Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.

The Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) is an admission test to Master of Science (M.Sc.) and other post-graduate science programs at the Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and other institutes. IITs started conducting the JAM in the 2004 - 2005 academic session. The main objective of JAM is to provide admissions to various M.Sc., M.Sc.-Ph.D. dual-degree and other post-graduate programs based on the performance in a single test. In due course, JAM is also expected to become a benchmark for normalizing undergraduate-level science education in the country.

The IIT JAM 2019 Exam will be conducted by the prestigious IIT Kharagpur. This is the first time when IIT Kharagpur will be playing the role of organizing institute. For the year 2018, IIT Bombay was the institute which conducted the JAM Exam. The exam is scheduled each year in the month of February.

As per IIT JAM 2019, following are the full-time M.Sc. (two-year), Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree, M.Sc.-M.Tech., and other post-bachelor's degree programs at different IITs, and Integrated Ph.D. Programs at IISc to which admission shall be made on the basis of JAM.[1]

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore: Integrated Ph.D. Programs in (i) Biological Sciences, (ii) Chemical Sciences, (iii) Mathematical Sciences, and (iv) Physical Sciences.

IIT Bhubaneswar: Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. Programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Earth Science, (iii) Mathematics, and (iv) Physics.

IIT Bombay: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Applied Geology, (ii) Applied Geophysics, (iii) Applied Statistics and Informatics, (iv) Biotechnology, (v) Chemistry, (vi) Mathematics, and (vii) Physics.

Four-year dual-degree program in M.Sc.(Physics)- M.Tech (Material Science) with specialization in nano-science and technology.
M.Sc. Ph.D. dual-degree programs in (i) Applied Geology, (ii) Applied Geophysics, (iii) Biotechnology, (iv) Chemistry, (v)Energy, (vi) Environmental Science and Engineering, (vii) Operation Research, and (viii) Physics.

IIT Delhi: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Gandhinagar: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Guwahati: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics and Computing, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Hyderabad: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Indore: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, and (ii) Physics.

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

6-Semester M.Sc. (Tech) programs in (i) Applied Geology (GG) and (ii) Applied Geophyics (PH).

IIT Jodhpur: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Kanpur: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, (iii) Physics, and (iv) Statistics.

IIT Kharagpur: Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Geology, (iii) Mathematics, and (iv) Physics.

IIT Madras: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Patna: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Roorkee: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Applied Geology, (ii) Applied Mathematics, (iii) Biotechnology, (iv) Chemistry, (v) Industrial Mathematics and Informatics, and (vi) Physics.

IIT Ropar: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Varanasi: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry,and (ii) Physics.

IIT Bhilai: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

IIT Palakkad: Two-year M.Sc. programs in (i) Chemistry, and (ii) Physics.


Candidates who couldn't participate in IIT JAM Counselling procedure due to less eligible score for IITs and IISc, they can take part in Centralized Counselling for M.Sc. Programs(CCMN). By this procedure, they get admission in NITs and CFITs for M.Sc. courses.


IIT JAM Eligibility

  • Candidates from any nation can apply for JAM Exam and there is no age limit to appear in the exam.
  • Candidates should have minimum 55% aggregate marks in graduation if belongs to General or OBC-NCL category or if they are from SC/ST/PWD category then they should have minimum 50% marks in graduation without rounding-off.
  • Each IIT and IIsc has their own guidelines for different courses on which basis they give the admissions in the institutes.


IIT JAM Exam Pattern

  • Mode of Exam : Computer Based Exam
  • Number of Papers : Seven Papers are conducted for each respective subject i.e. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematical Science, Geology, Biological Science, Biotechnology
  • Medium of Exam : English
  • Duration of Exam : 3 hours
  • Number of Questions : 60
  • Type of Questions : 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT)
  • Total Marks : 100 Marks [50 (MCQ) + 20 (MSQ) + 30 (NAT)]
  • Negative Marking : Only for MCQ


See also

Institutes

Examinations

References

  1. ↑ http://jam.iitb.ac.in/brochure_a.pdf
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