JAM 2020

JAM 2020 Help Desk (Organizing Institute)

Phone No

 (0512) 2597412

E-Mail

 jam@iitk.ac.in

Help Desk Timings

Monday to Friday
10.00 am to 12.00 noon, 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm
(Government working days only)

Contact Address

Organizing Chairman JAM-2020
GATE-JAM Office,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Kanpur - 208016, Uttar Pradesh

JAM 2020 Help Desk (Admitting Institutes)

Institute

Website

E-mail

Phone / Fax

IISc Bangalore

http://gate.iisc.ernet.in/jam

jam@gate.iisc.ernet.in

(080) 22932392 / 23601227

IIT Bombay

http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in

jam@iitb.ac.in

(022) 25767022 / 25722674

IIT Delhi

http://jam.iitd.ac.in

chrjam@admin.iitd.ac.in

(011) 26591749 / 26581579

IIT Guwahati

http://www.iitg.ernet.in

jam@iitg.ac.in

(0361) 2582751 / 2582755

IIT Kanpur

http://gate.iitk.ac.in/jam

jam@iitk.ac.in

(0512) 2597412 / 2597304

IIT Kharagpur

http://jam.iitkgp.ac.in

jam@adm.iitkgp.ac.in

(03222) 282091 / 282095

IIT Madras

http://jam.iitm.ac.in/

jam@iitm.ac.in

(044) 22578200 / 22578204

IIT Roorkee

http://www.iitr.ac.in/jam

jam@iitr.ac.in

(01332) 284531 / 285707

Test Paper 

(Test paper code)

Academic Programme

Institute

Minimum Educational Qualifications for Admission

Essential subjects in Bachelor's Degree along with the minimum duration

Essential subjects at (10+2) level

Biotechnology (BT)

M.Sc. Biotechnology

IITI, IITB, IITR

Any Branch/ Subject

No Restrictions

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Molecular Medical Microbiology

IITKGP

B.Sc./ B.S. degree (3yrs/ 6 semesters) with Biology / Biotechnology/ Botany/ Life science/ Physiology/ Zoology/ Microbiology/ Biochemistry/ Genetics & molecular biology as Honours/ Major/ Main Subject,  and any one of Chemistry/ Physics/ Mathematics as one of the compulsory subsidiary subject for at least 1 year/ 2 semester

No Restrictions

M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering

IITB

Anyone of Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics for two years/ four semesters, and any one of the other four subjects for at least one year/two semesters

Mathematics

Chemistry (CY)

M.Sc. Chemistry

IITI

Chemistry for three years/six semesters

No Restrictions

IITB, IITD, IITG, IITGN, IITH, IITJ, IITK, IITM, IITP, IITR, IITRPR, IITISM, IITBHU

IITBhilai IITPKD

IITMandi

Chemistry for three years/six semesters

Mathematics

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Chemistry

IITBBS, IITKGP

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Nuclear Medicine

IITKGP

B.Sc./B.S. degree (3yrs/6 semesters) with Chemistry as Honours/Major/Main Subject, Mathematics as compulsory one subsidiary subject and Physics/Biology as another subsidiary subject for at least 2yrs/4 semester

No Restrictions

M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering

IITB

Anyone of Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics for two years/four semesters, and any one of the other four subjects for at least one year/two semesters

Mathematics

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences

IITBBS

Mathematics and Physics with any one of these subjects among Chemistry, Computer Science, Computer Application, Geology and Statistics

No Restrictions

Geology (GG)

M.Sc. Applied Geology

IITB, IITR

Geology for three years/six semesters and any two subjects among Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biological Science

Mathematics

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Geophysics

IITKGP

Geology as a subject for three years/six semesters and any two subjects among Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Geology

IITKGP, IITBBS

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences

IITBBS

Mathematics and Physics and any one of these subjects among Chemistry, Computer Science, Computer Application, Geology and Statistics

No Restrictions

M.Sc.(Tech) in Applied Geology *

IITISM

B.Sc degree (3 years) with Geology as Honours/ Major/ Main/Equivalent subject and any 2 subsidiary subjects from Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Mathematics

Mathematics (MA)

M.Sc. in Economics

IITR

Mathematics as one of the core subjects

No Restrictions

M.Sc. Mathematics

IITB, IITD, IITGN, IITI, IITJ,IITK, IITM, IITP, IITR, IITRPR

Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters

M.Sc. Mathematics/ Applied Mathematics and Computing

IITH

M.Sc. Mathematics/ Mathematics and Computing

IITISM

M.Sc. Mathematics and Computing

IITG, IITBhilai

M.Sc. Mathematics and Statistics

IITTP

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Mathematics

IITBBS, IITKGP

Mathematics/ Statistics as a subject for at least two years/four semesters.

