UGC NET English Dec 2025 Cutoff Prediction by Subject Expert: Which category cutoffs are expected to rise?

UGC NET English Dec 2025 Cutoff Prediction by Subject Expert: For the convenience of the aspirants, CollegeDekho got in touch with a subject expert to help and predict the UGC NET English Dec 2025 Cutoff. CollegeDekho has contacted Dr Sakunthala, MA., PhD - English Faculty in Hyderabad (Telangana) to get her insights on the expected cutoffs and to know the categories whose cutoffs are likely to rise or fall. Refer to the detailed analysis provided here with reference to the subject expert for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), Assistant Professor and PhD.
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UGC NET English Dec 2025 Cutoff Prediction by Subject Expert

As per the expert's prediction on the UGC NET English Dec 2025 Cutoff, here are the most important points to be noted:

• The cutoff for the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for all categories is expected to rise in comparison to the June 2025 cutoffs. As per the June 2025 cutoffs, UR was 188, OBC was 176, EWS was 180, SC was 166, and ST was 164. However, as per the predicted UGC NET English Dec 2025 Cutoff, UR stands at 198, OBC at 190, EWS at 186, SC at 174, and ST at 172.
• Again, for the Assistant Professor post and the PhD, the cutoffs for the December 2025 session are expected to rise by 6 to 12 marks for different categories. The detailed category-wise cutoffs are listed below:

Category	Expected Cutoff Marks for JRF	Expected Cutoff Marks for Assistant Professor	Expected Cutoff Marks for Phd
General (UR)	198	176	156
EWS	190	162	144
OBC (NCL)	186	160	136
SC	174	150	136
ST	172	146	120

UGC NET English Dec 2025 Cutoff: Check past trends

Here, the UGC NET June 2025 and December 2024 cutoffs are listed for the reference of the aspirants:
UGC NET June 2025 Cutoff

Category	JRF	Assistant Professor	PhD
Unreserved	188	166	146
OBC-NCL	176	150	134
EWS	180	152	134
SC	166	140	126
ST	164	140	126

UGC NET December 2024 Cutoff

Category	JRF	Assistant Professor	PhD
Unreserved	214	188	162
OBC-NCL	202	172	150
EWS	204	170	146
SC	190	160	144
ST	188	156	140

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