JOINT ADMISSION TEST TO M.Sc. (JAM)

The Master of Science and other post-B.Sc. programmes at the IITs
offer high quality post-gradu­ate education in respective disciplines,
comparable to the best in the world. The current pace of advance­ment
of technology needs a coherent back up of ba­sic science education and
research. The vibrant aca­demic ambience and research infrastructure
of the IITs motivate the students to pursue R&D careers in fron­tier
areas of basic sciences as well as interdiscipli­nary areas of science
and technology.

From the Academic Session 2004-2005, Indian Insti­tutes of Technology
have started conducting a Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. (JAM) for
admission to M.Sc. and other post-B.Sc. programmes at the IITs. The
main objective of JAM is to revive and consoli­date 'Science' as a
career option for bright students from across the country and provide
them a single step opportunity for admission to some of the
postgraduate programmes offered at the IITs. In due course, JAM is
also expected to become a benchmark for normal­izing undergraduate
level science education in the country.