IIT JAM 2026 Counselling Live: Get Download Link, Scorecard and Toppers Name

Below is the important schedule for JAM counselling 2026.

Candidates have to upload the following certificates for nationality.

• Birth Certificate
• Voter Id
• First page of Passport
• School Transfer Certificate (TC) showing Nationality
• Nationality Certificate issued by the authorized government agency 

JAM counselling form fee is Rs. 750. The application fee is accepted online. Candidates should ensure the fee is submitted successfully.

Candidates can apply for IIT JAM counselling 2026 at the JOAPS portals. Candidates have to provide their enrolment id / email address and password to log in to the JOAPS portals. Then click on the counselling link and start filling in the admission form. 

The official website of IIT JAM is jam2026.iitb.ac.in. Candidates can check all notifications regarding the JAM 2026 here. The application form for admission is aviable here.

JAM counselling date 2026 is from March 27 to April 15. The eligible candidates must fill out the application form for admission at the JOAPS portal before the deadline. Can must lock their choice by May 6, 2026.

Candidates can check the IIT Tirupati seat matrix for MSc programs below.

• M.Sc. in Chemistry - 25 seats
• M.Sc. in Mathematics - 10 seats
• M.Sc. in Mathematics & Statistics - 15 seats
• M.Sc. in Mathematics & Statistics - 5 seats
• M.Sc. in Physics - 20 seats

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad offer following MSc programs

• M.Sc. in Chemistry
• M.Sc.(Tech.) in Applied Geology
• M.Sc. in Mathematics & Computing
• M.Sc. in Physics
• M.Sc.(Tech.) in Applied Geophysics 

MSc program offered at IIT Hyderabad is

• M.Sc. in Chemistry
• M.Sc. in Mathematics/ Mathematics & Computing
• M.Sc. in Physics

Before adding the course preference, candidates can check the IIT Kanpur seat matrix here.

The following programs are offered at IIT Bombay.

• M.Sc. in Biotechnology
• M.Sc.‐Ph.D.Dual Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering
• M.Sc. in Chemistry
• M.Sc.‐Ph.D.Dual Degree in Energy Science and Engineering
• M.Sc.‐Ph.D.Dual Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering
• M.Sc. in Applied Geology
• M.Sc. in Statistics
• M.Sc. in Operations Research
• M.Sc. in Mathematics
• M.Sc.‐Ph.D.Dual Degree in Energy Science and Engineering
• M.Sc.‐Ph.D.Dual Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering
• M.Sc. in Operations Research
• M.Sc. in Physics
• M.Sc. in Applied Geophysics
• M.Sc.‐Ph.D.Dual Degree in Energy Science and Engineering
• M.Sc.‐Ph.D.Dual Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering

IIT JAM 2026 seat matrix for IIT Bhubaneswar is mentioned below:

Below is the previous year IIT JAM opening and closing rank for IIT BHU Varanasi.

The total number of seats in IIT (BHU) Varanasi is 50, including MSc Physics and MSc Chemistry. The competition is very high for BHU Varanasi.

IIT JAM offers three MSc programs, including MSc in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The total number of seats available at IIT Palakkad is 63 (21 seats each program).

Candidates who are satisfied with the offered program and do not want to participate in the subsequent round must choose this option.

IIT Bombay will release the first allotment list on May 25, 2026. Candidates can check the offer at the JOAPS portal. After checking the offers, candidates need to  submit their options - Accept & Freeze, Accept & Upgrade, and Reject & Quit.

Candidates must freeze the choice by May 6, 2026. Those who submit the application form for admission by April 15 can modify their program choice by May 6.

JAM counselling process involves the following steps.

• Filling personal details
• Upload documents and academic details
• Choice filling (Add course preference)
• Fill the declaration form
• Pay the JAM counselling fee

Candidates who have scored above the qualifying mark and are listed in the merit list can fill out and submit the application form for admission.

Before exercising the IIT JAM choice filling process, follow the steps mentioned below.

• Check the seat matrix of the institutes you wish to apply to.
• Analyze past year IIT JAM opening and closing ranks.
• Make a list of institutes in preference order.
• While exercising the choice filling process, add the institutes in same order.

After filling in personal details and uploading documents and academic details, candidates make the choice of programme. Select the institute name and select the course, then click on add preference button. After adding the preference, click on the save button.

Below is the name of the IITs offering MSc in Geology

• IIT Bhubaneswar
• IIT Bombay
• IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
• IIT Kharagpur
• IIT Roorkee

Below is the number of seats available at IIT Bhilai for MSc program.

• M.Sc. in Chemistry - 20 seats
• M.Sc. in Mathematics & Computing - 20 seats
• M.Sc. in Physics - 20 seats

The folowing institutes offers admission based on JAM score.

