Joint Admission Test for Masters
4
Universities accept it
4
States covered
₹5 K – ₹1.5 L/yr
Annual fee range
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Cutoffs on record
JAM is the admission test for M.Sc. and joint degree programmes at the IITs, IISc and several NITs and centrally funded institutions, covering the core sciences.
A bachelor's degree with the subject requirements of the chosen test paper, or in the final year of one.
One 3-hour paper in a chosen science subject, 60 questions and 100 marks, mixing multiple-choice, multiple-select and numerical-answer questions.
These are the usual months, not this year's dates. Always confirm on the official notification.
Registration
September – October
Exam
February
Result
March
Admission
April – July
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Deemed University (Govt) · Estd. 1958
₹25 K – ₹60 K/yr
The Indian Institute of Science is India's premier research institution and has topped the NIRF university ranking every year since its inception.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Deemed University (Govt) · Estd. 2005
₹10 K – ₹50 K/yr
Homi Bhabha National Institute is a deemed university of the Department of Atomic Energy that unifies research and training at BARC, TIFR, IGCAR, RRCAT, IMSc, HRI, NISER, Tata Memorial Centre and other DAE institutions.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Deemed University (Govt) · Estd. 2008
₹95 K – ₹1.5 L/yr
IIST is the Department of Space's own deemed university at Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram, and Asia's first space university.
Hyderabad, Telangana
Central University · Estd. 1974
₹5 K – ₹60 K/yr
The University of Hyderabad is a research-focused central university and Institution of Eminence on a 2,300-acre campus in Gachibowli.
4 universities on ShikshaSphere accept JAM. The full list on this page is ordered by the ShikshaSphere Score and can be filtered by state, fees and accreditation.
Joint Admission Test for Masters is conducted by The IITs, on a rotational basis. It is computer-based test, once a year.
A bachelor's degree with the subject requirements of the chosen test paper, or in the final year of one.
One 3-hour paper in a chosen science subject, 60 questions and 100 marks, mixing multiple-choice, multiple-select and numerical-answer questions.
Annual tuition across these universities runs from ₹5 K – ₹1.5 L/yr. Fees on this page are indicative seed data for the prototype — check the university's own prospectus before applying.
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