JAM 2015 Notification

The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc) and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) conduct the Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) for admission to Integrated Ph.D. Degree Programmes at IISc Bangalore and M.Sc. (Two Years), Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree, M.Sc.-M.Tech., M.Sc.-M.S.(Research)/Ph.D. Dual Degree and other Post-Bachelor’s Degree Programmes at IITs. The main objective of JAM is to consolidate Science as a career option for bright students across the country. It is expected that the research infrastructure, the inter-disciplinary interaction and the vibrant academic environment of IISc Bangalore and IITs will motivate these students to pursue R&D careers in frontier areas of basic sciences as well as inter-disciplinary areas of science and technology.

·        IIT Guwahati is the Organizing Institute for JAM 2015

·         .JAM 2015 Examination will be conducted ONLINE only as a Computer Based Test (CBT) for all Test Papers

·         .All the seven Test Papers of JAM 2015 will be of fully objective type, with three different patterns of questions as follows:

i.        Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer.

ii.        Multiple Select Questions (MSQ): Each MSQ type question is 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.

iii.        Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions: For each NAT type question, the answer is a signed real number which needs to be entered using the virtual keypad on the monitor. No choices will be shown for these type of questions.

·         All candidates have to apply only ONLINE.

·         NO hardcopies of documents (except challan) are to be sent to the Organizing Institute. The documents (if applicable) are to be uploaded to the online application website only.

·         No hardcopy of JAM 2015 score card will be sent to the JAM 2015 qualified candidates by the Organizing Institute. It can on ly be downloaded from JAM 2015 website.

Eligibility requirements

1)      For applying to IISc Bangalore First class marks (as declared by the University) for Un-Reserved/OBC Category Candidates and Second class (as declared by the University) or 50% aggregate marks, without rounding off, for SC/ST and PwD Category Candidates in the qualifying degree.

2)       For IIT’s At least (a) 55% marks or 6.0 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, inMajor/Honors and Pass in all other subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries or (b) 60%aggregate marks or 6.5 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, taking into account all subjects

Note: There is variation in the qualifications /eligibility requirement for admission to different IIT’s and can be viewed by clicking here.

Important Dates

IMPORTANT DATES FOR JAM 2015
September 03, 2014	Commencement of ONLINE Registration and Application Process
September 30, 2014	Last Date for Payment of Fee through Challan
October 09, 2014	Closure of ONLINE Application Procedure
February 08, 2015	JAM 2015 Examination
March 19, 2015	Announcement of JAM 2015 Results

Examination Centers under different zonal IIT’s

Zone	Cities
IISc Bangalore	Bengaluru, Hubli, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Palakkad, Thrissur
IIT Bombay	Ahmedabad, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Vadodara
IIT Delhi	Delhi-NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, New Delhi
IIT Guwahati	Asansol, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Siliguri
IIT Kanpur	Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi
IIT Kharagpur	Bhubaneswar, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
IIT Madras	Chennai, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Madurai, Ongole, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Warangal
IIT Roorkee	Dehradun, Jalandhar-Phagwara, Kurukshetra, NOIDA, Mohali-Rupnagar-Fatehgarh Sahib, Moradabad, Roorkee-Muzaffarnagar

ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES OFFERED IN VARIOUS INSTITUTES THROUGH JAM 2015

The following are the full-time M.Sc. (Two Years), Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree, M.Sc.-M.Tech., M.Sc.-M.S.(Research)/Ph.D. Dual Degree, and other Post-Bachelor’s Degree Programmes atdifferent IITs and Integrated Ph.D. Programmes at IISc to which admissions shall be made on the basis ofJAM 2015.

·         Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc): Integrated Ph.D. Programmes in (i) Biological

Sciences, (ii) Chemical Sciences, (iii) Mathematical Sciences, and (iv) Physical Sciences. 3

·         II. IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS): Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. Programmes in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Earth Science, (iii)

Mathematics, (iv) Physics, and (v) Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences.