•  IITs
• NITs
• IIEST Shibpur
• SLIET
• DIAT
• IISc
• IIPE
• Vishakhapatnam
• IISER Bhopal
• IACS Kolkata
• RGIPT
• Ameth

Indian Institutes of Technology offering MSc. in Biotechnology are mentioned below.

• IIT Bombay
• IIT Delhi
• IIT Dharwad
• IIT Indore
• IIT Roorkee

The following number of seats are available in IIT Kanpur for MSc programme.

• M.Sc. in Chemistry - 49 seats
• M.Sc. in Physics - 38 seats
• M.Sc. in Economics - 24 seats
• M.Sc. in Mathematics - 49 seats
• M.Sc. in Statistics - 62 seats

IIT JAM counselling process commenced on March 27, 2026. Candidates can apply for the counselling process by April 15. The last date to freeze the choice is May 6, 2026.

Students have to pay Rs. 700 as counselling fees. The application fee will be accepted online via credit card / debit card / net banking. It is candidte responsibility to ensure that the fee is submitted successfully.

GEN category candidates, JAM rank must be below 500 for admission to IITs. While the OBC-NCL candidates' ranks must be below 800 for a better opportunity.

The following courses are offered through IIT JAM at IITs.

• M.Sc. / M.Sc. (Tech.)
• MS (Research)
• M.Sc. - M.Tech. Dual Degree
• Joint M.Sc. - Ph.D.
• M.Sc. - Ph.D. Dual Degree
• Integrated‐ Ph.D (I-PhD)

The authority has released the IIT JAM cutoff category online. Candidates can check the qualifying marks for all subject here.

When you access the IIT JAM admission form, it will be autofilled with personal and exam details. The list of pre-filled details is mentioned below.

• Candidates name
• Date of birth
• Category
• PwD status
• Parent's or guardian's name
• Mobile Number
• Email ID
• Photograph
• Signature
• Category Certificate
• • Physical Disability Certificate
•  

Candidates have to provide the following details while filling the JAM counselling form 2026 at the JOAPS portal.

• Personal information
• Qualifying degree
• Academic Programme
• Programmes in the preference list.

IIT Bombay has released the IIT JAM counselling form on March 27 at 5:30 PM. Candidates can fill the application form for admisison at JOAPS Portal.

The qualifying cutoff for IIT JAM Chemistry is mentioned below.

• GEN - 18.65
• OBC-NCL / EWS - 16.78
• SC/ST/PwD - 9.32

Candidates whose marks in JAM 2026 exam are above the mentioned cutoff marks have to apply for the counselling process.

JAM opening and closing ranks are the range of ranks  (AIR) to offer admission to MSc and Integrated courses. Students whose rank is between opening and closing will be offered a seat.

IIT JAM counselling form filling process will begin on March 27, 2026. Candidates have to apply for JAM 2026 by April 15, 2026. The last date to freeze the choice is May 06.

Yes, the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research accepts JAM score. IISER Pune and IISER Bhopal are the result-sharing institutes.

IIT JAM 2026 was conducted on February 15, 2026. IIT Bombay had announced the JAM results 2026 on March 19. Candidates can check their result at JOAPS portal. Students whose marks are more than the qualifying cutoff marks can apply for admission.

Candidates who have scored above the JAM qualifying cutoff marks can download the score at JOAPS portal. The validity of the scorecard is one year from the date of release.

The steps to download the JAM scorecard are mentioned below.

• Go to IIT JAM 2026 official website
• Click on the JOAPS Portal link 
• Now, enter the enrollment id / email address and password
• The candidate dashboard will appear
• Download and take the print of scorecard.

Sakshi Nijwala secured AIR 1 in IIT JAM Biotechnology, followed by Rit Vipinbhai Patel and Reshma Ganesh Hegde. The authority has not released the toppers' marks yet. 

Students belonging to the GEN category JAM rank must be between 1 and 500 for admission to the top-tier IITs. While OBC-NCL students have to secure an IIT JAM rank below 800.

JAM 2026 counselling will commence on March 27, 2026. The eligible candidates need to complete the form-filling process within the prescribed date. The counselling form will be available at the JOAPS portal.

JAM 2026 Biotechnology cutoff is high compared to other papers. Candidates belonging to the GEN category have to score above 42.3 marks to participate in the counselling process. Below are the qualifying marks for  IIT JAM Biotechnology.

• GEN - 42.3
• BC (NCL) / EWS - 38.07
• SC/ST/PwD - 21.15

Below is the list of the top 10 institutes for admission to MSc program.

• IIT Madras
• IIT Delhi
• IIT Bombay
• IIT Kanpur
• IIT Kharagpur
• IIT Roorkee
• IIT Hyderabad
• IIT Guwahati
• IIT (BHU) Varanasi
• IIT Indore

IIT JAM seat matrix for IIT Madras MSc program is mentioned below.

