IIT JAM Counselling 2026: Fourth Admission List, Application Form, SAF, Opening & Closing Ranks

An Applicant was considered for admission only to the programme choices filled in the Admission Form. There were four rounds of admission, in the normal case. If seats remain vacant, additional rounds may be conducted. Applicants receiving an offer in any of the rounds are required to login at the official website within the stipulated time and choose one of the three options viz. (a) Accept and Freeze (b) Accept with Upgrade (c) Reject and Quit. 

The candidates will be required to login to the portal to view their status. Applicants who will be offered seat in the First Round must login to Candidate Portal and choose one of the three options discussed above in the stipulated time. If seats remain vacant after the first round of admission, a Second Admission List will be prepared. The candidates who chose Accept and Upgrade in the previous round are required to login to the portal to view their current seat allocation. Applicants who will be offered seat in the Second List must login to Candidate Portal and choose one of the three options discussed above on or before the stipulated time.

Test takers can check the IIT JAM 2026 Admission List in the following manner:

• Candidates have to visit the official website of IIT JAM 2026 or directly visit- 
• Enter Enrolment ID or Email ID
• Enter Password
• Enter the correct Mathematical Expression
• Click on 'Submit'

The admission process of IIT JAM for all the IITs will be as under: 

IIT JAM 2026 CAP Application Form

Candidates first needed to fill and submit the application form for IIT JAM 2026 admissions on the official website. The application form for CAP had to be filled in online mode only and, candidates have to upload the required documents as well. Moreover, the candidates need to pay the expected application fee of INR 750 using the online methods. Candidates could select as many courses as they want through the common application form. 

Publishing of IIT JAM Admission List 

Next, after the exam authority receives all the applications, it published the admission lists on the basis of choices made by the candidates and the rank list. After this, the candidates who are allotted the seats can secure their admission as under: 

Accept and Freeze: Candidates can use this option to book their seats. They need to pay a "Seat Booking Fee" of INR 10,000 if belonging to the General/OBC-NCL/EWS category and INR 5,000 if belonging to SC/ST/PwD category. The admission fee can be paid in online mode using credit card/debit card/net banking. The admission fee will be transferred to the bank account of the allotted college. 

Accept with Upgrade: If candidates are okay with the seat allotted but they want to participate in the next round of counselling to see a better option then they select this option. In this option, candidates will have to pay the fee same as above to secure the seat. The candidates will be given a high preference for college in the next round. 

Reject and Quit: If candidates do not want the allotted seat, then they can choose this option. The candidates will receive an OTP on their mobile number on selecting this option. Candidates need to enter the same and confirm the decision. 

Candidates need to pay the following fees at the time of the admission process: 

From CAP application to the final seat allotment process, mentioned below are the documents required: 

The exam authority conducts the CAP for admissions to MSc and MSc-PhD courses offered at the IITs and IISc Bangalore as under: 

Besides IITs, other colleges including National Institutes of Technology (NITs), IISERs and other colleges also accept IIT JAM scores. However, the counselling process of the colleges will be held separately. 

Candidates can go through the JAM 2023 opening and closing ranks from below:

IIT Guwahati also released Ranks list of the first and second rounds of the admission process. Candidates can find the opening and closing Ranks list of First and Second Admission list below: