# IIT JAM — Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM 2027, IIT Kharagpur) (IIT JAM) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: UNIVERSITY · national
- Questions: 60 · Total marks: 100 · Marks per question: not stated
- Marking scheme: not stated — On our records +1 per question over 60 scored questions does not add up to the paper's 100 marks — different papers or sections of IIT JAM score differently. Do not derive a per-question mark from the figures above; take the scheme from the conducting body's notice.
- Duration: 180 minutes
- Negative marking: −0.33 per wrong answer (stored-pattern figure — read the marking-scheme line before relying on it)
- Languages offered: not specified
- Pattern source (Any one of the seven test papers (identical structure)): JAM 2027 Information Brochure (IIT Kharagpur) — https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/docs/Info_Brochure_v2.pdf (read 2026-09-27)
- Official syllabus: https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/syllabus.html

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Education: An undergraduate degree, or appearing in its final examination in 2027. Programme-wise eligibility is set by each admitting institute.
- Note: The undergraduate programme must be completed before admission, and proof submitted within the admitting institute's timeline (JAM 2027 eligibility page). Syllabus: https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/syllabus.html.
- Official portal: https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/ (IIT Kharagpur — Organising Institute, JAM 2027)

## Key dates — every tracker row from 120 days back to 365 days ahead (OFFICIAL = conducting body's notice linked · REPORTED = announced, secondary source cited · expected = estimate from previous cycles, NOT announced; an estimate whose date has passed is not listed here)
- 2026-09-11 — JAM 2027 online applications open (JOAPS) — OFFICIAL, notice: https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/docs/Info_Brochure_v2.pdf
- 2026-10-19 — JAM 2027 last date to apply — OFFICIAL, notice: https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/docs/Info_Brochure_v2.pdf — in 22 days
- 2027-02-14 — JAM 2027 exam — forenoon 9:30–12:30 (CY, GG, MA), afternoon 2:30–5:30 (BT, EN, MS, PH) (exam day) — OFFICIAL, notice: https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/test-schedule.html — in 140 days
- 2027-03-18 — JAM 2027 results — OFFICIAL, notice: https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/ — in 172 days
- Data updated: latest tracker row added 2026-09-26 · this file generated 2026-09-27 (IST)
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