• M.Sc. in Chemistry - 67 seats
• M.Sc. in Mathematics - 49 seats
• M.Sc. in Physics - 54 seats

After receiving an offer, students have to submit their decision. For this, they have to log in to the JOAPS portal. After logging student have to submit one of three. The available options are 

• Accept & Freeze - If you are satisfied with the offer, choose this option. 
• Accept and Upgrade - If you find the offer good but want something better can go for this option. Choosing this options allow to participate in the next round of counselling.
• Reject & Quit - If not satisfied with the option, and don't want to participate in the further round of counselling, then select the options.

JAM scorecard is an important document that comprises candidates' All India Rank, marks obtained, and category-wise cutoff. The scorecard shall be required while reporting to the admitting institute.

The selected candidates need to submit the physical fitness certificate during admission. The certificate must be issued by a registered medical practitioner. Some IITs may conduct physical fitness test. 

The following details will already be mentioned in the IIT JAM 2026 counselling form.

• Candidates name
• Date of birth
• Category
• PwD status
• Parent's or guardian's name
• Mobile Number
• Email ID
• Photograph
• Signature
• Category Certificate
• • Physical Disability Certificate

While applying for IIT JAM counselling 2026, candidates need to upload the following documents.

• Copy of the Qualifying Degree Certificate or Provisional Certificate
• Mark sheets of all semesters or years of the qualifying examination
• Category certificate (if applicable)
• Photo ID (used in JAM 2026)
• Scanned signature

Candidates' personal and examination details will be auto-filled in the JAM counselling form. The following details will already be available in the form.

• Candidate’s name
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Category
• Person with Disability (PwD)
• Parent’s or Guardian’s Name
• Mobile Number
• Email ID
• Photograph
• Signature
• Category Certificate
• Physical Disability Certificate

JAM counselling form will be available at the JOAPS portal. Students scoring above the qualifying cutoff have to fill out and submit the form before the deadline.

JAM 2026 scores will be accepted by the official institutes for admission to the MSc program, which are NITs, IIEST Shibpur, SLIET, DIAT. Admission to these institutes is based on JAM score. Institutes like IISC, IIPE, Vishakhapatnam, IISER Bhopal, IACS Kolkata, RGIPT, and Amethi will also use the IIT JAM 2026 scores.

The following details will be mentioned in the offer

• Admitting the institute name 
• Program offered
• Category
• Deadline to submit action (Accept & Freeze, Accept and Upgrade, Reject and Quit)

JAM 2026 counselling dates are mentioned below.

IIT JAM and GATE are two different exams conducted for postgraduate studies. MSc programs are offered at IITs and in the result-sharing institutes based on  JAM, while MTech programs are offered based on GATE. Some PSUs consider the score of GATE for recruitment.

Indian Institutes of Technology offering MSc in Mathematical Statistics are

• IIT Bombay
• IIT Kanpur
• IIT Roorkee
• IIT Tirupati

MSc Economics is offered at IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Roorkee based on JAM scores. Candidates who scored above the qualifying marks can apply for admission.

Following, IITs offer MSc in Biotechnology based on JAM score.

• IIT Bombay
• IIT Delhi
• IIT Dharwad
• IIT Indore
• IIT Roorkee

IIT Bombay seat matrix for MSc programs is mentioned below.

Below is the seat matrix of IIT Kanpur

• M.Sc. in Chemistry - 49 seats
• M.Sc. in Economics - 24 seats
• M.Sc. in Mathematics - 49 seats
• M.Sc. in Statistics - 62 seats
• M.Sc. in Physics - 38 seats

JAM counselling 2026 will commence from March 27. Candidates will have to fill out the IIT JAM counselling form by April 16. During the application, select the program and arrange them in order of preference. It is important to freeze the choice before the final submission.

The list of the top 10 AIR in IIT JAM Mathematics is mentioned below.

JAM 2026 scorecard download link is updated on the website "jam2026.iitb.ac.in". The link will direct to the JOAPS login page. Enter the enrollment id / email address and password to access the scorecard.

The validity of the JAM scorecard is 1 year. Candidates can download the IIT JAM scorecard 2026 at the JOAPS portal. Also, the scorecard is released for the students who are listed in the merit list. 

Ayushi Agrawal secured AIR 1 in the IIT JAM 2026 Chemistry subject. While Deepak Poonia and Soumo Pal secure AIR 2 and 3 respectively.

IIT JAM 2026 counselling will be held in four rounds, followed by an additional round. The counselling process comprises form filling, choice filling, choice locking, seat allotment, payment of seat acceptance fees, and reporting to admitting institutes.

MSc programmes offered through JAM 2026 are M.Sc., M.Sc.(Tech), Joint M.Sc.– Ph.D., and M.Sc.– Ph.D. Dual Degree and Integrated PhD programs. Students with valid JAM score can apply for the programmes.

