IIT JAM 2024 application correction facility to open on 24 November 2023

by S. Vishnu Sharma
Published: Nov 19, 2023, 21:00 IST
Updated: Nov 19, 2023, 19:14 IST

IIT JAM 2024 application correction can be taken up from 24 November 2023 at ‘https://jam.iitm.ac.in/’

Students who have submitted applications and wish to take up corrections in them can make use of this opportunity.

Registration process for IIT JAM 2024 began on 5 September 2023. The last date to submit applications was 13 October 2023 initially. That was extended to 20 October 2023 and was later expanded to 25 October 2023.

How to make corrections?

Candidates willing to make rectifications in the application form already submitted can visit the official website of the exam at ‘https://jam.iitm.ac.in/’

1. Applicants of IIT JAM 2024 can type the above mentioned URL in the browser and submit them to allow it to download.

2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates can click the login link and enter their credentials and submit them to access the application form.

3. Once the application is available, candidates can check it and make corrections, save them and then submit the application form.

Students willing to pursue postgraduation in science subjects in IITs can take up JAM 2024 registration. There are about 3000 seats in postgraduate courses in 21 IITs.

The exam will be conducted to admit students into IITs for science programs for the academic year 2024-25. Candidates can apply for MSc, MSc Tech, MS (Research), MSc-MTech Dual Degree, Joint MSc-PhD and MSc-PhD dual degree in various science subjects in IITs located across India.

Schedule

Candidates who have taken up IIT JAM 2024 registration successfully alone will be able to download the hall tickets and attend the exam on 11 February 2024.

The admit cards will be available for download from 8 January 2023 onwards.

Results of IIT JAM 2024 will be declared on 22 March 2024. The score cards can be downloaded from 2 April 2024 onwards.

The admission portal in connection with IIT JAM 2024 will be open from 10 April 2024. Candidates can refer to the table below in connection with the schedule of IIT JAM 2024 registration:

JAM 2024 Schedule	Date (Day)*
JAM Online Application Processing System (JOAPS) Website Opens	September 05, 2023 (Tuesday)
Last Date for Online Registration/Application Submission	October 25, 2023 (Friday)
Availability of JAM Admit Cards on the Online Application Portal (for Download and Printing)	January 08, 2024 (Monday)
Date of Examination	February 11, 2024 (Sunday)
Announcement of the Results	March 22, 2024 (Friday)
Availability of Scorecards for download	April 02, 2024 (Tuesday)
Portal for Admission Opens	April 10, 2024 (Wednesday)

Note: Applicants are requested to periodically check the website for the status of the application or/and information. They should also check the messages sent to their registered email id and mobile number.

About the exam

The full name of the exam is Joint Admission Test for Masters and is popular as JAM. This is conducted once a year and is a national level test for admission into postgraduate courses in IITs across India.

Candidates have to pass this exam with required qualifying marks to be eligible for the admission into IITs.

Also read – AILET 2024 admit card on 20 November 2023, links to download it available here

They can also try for admission in non IIT institutions (NITs, IIEST Shibpur, SLIET and DIAT) with help of this score. They have to approach these institutions separately.

JAM 2024 will be a computer based test and will be conducted in seven test papers – Biotechnology, Chemistry, Economics, Geology, Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, and Physics.

Candidates can either choose to appear in one paper or two test papers. This exam is conducted by one of IITs located in India by taking turns. JAM 2024 is being conducted by IIT Madras.

Information brochure with regards to JAM 2024 registration is available here

Admitting institutes

Candidates who have completed their IIT JAM 2024 registration can appear for the exam. After passing the exam with required qualifying marks, they can apply for admission. The list of admitting institutions are provided below for the sake of the candidates:

