IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.) is an online entrance exam conducted on an all-India level. It is conducted by the IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) every year, and it comes under the MHRD (Ministry of Human Resources Development). The IITs offer a wide range of postgraduate courses, and the IIT JAM entrance exam offers a way into it. Interested candidates have to crack this entrance exam to get a seat in any of the seven IITs for the four semesters M.Sc program, comprising 2000+ seats.
It is important to point out that the IISc (Indian Institute of Science), Bangalore also offers integrated Ph.D. courses. JAM is conducted online, once a year. The exam duration is of 3 hours.
Eligibility Criteria of IIT JAM
Anyone looking to pursue a career in research and frontier areas of science can take up this joint entrance exam. From the 2nd week of September 2021, the application form for the IIT JAM exam will be made available, while the 3rd week of October 2021 will be the last date of submitting the form online.
From the 2nd week of January 2022, the admit cards will be released. Every year, the exam is conducted on the 3rd week of the February month. In 2022, the exam will be conducted by IIT Roorkee. The results will be announced on the 4th week of March 2022.
If you wish to appear for the IIT JAM exam, you need to hold a Bachelor’s degree, with a minimum aggregate score of 55% (for general category) and 50% (for SC/ST/PwD categories). Regarding the aggregate score, it is important to point out that all the subjects should be taken into account. Plus, there is no age limit for this exam. For Indians and foreign nationals can appear for the IIT JAM exam.
There are three different sections in the IIT JAM exam papers, comprising 60 questions in total. They are- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): Each question comes with four options, and one of them is the correct answer. Multiple Select Questions (MSQ): Each question comes with four options; one or more options can be the correct answer. Numerical Answer Type (NAT): These questions do not come with any options, but you have to solve them.
Section A contains 30 questions, featuring MCQ and MSQ question types, each of 1 or 2 marks. Negative marking: For questions having 1 mark, 1/3 of marks will be deducted, whereas 2/3 of marks will be deducted for the 2 marks questions. In section B contains 10 questions, each having 2 marks. There is no negative marking in this section.
The IIT JAM has seven papers, they are- Biotechnology (BL), Mathematics (MA), Geology (GG), Chemistry (CY), Economics (EN), Mathematical Statistics (MS), and Physics (PH). An IIT JAM candidate can appear in any of the two papers but at two different sessions.
For the general category, the IIT JAM exam fee is INR 1500 for one test paper AND IIT JAM exam fee INR 2100 for 2 test paper, whereas for the female / SC / ST/ PWD categoriesit is INR 750 for one test paper and INR 1050 for two test papers. The exam is conducted in English medium only.
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