M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Operations Research

IITB

M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering

IITB

Any one of Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics for two years/four semesters, and any one of the other four subjects for at least one year/two semesters.

Mathematics

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences

IITBBS

Mathematics and Physics and any one of these subjects among Chemistry, Computer Science, Computer Application, Geology and Statistics

No Restrictions

Mathematical Statistics (MS)

M.Sc. Applied Statistics and Informatics

IITB

Mathematics or Statistics for at least two years/ four semesters

No Restrictions

M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Operations Research

IITB

M.Sc. Statistics

IITK

Statistics for at least two years/ four semesters

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences

IITBBS

Mathematics and Physics and any one of these subjects among Chemistry, Computer Science, Computer Application, Geology and Statistics

Physics (PH)

M.Sc. Physics

IITISM

B.Sc/ B.S. degree with physics as major/ main/ honours subject and mathematics for for 2 years/4 semesters / B.Tech in Engineering Physics   

No Restrictions

IITB, IITD, IITG, IITGN, IITH, IITI, IITJ,IITK, IITM, IITP, IITR, IITRPR, IITBHU

IIT Bhilai IITPKD

Physics for at least two years/four semesters and Mathematics for at least one year/two semesters

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Physics

IITBBS,

IITKGP

M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Physics

IITK

M.Sc. Applied Geophysics

IITB

Physics and Mathematics/Mathematical Physics for two years/four semesters and at least one of them as subject for three years/six semesters

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Medical Physics

IITKGP

B.Sc./B.S. degree (3yrs/ 6 semesters) with physics as Honours/Major/Main Subject, Mathematics as compulsory one subsidiary subject and Chemistry/ Biology as another subsidiary subject for at least 2yrs/4 semester

M.Sc. Astronomy

IITI

Physics/ Mathematics/ Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences

IITBBS

Mathematics and Physics and any one of these subjects among Chemistry, Computer Science, Computer Application, Geology and Statistics

Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Geophysics

IITKGP

Geology/Physics as a subject for three years/six semesters and any two subjects among Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Mathematics

M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering

IITB

Any one of Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics for two years/four semesters, and any one of the other four subjects for at least one year/two semesters

M.Sc.(Tech) in Applied Geophysics

IITISM

B.Sc Degree (3 year) with Physics as Honours/ Major/ Main/ Equivalent subject, Mathematics as a subsidiary subject for 2 years/4 semesters and another subsidiary subject from Chemistry, Geology, Electronics, Statistics and Computer Science for 1 year/ 2 semesters.

No Restriction

JAM 2020 Eligibility

The candidates who qualify in JAM 2020 shall have to fulfil the following Eligibility Requirements (ER) for admissions to IITs.

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

• In the qualifying degree, the aggregate marks or CGPA/ CPI without rounding-off (taking into account all subjects, including languages and subsidiaries, all years combined) should be at least 55% or 5.5 out of 10 for General/ OBC (NCL)/ EWS category candidates and 50% or 5.0 out of 10 for SC/ ST and PwD category candidates.

If CGPA/CPI is on a different scale, it would be linearly mapped to a scale on 10.

At the time of admission, all admitted candidates will have to submit a Physical Fitness certificate from a registered medical practitioner in the prescribed form. At the time of admission, the admitted candidates may also have to undergo a Physical Fitness test by a medical board constituted by the Admitting Institute. In case a candidate is not found physically fit to pursue his/ her chosen course of study, his/her admission is liable to be cancelled.

Note:

1. It is entirely the responsibility of the Candidate to prove that he/she satisfies the Minimum Educational Qualifications (MEQs) and Eligibility Requirements (ERs) for Admission.
2. The Admitting Institute has the right to cancel, at any stage, the admission of a candidate who is found to have been admitted to a course to which he/she is not entitled, being unqualified or ineligible in accordance with the rules and regulations in force.

JAM 2020 - Application Instructions

• An application once submitted CAN NOT be changed/rectified. Therefore, before submitting the JAM 2020 application, please ensure that all the details and all the necessary supporting documents are filled/uploaded and there is NO ERROR.

• Please also ensure to pay the application fee as per the gender/category and test paper option. If the fee paid is NOT as per the Gender and Category and the number of Test Paper(s) entered in the Application Form, then the filled in form will be rejected without any intimation to the candidate.

• Multiple applicatiions submitted by a candidate are liable for rejection. Hence, DO NOT submit multiple application forms. After submitting an application, if a candidate decides to appear in other test paper or to change test paper(s), he/she can ADD THE ADDITIONAL TEST PAPER or can change the TEST PAPER(S) before the closing date in the earlier submitted application form. In such cases, the candidate has to pay an additional fee online before the closing date.

• The status of an application will be updated after the scrutiny of the application.

• The status of an application can be checked at any point of time by logging in JOAPS.

• Candidates who have wrongly entered the Category or Gender will be allowed to change the Category or Gender on the JOAPS website with an additional fee. All such candidates are required to pay the additional fee ONLINE only, on or before October 21, 2019.

• Please, contact the JAM office in case of any queries/problems in filling the application form and making the fee payment online.

JAM 2020 Exam Centers

Zone

JAM Exam City

Code

Zone

JAM Exam City

Code

IISc Bangalore Zone

Bengaluru

101

IIT Kanpur Zone

Agra

501

Hubli

102

Allahabad

502

Hyderabad

103

Bareilly

503

Kannur

104

Bhopal

504

Kozhikode

105

Kanpur

505

Mangalore

106

Lucknow

506

Palakkad

107

Varanasi

507

Thrissur

108

IIT Bombay Zone

Ahmedabad

201

IIT Kharagpur Zone

Bhubaneswar

601

Goa

202

Kharagpur

602

Mumbai

203

Kolkata

603

Nagpur

204

Raipur

604

Nanded

205

Ranchi

605

Nasik

206

Vijayawada

606

Pune

207

Visakhapatnam

607

Vadodara

208

IIT Madras Zone

Chennai

701

IIT Delhi Zone

Faridabad

301

Coimbatore

702

Ghaziabad

302

Ernakulam

703

Greater Noida

303

Kollam

704

Gurugram

304

Kottayam

705

Hisar

305

Madurai

706

Indore

306

Thiruvananthapuram

707

Jaipur

307

Tiruchirapalli

708

Jammu

308

Tirunelveli

709

Jodhpur

309

Warangal

710

New Delhi

310

IIT Roorkey Zone

Dehradun

801

IIT Guwahati Zone

Asansol - Durgapur

401

Jalandhar

802

Dhanbad

402

Kurukshetra

803

Dibrugarh

403

Guwahati

404

Mohali

804

Jorhat

405

Noida

805

Kalyani

406

Moradabad

806

Patna

407

Roorkee

807

Siliguri

408

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JAM 2020 Marking Scheme

Section A

Out of a total of 30 questions, 10 questions are of one mark each and 20 questions are of two marks each. There is negative marking of 1/3 mark for each question (that holds one mark weightage) answered incorrectly. Also, 2/3 marks are deducted for each incorrect question which carries two marks weightage. There is no negative marking for any question left unanswered.

Section B

Each correct answer in this section is awarded two marks. There is no negative marking in this section.

Section C

Out of the total 20 questions, first 10 questions are of one mark each and other 10 questions are of two marks each. There is no negative marking in this section as well.

JAM 2020 Identification Documents

Test day Requirements

• Admit Cards

• ID Proof

ID Proof include Aadhar Card/ PAN Card/ Driving License/ College ID/ Student ID/ Voter ID

JAM 2020 Exam Day Instructions

JAM 2020 Exam Day Instructions

• On the exam day, candidates should take the admit card and original photo ID proof for verification.

• Candidates should clean any sort of coating (ink, Mehendi or tattoo) on fingertips as a biometric system of verification will be used

• For all sorts of rough work, candidates shall have to use the scribble pads, which will be issued by the invigilators.

• Mobile phones, wristwatch, calculators and other electronic devices should not be carried to the exam hall.

JAM 2020 - Counselling Dates

Events

Dates

Declaration of JAM 2019 Result

20th March 2020

Submission of Application Form for Admission on the JAM 2020 Website

April 09 - 22, 2020

May 04, 2020

Declaration of First Admission List

June 01, 2020

Declaration of Second Admission List

June 16, 2020

Declaration of Third and Final Admission List

June 29, 2020

Closure of JAM 2018 Admissions

July 03, 2020

JAM 2020 Counselling Procedure

Step – 1: Filling of Admission Application Form

Candidates applying for admission in various courses first have to fill an application form to participate in JAM counselling. Candidates have to fill the form with accurate details and verify the details before submitting the application form.

Steps to fill the JAM Counselling Admission form:

• Visit the Official Website of JAM.

• Click on the appropriate link and enter the login credentials, irrespective of the IISc and IITs where the admission is sought, to fill the admission form.

• After that, provide the requisite details such as choice of programmes in order of preference, academic qualification, aggregate/CGPA, category, etc.

• After filling the programme preference and proceeding to payment.

• The application fee for the JAM 2020 admission form has to be paid online only through using Credit Card/ Debit Card/Net Banking.

Note: The application fee will be non-refundable.

• After making the payment and upload the scanned image on the admission website in the prescribed format.

Note: 

• Only one admission form can be filled, therefore candidates must be careful while they fill the admission form.

• Candidates belonging to the OBC-NCL category have to submit a valid certificate along with the admission form after the declaration of JAM 2020 Result.

• If found incomplete the admission form of JAM 2020 will not be considered.

