanism; Transfer pricing
3. Corporate Tax Planning: Concepts and significance of corporate tax planning; Tax avoidance versus tax evasion; Techniques of corporate tax planning; Tax considerations in specific business situations: Make or buy decisions; Own or lease an asset; Retain; Renewal or replacement of asset; Shut down or continue operations
4. Deduction and collection of tax at source; Advance payment of tax; E-filing of income-tax returns

UGC NET Commerce Exam Pattern 2026
 
Duration : 03 hours (180 minutes)
 
Part
Subject No. of Question Marks
Part I Teaching/ research aptitude of the candidate.
It will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, reading comprehension, divergent thinking and general awareness
50 100
Part II Domain knowledge (Commerce) 100 200
  Total 150 300
 
UGC NET Exam Date 2026 : Notified Soon
 
Starting Date of Application Form : Last week of April 2026
 
Last Date of Application Form : May 2026
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