UGC NET December 2025 results declared: Check top 5 career options besides teaching
Thousands of candidates every year qualify for the UGC NET assistant professorship and JRF and a few of them get enrolled for the PhD or appointed as Assistant professors in private and govt. colleges but the rest of them wait for the vacancies for the same or re-appear for the exam.
The National Testing Agency on Wednesday declared the UGC NET December 2025 results on the official website at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. Candidates can now access their scorecards by logging in with their registered credentials. The UGC NET December 2025–26 examination was conducted in computer-based mode between December 2025 and February 2026, covering 85 subjects.
Thousands of candidates every year qualify for the UGC NET assistant professorship and JRF and a few of them get enrolled for the PhD or appointed as Assistant professors in private and govt. colleges but the rest of them wait for the vacancies for the same or re-appear for the exam.
However, the candidates who are searching for career options other than the PhD or get an Assistant Professors' job in a college/university must learn about the career opportunities after qualifying for UGC NET.
They can search for other career options after qualifying UGC NET 2024 exam other than being an Assistant Professorship and PhD. In this article, read and get the best career options after qualifying for the UGC NET exam.
Career options after UGC NET
Candidates who want to be academics but do not wish to take up jobs in colleges and universities can do the following things:
- Lyricist
- Scriptwriter
- Editor
- Content Writing
- Online educator