Admitting Institutes	Website	E-mail ID	Phone
IIT Bhilai	https://www.iitbhilai.ac.in	academics@iitbhilai.ac.in	(0771) 2973624 07021210587
IIT Bhubaneswar	https://www.iitbbs.ac.in	chairman.jam@iitbbs.ac.in ar.acad@iitbbs.ac.in	(0674) 7134462 (0674) 7135136
IIT Bombay	https://www.iitb.ac.in	jam@iitb.ac.in	(022) 25767068
IIT Delhi	https://home.iitd.ac.in/	jam@admin.iitd.ac.in	(011) 26591749
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad	http://www.iitism.ac.in	chairman_gatejam@iitism.ac.in	(0326) 2235265 (0326) 2235266 (0326) 2235662
IIT Gandhinagar	https://www.iitgn.ac.in	academics@iitgn.ac.in	(079) 23952532
IIT Guwahati	https://www.iitg.ac.in	jam@iitg.ac.in	(0361) 2582751
IIT Hyderabad	https://www.iith.ac.in	dean_academics@iith.ac.in	(040) 23016082
IIT Indore	https://www.iiti.ac.in	jamchairman@iiti.ac.in gatechairman@iiti.ac.in	(0731) 6603598 (0731) 6603150
IIT Jammu	https://www.iitjammu.ac.in	ar.acad@iitjammu.ac.in	(0191) 2570633
IIT Jodhpur	https://www.iitj.ac.in	chair_admissions@iitj.ac.in	(0291) 2801141
IIT Kanpur	https://iitk.ac.in	jam@iitk.ac.in	(0512) 6797412
IIT Kharagpur	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in	jam@adm.iitkgp.ac.in	(03222) 282091/95
IIT Madras	https://www.iitm.ac.in	jam@iitm.ac.in	(044) 22578200
IIT Mandi	https://www.iitmandi.ac.in	jamchair@iitmandi.ac.in aracad@iitmandi.ac.in	(01905) 267828 (01905) 267058
IIT Palakkad	https://iitpkd.ac.in	deanadmn@iitpkd.ac.in	(04923) 226567
IIT Patna	https://www.iitp.ac.in	pic_jam@iitp.ac.in	(06115) 233028 (06115) 233697 (06115) 233773
IIT Roorkee	https://www.iitr.ac.in	jam@iitr.ac.in	(01332) 284531
IIT Ropar	https://www.iitrpr.ac.in	jamchair@iitrpr.ac.in	(01881) 231111 (01881) 231114 (01881) 231110
IIT Tirupati	https://iittp.ac.in	academics@iittp.ac.in	(0877) 2503531
IIT (BHU) Varanasi	https://www.iitbhu.ac.in	office.academics@iitbhu.ac.in	09454820126

Who can take up IIT JAM 2024 registration?

Individuals who have passed graduation in the relevant discipline from a recognized educational institution can take up IIT JAM 2024 registration.

The graduation must be in the same discipline in which the candidates desire to pursue postgraduation.

Even those who have appeared for the final exams of their qualifying degree and are waiting for results or those who are about to appear for the final exams can also take up IIT JAM 2024 registration.

However, these people have to pass the exam and provide a proof for it by the time the admission process begins. If they do not produce the proof, admission may be cancelled.

Foreign nationals

Even foreign nationals can take up IIT JAM 2024 registration. For admission, foreign nationals are required to satisfy the rules and regulations of the Admitting Institute pertaining to foreign students. For further details, they are advised to contact the concerned Admitting Institute.

How to take up IIT JAM 2024 registration?

The process to take up IIT JAM 2024 registration is online and official website has to be approached to register for the exam. The official website is accessible at ‘https://jam.iitm.ac.in/’

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to click the link for registration to create an account with a username and password.

3. After the account is created, candidates can login and start applying for the exam.

4. They can provide the required data, choose the exam center, upload the documents.

5. Applicants can check for any errors in the information provided and correct them if any.

6. After rectification of errors if any, candidates can submit the application.

Link to access website for IIT JAM 2024 registration is here

Documents

Candidates have to upload, their photograph, image of their signature, Community certificate (if applicable) and PwD certificate (if applicable) while taking up IIT JAM 2024 registration.

Registration fee

IIT JAM 2024 registration fee is Rs 900 for a single paper for Female applicants and SC/ST/PwD category candidates. For all others, JAM 2024 registration fee is Rs 1800 per paper.

The same is Rs 1250 for women applicants and SC/ST/PwD category candidates if applying for two test papers. For all others JAM 2024 registration fee is Rs 2500 if applying for two test papers. Details are present in tabular format below:

Gender / Category	Fees Amount**
Gender / Category	One Test Paper	Two Test Papers
Female / SC / ST / PwD*	₹ 900	₹ 1250
All others	₹ 1800	₹ 2500
Fee Amount – Fee for Changing Examination Cities /Test Papers /Category /Gender is ₹300** apart from the applicable difference in Application fee.

*PwD: Person with benchmark Disability

How to download admit card?

Candidates who have completed their IIT JAM 2024 registration can alone download the hall ticket. The admit card will be available for download from 8 January 2024 onwards.

Admit card can be downloaded from the official website which is accessible at ‘https://jam.iitm.ac.in/’ The process to obtain the admit card is mentioned below:

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and submitted to allow it to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to click the link for the hall ticket of IIT JAM 2024.

3. Clicking the link may open another webpage and the candidates have to enter their application number, date of birth and other required information.

4. The above details must be submitted to obtain the hall ticket.

5. After the hall ticket is visible, the candidates can download it and take a printout of it.

Exam pattern

The questions have to be answered in a duration of three hours. Medium of the exam will be english. There will be a total of 60 questions which are framed in three sections – Section A, Section B and Section C.

Section – A contains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) involving 10 questions of one mark each and 20 questions of two marks each.

Each MCQ has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer. Candidates can mark their answer by clicking one of the choices.

A wrong answer will result in negative marks. For each wrong answer to 1 mark questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted and similarly for each wrong answer to 2 marks questions, 2/3 mark will be deducted.

Section – B contains a total of 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) carrying two marks each. Each MSQ is similar to MCQ but with the difference that MSQ may have one or more than one correct choice(s) out of the four given choices.

