JAM Eligibility

Eligibility criteria: Students appearing for the IIT JAM exam must hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum of 55 percent aggregate marks for the general category students and 5 percent relaxation for Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, and Other Backward Caste students. However, Final year students can also be eligible. Exam pattern:
Exam Mode: Online, CBT
Exam Duration: 3 hours
Test Language: English only
Type of Questions: MCQs, Multiple Select Questions (MSQs), and NAT
Subjects: Biotechnology, Chemistry Geology, Economics, Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics and Physics. Total number of Questions: 60
Total Marks: 100 marks
Purpose of IIT JAM Exam: It is a national-level online entrance examination conducted for candidates seeking admission to Master of Science and other post-graduation programs. Joint Admission test for Masters 2023 scores will be used for direct admission to over 2000 seats for counseling through Centralized Counselling for M.Sc. CCMN in National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs). After the IIT JAM (Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Admission test for Master), you can apply for a scientist or researcher post in BARC, DRDO, ISRO, ONGC, NTPC, IOCL, BPCL etc. For more information, you may visit the Shiksha IIT JAM page. (https://www.shiksha.com/science/iit-jam-exam). I hope this will help you.

There is no restriction about the distance degree for appearing in IIT JAM exam for M.Sc. Mathematics. So you can be eligible if meeting the below criteria. Educational qualification for M.Sc. Mathematics :
1. All candidates admitted through JAM should have a Bachelors degree.
2. In the qualifying degree, the aggregate marks or CGPA/CPI without rounding-off (taking into account all subjects, including languages and subsidiaries, all years combined) should be at least 55% or 5.5 out of 10 for General/OBC (NCL)/EWS category candidates, and 50% or 5.0 out of 10 for SC/ST and PwD category candidates.
3. Studied Mathematics in graduation for at least two years/four semesters.

Hello Banhishikha, Yes, You are eligible to apply for Bio Technical Science subject. The IIT JAM exam is organized for the admission into IIT institutes for M.Sc. And integrated Ph.D. courses. The minimum eligibility to apply for IIT JAM exam is that you must have graduation degree with the subject in minimum 4 sem or 2 years. You must have the deep knowledge of the subject to qualify the exam. Go through the complete syllabus and check the out the important topics on priority for the preparation. As you have completed the B.Sc. You are eligible for IIT JAM examination. For complete details go through the official notification. Hope it will help you, All the best for the exam. !