What is IIT JAM?

The full form of IIT jam is Joint Admission Test for Masters which is conducted by one of the participating IITs (Indian Institute of Technology). The aspirants who are interested in pursuing a Masters Programme from renowned Indian colleges like IITs, NITs and IISc can apply for this exam.

This year IISc Bangalore is the organizing institute for IIT JAM 2021 exam for the first time. As per the latest update, IISc Bangalore has started the Online Application portal on 10th September 2020.

Every year more than 55,000 candidates aim for admission to IITs, NITs, IISERs by appearing in the country’s top M.Sc. Entrance Exam.

If you are willing to pursue a career in research and frontier areas of science, then IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test for Masters) is the perfect M.Sc. Entrance Test for you. It offers 2000+ seats in pioneer IITs and IISC for Master’s in Science, Joint M.Sc. – Ph.D., M.Sc. – Ph-D, Dual Degree, etc.

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Highlights of IIT JAM 2020-2021

The IIT JAM 2021 Exam will be conducted by IISc Bangalore on 14th February 2021.

The IIT JAM 2021 Online Application portal (JOAPS) is live from 10th September 2020.

From 2021 onwards, the name of the JAM exam is changed to the Joint Admission Test for Masters which was Joint Admission Test for M.Sc earlier.

IISc Bangalore has added the Economics subject in 2021. Now the JAM 2021 Exam will be conducted for 7 subjects - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematical Statistics, Geology, Mathematics, Biotechnology and Economics.

This year IIT JAM will be conducted across 71 Exam Centres across 8 zones.

In the year 2020, 62,654 candidates have appeared for the IIT JAM exam. Out of these students, only 14,623 aspirants were able to qualify for this exam.

Exam Name IIT JAM (Indian Institute of Technology Joint Admission Test for MSc) Organizing Institute IISc Bangalore Exam for Course Level PG level Mode of Exam Computer Based Test (Online Mode) Medium of Paper English only Test Duration 180 minutes (3 hours) Total Questions 60 Total Marks 100 No. of Test Cities 71 cities across 8 zones Courses Offered MSc & Joint MSc PhD Official Website jam.iisc.ac.in

Before you begin your journey, you should have a clear idea of IIT JAM Dates and Notifications for the 2021 exam.

What is the Eligibility for JAM 2021 Exam?

The eligibility criteria is the very basic requirement that one must follow to appear in the exam. To apply for the topmost covered IIT M.Sc. entrance exam, an aspirant must fulfill all the requirements as mentioned in the official notification such as-

All candidates admitted through JAM Exam should have a Bachelor’s degree.

The candidates in the final year of their qualifying degree in 2021, are also eligible to apply for the exam. However, they must have completed graduation degree by the date of registration in the admitting institute.

There are some other subject wise eligibility criteria as well for JAM Exam as per the official website.

Also, the minimum educational qualifications are revised for some courses this year. You should check the detailed information about IIT JAM Eligibility Criteria here.

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IIT JAM 2021 Application Form

Filling online application form is the first step towards your goal, so keep yourself aware of the dates to fill the IIT JAM online application form for JAM Exam 2021 mission.

This year the Registration and Application has commenced on 10th September 2020 on the JOAPS portal. The coordinating body allows candidates to appear in the exam by applying online. Eduncle provides complete details about How to Fill the Online Application Form.

To know the do’s and don’ts of IIT JAM form online along with its guidelines, candidates can follow the Eduncle’s blog for IIT JAM Application Form 2021 .

IIT JAM 2021 Syllabus for All Subjects

To get the best scores in IIT JAM 2021 you should begin your preparations with a clearly defined syllabus.

With syllabus of IIT JAM exam, you can prioritize your preparation for important topics. Make sure, you choose the study material covering major topics from the syllabus.

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IIT JAM Exam Pattern

Before starting your 2021 preparation, it is important to know the IIT JAM Exam Pattern. So that you can easily understand the marks weightage of the topics.

The IIT JAM Exam is divided into three sections with three different patterns of questions as follows:

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer.

Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)

Each MSQ type questions are similar to MCQ but with a difference that there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are correct out of the four given choices.

Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions

These types of questions do not have any choice. The answer can be either numerical value, decimal, and an integer value.

You can check the complete IIT JAM Exam Pattern, like section-wise marks, negative marking, and other important details here.

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Eduncle's IIT JAM Study Material for All Subjects

Your IIT JAM Preparation Strategy should be a mix of the online study materials, tips, guidance along with practice papers for the Joint Admission Test.

Eduncle's IIT JAM Study Material is exclusively designed by IITians and qualified faculty members. This integrates online learning with test-taking and hence makes a great impact on student's performance.

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IIT JAM Question Papers & Answer Key

Your chances of qualifying the exam increases when you solve JAM Previous Years’ Question Papers. It will help you to boost up your confidence, understand the difficulty level of exam, topic wise marking weightage, etc.

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IIT JAM Answer key will help you know your accuracy level so that you can easily analyze your exam preparation. After checking your answers with the answer key, you will have an exact idea of your result.

You can download year wise and subject wise IIT JAM Answer Key here.

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IIT JAM Admit Card 2021

IIT JAM Admit Card is compulsory for each aspirant to carry in the examination hall, otherwise, they won’t be allowed to appear in the exam.

As soon as the online application form submission is closed, the official website releases IIT JAM Admit Card for those candidates who have successfully applied for the exam.

Eduncle provides each and every single detail about the admit card release. So, aspirants please stay in touch with Eduncle to get the latest updates about IIT JAM Admit Card 2021 .

IIT JAM 2021 Preparation Tips

While preparing for the IIT JAM 2021 Exam, one should have some tips, tricks and quick notes, using which you can aim better for the exam.

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IIT JAM Results 2020

Result is the final outcome of all those activities which you’ve made during exam preparation!

The candidates who appear in IIT JAM Exam may check step by step procedure to download their results and cut-offs at Eduncle.

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List of Admitting Institutes for IIT JAM 2020

There are a total of 20 IITs and an IISc that offer admission to various PG courses (like MSc, Join MSc PhD, MSc PhD Dual Degree, Integrated PhD, etc) based on the IIT JAM 2020 Scores. You can check the list of IIT JAM Participating Institutes here.

Apart from these IITs, 19 National Institute of Technology (NITs), and 2 Centrally Funded Technical Institute (CFTIs) also accept the JAM Scores.

The IIT JAM Admission Procedure for IITs and NITs are different. Every year, after declaring the result, the conducting IIT starts the admission procedure for all IITs, while for NITs, you can get the admission through CCMN Counselling .

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IIT JAM Seat Matrix & Courses Offered by IITs and IISC

JAM aspirants can either opt for M.Sc. or Phd or M.Sc.- Phd Dual degree professional courses offered by the IIT's and IISc. Although each IIT institute offers specialized courses in its respective manner, check out the IIT JAM Seat Matrix and list of courses offered by each IIT and the IISc.

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