The candidate is awarded full credit only if all the correct answer(s) and no wrong answers are selected. Candidates can mark the answer(s) by clicking the choice(s).

There is no negative marking or partial marking for MSQ. Section – C contains a total of 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions involving 10 questions of one mark each and 10 questions of two marks each.

For NAT questions, the answer is a signed real number, which needs to be entered using the virtual numeric keypad displayed on the monitor.

No choices will be shown for NAT questions. There is no negative marking for NAT. In all sections, questions not attempted will result in zero mark. There is no provision for
partial marking.

The candidates are required to select the answer(s) for MCQ and MSQ type questions using the mouse. The answer for NAT questions must be entered using a mouse on a virtual numeric keypad. The keyboard of the computer will be disabled.

Exam centres

The exam centres for JAM 2024 will be located across the country. Candidates have to choose them while taking up IIT JAM 2024 registration. Applicants have to exert caution while choosing test centers.

Applicants can choose the test centers keeping in mind factors accessibility, availability of transport, reachability through various modes of transport while taking up JAM 2024 registration.

Details about the exam centres are mentioned below for the sake of the candidates. For any clarifications, they can visit the official website of the exam:

IISc Bengaluru	Belagavi/Belgaum [KA], Bengaluru [KA], Bidar [KA], Gulbarga/Kalaburagi [KA], Hassan [KA], Hubbali [KA], Hyderabad [TS], Kannur [KL], Kozhikode [KL], Mangaluru [KA], Mysuru (Mysore) [KA], Palakkad [KL], Port Blair [AN], Shimoga [KA], Thrissur [KL], Vatakara [KL]
IIT Bombay	Ahmedabad [GJ], Ahmednagar [MH], Akola [MH], Amravati [MH], Aurangabad [MH], Goa [GA], Jalgaon [MH], Kolhapur [MH], Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Thane [MH], Nagpur [MH], Nanded [MH], Nashik [MH], Pune [MH], Rajkot [GJ], Sangli [MH], Satara [MH], Solapur [MH], Surat [GJ], Vadodara [GJ]
IIT Delhi	Faridabad [HR], Greater NOIDA [OR], Gurugram [HR], Hisar [HR], Indore [MP], Jaipur [RJ], Jammu [JK], Jodhpur [RJ], Mathura [UP], New Delhi [DL], Srinagar [JK]
IIT Guwahati	Agartala [TR], Asansol-Durgapur [WB], Dhanbad [JH], Dibrugarh [AS], Dimapur-Kohima [NL], Guwahati [AS], Imphal [MN], Jorhat [AS], Kalyani [WB], Patna [BR], Shillong [ML], Siliguri [WB]
IIT Kanpur	Agra [UP], Aligarh [UP], Bareilly [UP], Bhopal [MP], Gorakhpur [UP], Jabalpur [MP], Kanpur [UP], Lucknow [UP], Prayagraj (Allahabad) [GJ], Varanasi [UP]
IIT Kharagpur	Bhubaneswar [OR], Bilaspur [CH], Brahmapur (Odisha) [OR], Kolaghat [WB], Kolkata [WB], Kharagpur-Midnapore [WB], Raipur [CH], Ranchi [JH], Vijayawada [AP], Visakhapatnam [AP]
IIT Madras	Alappuzha [KL], Chennai [TN], Coimbatore [TN], Ernakulam [KL], Guntur [AP], Karimnagar [TS], Khammam [TS], Kollam [KL], Kottayam [KL], Madurai [TN], Ongole [AP], Puducherry [PY], Salem [TN], Thiruvananthapuram [KL], Tiruchirapalli [TN], Tirunelveli [TN], Tirupati [AP], Warangal [TS]
IIT Roorkee	Ambala [HR], Dehradun [UK], Ghaziabad [UP], Haldwani [UK], Jalandhar [PB], Kangra [HP], Kurukshetra [HR], Meerut [UP], Mohali-Chandigarh [PB], Moradabad [UP], NOIDA [UP], Patiala [PB], Roorkee [UK], Shimla-Solan [HP]
Choice of Examination Cities: JAM 2024 Examination will be conducted in eight zones. The names of these eight zones with the list of zone-wise Examination Cities given above. Candidates must specify their first, second and third choice of cities at the time of taking up JAM 2024 registration. When the choice of first city is made, then the zone gets determined and the candidates will be able to choose the second and third choice city only from the same zone. Note: There may be an addition or dropping an examination city or town due to operational constraints – a notification will be made on the JAM 2024 website.

Test schedule

Candidates who have taken up IIT JAM 2024 registration must remember to take note of the exam schedule. The exam schedule is available in the information brochure.

Those who have applied for more than one test paper during IIT JAM 2024 registration have to ensure that the test papers they have opted do not fall on the same day. More details are available in the table below:

Examination date

Session

Test papers and Codes

February 11, 2024

(Sunday)

Forenoon (FN) 9.30 am to 12.30 pm

• Chemistry (CY)

• Geology (GG)

• Mathematics (MA)

February 11, 2024

(Sunday)

Afternoon (AN) 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm