IIT JAM Eligibility 2020 - Check Your Eligibility Criteria Here

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You all must be willing to appear in IIT JAM 2020 to actualize your dreams of pursuing M.Sc. from IITs or IISc. But before setting up your study goals for Joint Admission Test, you all should be well aware of the essential criteria to appear in exam i.e. IIT JAM Eligibility.

In this blog, we have listed following aspects of IIT JAM Eligibility Criteria:

Eligibility Requirement for IIT JAM

Educational Qualification at Graduation and 10+2 Level

Aggregate Percentage for Various Courses

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IIT JAM Eligibility | Are You Eligible?

IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test) Exam will be conducted on 9th February 2020. To remove your anxiety regarding JAM Exam Eligibility, Eduncle has come with the detailed IIT JAM Eligibility Criteria in this blog.

Here, we have mentioned all the requisite conditions on which candidates have to be applicable.

Please check the detailed JAM 2020 Eligibility below–

 IIT JAM 2020 is open to all nationals (Indian/Foreign).

 There is no age restriction. i.e. there is no IIT JAM Age Eligibility, regardless of your current age you can apply for JAM.

 To apply for admission to a desired program, a candidate is required to qualify in the corresponding Test Paper and also satisfy the Minimum Educational Qualifications (MEQs) and Eligibility Requirements (ERs) of the respective Academic Program. IIT JAM Courses and Eligibility is given below in the table.

 The candidates who have either appeared or are due to appear in the final examination of their qualifying degree in 2020 are also eligible to appear in the test.

 By qualifying JAM 2020, candidates can apply for provisional admission subjected to the condition that:

(a) All parts of their final examination shall be completed by the date of registration of the Admitting Institute, and

(b) Proof of having passed the qualifying degree with required eligibility, as specified by the Admitting Institute, will be submitted by September 2020. The admission for a few programs at IISc, IITB, and IITK will additionally depend on interviews that will be held during the time window given in the brochure.

 The candidates who have obtained B.Sc. degree through Distance Education/Correspondence Mode and are desirous of admission to M.Sc. Mathematics or M.Sc. Physics programmes of IIT Madras will have to appear for an additional interview.

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IIT JAM Eligibility Criteria 2020 - Educational Qualifications at Graduation and 10+2 Level

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IIT JAM Medical Eligibility Criteria 2020 for IIT ISM Dhanbad

Candidates with color blindness or Uni-ocularity are not eligible.

PwD Candidates should be able to walk in the field without assistance /escort (on-road or off-road conditions.)

IIT JAM Exam Eligibility for Admissions in IISc and IITs - Aggregate Percentage

Please check the JAM 2020 Eligibility Criteria for various JAM Participating Organizations. There are different IIT JAM Exam Eligibility Criteria for various programs.

IIT JAM 2020 Eligibility Criteria for IISc Bangalore

For GENERAL & OBC (Non Creamy Layer) Candidates:

First class marks or min. 55% aggregate marks, without rounding off, in qualifying degree.

For SC/ST/PwD Candidates:

Second class or min. 50% aggregate marks without rounding off, in qualifying degree.

IIT JAM Exam Eligibility Criteria for IIT Guwahati

For GENERAL & OBC (Non Creamy Layer) Candidates

At least (a) 55% marks or 6.0 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, in Major/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, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined.

For SC/ST/PwD Candidates

At least (a) 50% marks or 5.5 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, in Major/Honors and pass in all other subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, or (b) 55% aggregate marks or 6.0 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined.

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Eligibility Criteria for All Other IITs

For GENERAL & OBC (Non Creamy Layer) Candidates

At least 55% aggregate marks, without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) in the qualifying degree.

For SC/ST/PwD Candidates

At least 55% aggregate marks, without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) in the qualifying degree.

Eligibility Criteria for CCMN

At least 60% aggregate marks are required in the qualifying degree for CCMN Counseling Process. The admission process to NIT and IISER M.Sc. seats is done through Centralized Counseling process.

Eligible for JAM Exam! How to Apply for IIT JAM Exam 2020?

Only Eligible JAM candidates can apply for the exam. To make the registration process hassle-free for the candidates, we have made a step by step guide, which will help them to fill the form without any error. Read - IIT JAM Online Application Instructions!

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