IIT JAM

IIT JAM is conducted for admission to postgraduate course offered Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). JAM score is also used for admission to NITs, IISc, IIPE, JNCASR, IISER Pune, IISER Bhopal, IIPE, CFTIs, DIAT and SLIET.

Joint Admission Test for Masters is conducted for 100 marks. 90+ marks is consider to be the highest marks in JAM. The highest marks scored by JAM topper is mentioned below.

• Biotechnology 88 marks.
• Physics - 90 marks
• Mathematics - 95 marks
• Chemistry - 90 marks

IIT JAM total mark is 100. Candidates need to obtain 70+ marks for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). 70+ marks will help to obtain a rank between 1 and 150.

IIT JAM 2026 cutoff for IIT Kharagpur is available online. GEN category students with JAM rank between 9 and 605 were offered admission in round 1. Candidates can check the JAM cutoff for IIT Kharagpur on the website jam2026.iitb.ac.in.

IIT JAM Physics cutoff for the general category is 12.04. Candidates whose rank is above the qualifying rank are eligible for admission. Moreover, the JAM admission cutoff for rounds 1 & 2 is also available online.

IIT JAM 2026 pass marks are available online. The qualifying marks for IIT JAM vary for each subject and category. For the GEN category, pass marks in Biotechnology are expected to be 26+, and for Mathematics, 20+.

IIT JAM qualifying cutoff is released along with the exam result. It is the minimum mark required to be eligible for the admission process. While the admission cutoff is released after each round of IIT JAM counselling process. It is the opening and closing rank. Students whose JAM rank is between opening and closing rank are offered seat.

The expected cutoff for IIT JAM 2026 is mentioned below.

Yes, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, accepts JAM for admission to Masters programme in Science. Candidates with a valid score in IIT JAM have to apply for admission through IISc Bangalore website.