Step – 2: Accept or Reject Choices

• In this step, candidates have to log in to the official website and make choices from any of the options appearing on the screen. They can opt “Accept and Upgrade”, “Accept and Freeze” or “Reject and Quit” option.

• After choosing the option and booking the seat, candidates have to pay “Seat Booking Fee” through online payment modes using Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Net Banking.

• If a candidate chooses to withdraw, then an amount of INR1000/- will be deducted from their Seat Booking Fee and the final amount will be refunded.

Step – 3: Reporting to the Allotted Centre

• After seat allotment, candidates have to report at the allotted IITs, NITs, and CFTIs along with all the documents required to be submitted at the time of admission.

• Candidates who fail to accept the admission offer are not considered for the further admission process.

Note:

• JAM 2020 Third and final admission list will be prepared if seats still remain vacant.

• Qualified candidates who are not allotted a seat in the 1^st and 2^nd admission round will remain on the waiting list.

• Anyone who does not accept the acceptance offer from the institute will be removed from the admission process.

JAM 2020 - Counselling Admission Form

JAM Counselling 2020 - Admission Form

• The admission form of JAM 2020 to be filled as part of the JAM 2020 counselling will be available online only.

• Candidates who qualify JAM 2020 must fill the admission form.

• In the admission, form candidates have to mention the programmes of their choice according to which they will be preferred in the admission list.

• Only one admission form can be filled therefore candidates must be careful while they fill the admission form.

• If found incomplete the admission form of JAM 2020 will not be considered.

• The application fee for the JAM 2020 admission form has to be paid online only.

JAM 2020 - Counselling Required Documents

The candidates are required to carry the following documents in original along with Xerox copies at the time of counselling:

• 10th class mark sheet and passing certificate

• 12th or HSC mark sheet

• Qualifying degree certificate (mark sheets of all semesters)

• National Certificate for candidates belonging to general category

• Category certificate (if applicable)

• PwD certificate (if applicable)

• JAM Scorecard and Admit Card

JAM 2020 - Participating Colleges

S.No.

Admitting Institutes Name

1.

IISc Bangalore

2.

IIT Bhubaneswar

3.

IIT Bombay

4.

IIT Delhi

5.

IIT Gandhinagar

6.

IIT Guwahati

7.

IIT Hyderabad

8.

IIT Indore

9.

IIT Jodhpur

10.

IIT Kanpur

11.

IIT Kharagpur

12.

IIT Madras

13.

IIT Patna

14.

IIT Roorkee

15.

IIT Ropar

16.

IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

17.

IIT BHU

18.

IIT Bhilai

19.

IIT Pallakad

20.

IIT Tirupati

Other Institutes Accepting JAM 2019 Scores

20.

IIEST Shibpur

21.

NIT Agartala

22.

MNNIT Allahabad

23.

NIT Arunachal Pradesh

24.

NIT Calicut

25.

NIT Durgapur

26.

MNIT Jaipur

27.

NIT Jalandhar

28.

NIT Jamshedpur

29.

NIT Manipur

30.

VNIT Nagpur

31.

NIT Rourkela

32.

NIT Silchar

33.

NIT Srinagar, J&K

34.

NIT Warangal

35.

SLIET Punjab

36.

NIT Hamirpur

37.

NIT Sikkim

38.

NIT Meghalaya

39.

NIT Nagaland

40.

NIT Tiruchirappalli

41.

NIT Surathkal

A candidate can apply for either one or two out of seven JAM test papers subject to the restriction imposed by the Test Schedule given in the JAM Information Brochure

I have not yet graduated the qualifying degree. Do I still need to fill the 'Percentage of Marks/CGPA' field?

How do I apply ONLINE?

Go to the link "How to apply?", read the instructions and apply using the JAM Online Application Processing System (JOAPS) link provided in JAM 2019 website.

Can I use one E-mail address to fill multiple application forms?

Do I have to send the printout of the application form?

No. You do not have to send the printout of the application form to the Organizing Institute (IIT Kharagpur) or any other JAM zonal Offices. This is to kept with you for records.

When will I receive my admit card?

Admit Card can only be downloaded from the JOAPS website from 7th January 2019. Admit Cards will NOT be sent by post or as an e-mail attachment.

Can I bring a soft copy of the Admit card (in mobile phone/ tablet/ laptop) to gain entry to the examination hall?

Candidates can check their result in online mode. The scorecard will contain scores obtained by the candidate in the entrance test and overall percentile. 

How many preferences can be added in the counselling form?

Candidates can add as many preferences as possible in their counselling form. But they need to ensure the ERs and MEQs requirements of chosen institutes.

You will be informed over email and SMS to download your final Admission offer when all "Rounds" of admission are completed. You can take this offer letter along with other supporting documents/ certificates to the Institute that you are admitted to.