India Entrance Exams Information
Joint Admission Test for M.Sc (JAM) May, 09
Joint Admission Test for M.Sc (JAM)
Among all the IIT's, IIT Roorkee is the only institute to offer MCA course with a total seats of 42. JAM is the entrance exam for admission to IITR.
JAM MCA Eligibility
- Bachelor's degree with Mathematics as a subject for at least one year for annual system candidates/at least two papers of Mathematics for semester system candidates.
- At least 55% aggregate marks (taking into account all subjects, including languages and subsidiaries, all years combined) for General/OBC Category candidates and at least 50% aggregate marks (taking into account all subjects, including languages and subsidiaries, all years combined) for SC/ST and PD Category candidates in the qualifying degree.
- For candidates with letter grades/CGPA (instead of percentage of marks), the equivalent percentage of marks will be decided by the admitting institute(s).
JAM 2009 Important Dates
| Issue of Application Form and Information Brochure at Bank Counters / by Post only from IIT Kharagpur / Commencement of Online Registration | November 24, 2008 |
| Last date for receipt of requests at IIT Kharagpur for issue of application material by Post | January 07, 2009 |
| Last date for issue of Application Form and Information Brochure at Bank Counters | January 16, 2009 |
| Last date for receipt of completed Application Form along with Pay-in-slip and Demand Draft (if any) / Online Registration Form along with Demand Draft at the Organizing Institute ( IIT Kharagpur) | January 22, 2009 |
| Test Date | May 03, 2009 (Sunday) |
| Announcement of the Result | May 25, 2009 |
| Issue of Admission Form by JAM Office of the Organizing Institute / downloading from the Website of Organizing Institute starts | May 26, 2009 |
| Last date for receipt of completed Admission Form at Organizing Institute along with Demand Draft of Rs. 300/- only | June 09, 2009 |
JAM 2009 Application Process
Candidates may apply for JAM-2009 either Offline or Online.
Offline : The "OMR Application Form" along with the "Information Brochure" and "Acknowledgement Card" will be available from on cash payment of application fee of Rs. 1000/- for General/OBC Category Male candidates, Rs. 900/- for General/OBC Category Female candidates and Rs. 500/- for SC/ST and PD candidates from the following Designated Branches of Canara Bank:
| Bombay Zone: | Ahmedabad (Revdi Bazar), Bhopal (Maharana Pratap Nagar), Indore (MG Road), Jabalpur (M.K. Chowk), Mumbai (IIT Powai & Fort Market), Nagpur (Pandit Malviya Road Sitabuldi), Nanded (Tara Singh Market), Pune (Camp), Raipur (Malviya Road), Vadodara Main (Manick Rao Road). |
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| Delhi Zone: | Chandigarh (Sector 17 C), Delhi (IIT Delhi Campus, Janpath, Maharani Bagh, Vivek Vihar), Shimla (The Mall). |
| Guwahati Zone: | Bhubaneswar (Bapuji Nagar), Guwahati (Fancy Bazar), Jorhat (Garali), Patna (Exhibition Road), Muzzafarpur (Dhawan Building), Ranchi Main (SN Ganguli Road), Shillong (Gulasta Fancy Market). |
| Kanpur Zone: | Aligarh Main (Apsara Complex), Allahabad (Civil Lines), Gorakhpur (Bank Road), Kanpur (Mall Road)), Lucknow Main (Hazratganj), Varanasi Main (Bansphatak). |
| Kharagpur Zone: | Kharagpur (Fatak Bazar, Kharida), Kolkata (College Street & Gariahat), Siliguri (Sevoke Road Pani tanki more), Vijayawada (Shivalayam Street), Vishakapatnam (Daba Garden). |
| Madras Zone: | Bangalore (Town Hall), Chennai (IIT Madras Campus & T. Nagar), Coimbatore (Oppannakara Street), Hyderabad (Abid Road), Secunderabad (MG Road), Kochi Main (Mattancherry), Tiruchirapalli (Teppakulam), Thiruvananthapuram (Cantonment), Mangalore (Balmatte Road). |
| Roorkee Zone: | Agra (Cantonment), Amritsar (Dharam Singh Market), Bareilly (Civil Lines), Jaipur (Mirza Ismail Road), Kurukshetra (Railway Road), Meerut (Abu Lane), Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar), Roorkee (Anaj Mandi). |
The "OMR Application Form" and the "Information Brochure" can also be obtained by Post from the JAM Office of IIT Kharagpur by making a written request along with the Demand Draft of Rs. 1050/- for General category Male candidates, Rs. 950/- for General category Female candidates and Rs. 550/- for SC/ST and PD candidates, drawn in favour of "Organizing JAM-2009", IIT Kharagpur, payable at Canara Bank, Kharagpur (Branch Code: 0190), and a self-addressed slip (11.0 cm x 6.0 cm).
Online : The facility for Online Registration will be available through the website http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/jam from November 24, 2008.
Test Pattern
Test Paper for Computer Applications will be fully Objective Type. The Objective type questions in all the Test Papers will have four choices as possible answers, of which, only one will be correct. There will be negative marking for wrong answers to the Objective type questions in all the Test Papers. For wrong answer to an objective type question, candidates will get negative 1/3 (negative one third) of the maximum marks assigned to that question.
Test Cities
Agra, Ahmedabad, Amritsar , Bangalore , Bareilly, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh , Chennai, Cochin , Coimbatore , Delhi, Faridabad , Gurgaon , Guwahati , Hyderabad , Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jorhat , Kanpur, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Kurushetra , Lucknow, Mangalore , Mumbai, Nagpur, Nainital , Nanded, Noida , Patna , Pune, Ranchi , Roorkee , Shillong , Shimla , Silchar , Silliguri , Thiruvanthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Vishakapatnam.
Contact Details
Organizing Chairman, JAM-2009
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur-721302