JEST Application Form 2025: Registration Starts, Fees & How to Apply

Candidates must check out the following steps to be able to successfully fill and submit the JEST 2025 application form. 

Step 1: Create a Registration ID

Step 2: Fill Details in JEST Application Form

After candidates verify their email ID, the site will lead to the application form for the JEST exam. Information that candidates needed to provide in the JEST application form are mentioned below:

• Name
• Gender
• Mobile number
• Date of birth
• Parents'/guardians' details
• Address
• Qualifying exam
• Year of passing
• Programme preference
• College preference
• Test centre preference

Step 3: Upload Important Documents

Aspirants need to upload scanned copies of their photograph and signature in their Joint Entrance Screening Test application form.

Step 4: Pay the JEST Application Fee

Aspirants can pay the application fee for the JEST exam online through a Debit card/Credit card and net banking. Any other payment mode will not be accepted.

Step 5: Submit & Print JEST Application Form

Step 6: After the candidate completes all the above-mentioned steps they need to click on the ‘Submit’ button to complete the registration process for the JEST exam.

Step 7: Once candidates successfully submitted their registration form online they received an email on their registered email address containing their “application data after final submission containing Unique Submission Number and filled in data”, informed the official website.

Step 8: Aspirants had to download and keep this information safely for future reference. In a scenario wherein candidates do not receive such an email notification after submission of the JEST application form and completing the e-payment of the JEST application fee then they need to contact JEST authorities and inform the same immediately. 

Candidates who want to appear in the JEST exam must ensure that they fulfil the eligibility criteria mentioned by the institutions. The JEST 2025 eligibility criteria for MSc, PhD and Integrated/MSc/MTech - PhD programmes are mentioned below. The eligibility criteria for various courses vary from college to college. There is no age restriction for appearing in the JEST exam. The JEST 2025 Exam is conducted for candidates who wish to pursue PhD and integrated PhD programmes of different participating institutes. Candidates who wish to appear for the JEST 2025 Exam must visit the official website to stay updated with the upcoming events and to be able to fill out the application form and make needed arrangements accordingly.

Here are some important instructions candidates must be aware of:

• Candidates need to pay their application fee online via Debit/Credit Cards/Net-banking options are available.
• Application Fee for Women candidates who belong to SC/ST is waived.
• Candidates should carefully read the application instructions, FAQ and eligibility criteria of each of the institutes, for different programmes, by visiting their respective websites before filling up the form.
• While filling up the application form, candidates need to upload their passport-sized photograph and their scanned signature, both in JPEG format. The size of the individual files for the photo and signature should not exceed 100 kilobytes each. Candidates can also use compression software tools to resize their images.
• Candidates are advised to use a black ball pen for the signature, which is to be scanned for uploading.
• Candidates are strictly instructed to keep an identical photograph to be pasted on the admit card, in case it is not printed on the admit card.
• In case the application form is incomplete, candidates can save and edit the form by clicking on "Save Draft". However, they are not allowed to make changes after the final submission after clicking on the "Submit Application" button.
• Only after successful online application fee payment, the application process be considered complete.
• Incomplete applications or applications without fee payment will be dismissed after the end date of online submissions.
• Candidates will receive an email after submitting their application form with a unique submission number and payment details, respectively, which will be used for all communication purposes.

Check out the Frequently Asked Questions on JEST Application Process  2025.