New Delhi: Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM) 2017, a national test for admission into integrated PhD degree prgrammes at IISc Bangalore, MSc (Two Years), Joint MSc-PhD, MSc-PhD dual degree, MSc-MTech degree programmes at IITs, will be held on 12 February 2017 (Sunday). JAM 2017 will conducted by IIT Delhi while JAM 2016 was conducted by IIT Madras. As per the JAM 2017 notification, candidates will have to apply online and receipt of online application starts from 01 September 2016 and closes on 04 October 2016.
Admission to the above mentioned academic programmes in IISc Bangalore and IITs for the academic session 2017-18 will be made on the basis of all India merit list of JAM 2017. JAM 2017 will have seven test papers: Biological sciences (BL), Biotechnology (BY), Chemistry (CY), Geology (GG), Mathematics (MA), Mathematical Statistics (MS), Physics (PH) and each will have three hours. For all the papers, JAM 2017 examination will be conducted via online. A candidate can appear in either one or two test papers subject the restrictions of the test schedule.
Eligibility: The notification stated that candidates must have atleast 55% aggregate marks without rounding off for General and OBC (NCL) categories and atleast 50% aggregate marks without rounding off for SC/St and PwD category candidates in the qualifying degree.
Candidates who qualify in any test paper of JAM 2017 shall be eligible to apply for admission to all the academic programmes corresponding to the test papers, provided they also satisfy the minimum educational qualifications and other requirements specified by the institutes in which admission is sought. For more details on the examinations and other informations, candidates can visit the JAM 2017 portal: http://jam.iitd.ac.in/
From the Academic Session 2004-2005, Indian Institutes of Technology have started conducting a Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. (JAM) for admission to M.Sc. and other post-B.Sc. programmes at the IITs. The main objective of JAM is to revive and consolidate ‘Science’ as a career option for bright students from across the country and provide them a single step opportunity for admission to some of the postgraduate programmes offered at the IITs.
