IIT JAM

IIT JAM Counselling is done for the candidates who have qualified for the JAM examination and are willing to take admissions to the courses offered by IITs and other participating institutes. 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 through Accept and Freeze, Accept with Upgrade and 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.

The official JAM 2025 Round 1 admission data released by IIT Patna indicates a strong demand for the MSc in Chemistry programme among General category applicants. Over the past three years, the cutoff rank has moved from 446 in 2023 to 419 in 2025. These figures clearly show that students aiming for Chemistry at IIT Patna need to secure a rank well under 400. Moreover, if we talk about other courses, the cutoff remain competitive. So, getting a rank of 560 in IIT JAM is not at all enough to secure any course under General AI quota. IIT Patna cutoff 2025 for MSc courses stood between 419 and 454 for the General AI category candidates. However, if any candidate belongs to any reserved category then there are higher chances to get a course at IIT Patna at 560 rank.

IIT Madras has also published the Round 1 cutoff for its MSc programs, which has shown notable movement over recent years. In the latest IIT JAM 2025 seat allotment results, the cutoff in the first Round of seat allotment results for the SC AI category stood between 917 and 1382. Similarly, for the ST AI category, the MSc cutoff stood between 2609 and 3263. Considering the cutoffs, it indicates that the ST AI category candidates has faced comparatively lenient cutoffs as compared to that of the SC AI category candidates. Also, the candidates can check out the available course under the acquired rank of 1000 for both SC and ST categories separately from the tables below:

Courses available for SC AI category

Courses available for ST AI category

IIT BHU has officially released the Round 1 cutoff ranks for MSc admissions through IIT JAM 2025, and the figures show a steady year-on-year change in the Chemistry program. The closing rank for General (All India) category candidates in MSc Chemistry was 453 in 2023, followed by a slightly lower cutoff of 387 in 2024. Now, considering the IIT BHU cutoff 2025, the MSc in chemistry cutoff stood at 308 for the General AI category candidates. This means that candidates with a JAM 2025 rank up to 308 were offered seats in the first round for MSc Chemistry at IIT BHU. But, candidates can wait for the next round to come; it may decrease in the upcoming rounds. Further, candidates can check out the IIT JAM year-wise cutoff for Round 1 seat allotment from the table below: