About JAM (Joint Admission test for Masters)
The join Admission test for Master (JAM) is conducted to provide admission to
Joint Admission Test for Master:-
Is a common admission test conducted every year for admission into Master of Science (M.Sc.) and other post-graduate science programs at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and National Institute of Technology (NITs), organized by alternating institutes every year. JAM has been conducted since 2004.[1]. The 2021 edition has been organized by Indian Institute of Science.[1]
JAM 2022 was organized by Indian Institute of Technology Rookree. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the organizing institute for JAM 2023. Indian Institute of Technology Madras is the Organizing institute for JAM 2024.
| JAM 2024 | |
| Acronym | JAM |
| Type | Computer Based Test (CBT) |
| Developer/ Administrator | Conducted jointly be the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc) and Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) on behalf of Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of Indian |
| Purpose | Admission to Postgraduate Programmes |
| Year started | 2004 |
| Duration | 3 hours |
| Languages | English |
| Prerequisites/Eligibility criteria | Undergraduate Degree |
| Fee | INR ₹ 990 (single Paper) & ₹ 1250 (Double Papers) for Female (All Categories)/SC/ ST/ PwD. INR ₹ 1800 (Single Paper) & ₹ 2500 (Double Papers) for all other categories (For JAM 2024) |
| Website | jam.iitm.ac.in for JAM 2024 |
Eligibility
As of 2022, the eligibility criteria for JAM include having a bachelor’s degree. There is no percentage criteria to apply for the exam. The Foreign candidates can also apply for the JAM exam after having a qualifying degree with the Minimum Educational Qualification (MEQs) as specified by the Admitting Institute.
Note
It is responsibility of The candidates to prove that they satisfy the Minimum Educational Qualifications (MEQs) and Eligibility Requirements (ERs) for admission.
The admitting Institute has the right to cancel, at any stage, the admission of candidates who are found to have been admitted to a Programme to which they are not entitled, being unqualified or ineligible in accordance with the rules and regulations in effect
Exam Pattern
The exam is Computer Based Test (CBT). The Seven Papers of respective subject namely mathematics, physics, chemistry, mathematical statistics, geology, biotechnology and economics, biological science was removed in 2020 and economics introduced in 2021.[4]. The exam is three hours and is conducted only in English. It includes 60 questions, as follow: 30 multiple choice question (MCQ- involving 10 questions of one mark each and 20 questions of two marks each), 10 multiple select question (MSQ) and 20 numerical answer type (NAT) questions. Total marks are 100, 50 for MCQ, 20 for MSQ and 30 for NAT. Negative marks are given for mistakes in the MCQ part.
IIT JAM Mathematics Seats from IITs
Number of seats available in IITs for Mathematics through JAM 2023 are not yet announced. Last year, a total of 675 seats available in 19 IITs for the mathematics MSc. Course. You can check the number of seats in every IIT from the table given below. Visit IIT JAM Seat Matrix to check the category wise seats.
| Institute | Total |
| IIT Bhilai | 12 |
| IIT Bhubaneswar | 24 |
| IIT Bombay | 38 |
| IIT Delhi | 68 |
| IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | 55 |
| IIT Gandninagar | 40 |
| IIT Guwahati | 60 |
| IIT Hyderabad | 25 |
| IIT Indore | 20 |
| IIT Jodhpur | 20 |
| IIT Kanpur | 49 |
| IIT Kharagpur | 38 |
| IIT Madras | 49 |
| IIT Mandi | 30 |
| IIT Palakkad | 21 |
| IIT Patna | 30 |
| IIT Roorkee | 38 |
| IIT Ropar | 25 |
| IIT Tirupati | 15 |
| Name of Institute | Total No. of Seats |
| NIT Agartala | 39 |
| Motilal Nehru NIT Allahabad | 25 |
| NIT Arunachal Pradesh | 22 |
| NIT Calicut | 68 |
| NIT Durgapur | 69 |
| Malaviya NIT Jaipur | 123 |
| NIT Jalandhar | 116 |
| NIT Jamshedpur | 100 |
| NIT Manipur | 47 |
| NIT Hamirpur | 75 |
| Visvesvaraya NIT Nagpur | 75 |
| NIT Rourkela | 182 |
| NIT Silchar | 75 |
| NIT Srinagar | 31 |
| NIT Warangal | 180 |
| Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab | 75 |
| NIT Sikkim | 19 |
| NIT Meghalaya | 60 |
| NIT Tiruchirappalli | 109 |
| NIT Surathkal | 58 |
| Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | 180 |
| NIT Nagaland | 12 |
| IIT Bombay (IIT B) | Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes | Applied Geophysics |
| Applied Statistics and Informatics | ||
| Biotechnology | ||
| Physics | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| Chamistry | ||
| M.Sc. Ph.D. Dual Degree Programmes | Environmental Science and Engineering | |
| Operations Research | ||
| Energy | ||
| IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS) | Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. Programmes in | Chemistry |
| Geology | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| Physics | ||
| Atmosphere and Ocean Science | ||
| IIT Kharagpur (IITKGP) | Joint M.Sc. Ph.D. Programmes in | Chemistry |
| Geology | ||
| Geophysics | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| Physics | ||
| Medical Physics | ||
| Nuclear Medicine | ||
| Molecular Medical Microbiology | ||
| IIT Jodhpur (IITJ) | Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes | Chemistry |
| Mathematics | ||
| Physics | ||
| M.Sc.-M. Tech. Dual Degree Programmes in | Mathematics- Data & Computational Science |