Hey!! Joint Admission Test (JAM) is an all India admission test conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resources Development.

Programmes candidates can opt for after clearing JAM at IIT Bombay

Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs in:

-Applied Statistics and Informatics
-Applied Geology
-Applied Geophysics
-Biotechnology
-Chemistry
-Mathematics and
-Physics


M.Sc.-Ph. D. Dual Degree programs in:

-Energy
-Physics


Other IITs Programmes for which admission is given through JAM

IIT Delhi
Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs in:
-Chemistry
-Mathematics
-Physics

IIT Guwahati
Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs in:
-Chemistry
-Mathematics and Computing
-Physics

IIT Kanpur
Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs in:
-Chemistry
-Mathematics
-Physics
-Statistics

M.Sc. - Ph.D. Dual Degree program in Physics

IIT Kharagpur
M.Sc. - Ph.D. Dual Degree programs in:
-Chemistry
-Geological Sciences
-Geophysics
-Mathematics
-Physics

IIT Madras
Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs in:
-Chemistry
-Mathematics
-Physics

IIT Roorkee
Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs in:
-Applied Geology
-Applied Mathematics
-Biotechnology
-Chemistry
-Industrial Mathematics and Informatics
-Physics

Master of Technology (MTech.) program in:
-Geophysical Technology
-Geological Technology
-Three-year Interdisciplinary Master of Computer Applications (MCA) program


Exam pattern

JAM IIT question papers are descriptive or objective in nature based on the subjects one chooses. IIT JAM comprises eight subjects:

-Mathematical Statistics
-Mathematics
-Chemistry
-Geophysics
-Geology
-Physics
-Biotechnology
-Computer Applications


A candidate can opt to appear for either one or two of the above mentioned papers. While Biotechnology and Computer Applications are objective in nature, the other subjects are descriptive in nature.

The objective papers comprise 100 questions and 100 marks one mark for each question. A negative mark of 1/3rd is applicable for every wrong answer.

The descriptive papers are divided into two parts Part I and Part II

Part I comprises 60 percent marks and contains one-mark and two-mark multiple choice questions. A negative marking of 1/3rd is applicable for wrong answer of one mark each and a negative marking of 2/3rd is applicable for a wrong answer of two marks each.

Part II comprises of 40 percent marks and is subjective in nature. There is no negative marking in this section