Every year, on a rotating basis, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) administers the Joint Admission Test (JAM) for MA and MSc (Masters of Sciences) in India on behalf of the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
The Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore offers integrated PhD programmes, as well as MSc and other post-graduate programmes (Master’s in Economics included). The IIT JAM is held to grant admission to candidates in these programmes. In addition, JAM scores will be used for admissions to over 2300 seats by various CFTIs including NITs, IISc, DIAT, IIEST, IISER Pune, IISER Bhopal, IIPE, JNCASR, and SLIET.
Important Information at a Glance
Exam Name | IIT JAM 2023 | |||
Conducting Body | IIT Guwahati | |||
Website | https://jam.iitg.ac.in/ | |||
Exam mode | Online CBT mode | |||
Application Mode | Online mode | |||
Language | English | |||
Time | 3 hours (Session-II (2.30 PM to 5.30 PM) for Economics) | |||
Marking Paper | Section | No of Questions | Marks | Negative Marking |
A | 10 MCQs | 1 mark each | 1/3 | |
20 MCQs | 2 marks each | 2/3 | ||
B | 10 MSQs | 2 marks each | Not Applicable | |
C | 10 NAT Questions | 1 mark each | Not Applicable | |
10 NAT Questions | 2 marks each | Not Applicable | ||
IIT JAM Economics Syllabus | Consumer theory, Production, costs with perfectly competitive markets, General equilibrium and welfare, Market structure, Game theory, Public goods and market failure, National Income Accounting, Behavioral and Technological Functions, Business Cycles and Economic Models | |||
Start date of JAM 2023 application form | September 6, 2022 | |||
Last date to submit the JAM application form | October 14, 2022 | |||
Admit card release | January 11, 2023 | |||
Entrance Exam | February 12, 2023 | |||
Result announcement | March 22, 2023 | |||
Score Card | April to July 2023 | |||
Submission of application for admission | 11th April to 25th April 2023 | |||
JAM Economics Eligibility:
IIT Guwahati had laid some conditions for eligibility for IIT JAM 2023, such as:
- Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree. Earlier, there was a CGPA cutoff, but from 2023; they will only need to pass their undergraduate exams.
- Candidates appearing for graduation exams in 2023 are also eligible to apply, provided they submit proof of graduation by September 2023.
- Only candidates passing the IIT JAM 2023 will be eligible for the admission process.
- There is no age bar to appear for IIT JAM 2023.
JAM Economics Application:
Students who are interested to apply for IIT JAM 2023 must check the details about the application form in the below-given section:
- IIT JAM 2023 Registration has started from 7th September 2022.
- The application form has been made available to the applicants through online mode on the website.
- Students before registration must go through complete eligibility and registration instructions.
- Last date to submit the application was 11th October 2022.
- The documents must be ready with the candidates for uploading as per the prescribed format and size discussed in the application procedure.
- In case students have submitted their form filling incorrect details, then they have to wait for the correction facility to open to make modifications. The correction facility will open from the 3rd to the 4th week of October 2022 by online mode.
- Students must note that the application fee is non-refundable in nature.
- Candidates can pay fees through online mode only. Category-wise fee is mentioned below –
Category | One Test paper | Two test papers |
ST/ SC/ PWD & Female (all categories) | Rs.900/- |
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All other candidates | Rs.1800/- | Rs.2500/- |
- NOTE: Candidates who have wrongly entered the Category or Gender will be allowed to change the Category or Gender on the application portal available at https://jam.iitg.ac.in with an additional fee.
- There is generally a surge in fees every year.
You can visit the application portal for registration at https://joaps.iitg.ac.in/
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