IIT JAM
Joint Admission Test for Masters
Collected from the official website on 14/11/2026. Our team has not verified these details yet.
JAM is a computer-based test for admission to postgraduate science programmes at the IITs; scores are also used by IISc, NITs (through CCMN) and several other institutes. JAM 2027 has seven test papers: Biotechnology, Chemistry, Economics, Geology, Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics and Physics. A candidate may take one or two papers.
Dates
Official 2027 dates
- Application opens
- 11/09/2026
- Last date to apply
- 24/10/2026 (extended)
- Exam
- 14/02/2027 (Sunday): FN 9:30-12:30 Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics; AN 2:30-5:30 Biotechnology, Economics, Mathematical Statistics, Physics
- Result
- 18/03/2027
- Conducted by
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (organising institute for JAM 2027)
- For
- M.Sc., M.Sc. (Tech), MS (Research), M.Sc.-M.Tech. Dual Degree, Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree and Integrated Ph.D. at IITs and other institutes
- Mode
- Computer-based test
- Duration
- 3 hours per test paper
- Attempts per year
- Once a year (one or two test papers in different sessions)
- Application fee
- One test paper: Female / SC / ST / PwD ₹1,000; all others ₹2,000. Two test papers: Female / SC / ST / PwD ₹1,350; all others ₹2,700
Eligibility
Candidates who have completed an undergraduate degree or are appearing for the final examination of their qualifying degree in 2027 can appear. The degree must be completed before admission, and each admitting institute sets its own minimum eligibility. Open to Indian and foreign nationals with no age limit.
Exam pattern
60 questions, 100 marks in three sections: A - MCQ (wrong answer loses 1/3 mark for 1-mark and 2/3 mark for 2-mark questions), B - MSQ (no negative or partial marking), C - NAT (no negative marking)
Score used for
Admission to M.Sc. and other postgraduate science programmes at IITs; also used by IISc, NITs and other CFTIs (via CCMN counselling), IISER Pune, IISER Bhopal and other listed institutes
For Maharashtra students
A Maharashtra science graduate needs JAM for M.Sc. and related programmes at IIT Bombay and other IITs, and for NIT M.Sc. seats through CCMN; it is not part of Maharashtra state CAP.
Where this comes from
- dates: jam.iitkgp.ac.in/
- pattern: jam.iitkgp.ac.in/docs/Info_Brochure_v2.pdf
- eligibility: jam.iitkgp.ac.in/exam-eligibilityreq.html
- exam schedule: jam.iitkgp.ac.in/test-schedule.html
- application fee: jam.iitkgp.ac.in/appfees.html