Indian Institutes of Technology conducts the Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) for admission to Integrated Ph.D. Degree Programmes at IISc Bangalore and M.Sc. (Two Years), Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree, M.Sc.-M.Tech., M.Sc.-M.S.(Research)/Ph.D. Dual Degree and other Post-Bachelor Degree Programmes at IITs.

Syllabus for IIT JAM (Chemistry)

Physical Chemistry

Basic Mathematics
• Differential equations
• Vectors
• Matrices
Atomic Structure
• Bohr’s theory of hydrogen atom
• Hund’s rule
• Pauli’s exclusion principle
• Quantum numbers
• Schrödinger’s wave equation
• Shapes of orbitals
• Uncertainty principles
• Wave-particle duality
Theory of Gases
• Kinetic theory of gases
• MaxwellBoltzmann distribution law
• Equipartition of energy
Chemical Thermodynamics
• Chemical and Phase Equilibrium
• Entropy
• First law and its application to ideal and non ideal gases
• Hydrolysis
• Ionic equilibrium in solutions
• Law of mass action
• pH and buffer solutions
• Reversible and irreversible process
• Thermo-chemistry
Electrochemistry
• Concentration cells
• Conductance
• EMF and Free energy
• Galvanic cells
• Polarography
• Transport number
Chemical Kinetics
• Arrhenius equation
• Collision theory
• Theory of absolute reaction rate
• Chain reactions
• Enzyme kinetics
• Catalysis
Organic Chemistry
• Basic Concepts in Organic Chemistry
• Acetoacetic and malonic ester chemistry
• Aliphatic nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions
• Aromaticity
• Beckmann rearrangement
• benzoin condensation
• Cannizzaro reaction
• Claisen condensation
• Claisen rearrangement
• Diels-Alder reactions
• Etherification and ester hydrolysis
• Functional group interconversions
• Furans
• Grignard reagents
• Heterocyclic Chemistry
• Huckel’s rule
• Identification of functional groups by chemical tests
• Isomerism
• Mechanism and synthetic applications of electrophilic aromatic substitution
• Mechanism of aldol condensation
• Optical isomerism
• Organic Reaction Mechanism and Synthetic Applications
• Perkin reaction
• Pyrrols and pyridines
• Qualitative Organic Analysis
• Stereochemistry
• Structural problems using chemical reactions
• Thiophenes
• Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement
• Wittig Reactions
Inorganic Chemistry
• Acid-base
• Analytical Chemistry
• Applications of isotopes
• Characteristics of 3d elements
• Chemical Bonding and Shapes of Compounds
• Chemistry with emphasis on group relationship
• Color and magnetic properties of metal complexes
• Coordination complexes
• EDTA and precipitation reactions
• Hybridization
• Ionic solids
• Lattice energy
• Ligands with back bonding capabilities
• Main Group Elements (s and p blocks)
• Molecular orbital theory approaches
• Nuclear reactions
• Oxidation-reduction
• Oxide, hydroxide and salts of first row metals
• Periodic classification of elements
• Periodic Table
• Principles of qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Radioactivity
• Structure of electron deficient compounds (of main group elements )
• Structure of NaCl, CsCl, diamond and graphite
• Transition Metals (d block)
• Types of bonding
• VB and Crystal Field theoretical approaches for structure
• VSEPR theory and shapes of molecules