IIT JAM Exam Guide 2026
IIT JAM 2026 notification updates and complete exam guide. Check exam dates, vacancies, eligibility criteria, selection process, syllabus, and application details.
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📊 Overview
- Purpose
- To Select Candidates for PG
- Exam Stages
- CBT
- Mode of Exam
- Online
- Exam Duration
- CBT: 3 hours
- Exam Elements
- Details
- Level of Exam
- National
- Exam help desk
- (044) 2257 8200
- Marking Scheme
- ⅓ marks will be deducted for 1 mark MCQ ⅔ marks will be deducted for 2 marks MCQ No negative marks for MSQs and NATs
- Language of Exam
- English
- Official Website
- IIT JAM
- Frequency of Exam
- Yearly
- Last Date to Apply
- 20 October 2025
- Exam Conducting Body
- India Institute of Technology, Bombay
- Application Start Date
- 5 September 2025
📊 Important Dates & Schedule
- Event
- Date
- IIT JAM Exam Date
- 15 February 2026 (Forenoon - 9.30 am to 12.30 pm & Afternoon - 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm)
- IIT JAM Scorecard
- Last week of March, 2026 (expected)
- IIT JAM result 2026
- 20th March 2026
- IIT JAM Exam Admit Card Date
- 13th January 2026
- IIT JAM Registration Last Date
- 20th October 2025
- IIT JAM Online Application Processing System (JOAPS) Start Date
- 5th September 2025
📊 Application Fee
| Category | Fee Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| One Test Paper | Two test papers | |
| Female (All Categories)/SC/ST/PwD | ₹1000 | ₹1350 |
| All Others` | ₹2000 | ₹2700 |
📊 Exam Information 4
| Zones | Probable Cities |
|---|---|
| 1. IISc Bengaluru [email protected] +91 80 2293 2392 | Belagavi, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Hassan, Hubballi / Dharwad, Hyderabad, Kalaburagi, Kannur, Kozhikode, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Palakkad, Port Blair, Payyanur, Shivamogga, Thrissur, Vatakara |
| 2. IIT Bombay [email protected] +91 22 2576 7068+91 22 2576 7022 | Ahmedabad, Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar), Akola, Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Goa, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Rajkot, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Surat, Vadodara |
| 3. IIT Delhi [email protected] +91 11 2659 1749 | Alwar, Bhilwara, Dausa, Faridabad, Greater NOIDA, Gurugram, Hanumangarh, Hisar, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu-Samba, Jodhpur, Mathura, New Delhi, Srinagar |
| 4. IIT Guwahati [email protected] +91 361 258 2751 | Agartala, Asansol-Durgapur, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Dimapur-Kohima, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Shillong, Siliguri |
| 5. IIT Kanpur [email protected] +91 512 679 7412 | Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi |
| 6. IIT Kharagpur [email protected] +91 3222 282 091 | Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur, Brahmapur (Odisha), Kharagpur-Midnapore, Kolaghat, Kolkata, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam |
| 7. IIT Madras [email protected] +91 44 2257 8200 | Alappuzha, Aluva-Ernakulam, Chennai, Coimbatore, Guntur, Karimnagar, Karaikudi, Khammam, Kollam, Kottayam, Madurai, Ongole, Puducherry, Salem, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Warangal |
| 8. IIT Roorkee [email protected] +91 1332 284 531 | Ambala, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Haldwani, Jalandhar, Kangra-Dharamshala, Kurukshetra, Meerut, Mohali-Chandigarh, Moradabad, NOIDA, Patiala, Roorkee, Shimla-Solan |
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Q1.Which type of questions I’ll receive in the IIT JAM exam?
You’ll receive MCQs, MSQs, and Numerical questions in the exam.
Q2.When is the exam date of the IIT JAM?
The IIT JAM exam date is 15 February 2026 in 2 shifts.
Q3.When I can register for the IIT JAM exam?
The IIT JAM registration process has been commenced from 5 September to 20th October 2025.
Q4.What is the result date for the IIT JAM exam?
The IIT JAM exam result will be published on 18th March 2026.
Q5.What will be the mode of the IIT JAM exam?
The IIT JAM will be a Computer-Based Exam (CBT).
Q6.How many test papers will be there in IIT JAM Exam?
In IIT JAM, there will be a total of 7 test papers namely, Biotechnology (BT), Chemistry (CY), Economics (EN), Geology (GG), Mathematics(MA), Mathematical Statistics (MS), and Physics (PH)
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