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September 1, 2021 • 4:24 pm

IIT JAM Eligibility 2022 - Check Your Eligibility Criteria Here

Joint Admission Test is a gateway for your dreams to pursue MSc from IITs, IISc, NITs, etc. To apply for the exam, one must ensure the minimum required criteria set by the IIT Roorkee as the first stage to filter out the suitable candidates.

As per the officials, a candidate will be eligible to appear in IIT JAM Exam if he/she fulfill the required educational qualification and there are no age limit criteria to apply for the exam.

Below in this blog, we have provided the following aspects of IIT JAM Eligibility Criteria 2022:

Eligibility for JAM Exam

Educational Qualification at Graduation and 10+2 Level

Aggregate Percentage Criteria for IITs and IISc

CCMN Eligibility Criteria for JAM Exam

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IIT JAM Eligibility 2022 | Are You Eligible?

It is recommended to check the jam exam eligibility criteria before filling the form. Following are the general requirements that students are required to fulfill.

Nationality – Indian/Foreign

Bachelor’s degree in science with the prescribed percentage.

Either appearing or appeared for the final examination of a qualifying degree.

If the candidate has qualified for the 2022 JAM exam, he/she can apply for provisional admission subject to the following conditions:

All parts of their final examination shall be completed by 30th September 2022 of the IIT JAM Admitting Institute, and

Candidates will have to submit a Physical Fitness Certificate from a registered medical practitioner in the prescribed form.

Candidate must fulfill the required eligibility criteria for the IIT JAM exam, guided as per admitting institute.

Note: At a time of the admission, candidates will have to give Physical Fitness Test constituted by the Medical Board by the Admitting Institute. If the admitted candidates are not found physically fit, their admission is liable to be cancelled.

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IIT JAM 2022 Eligibility Criteria- Aggregate Percentage Criteria for Admissions in IISc and IITs

IIT JAM conducting body decides minimum percentage criteria of the qualifying degree to get admission in all participating IITs. Below, you can check the aggregate marks for all categories: -

In the qualifying degree, the aggregate marks or CGPA/CPI without rounding-off should be at least 55% or 5.5 out of 10 for General/OBC (NCL) category candidates and 50% or 5.0 out of 10 for SC/ST and PwD category candidates.

The aggregate marks or CGPA/CPI should be first-class marks or min. 55% aggregate marks or 5.5 out of 10, without rounding off for GENERAL & OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) Candidates in the qualifying degree.

Second class or min. 50% aggregate marks or 5.0 out of 10 without rounding off for SC/ST/PwD Candidates, in qualifying degree.

IIT JAM Eligibility Criteria 2022 - Educational Qualifications

To apply for the desired program, a candidate must qualify for the corresponding Test Paper. Every Academic Program has certain Minimum Educational qualifications (MEQ) and Eligibility Requirements (ER). IIT JAM Eligibility 2022 and their courses are given below.

Test Paper (code)	Academic Programme	Institute	Minimum Educational Qualifications for Admission
Test Paper (code)	Academic Programme	Institute	Essential subjects in bachelor’s degree along with the minimum duration	Essential subjects at (10+2) level
Biotechnology (BT)	M.Sc. Biotechnology	IITI, IITB	Any Branch/Subject	No Restrictions
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Molecular Medical Microbiology	IITKGP	B.Sc./B.S. degree (three years/six semesters) with Biology/Biotechnology/Botany/Life Science/Physiology/Zoology/Microbiology/ Biochemistry/Genetics and Molecular Biology as Honours/Major/Main Subject, and any one of Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics as one of compulsory subsidiary subject for at least one year/two semesters	No Restrictions
	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
Chemistry (CY)	M.Sc. Chemistry	IIT GN	No Restrictions	No Restrictions
		IITBhilai, IITH, IITI, IITR#	Chemistry for three years/six semesters	No Restrictions
		IITB, IITBHU, IITD, IITG, IITISM, IITJ, IITK, IITM, IITMandi, IITP, IITPKD, IITRPR, IITTP		Mathematics
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Chemistry	IITBBS, IITKGP		Mathematics
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Nuclear Medicine	IITKGP	B.Sc./B.S. degree (three years/six semesters) with Chemistry as Honours/Major/Main Subject, Mathematics as compulsory one subsidiary subject and Physics/ Biology as another subsidiary subject for at least two years/four semesters	No Restrictions
	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 with any one of these subjects among Chemistry, Computer Science, Computer Application, Geology and Statistics	No Restrictions
	M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree in Energy	IITB	Bachelor’s degree in Science (B.Sc. or equivalent) of minimum three years’ duration, with any one of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics for two years/four semesters and any one of the remaining two subjects for at least one year/two semesters	No Restrictions
Economics (EN)	M.Sc. in Economics	IITD	Any Bachelor’s degree (B.A. / B. Sc./ B.Com/ B.Stat. / B.Math./ B.Tech/B.E. or equivalent). The bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification obtained by the candidate must entail a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.	No Restrictions
Economics (EN)	M.Sc. in Economics	IITR#	B B.Tech/B.E./ B.Sc. (PCM)/ B.Stat. and B.A./ B.Com. (with Mathematics as one of the subjects in the whole programme)	No Restrictions
Geology (GG)	M.Sc. Applied Geology	IITB	Geology for three years/six semesters and any two subjects among Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biological Science	Mathematics
	M.Sc. Applied Geology	IITR#	Geology for three years/six semesters and any two subjects among Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biological Science	No Restrictions
	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	Mathematics
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Geology	IITKGP, IITBBS		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
	M.Sc.(Tech) in Applied Geology*	IITISM	B.Sc. degree (3 years) with Geology as Honours/ Major/ Main/Equivalent subject and any two subsidiary subjects from Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.	Mathematics
Mathematics (MA)	M.Sc. Mathematics	IIT GN	No Restrictions	No Restrictions
		IITB, IITD# , IITI, IITJ, IITM, IITP, IITPKD, IITR# , IITRPR	Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters
		IITK	Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics or at least 30% of total courses in bachelor’s degree should be in Mathematics
	M.Sc. Mathematics/ Mathematics and Computing	IITH#	Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters
	M.Sc.-M.Tech. Dual Degree in Mathematics-Data and Computational Sciences	IITJ	Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters
	M.Sc. Mathematics and Computing	IITG, IITBhilai	Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters
	M.Sc. Mathematics and Computing	IITISM	Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters	Mathematics
	M.Sc. Mathematics and Statistics	IITTP	Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters	Mathematics
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Mathematics	IITBBS, IITKGP	Mathematics/ Statistics as a subject for at least two years/four semesters.	No Restrictions
	M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Operations Research	IITB		No Restrictions
	M.Sc. Applied Mathematics	IITMandi	Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters	Mathematics
	M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree in Energy	IITB	Bachelor’s degree in Science (B.Sc. or equivalent) of minimum three years’ duration, with any one of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics for two years/four semesters and any one of the remaining two subjects for at least one year/two semesters	No Restrictions
	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	Bachelor’s degree in Statistics or at least 30% of total courses in bachelor’s degree should be in Statistics
	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	IITGN	No Restrictions	No Restrictions
		IITB, IITBhilai, IITBHU, IITD, IITG, IITH, IITI, IITISM, IITJ, IITK, IITM, IITMandi, IITP, IITPKD, IITR, IITRPR	No restrictions for engineering degrees. For B.Sc. / B.S. degree, Physics for at least two years/four semesters and Mathematics for at least one year/two semesters.
		IITTP	1. For B.Sc./B.S. students, Physics for at least two years/four semesters and Mathematics for at least one year/two semesters. 2. For B.Tech./B.E. students, four core courses in Physics including Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, and Electrodynamics are required.
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Physics	IITBBS, IITKGP	No restrictions for engineering degrees. For B.Sc. / B.S. degree, Physics for at least two years/four semesters and Mathematics for at least one year/two semesters.
	M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Physics	IITK	No restrictions for engineering degrees. For B.Sc. / B.S. degree, Physics for at least two years/four semesters and Mathematics for at least one year/two semesters.
	M.Sc. Applied Geophysics	IITB	Physics and Mathematics/ Mathematical Physics for two years/four semesters and at least one of them as a 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 two years/four semesters
	M.Sc. Astronomy	IITI	Bachelor's of Science in Physics/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Electronics/ Computer Science OR Bachelor's of Engineering/Technology in any branch AND Courses in Physics for at least 6 credits or 2 semesters and Mathematics for at least 6 credits or two 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
	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, Geology and Chemistry	Mathematics
	M.Sc.-M.Tech Dual Degree in Physics and Materials Engineering	IITJ	No restrictions for engineering degrees. For B.Sc. / B.S. degree, Physics for at least two years/four semesters and Mathematics for at least one year/two semesters.	No Restrictions
	M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree in Energy	IITB	Bachelor’s degree in Science (B.Sc. or equivalent) of minimum three years’ duration, with any one of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics for two years/four semesters and any one of the remaining two subjects for at least one year/two semesters	No Restrictions
	M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree in Environmental Science	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
	M.Sc.(Tech) in Applied Geophysics	IITISM	B.Sc. degree with Physics for three years/six semesters. Mathematics with 12 credits/one year and any one subject among Chemistry, Electronics, Statistics, Geology and Computer Science with 12 credit points/one year.	No Restrictions

The full form of all the participating institutes are -

IIT ISM- IIT (ISM) Dhanbad,

IIT Bhilai - IIT Bhilai,

IITB- IIT Bombay,

IITBBS- IIT Bhubaneswar,

IITBHU- IIT (BHU) Varanasi,

IITD- IIT Delhi,

IITGN- IIT Gandhinagar,

IITG- IIT Guwahati,

IITH- IIT Hyderabad,

IITI- IIT Indore,

IITJ- IIT Jodhpur,

IITK- IIT Kanpur,

IITKGP- IIT Kharagpur,

IITM- IIT Madras,

IIT Mandi – IIT Mandi

IITPKD - IIT Palakkad

IITP- IIT Patna,

IITR- IIT Roorkee,

IITRPR- IIT Ropar,

IITTP - IIT Tirupati

Note -

# Minimum Educational Qualification for engineering graduates/students should be treated as removed for this program and these candidates will be admitted based on their JAM rank only

* Medical Criteria for IIT JAM:

a) Applicants with color blindness and/or Uni-ocularity are not eligible.

b) To do fieldwork, persons with disability (PwD) category candidates should be able to walk in the field without assistance/escort (on-road and/or off-road conditions).

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Eligibility Criteria for IIT JAM - CCMN Counselling

Candidates can also get admission in NITs after qualifying the JAM Exam. But, they must satisfy the CCMN Eligibility Criteria for admission in the admitting Institutes.

Candidates must have at least 60% aggregate marks (Gen/EWS/OBC) or 55% aggregate marks (SC, ST, PwD) in the qualifying degree for CCMN Counseling Process.

There are some other subject-wise eligibility criteria available on CCMN official website. You can check those NITs MSc Admission Eligibility Criteria here.

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If you satisfy the above-mentioned IIT JAM 2022 eligibility requirements, then you can fill the IIT JAM Online Application Form.

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