- By Sakshi Gupta
- Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:30 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
IIT JAM 2024: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will begin accepting applications for the Joint Admission Test (JAM) 2024 today, September 5. On the official IIT JAM 2024 website, jam.iitm.ac.in, qualified applicants can register for the exam. The exam application deadline is October 13. For admission to postgraduate programs at the IITs and participating institutions, JAM 2024 will be held on February 11, 2024.
Students who have completed their undergraduate degrees or are enrolled in their last year of an undergraduate program are eligible to apply. Any student may take the exam, regardless of age. Indian-degreed foreign nationals may also apply.
IIT JAM 2024: Application Fee
For female applicants, Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates, the application fee is Rs 900. All other applicants will pay a fee of Rs. 1,800.
Gender, Category | Fee amount | |
One test paper | Two test papers | |
Female, SC, ST, PwD | Rs 900 | Rs 1,250 |
Others | Rs 1,800 | Rs 2,500 |
IIT JAM 2024: Exam Pattern
Three sections—multiple choice questions (MCQs), multiple select questions (MSQs), and questions requiring a numerical response (NAT)—will make up the question paper.
IIT JAM 2024 candidates may take one or both test papers. To minimize conflicts with other sessions, the institute advised carefully choosing the second paper.
Seven test papers, including Biotechnology (BT), Chemistry (CY), Economics (EN), Geology (GG), Mathematics (MA), Mathematical Statistics (MS), and Physics (PH), will be administered in JAM 2024 as a computer-based test.
Based on their JAM 2024 results, applicants will be accepted into programs like the MSc, MSc (Technology), MSc-MTech Dual Degree, MSc (R), Joint MSc-PhD, MSc- PhD Dual Degree, and Integrated PhD programs.