UPSC Recruitment 2025: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced a notification for the Assistant Professor posts. There are 33 UPSC vacancies available for the posts mentioned above. Candidates with MA/PhD qualifications can apply for UPSC Jobs. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for UPSC Jobs online on or before 27 March 2025. The detailed eligibility and selection process of UPSC Recruitment are explained below. Interested candidates can also try UPSC CAPF Recruitment.
UPSC Recruitment 2025 – Details:
| Company Name | Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
| Job Role | Assistant Professor |
| Job Type | Central Govt Jobs |
| Qualification | MA/PhD |
| Experience | Freshers |
| Total Vacancies | 33 Posts |
| Salary | Pay Level – 10 |
| Job Location | Andaman & Nicobar |
| Last Date | 27 March 2025 |
| Official website | http://upsc.gov.in/ |
UPSC Recruitment – Detailed Eligibility:
Educational Qualification for UPSC Jobs:
Assistant Professor:
- Master’s Degree in relevant subject with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed) from a recognized university/institute.
- Must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET- relevant subject), conducted by the UGC or the CSIR or a similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET/SET (State Level Eligibility Test) OR
- Ph.D. Degree in related subject of relevant subject in accordance with the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil/Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments from time to time.
- Candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances/By-laws/Regulations of the Institutions awarding the degree, and such Ph.D. candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/SLET/SET, subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions:
- Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in regular mode.
- The Ph.D. thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners.
- An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted.
- The candidate has published two research papers from his/her Ph.D. work, out of which at least one must be in a refereed journal.
- The candidate has presented at least two papers based on his/her Ph.D. work in conference/seminars, sponsored/funded/supported by the UGC/ICSSR/CSIR or any similar agency.
- The fulfillment of conditions (a) to (e) shall be certified by the Registrar/Dean (Academic Affairs) of the concerned University OR
- Ph.D. degree in related subject of relevant subject from a foreign University/Institution.
- Relevant Subjects:
- Commerce
- Computer Science
- English
- Geography
- Chemistry
- Hindi
- History
- Physics
- Plant Science
- Political Science
- Zoology
- Economics
- Physical Education
Age Limit for UPSC Jobs:
- Assistant Professor:
- Commerce: 35 years for UR, 38 years for OBCs, 40 years for STs.
- Computer Science: 38 years
- English: 35 years
- Geography: 40 years
- Chemistry: 35 years for UR/EWSs, 38 years for OBCs
- Hindi: 35 years for UR/EWSs, 38 years for OBCs
- History: 35 years
- Physics: 35 years
- Plant Science: 35 years
- Political Science: 35 years for UR, 38 years for OBCs, 40 years for STs.
- Zoology: 35 years for UR, 38 years for OBCs
- Economics: 38 years
- Physical Education: 35 years
Age Relaxation:
- The age limit shown against all items is the normal age limit for EWS/URs candidates, and the age is relaxable for SC/ST candidates up to 5 years and up to 3 years for OBC candidates in respect of vacancies reserved for them.
- Age relaxation of 10 years (This implies that SC/ST category candidates would get a maximum of 15 years of age relaxation, including five years for their respective categories.
- Similarly, OBC candidates would get a maximum of up to 13 years, including three years of age relaxation meant for the OBC category)
- In the case of Ex-Servicemen and Commissioned Officers, including ECOs/SSCOs, the upper age limit shall be relaxed by five years.
- Servants up to 5 years as per instructions issued by the Government. Of India from time to time.
- This implies that SC/ST category candidates would get a maximum of 10 years of age relaxation, including five years for their respective categories.
- Similarly, OBC candidates would get a maximum of up to 8 years, including three years of age relaxation for the OBC category.
- This relaxation will be admissible to government servants with three years of continuous service in the central government.
Salary Details – Pay Scale: Level- 10 in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC.
UPSC Vacancies: 33 Posts
- Assistant Professor:
- Commerce: 04 Posts
- Computer Science: 01 Post
- English: 03 Posts
- Geography: 01 Post
- Chemistry: 03 Posts
- Hindi: 04 Posts
- History: 05 Posts
- Physics: 02 Posts
- Plant Science: 01 Post
- Political Science: 04 Posts
- Zoology: 02 Posts
- Economics: 02 Posts
- Physical Education: 01 Post
Selection Process for UPSC Jobs:
- Candidates will be short-listed for interviews based on the information they provided in their online applications.
- Documents submitted in support of the claim made in the online application will be examined only if the candidate is prima facie eligible to be shortlisted based on information regarding qualifications and experience claimed in the online application, various reports as per the advertisement and modalities and criteria adopted for shortlisting.
- Candidates must ensure that such information is true.
- The category-wise minimum level of suitability in interviews, irrespective of whether the selection is made only by interview or by Recruitment Test followed by interview, will be UR/EWS-50 marks, OBC-45 marks, SC/ST/PwBD-40 marks, out of the total marks of interview being 100.
- In cases where selection is made by Recruitment Test (RT) followed by an interview, the candidate will have to achieve a minimum level of suitability in their respective category at the Interview stage.
Note:
- In the event of a large number of applications being large, the commission will adopt short-listing criteria to restrict the number of candidates to be called for interview to a reasonable number by any or more of the following methods:
- Based on Desirable Qualification (DQ) or any DQs if more than one DQ is prescribed”.
- Based on higher educational qualifications than the minimum prescribed in the advertisement.
- Based on higher experience in the relevant field than the minimum prescribed in the advertisement.
- By counting experience before or after the acquisition of essential qualifications.
- By invoking experience even in cases where no experience is mentioned as an Essential Qualification (EQ) or a Desirable Qualification (DQ).
- By holding a Recruitment Test.
- Generally, weightage in the ratio of 75:25 is accorded for marks in the Recruitment Test and marks in the interview in determining final merit.
Application Fees:
- Candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs. 25/-
- There is no fee for SC/ST/PwBD/women candidates in any community.
Application fees mode:
- Remitting the money in any branch of the SBI by cash or
- Using the net banking facility of any bank Visa/Master/Rupay/Credit/Debit Card/UPI payment.
How to Apply for UPSC Recruitment 2025?
Interested and eligible candidates can apply for UPSC vacancies online from 08 March to 27 March 2025 (23.59 hrs).
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Important Dates:
- Online Application Starts: 08 March 2025
- Last Date for Online Application: 27 March 2025 (23.59 hrs)
- The last date for printing the completely submitted online application: 28 March 2025 (23.59 hrs)
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