M.Sc. in Physics 

at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong

NIT Meghalaya application process for MSc is completely online and is done via the IIT JAM exam followed by the CCMN Counselling. Candidates must visit the official website of the IIT JAM's official website and register and fill out the application form. Find below the IIT JAM application process steps:

Step 1: Visit the official website of IIT JAM

Step 2: Click on JOAPS portal and register yourself with all the required details

Step 3: Now fill out the IIT JAM application form online

Step 4 : Pay the IIT JAM application fee

Step 5: Now candidates must download and print out the IIT JAM application form

Direct admission is not offered for MSc at NIT Meghalaya. Admission to MSc is based on the JAM scores followed by CCMN counselling. However, the institute conducts entrance exam to fill the vacant seats after CCMN counselling. Further, before applying for the MSc programme, candidates must qualify for the course-wise eligibility criteria.

Eligibility criteria: Bachelor's degree Bsc with 60% aggregate in Chemistry as Honours/Major

Selection criteria: IIT JAM+ CCMN

Read on to know more about NIT Meghalaya MSc programme.

NIT Meghalaya is among the newly established NITs in the northeast region. It managed to secure 72nd under engineering category. As for its placement,   NIT Meghalaya concluded the 2023 placement session with199 job offers. The NIT Meghalaya average package and the highest package stood at INR 11.10 LPA and INR 32 LPA, respectively. Additionally, the lowest package offered was INR 3.6 LPA. Over 60 companies participated in NIT Meghalaya placements 2023, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Deloitte, etc.,

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*The above fee is taken from unofficial sources and hence, is indicative. Students are requested to visit the official website to get more details on the same.

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IIT Madras, the exam authorities, opened the IIT JAM 2024 application modification window on November 24, 2023. IIT JAM 2024 applicants who committed any mistakes while filling out the application form will get the chance to edit the incorrect details and submit the correct ones.

The IIT JAM 2024 application correction portal opened for a few days, and the last date for doing the modifications was November 30, 2023. To edit the incorrect details, applicants need to login to their JOAPS portal or directly click on the link mentioned on the official website web page. After logging into their accounts, candidates will be able to edit the details.

The total fee for the BTech programme at NIT Meghalaya is INR 1.4 lakh. Total fee is calculated based on annual/ semester fee available for the academic year 2024, hence is indicative. ST/SC & PH students are fully exempted from paying tuition fees, while the most economically backward students (whose family income is less than INR 1.00 Lacs per annum) are granted full remission of the tuition fee. Other economically backward students, whose family income falls between INR1.00 to 5.00 Lacs per annum, are granted a remission of 2/3rd of the tuition fee.

For admission to MSc programme at NIT Meghalaya candidate must complete the institution's entrance standards, which include achieving a valid score in the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Admission Test for MSc followed by CCMN Counselling.  Also candidates have to fulfill the eligibility criteria i.e. Bachelor's degree with 60% aggregate.  NIT Meghalaya conducts its own admission process for the left over seats from the CCMN counselling process.

NIT Meghalaya MSc fee is INR 30,000. The total tuition fee includes several components, such as tuition fees, library fees, laboratory fees, among others. Students need to pay the fee semesterly. It must be noted that this information is taken from official sources and is subject to change.

NIT Meghalaya has a good record of placements for its BTech, MTech, and MSc courses. In 2024, the participating recruiters presented 117 job offers to the Class of 2024. The key highlights of NIT Meghalaya placements for the Class of 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below: