IIT JAM Eligibility 2021 – Check General & Qualification Eligibility

IIT JAM Eligibility 2021 should be checked by candidates before applying. Joint Admission Test for M.Sc (JAM)  is the national level exam for admission to M.Sc and other post-bachelor degree & dual degree programmes at IITs. IIT JAM eligibility criteria are given below in detail. The JAM exam is gateway for admission to integrated Ph.D programme at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) & IITs. IISC, Bangalore is the organising institute for JAM 2021 examination. Only eligible candidates will be able to apply for JAM 2021. Through this article, candidates can check JAM 2021 eligibility.

IIT JAM Eligibility 2021 – Relaxed

IIT JAM 2021 Eligibility has been relaxed on aggregate marks. Candidates have to pass the qualifying exam only. Check other details from below.

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Here, candidates can check the complete eligibility criteria:

General Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must check the eligibility before filling the IIT JAM 2021 application form.

• Nativity: Indian national as well as foreign national will be eligible for JAM.
• Qualifying Exam: Candidates applying for JAM must have bachelor’s degree as a qualifying examination degree.
• Minimum Marks: The qualifying examination must be passed with minimum 55% aggregate marks or 5.5 out of 10 (in all subjects including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) without rounding off.
• Candidates belonging from SC/ST category will require to obtain at least 50% aggregate marks or 5.0 out of 10 without rounding off.
• In case of grading system/CGPA, the equivalence in percentage of marks will be decided by the Admitting Institute.
• Candidates who will be pursuing the qualifying examination have to submit the proof of passing the qualifying examination to the admitted institute by 30th September 2021.
• There will be no restriction in the upper age limit for JAM.

Note: Eligibility has been relaxed (for 2021 session only), candidates must have to pass qualifying exam only.

Test Papers & Codes & Eligibility for Admission

Here, we are providing the eligibility criteria of various courses offered under IIT JAM exam 2021. The examination will be organized in seven subjects, also referred to as Test Papers, of Biological Sciences (BL), Biotechnology (BT), Chemistry (CY), Geology (GG), Mathematics (MA), Mathematical Statistics (MS) and Physics (PH).

Test Paper (Test paper code)	Academic Programme(s)	Institute(s)	Minimum Educational Qualification(s) for Admission
			Essential subjects in Bachelor’s Degree along with minimum duration	Essential subjects at (10+2) level
Biotechnology (BT)	M.Sc. Biotechnology	IITI	Any Branch/ Subject	No Restrictions
	M.Sc. Biotechnology	IITB, IITR	Any Branch/ Subject	Mathematics
	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
Chemistry (CY)	M.Sc. Chemistry	IITB, IITD, IITG, IITGN, IITH, IITI, IITJ, IITK, IITM, IITP, IITR, IITRPR, IITISM, IITBHU,  IIT Bhilai	Chemistry for three years/six semesters	Mathematics
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Chemistry	IITBBS, IITKGP
	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
Geology (GG)	M.Sc. Applied Geology	IITB, IITR	Geology for three years/six semesters and any two subjects among Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biological Science	Mathematics
	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
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Geology	IITKGP, IITBBS
	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 year) with Geology as Honours/ Major/ Main/Equivalent subject and any 2 subsidiary subjects from Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.	Mathematics
Mathematics (MA)	M.Sc. in Economics	IITR	Mathematics as one of the core subjects	No Restrictions
	M.Sc. Mathematics	IITB, IITD, IITGN, IITI, IITJ,IITK, IITM, IITP, IITR, IITRPR	Mathematics for at least two years/four semesters
	M.Sc. Mathematics/ Mathematics and Computing	IITISM
	M.Sc. Mathematics and Computing	IITG, IIT Bhilai
	M.Sc. Mathematics/ Applied Mathematics and Computing	IITH
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Mathematics	IITBBS, IITKGP	Mathematics/ Statistics as a subject for at least two years/four semesters.
	M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Operations Research	IITB
	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	Statistics for at least two years/ four 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
Physics (PH)	M.Sc. Physics	IITB, IITD, IITG, IITGN, IITH, IITI,IITJ,IITK, IITM, IITP, IITR, IITRPR, IITISM, IITBHU, IIT Bhilai	Physics for at least two years/four semesters and Mathematics for at least one year/two semesters	No Restrictions
	Joint M.Sc.- Ph.D. in Physics	IITBBS, IITKGP
	M.Sc.- Ph.D. Dual Degree in Physics	IITK
	M.Sc. Applied Geophysics	IITB	Physics and Mathematics/Mathematical Physics for two years/four semesters and at least one of them as subject for three years/six semesters
	M.Sc. Astronomy	IITI	Physics and Mathematics for two years/four semesters and at least one of them as subject for three years/six semesters / Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
	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 as a subject for three years/six semesters and any two subjects among Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry	Mathematics
	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
	M.Sc.(Tech) in AppliedGeophysics	IITISM	B.Sc Degree (3 yr.) with Physics as Honours/ Major/ Main/ Equivalent subject, Mathematics as a subsidiary subject for 2 years/4 semesters and another subsidiary subject from Chemistry, Geology, Electronics, and Statistics for 1 year/ 2 semesters.	No Restrictions

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