UNIVERSITY OF KOTA, KOTA

M.B.S. Marg, Near Kabir circle, Kota (Rajasthan)­324005

No.: F. ( )/SET/UOK/2026/ Date:­

SET­2026
NOTIFICATION­01/2026
Online Applications are invited for the Rajasthan State Eligibility Test (SET)­2026 for the eligibility of
Assistant professor post in the following subjects:­
Subject Subject Subject
Name of Subject Name of Subject Name of Subject
Code Code Code
101001 Chemical 101013 Law 101025 Rajasthani
Sciences
101002 Commerce 101014 Life Science and 101026 Sanskrit
Biotechnology
101003 Computer Science 101015 Management 101027 Sociology
and Applications
101004 Earth Sciences 101016 Mathematical Sciences 101028 Urdu
101005 Economics 101017 Music 101029 Visual Arts
101006 Education 101018 Philosophy 101030 Library and
Information Science
101007 English 101019 Physical Education 101031 Persian
101008 Environmental 101020 Physical Science 101032 Punjabi
Science
101009 Geography 101021 Political Science 101033 Sindhi
101010 Hindi 101022 Populations Studies* 101034 Statistics
101011 History 101023 Psychology 101035 Yoga
101012 Home Science 101024 Public Administration ­­ ­­
*The candidates with master’s Degree in Geography (With specialization in population studies) are also
eligible to appear in the subject “Population Studies”

CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

 General/Unreserved/General­EWS candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without

rounding off) in Master’s Degree or equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognized
by UGC is eligible for this Test. The Other Backward Classes (OBC) belonging to Non­Creamy
Layer/ Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Persons with Disability (PwD)/ Third gender
category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree
or equivalent examination are eligible for this Test.
 Candidates who are pursuing their Master’s degree or equivalent course or candidates who have
appeared for their qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still
awaited or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test.
However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for award of
eligibility only after they have passed their Master’s Degree or equivalent examination with at least
55% marks (50% marks in case of OBC­NCL/ SC / ST / PwD / Third gender category candidates).
Such candidates must complete their Master’s degree or equivalent examination within two years
from the date of SET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as
disqualified.
 Candidates belonging to the Third gender category are eligible to draw the same relaxation in fee and
Eligibility Criteria for SET as are available to SC/ST/PwD categories. The subject­wise qualifying
 cut­offs for this category would be the lowest among those for SC / ST / PwD / OBCNCL / General­
EWS categories in the corresponding subject.
 Candidates are required to appear in subject of their post­graduation only. In case the subject of a
candidate is not included in the list of SET subjects, the candidate may appear in UGC NET/UGC­
CSIR NET, which is held twice a year.

VALIDITY

The SET certificate is valid for that particular State only. The validity of the certificate shall be forever.
Recruitment to the post of lecturer/ Assistant Professor may be made from among the SET qualified
candidates by universities/ colleges/ Recruitment Agencies as per their prescribed procedures, Rules &
Regulations.

SCHEME OF TEST

Pattern of Examination:
The test will consist of two papers (I and II). Both the papers will consist of objective type multiple
choice questions (MCQ). There will be no break between papers.

Paper Marks Number of MCQ Total Duration

Questions
I 100 50 The Questions in paper I intends to 03 hours (180
assess the teaching / research minutes) without
aptitude of the candidate. It will any break
primarily be designed to test (Duration of
reasoning ability, reading Paper­I and II are
comprehension, divergent thinking one hour and two
and general awareness of the hours
candidate. respectively). All
II 200 100 This is based on the subject selected the questions are
by the candidate and will assess compulsory
subject knowledge of the candidate.

Medium of Question paper:

 The medium of question paper shall be in English & Hindi only. However, the language paper will be
in the concerned language (medium) only.
 In case of any ambiguity in translation/construction of a question in the exam, its English version shall
be treated as final and the decision of university shall be final in this regard.

Marking Scheme:
 Each question carries 02 (two) marks.
 For each correct response, candidate will get 02 (two) marks.
 There is no negative marking for incorrect response.
 No marks will be given for questions un­answered/un­attempted.
 To answer a question, the candidate needs to choose one option as correct option. If a question is
found to be incorrect/ambiguous or has multiple correct answers, only those candidates who have
attempted the question and chosen one of the correct answers would be given the Credit.
 If a question is found to be incorrect and the Question is dropped, for any reason, then two marks (+2)
will be awarded to all those who have appeared in this paper/ Exam.
 SYLLABUS OF TEST
Syllabus may be downloaded from the UGC Website: [Link]
or CSIR Website: or [Link] or University Website­
[Link]

AGE LIMIT

There is no upper age limit.

EXAMINATION FEE

 For General/SBC/OBC (Creamy layer) of Rajasthan state and / Out of state : Rs. 1500/­
 For EWS/SBC/OBC (Non­ Creamy layer) of Rajasthan state candidates : Rs. 1200/­
 For SC/ST of Rajasthan State and All the PwD Candidates : Rs. 750/­

Submission of Application Form 14 June to 15 July, 2026

Date of Examination 06 September, 2026
NOTE: TEST FOR ALL SUBJECTS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE SAME DATE AND TIME.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION

 The Detailed Notification alongwith all relevant guidelines can be downloaded from “[Link].”
 For the State Eligibility Test (SET­2026), the Eligibility conditions, syllabus, Qualifications and all
other instructions will be same according to National Eligibility Test as prescribed by the UGC, New
Delhi in this regard.

HOW TO APPLY

To fill online form, the candidates have to click on the link SET­2026 available on the university website
[Link], or go to sso portal of [Link] to login. For further
details/information, please visit the University website: [Link] regularly.
Helpline No.: 7340557555, 9468668776