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, and other institutes.

The JAM Examination is conducted online and in English only.

There are seven papers (objective questions) on the following subjects:

Biological Sciences (BL)
Biotechnology (BT)
Chemistry (CY)
Geology (GG)
Mathematics (MA)
Mathematical Statistics (MS)
Physics (PH)

Each paper is divided into three sections, consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions, 10 multiple-select questions and 20 numerical-answer questions.

The duration of the exam is 3 hours

INDIAN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY's

IIT Bombay (IITB)
IIT Delhi (IITD)
IIT Guwahati (IITG)
IIT Kanpur (IITK)
IIT Kharagpur (IITKgp)
IIT Madras (IITM)
IIT Roorkee (IITR)

Important Dates for IIT JAM 2016

Commencement of Online Registration and Application on JAM 2016 Website: 02nd September 2015

Last Date for Payment of Application Fee through e-Challan: 10th October 2015

Last Date for Online Application Submission and Uploading of Documents on the Website: 14th October 2015

Date of JAM 2016 Exam: 07th February 2016 (Sunday)

Announcement of the Results of JAM 2016: 23rd March 2016

Submission of Application Form for Admission on the JAM 2016 Website : 15th - 24th April 2016

Last Date for Receipt of Request for Change of category along with valid documents in proper format at IIT Madras: 29th April 2016

Declaration of First Admission List: 15th June 2016

Declaration of Second Admission List: 29th June 2016

Declaration of Third and Final Admission List and the Closure of Admissions through JAM 2016: 11th July 2016