UPHESC Assistant Professor Urdu Notification 2026

Urdu (subject code 07) is one of the 43 subjects of the UPHESC (now UPESSC) Assistant Professor recruitment. The details on this tab are common to all subjects; see UPHESC Assistant Professor for the full recruitment and all subject pages.

UPESSC released Advertisement No. 04/2026 on 8 September 2026 for 1,936 Assistant Professor posts in aided degree colleges under the Higher Education Department, Uttar Pradesh. This is the latest cycle. It is the same recruitment that was earlier done by UPHESC.

Urdu posts

Urdu posts are part of the 1,936 posts (see the subject-wise vacancy PDF on upessc.up.gov.in for the exact number).

Important dates

Event	Date
Notification and online registration start	8 September 2026
Last date to apply and pay fee	7 October 2026
Last date for correction	11 October 2026
Written exam	19 and 20 November 2026 (as reported)
City slip / admit card	Before the exam (date not announced in sources checked)

Category-wise vacancies

College type	UR	OBC	EWS	SC	ST	Total
Co-education colleges	636	421	138	347	22	1,564
Women's colleges	160	95	23	92	2	372
Total	796	516	161	439	24	1,936

Subjects with the most posts

Subject	Posts
Hindi	197
Chemistry	179
English	111
Economics	104
Botany	104
Commerce	102
Sanskrit	102
Physics	96
Political Science	95
Geography	95
Zoology	93

Other subjects include Sociology (82), Psychology (72), Law (61), History (60), Mathematics (49), Military Science (41), Physical Education (35), Education (34), Home Science (30), Ancient History (25) and several agriculture and music subjects. The commission has said numbers may change, so check the subject-wise vacancy PDF on upessc.up.gov.in.

Previous cycle (Advt No. 51)

Advt 51 was the last UPHESC-era advertisement. Its written exam of 16 and 17 April 2025 (result 4 September 2025) was cancelled because of a paper leak and irregularities; the re-exam for 917 posts was held on 18 and 19 April 2026.

UPHESC Assistant Professor Urdu Notification 2026