IIT JAM

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 will release the IIT JAM 2026 cutoff online. JAM cutoff is the minimum qualifying marks. Candidates can check the score card of IIT JAM to know the qualifying marks for each category.

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.

IIT JAM 2026 official website is jam2026.iitb.ac.in. All notifications regarding IIT JAM 2026 will be updated here. Students can use the IIT JAM official website 2026 to check the result, download response sheet and answer key.