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IIT JAM 2024: Important Dates

IIT JAM 2024 has been conducted on February 11, 2024. While the examination has now concluded, students can have a look at the other important dates for IIT JAM 2024:

Event	Dates
Last date for application submission	September 5, 2023 (closed)
Availability of admit cards	January 8, 2024
Date of examination	February 11, 2024
Result declaration	March 20, 2024

What is IIT JAM?

The Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM) is an all-India level online entrance exam conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) every year on a rotational basis on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India. IIT JAM is conducted to provide admission to candidates in MSc and other postgraduate courses offered at IITs and integrated PhD courses offered by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Several National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs) also accept JAM scores for MSc admissions.

Candidates can check out the video below to get more insight about IIT JAM examination, eligibility, preparation and counselling-related information:

How many admitting institutes are there in IIT JAM 2024?

There are around 3000 seats in postgraduate programmes at 21 IITs for the academic year 2024-25. JAM 2024 Scores will be used to admit the candidates subject to satisfying the ERs and MEQs and any other necessary requirements, without any additional interview or written test.
JAM scores will be used for admission to over 2000 seats for postgraduate programmes such as M.Sc. and M.A. at IISc and various NITs, IIEST Shibpur, SLIET, DIAT through Centralized Counselling for M.Sc / M.Sc. (Tech.) Admission (CCMN).

Q: What is the duration of IIT JAM 2024?

A. IIT JAM is of three hours duration. The national-level Science entrance exam will be conducted in two sessions, which are as follows:

Session-I (9 AM to 12 noon) for the following JAM Test Papers- Chemistry (CY), Geology (GG) and Mathematics (MA)
Session-II (2.30 PM to 5.30 PM) for the following JAM Test Papers- Economics (EN), Biotechnology (BT), Physics (PH) and Mathematical Statistics (MS)