IIT JAM

The authority will announce the IIT JAM 2027 counselling dates online. Candidates can check the counselling dates to know the schedule for registration, choice filling, seat allotment, and reporting to college.

IIT JAM 2026 cutoff for Chemistry is mentioned below.

• GEN: 18.65
• OBC (NCL) / EWS: 16.78
• SC/ ST/PwD: 9.32

A score above 75 is considered a good score.  75 marks will help to obtain a rank between 1 and 80. This mark will help to get admission to IIT JAM participating institutes.

IIT Bombay has released the IIT JAM 2026 cutoff online. There are two types of cutoffs in JAM: qualifying and admission. Both are available online. Candidates whose total marks are above the qualifying cutoff are eligible for the admission process. The authority has released opening and closing rank for counselling round 1 & 2 online.

IIT JAM question paper comprises 60 questions for 100 marks. The question paper has three sections. Section A has 30 multiple-choice questions. There are 10 multiple select questions in Section B. Section C has 20 numerical answer-type questions.  Negative marking is done for Section A.

Joint Admission Test for Master is conducted for admission to the MSc / MSc (Tech) /M.S (Research) / M.Sc. - M.Tech. Dual Degree /  Joint M.Sc. - Ph.D / M.Sc. - Ph.D. Dual Degree and Integrated Ph.D programmes in the top institutes. Students who qualify the IIT JAM exam can get admission to IITs, IISc Bangalore, NITs and result sharing institutes.

IIT Bombay released the response sheet for IIT JAM 2026 on February 18, 2026. Students have to access the JOAPS portal to download IIT JAM 2026 response sheet.

IIT Bombay has released the answer key for all seven papers. Students who appeared for IIT JAM exam must download the answer key for their respective test paper.

After the release of IIT JAM answer key, students can challenge the key in case of an error. The authority will verify the objections and release the final answer key.