CSIR NET Syllabus 2025 (Part A, B, C): Download Latest Subject-Wise Syllabus PDFs Here!

CSIR UGC NET 2025 Chemical Science Syllabus

Download PDF

CSIR UGC NET 2025 Earth Science Syllabus

Download PDF

CSIR UGC NET 2025 Life Science Syllabus

Download PDF

CSIR UGC NET 2025 Mathematical Science Syllabus

Download PDF

CSIR UGC NET 2025 Physical Science Syllabus

Download PDF

• Structure of atoms, molecules and chemical bonds. 

• Composition, structure & function of biomolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, vitamins). 

• Stabilizing interactions (van der Waals, hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions).

• Principles of biophysical chemistry: pH, buffer, reaction kinetics, thermodynamics. 

• Bioenergetics: glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, group transfer, energy transducers. 

• Principles of catalysis: enzymes, enzyme kinetics/regulation, isozymes. 

• Conformation of proteins & nucleic acids (Ramachandran plot, helix forms, tRNA, microRNA).

• Metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, nucleotides and vitamins.

• Membrane structure & function (model membranes, lipid bilayer, diffusion, ion channels, active transport, pumps). 

• Intracellular organelles (structure & function of nucleus, mitochondria, Golgi, lysosome, ER, peroxisome, plastids, vacuoles, cytoskeleton etc). 

• Organization of genes & chromosomes (operon, repetitive DNA, gene families, chromatin & chromosome structure, transposons). 

• Cell division & cell cycle (mitosis, meiosis, regulation). 

• Microbial physiology (growth, yield, cell division strategies, stress response).

• DNA replication, repair, recombination (origin, fork, fidelity, extrachromosomal replicons, damage/repair). 

• RNA synthesis & processing (transcription machinery, initiation, elongation, termination, RNA types). 

• Protein synthesis & processing (ribosome, initiation/elongation/termination factors, tRNA aminoacylation, post-translational modifications). 

• Control of gene expression at transcription & translation level (phages/viruses, prokaryotic/eukaryotic regulation, chromatin role, gene silencing)

• Host-parasite interactions: entry of pathogens (bacteria/viruses) into plant/animal cells, virus-induced transformation. 

• Cell signalling: hormones & their receptors, G-protein coupled receptors, second messengers, bacterial/plant two-component systems, light signalling, chemotaxis/quorum sensing. 

• Cellular communication: hematopoiesis regulztion, cell adhesion molecules, gap junctions, extracellular matrix, integrins, neurotransmission.

• Cancer: oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes, metastasis, virus-induced cancer, apoptosis and interventions.

• Immunity: Innate & adaptive immune system, antigens, B/T cells, antigen–antibody interactions, vaccines, immunodeficiencies.

• Basic concepts: potency, determination, differentiation, morphogenetic gradients, stem cells, imprinting, transgenics. 

• Gametogenesis, fertilization and early development: gamete production, sperm–egg recognition, embryo sac development, gastrulation, seed germination (plants) etc.

• Photosynthesis: light harvesting complexes, electron transport, photoprotection, CO₂ fixation (C3, C4, CAM). 

• Respiration & photorespiration: TCA, mitochondrial electron transport, alternate oxidase, photo-respiratory pathway. 

• Nitrogen metabolism: nitrate/ammonium assimilation, amino acid biosynthesis. 

• Plant hormones: biosynthesis, storage, transport, mechanisms of action

• Set theory (finite, countable, uncountable), real number system, completeness, Archimedean property, supremum/infimum.

• Sequences and series, convergence, limsup/liminf, Bolzano-Weierstrass, Heine-Borel.

• Continuity, uniform continuity, differentiability, Mean Value Theorems; Riemann integration, improper integrals; basic metric spaces.

• Vector spaces, linear independence, basis, dimension, linear transformations, matrices, rank, determinants, eigenvalues/eigenvectors, canonical forms (Jordan), bilinear and quadratic forms.

• Inner product spaces, orthogonality, Gram-Schmidt, spectral theorem for symmetric/Hermitian matrices.

• First & higher order ODEs, linear systems, existence/uniqueness, Sturm–Liouville theory.

• PDEs: classification, method of characteristics, heat/wave/Laplace equations, separation of variables, Fourier methods.

• Origin of the Earth and other planetary bodies, major processes in formation. 

• Geological time scale; Earth's orbital parameters; Kepler’s laws; Milky Way & Solar System. 

• Earth’s gravity and magnetic field; geoid & spheroid; isostasy. 

• Meteorites, nature of fossil record; primary differentiation of Earth.

• Minerals and rocks: composition, properties, distribution (especially Indian context). 

• Weathering, erosion, transportation, deposition; soil formation; energy balance of surface processes; river basins in India. 

• Physiography of Earth’s surface (continents, ocean floor etc).

• Seismology, internal structure; physico‐chemical properties of Earth’s interior. 

• Stress, strain, rock behaviour; folds, faults, joints. 

• Plate tectonics: paleomagnetism, sea‐floor spreading, intra/inter-plate seismicity.

• Hypsography of continents & ocean floors (shelf, slope, rise, abyssal plains) 

• Physical/chemical properties of sea water; ocean currents, waves, tides, thermohaline circulation. 

• Atmosphere: structure, composition, lapse rate, greenhouse gases, global warming. Air–sea interaction, precipitation, general circulation.

• Mineralogy & Petrology

• Structural Geology & Geotectonics

• Sedimentology & Stratigraphy

• Paleontology & its applications

• Marine Geology & Paleo‐oceanography

• Geochemistry

• Economic Geology

• Precambrian Geology & Crustal Evolution

• Quaternary Geology

• Applied Geology (Remote Sensing, GIS, Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology, Mineral Exploration)

• Dimensional analysis; vector algebra & vector calculus. 

• Linear algebra: matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, Cayley‐Hamilton theorem. 

• Ordinary differential equations (first & second order).

• Fourier series, Fourier & Laplace transforms; elements of complex analysis: analytic functions, Taylor & Laurent series, poles & residues. 

• Elementary probability theory, random variables, binomial, Poisson, normal distributions, central‐limit theorem

• Newton’s laws; dynamical systems; phase‐space; stability analysis. 

• Central force motion, two‐body collisions (lab & centre‐of‐mass frames).

• Rigid body dynamics: moment of inertia tensor; non‐inertial frames and pseudo‐forces. 

• Variational principle; generalized coordinates; Lagrangian & Hamiltonian formulation; conservation laws & cyclic coordinates. 

• Periodic motion, small oscillations, normal modes; special theory of relativity: Lorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics, mass–energy equivalence.

• Electrostatics: Gauss’s law, Laplace & Poisson equations, boundary‐value problems. 

• Magnetostatics: Biot‐Savart law, Ampere’s theorem; electromagnetic induction; Maxwell’s equations in free space & linear isotropic media; boundary conditions at interfaces.

• Scalar & vector potentials, gauge invariance; electromagnetic waves in free space. 

• Dielectrics & conductors; reflection & refraction of waves, polarization, interference, coherence, diffraction. 

• Dynamics of charged particles in static and uniform fields.

• Wave–particle duality; Schrödinger equation (time & time‐independent). 

• Eigenvalue problems (particle in a box, harmonic oscillator etc.); tunneling through barrier.

• Wave‐function in coordinate & momentum representations; commutators, Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

• Basic thermodynamics; statistical ideas; classical distributions (e.g., Maxwell‐Boltzmann), Bose & Fermi statistics. (From extended lists) 

• (In Part A, these are the foundational portions of the subject.)

• Basic electronics: devices, circuits, electronics instrumentation; in earlier syllabus core list. 

• Experimental methods: error analysis, propagation of errors, least‐squares fitting.

• Green’s functions; partial differential equations (Laplace, wave, heat) in 2D/3D; computational techniques (root‐finding, interpolation, extrapolation) 

• Introductory group theory (SU(2), O(3)), tensors; computational methods (Runge–Kutta, finite‐difference)

• Hamilton–Jacobi theory; Poisson brackets; canonical transformations; symmetry, invariance, Noether’s theorem. 

• Advanced dynamical systems, phase‐space dynamics, stability in higher dimensions

• Chemical periodicity; structure & bonding in homo- and hetero-nuclear molecules; VSEPR theory.

• Concepts of acids & bases including non-aqueous solvents; Hard-Soft Acid-Base (HSAB) concept. 

