S. Vishnu Sharma
JAM 2022 will be conducted on February 13 by IIT Roorkee as a computer based test across various cities in India.
IIT Roorkee has taken up the task of conducting JAM (Joint Admission for Masters) Test for next year.
Individuals can start submitting applications for JAM 2022 from August 30 to October 11 this year.
JAM 2022: Great registration to start on August 30
About the exam
Candidates who wish to study various masters programmes in IITs have to pass JAM 2022 with the required score.
Every year one of IITs or IISC takes the task of conducting JAM. IISC Bangalore took up the responsibility of conducting JAM for 2021.
Individuals who pass this exam can obtain admission into courses namely – M.Sc. (Two-year), Joint M.Sc.‐Ph.D., M.Sc.‐Ph.D. Dual Degree, M.Sc.‐M.S. (Research)/ Ph.D. Dual Degree, and other Post‐Bachelor Degree programmes at IITs.
Candidates who pass JAM 2022 would get to study above mentioned degrees in subjects like maths, physics, chemistry, geology, biotechnology, mathematical sciences, chemical sciences and much more.
Point to remember
The scores of JAM 2022 will also be used by IISC Bangalore for admission into integrated PhD programmes offered by it.
The institutions
The educational institutions where individuals passing JAM 2022 would get to study the degree of their choice are IIT Bhilai, IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi.
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Mandi, IIT Palakkad, IIT Patna, IIT Roorkee, IIT Ropar, IIT Tirupati and IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
Individuals can also choose to study at Centrally Funded Technical Institutions like
NITs, IIEST Shibpur, SLIET Punjab as these too use JAM 2022 score for admission into post graduate programmes offered by them.
More about JAM 2022
JAM 2022 will have seven test papers namely – Biotechnology (BT), Chemistry (CY), Economics (EN), Geology (GG), Mathematics (MA), Mathematical Statistics (MS) and Physics (PH). A candidate can appear for either one or two test papers.
The score of JAM 2022 will be valid for one year.
The test will be in objective type with three types of styles.
The objective questions will be asked in three styles namely – multiple choice questions, multiple select questions and numerical answer type questions.
Eligibility
Candidates who wish to study masters programmes must have passed bachelors degree in the respective discipline in which they wish to pursue post graduation.
Candidate should have aggregate marks of at least 55% or 5.5 CGPA out of 10 for General/OBC (NCL)/EWS category candidates and 50% or 5.0 CGPA out of 10 for SC/ST and PwD category candidates.
Important dates
The registration for JAM 2022 will start on August 30 2021 and last date to submit applications will be October 11 2021.
Admit cards for the exam will be available for download from January 4 2022.
Exam will be held on February 13 and the results will be declared by March 22, 2022.
How to apply
The procedure to apply for JAM 2022 is online. The link for registering for the exam will be activated at the appropriate time (30 August) on the official website for the exam.
Applicants can visit the official website ‘https://jam.iitr.ac.in/’ from 30 August onwards and start submitting applications.
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The have to click the link for registration on the official website and commence registration to obtain username and password.
Individuals have to login using the username and password and start applying for JAM 2022.
Applicants have to provide the required information, upload needed documents and pay the registration fee and submit the application form.
Registration fee
The fee is Rs 750 for SC, ST and PwD category candidates and women applicants if they choose to write one paper in JAM 2022.
The same is Rs 1050 if they choose to write two papers in JAM 2022.
Candidates of other categories have to pay Rs 1500 if they want to write one paper. The same is Rs 2100 if they wish to write two papers.
Point to remember
The above mentioned fee amount could likely be changed due to many reasons.
Applicants are advised to visit the official website and refer the information brochure there for the exact amount of registration fee.
Documents
Documents to be submitted while applying for JAM 2022 are:
# 10th class marksheets
# 12th class marksheets
# Degree (qualifying exam) marksheets
# Community certificate (if applicable) in case candidate wishes to claim privileges like reservation
# If candidates are foreign nationals, they have to submit required documents
Exam pattern
The question paper of JAM 2022 will have 60 questions totally and they are divided into Section 1,2 and 3.
Section 1 will have 30 questions and other two sections will have 10 and 20 questions respectively.
The first and second section of JAM 2022 will have multiple choice questions and third section has numerical answer type questions.
The marks for three sections are 50, 20 and 30 and total marks are 100.
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Syllabus
The questions in JAM 2022 will be related to lessons in subjects like maths, physics, chemistry, biotechnology taught at undergraduate level.
Some of the topics are mentioned below:
Biotechnology
General biology, biochemistry and physiology, basic biotechnology and others.
Mathematics Statistics
probability, matrix, random variables, differential and integral calculus, sequence and series, estimation, limit theorem, joint distributions, sampling distributions, testing of hypothesis and others.
Chemistry
Solid state, spectroscopy, adsorption, organic reaction mechanism, mathematical concepts, natural products chemistry, aromatic and heterocyclic chemistry periodic table, theory of gases, electrochemistry, main group elements, bio inorganic chemistry, basic concept of organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, chemical bonding and shapes, chemical thermodynamics and others.
Physics
It has the topics such as mathematical methods, kinetics theory, thermodynamics, modern physics, oscillation waves and optics, electricity and mechanism, mechanics and general properties of matter, solid state physics, devices and electronics and modern physics and others.
Geology
This section will include geomorphology, the planet earth, structural geology, paleontology, stratigraphy, petrology, economic geology, applied geology and mineralogy and others.
Contact
The postal address to contact organising authorities of JAM 2022 is ‘Organizing Chair, JAM 2022, GATE-JAM Office
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee – 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
The phone number for contact is (01332) 284531. The email for sending queries regarding JAM 2022 is ‘jam@iitr.ac.in’ ‘ jam@iitr.ac.in