Candidates offered a seat and accept have to pay the seat acceptance fees. The fess varies for each category. Seat acceptance fees is mentioned below.

• General/OBC-NCL/EWS - Rs. 15, 000
• SC/ST/PwD - Rs. 7,500

IIT JAM 2026 exam was conducted for seven subjects, including Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics, Geology, Biotechnology, and Mathematical Statistics. Below is the list of AIR 1 in the IIT JAM subject-wise.

JAM 2026 counselling form will be available online till April 15. Candidates who submit the application form can modify the program choice by May 6, 2026,

The institutes participating in CCMN counselling are NITs, IIEST Shibpur and some CFTIs. MSc / MSc (Tech.) program is offered in the CCMN participating institutes. Admission will be basedon JAM scores.

IIT JAM counselling form will be available from March 27, 2026. Candidates with a JAM score above the qualifying cutoff marks can apply at JOAPS by April 15, 2026.

JAM 2026 counselling fee is Rs. 750. This is non-refundable and must be paid while submitting the application form. Candidates can apply at the JOAPS portal.

IIT Bombay will release the JAM 2026 opening and closing ranks after each round of the counselling process. Candidates whose IIT JAM ranks are between the opening and closing ranks will be offered a seat.

Students whose marks are above the qualifying cutoff marks can apply for JAM counselling at the JOAPS portal. They have to fill the counselling form within the prescribed date.

Candidates who wish to participate in the JAM admission process need to fulfil the Eligibility Requirements (ERs) and Minimum Educational Qualifications (MEQs). 

Academic Qualification (RE): Candidates who have completed their graduation or are in the final year of their graduation at the time of application are eligible for the admission process. However, they have to produce proof of passing the qualifying exam within the prescribed date by the admitting institute.

Minimum Educational Qualification: Every PG program has a minimum educational qualification. Every candidate must have completed their graduation in the relevant subject.

Candidates can check the JAM counselling dates 2026 online. The authority will commence the IIT JAM counselling form-filling process on March 27, 2026. The eligible candidates need to apply online at the JOAPS portal.

IIT JAM rank below 500 is a good rank. GEN category candidates with JAM rank below 500 have a higher chance of admission to the top IITs, while OBC-NCL students must have a rank below 800.

Below is the name of the top 10 candidates scoring All India Rank (AIR).

IIT JAM exam is conducted for admission to Masters programms offered at IITs and other result-sharing institutes. The courses offered through JAM are

• M.Sc.
• M.Sc. (Tech.)
• MS (Research)
• M.Sc. - M.Tech. Dual Degree
• Joint M.Sc. - Ph.D.
• M.Sc. - Ph.D. Dual Degree
• Integrated‐ Ph.D (I-PhD)

IIT JAM Chemistry cutoff 2026 is mentioned below.

• GEN - 18.65
• OBC-NCl / EWS - 16.78
• SC/ST/PwD - 9.32

There are 3145 seats in IITs for MSc admission. Candidates whose marks in JAM are above the minimum passing marks can apply for admission at the JOAPS portal.

CCMN counselling 2026 is expected to commence in May 2026. The complete schedule for CCMN 2026 will be updated online. Candidates with valid JAM score need to registered at CCMN for MSc admission at NIT.

Admission to the MSc program at NIT is based on the IIT JAM score card. Candidates need to register at CCMN to participate in the counselling process.

The full form of CCMN is "Centralised Counselling For M. Sc./m. Sc. (Tech.) Admission". This is a common platform for admission to NITs, IIEST Shibpur and some CFTIs based on JAM scores.

The official website of IIT JAM 2026 is jam2026.iitb.ac.in. All the notification regaridng the Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) are updated here.

IIT JAM result dates 2026 are March 19. Candidates can check the result at JOAPS portal. Candidates scoring high marks have a higher chance of admission to top-tier IITs.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay conducted the IIT JAM 2026 on February 15. The exam was conducted as computer based. The duration of the exam was three hours. 

Yes, IIT JAM answer key was released on March 20, 2026. Aspirants can use the IIT JAM master question paper with answer key for preparation.

Candidates who secured AIR 1 in JAM 2026 subject wise is mentined below.

JAM total mark is 100. A good mark in IIT JAM 2026 is 75+ marks. These marks can help to get admission to top tier IITs.

The qualifying cutoff for IIT JAM 2026 is mentioned.

JAM toppers list for Physics is mentioned below.

Sakshi Nijwala secured AIR 1 in JAM 2026 Biotechnology. Below is the list of IIT JAM Biotechnology toppers.

The JAM scorecard is a document that comprises the AIR and marks obtained by the candidates. The scorecard is required during the counselling process. Candidates need to downoad the IIT JAM 2026 scorecard online.