Wednesday, February 18, 2026

UGC NET AND CYBERSECURITY BOTH STUDY PLAN

 

🎯 Overall Strategy

You’ll study:

  • 4–5 hours daily

  • 2 sessions per day

  • Skill + theory balance


🗓 DAILY STUDY STRUCTURE (Repeatable Weekly Format)

TimeFocus
Morning (2 hrs)UGC NET
Evening (2–3 hrs)Cybersecurity

If busy:
Minimum = 3 hrs/day (1.5 + 1.5 split)


📘 UGC NET (Computer Science) Study Plan

UGC NET has:

  • Paper 1 (Teaching & Research Aptitude)

  • Paper 2 (Computer Science)


🧠 UGC NET SYLLABUS BREAKDOWN (Paper 2)

Important Units:

  1. Discrete Mathematics

  2. Digital Logic

  3. Computer Organization

  4. Programming & Data Structures

  5. Algorithms

  6. Theory of Computation

  7. Compiler Design

  8. Operating Systems

  9. Databases

  10. Computer Networks

  11. Software Engineering


📅 UGC NET DAILY PLAN (Morning Session – 2 Hours)

🔹 Monday

  • 1 hr: Discrete Mathematics

  • 1 hr: MCQs practice

🔹 Tuesday

  • 1 hr: Data Structures

  • 1 hr: Previous Year Questions

🔹 Wednesday

  • 1 hr: Theory of Computation

  • 1 hr: Notes revision

🔹 Thursday

  • 1 hr: Operating Systems

  • 1 hr: MCQs

🔹 Friday

  • 1 hr: DBMS

  • 1 hr: SQL & Normalization practice

🔹 Saturday

  • 1 hr: Computer Networks

  • 1 hr: PYQs

🔹 Sunday

  • Full-length mock (2 hrs)


📌 How to Study for NET Effectively

  1. Solve last 10 years PYQs.

  2. Make short notes per unit.

  3. Focus on conceptual clarity.

  4. Revise every Sunday.


🔐 CYBERSECURITY DAILY PLAN (Evening Session – 2–3 Hours)


📅 Cybersecurity Weekly Structure


🔹 Monday – Networking

  • OSI model

  • TCP/IP

  • Subnetting

  • Practice Wireshark


🔹 Tuesday – Linux

  • Commands practice

  • File permissions

  • User management

  • Install tools


🔹 Wednesday – Web Security

  • OWASP Top 10

  • SQL Injection theory + lab


🔹 Thursday – Tools

  • Nmap scanning

  • Port scanning practice

  • Learn flags


🔹 Friday – Burp Suite

  • Intercept requests

  • Modify parameters

  • Test login pages


🔹 Saturday – Practical Lab

  • TryHackMe / HackTheBox

  • 1 room per week


🔹 Sunday – Project Security

Secure your own projects:

  • Add hashing

  • Add CSRF tokens

  • Validate inputs

  • Rate limiting

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UGC NET AND CYBERSECURITY BOTH STUDY PLAN

  🎯 Overall Strategy You’ll study: 4–5 hours daily 2 sessions per day Skill + theory balance 🗓 DAILY STUDY STRUCTURE (Repeat...