• Main group elements & their compounds: allotropy, synthesis, structure, bonding, industrial importance. 

• Transition elements & coordination compounds: structure, bonding theories, spectral & magnetic properties, reaction mechanisms. 

• Inner transition elements (lanthanides & actinides): redox chemistry, spectral & magnetic properties, analytical applications. 

• Organometallic compounds: synthesis, bonding, structure, reactivity; organometallics in homogeneous catalysis. 

• Cages & metal clusters. 

• Analytical chemistry: separation methods, spectroscopic, electro‐ and thermoanalytical methods. 

• Bioinorganic chemistry: photosystems, porphyrins, metalloenzymes, oxygen transport, electron‐transfer reactions, nitrogen fixation, metal complexes in medicine. 

• Characterisation of inorganic compounds: IR, Raman, NMR, EPR, Mössbauer, UV-vis, NQR, MS, electron spectroscopy, microscopic techniques. 

• Nuclear chemistry: nuclear reactions, fission & fusion, radio-analytical techniques, activation analysis.

• Basic principles of quantum mechanics: postulates, operator algebra, exactly-solvable systems (particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom), shapes of atomic orbitals; orbital & spin angular momenta; tunnelling. 

• Approximate methods of quantum mechanics: variational principle, perturbation theory (up to second order), with applications. 

• Atomic structure & spectroscopy; term symbols; many‐electron systems; antisymmetry principle. 

• Chemical bonding in diatomics; elementary MO & VB theories; Hückel theory for conjugated π-electron systems. 

• Chemical applications of group theory; symmetry elements; point groups. 

• Thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, kinetics, electrochemistry, surface chemistry, solid state (crystallography, band theory), spectroscopy (rotational, vibrational, electronic, magnetic resonance). Portions of these are listed in recent synopses. 

• Colloids, surfaces, heterogeneous catalysis, isotherms, band structure of solids.

• Common named reactions & rearrangements; applications of organic synthesis. 

• Principles of stereochemistry: configurational & conformational isomerism; asymmetric induction; diastereoselectivity; stereogenicity; stereoselectivity; enantioselectivity.

• Concepts in organic synthesis: disconnection, synthons, protecting groups, linear and convergent synthesis. 

• Asymmetric synthesis: resolution (optical & kinetic), determination of enantiomeric & diastereomeric excess, chiral auxiliaries, asymmetric induction methods (substrate, reagent, catalyst‐controlled). 

• Determination of organic compounds by IR & UV, mass spectroscopic methods. 

• Pericyclic reactions: cycloaddition, sigmatropic rearrangements, electrocyclization, other concerted reactions; photochemical reactions. 

• Heterocyclic compounds (with one or two heteroatoms O, N, S); natural products: alkaloids, terpenes, steroids, fatty acids, nucleic acids, proteins & peptides; biogenesis of terpenoids & alkaloids.

• Coordination chemistry: Crystal field theory, electronic spectra, magnetic properties.

• Organometallic compounds: 18-electron rule, metal carbonyls, sandwich compounds.

• Bioinorganic chemistry: Metalloproteins, metal complexes in medicine.

• Main group elements: Bonding, structure, acid-base behavior.

• Solid state chemistry: Crystal structure, defects, conductivity.

• Quantum chemistry: Schrödinger equation, particle in a box, hydrogen atom, operators.

• Thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics, free energy, entropy, chemical equilibrium.

• Chemical kinetics: Rate laws, reaction mechanisms, catalysis, transition state theory.

• Electrochemistry: Cell potential, Nernst equation, batteries, corrosion.

• Surface chemistry: Adsorption isotherms, catalysis, colloids.

• Spectroscopy: IR, UV-Vis, NMR, ESR, mass spectrometry principles.

• Reaction mechanisms: SN1, SN2, E1, E2, electrophilic and nucleophilic substitutions.

• Reactive intermediates: Carbanions, carbocations, free radicals, carbenes, nitrenes.

• Pericyclic reactions, photochemistry, and stereochemistry.

• Named reactions (Aldol, Diels-Alder, Friedel–Crafts, Wittig, etc.).

• Organic synthesis: Retrosynthetic analysis, protecting groups, reagents (LiAlH₄, PCC, etc.).

• Spectroscopic identification of organic compounds.