IIT JAM is an admission test conducted every year for admission into Master of Science (M.Sc.) and other post-graduate science programs at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore), Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and other top Indian institutes like National Institutes of Technology (NITs), NISER Bhubaneshwar etc. JAM is being starting from 2004 to provide admissions to M.Sc. (Four Semesters), Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree, etc. Programmes at the IITs and Integrated Ph.D. Degree Programmes at IISc for consolidating Science as a career option.
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. Every institute has their own guidelines for different courses on which basis they give the admissions in the institutes.
IIT JAM Syllabus: IIT JAM covering seven test papers in their exam syllabus.
Biological Sciences (BL)
Biotechnology (BT)
Chemistry (CY)
Geology (GG)
Mathematics (MA)
Mathematical Statistics (MS)
Physics (PH)
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 Statistics, 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
IIT JAM Papers: Students can download the previous year IIT JAM Question Papers from here.
IIT JAM Results: Please visit our website regularly for IIT JAM results.
Yearwise Details | |
IIT JAM 2020 | IIT JAM 2019 |
IIT JAM 2018 | IIT JAM 2017 |
IIT JAM 2016 | IIT JAM 2015 |
IIT JAM 2014 | IIT JAM 2013 |
IIT JAM 2012 | IIT JAM 2011 |
IIT JAM 2010 | IIT JAM 2009 |
IIT JAM 2008 | IIT JAM 2007 |
IIT JAM 2006 | IIT JAM 2005 |