IIT Roorkee to conduct JAM 2022 on February 13, application process begins on August 30

IIT Roorkee will conduct the Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2022 on February 13. The JAM application portal will be open to students from August 30 to October 11, 2021.  

The JAM 2022 will be held in the online mode as a computer-based test (CBT). It will have seven test papers – biotechnology (BT), chemistry (CY), economics (EN), geology (GG), mathematics (MA), mathematical statistics (MS) and physics (PH). The candidate can appear for either one or two test papers. It is an objective type test, with three different patterns of questions: (i) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), (ii) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), and (iii) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.  

Important dates for IIT JAM 2022

JAM  2022	Date
Application  processing  system  portal  opens	August  30, 2021 (Monday)
Last  date for online registration/application submission	October  11, 2021 (Monday)
Availability  of admit cards on portal	January  4, 2022 (Tuesday)
Date  of examination	February  13, 2022 (Sunday)

JAM is a qualifying examination for candidates seeking admission to various masters programmes such as MSc (two years), masters in economics (two years), joint MSc‐PhD, Msc‐PhD dual degree, MSc‐MS (research)/ PhD dual degree and other post‐bachelor degree programmes at IITs (Bhilai, Bhubaneswar, Bombay, Delhi, (ISM) Dhanbad, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Mandi, Palakkad, Patna, Roorkee, Ropar, Tirupati, and BHU, Varanasi).  

JAM score will be used by IISc Bangalore for admission to integrated PhD programmes and by other centrally funded technical institutions such as NITs, IIEST Shibpur, SLIET Punjab, and IISERs or admission to their postgraduate programmes. JAM rating is valid for only one year. The exam attracts more than 1 lakh aspirants every year.  

Eligibility criteria for IIT JAM 2022 

• Both  Indian  and  foreign  candidates  can apply for IIT JAM 2022.

• Candidates  should have  a bachelor’s  degree in  relevant field from any recognised  university. General/OBC  (NCL)/EWS category candidates should have obtained aggregate marks  of at least 55%, whereas SC/ST and PwD category candidates should have obtained 50%  in bachelors to become eligible for the exam.

• Candidates  appearing for the final exams of bachelor’s in 2022 can also apply  for the examination. 

 Read more:

• IIT JAM Syllabus: Download subject-wise syllabus
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