·         III. IIT Bombay (IITB): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in (i) Applied Geology, (ii)

Applied Geophysics, (iii) Applied Statistics and Informatics, (iv) Biotechnology, (v) Chemistry, (vi)

Mathematics, and (vii) Physics.

Four-year Dual Degree Programme in M.Sc. (Physics)-M.Tech. (Materials Science) with

specialization in Nano-Science and Technology.

M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree Programmes in (i) Applied Geology, (ii) Applied Geophysics, (iii)

Biotechnology, (iv) Chemistry, (v) Energy, (vi) Environmental Science and Engineering, (vii)

Operations Research, and (viii) Physics. Both the degrees will be awarded together after the

successful completion of the Programmes.

·         IV. IIT Delhi (IITD): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

·         V. IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in (i) Chemistry, (ii)

Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

·         VI. IIT Guwahati (IITG): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in (i) Chemistry, (ii)

Mathematics and Computing, and (iii) Physics.

·         VII. IIT Hyderabad (IITH): Two-year M.Sc. Programmes in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

·         VIII. IIT Indore (IITI): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in (i) Chemistry, and (ii) Physics,

with an option to convert it into M.Sc.-Ph.D. dual degree programme at the end of second semester.

The conversion is confirmed subjected to qualifying the CSIR/UGC-NET.

·         IX. IIT Kanpur (IITK): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in (i) Chemistry, (ii)

Mathematics, (iii) Physics, and (iv) Statistics.

M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree Programme in Physics (Transfer from M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree

Programme to M.Sc. Physics Programme is not permitted. However, for the students admitted to the

M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree Programme, the M.Sc. degree will be given after successful completion of

all academic requirements of the first six semesters while working towards Ph.D. degree).

·         X. IIT Kharagpur (IITKgp): Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. Programmes in (i) Chemistry, (ii) Geology, (iii)

Mathematics, (iv) Physics, and (v) Geophysics.

·         XI. IIT Madras (IITM): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in (i) Chemistry, (ii)

Mathematics, and (iii) Physics.

·         XII. IIT Roorkee (IITR): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in (i) Applied Geology, (ii)

Biotechnology, (iii) Chemistry, (iv) Mathematics, and (v) Physics.

·         XIII. IIT Ropar (IITRPR): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes in Mathematics. M.Sc.-

M.S.(Research)/Ph.D. Dual Degree Programmes in (i) Chemistry, and (ii) Physics.

 TEST SCHEDULE

The JAM 2015 online examination will be held on February 08, 2015 (Sunday) in two sessions as Computer Based Test (CBT).

February 08, 2015 (Sunday)

 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon: Biological Sciences (BL), Mathematics (MA) and Physics (PH)

I 2:00 p.m.- 5:00 pm: Biotechnology (BT), Chemistry (CY), Geology (GG) and Mathematical Statistics (MS)

The Test Schedule will not be changed under any circumstances.

Number of Test Papers Allowed:

A candidate can appear in either one or two Test Paper(s), subject to the restrictions imposed by the Test Schedule (Table 1) and on payment of the requisite additional fee for the second Test Paper, as applicable. Candidates desirous of appearing in two Test Papers must ensure, from the Test Schedule  that the timings should be different.

 Application Fee Details for JAM 2015

For all female candidates the application fee is Rs 750 per paper and Rs 1050 for two papers.

For general and OBC the application fee is Rs 1500 per paper and Rs 2100 for two papers.

For SC/ST/PwD  the application fee is Rs 750 per paper and Rs 1050 for two papers.

The last date to complete and submit the application form is October 09, 2014 (Thursday)..Application has to be submitted online. Payment can be done online upto October 9 ,2014. If payment is made through offline mode a chalan will be generated . Candidate should take print out of chalan and fees should be remitted at SBI Branch within 30^th September 2014.The candidate has to upload SBI stamped copy of the chalan in the JAM website and has to send the original to Organizing  Chairperson,JAM 2015 IIT Guwahati , Guwahati ,Assam  Pin 781039 at the earliest

.All  other  details regarding how to apply   are available by  Clicking here

Screen Shots of filling application available by clicking here

Click here to fill JAM 2015  application online (JAPS)