JAM Exam Centres 2018 – Candidates who appeared for JAM 2018 examination for M.Sc. programmes at IIT and IISc can check for the exam centres of JAM 2018 as notified by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. As stated in the official list of JAM Exam Centres 2018, the postgraduate science entrance exam was held in 65 cities in India. Candidates can check the list of official exam centres as mentioned in this page below. Candidates were allotted exam centres as marked by them while filling up the application form of JAM 2018. The exam centres will also be mentioned in admit card of JAM 2018. Candidates are advised to reach their JAM 2018 exam centres an hour before commencement of the examination. Biometric system of verification will be used. These will be captured before he/she sits for the JAM 2018 examination. Candidates should also make a note that once the JAM 2018 examination centre is allotted, it cannot be changed except in certain special cases.
How to choose JAM Exam Centres 2018
The JAM 2018 examination was conducted through collaboration of eight zones listed below. Candidates should state their first, second and third choice cities at the time of applying for JAM 2018 exam centre. After they choose their first JAM 2018 exam centre, the zone gets determined and the candidates were supposed to choose the second JAM 2018 exam centre from the same zone. The third choice of JAM 2018 exam centre were to be chosen from anywhere in India including the same zone. The JAM 2018 Committee reserves the right to drop or add a city depending on the number of candidates available at a listed City/Town.
A JAM 2018 exam centre once allotted were not changed. A request for change of a centre within the same City/Town was not permitted, however, a change of examination City/Town would have been permitted if the request was raised within the stipulated time and after finishing the necessary formalities.
Mentioned below is the list of exam centres for JAM 2018:
List of JAM 2018 Exam Cities:
Institute/Zone | Cities |
IISc Bangalore | Bengaluru, Hubli, Hyderabad, Kannur, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Palakkad, Trissur |
IIT Bombay | Ahmedabad, Goa, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Vadodara |
IIT Delhi | Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Hisar, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, New Delhi |
IIT Guwahati | Asansol-Durgapur, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Siliguri |
IIT Kanpur | Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi |
IIT Kharagpur | Bhubaneswar, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam |
IIT Madras | Chennai, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Kollam, Kottayam, Madurai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Warangal |
IIT Roorkee | Dehradun, Jalandhar, Kurukshetra, NOIDA, Mohali, Moradabad, Roorkee |
Highlights of JAM 2018 examination:
JAM 2018 was conducted in online mode only on February 11, 2018.
No age restriction.
Biometric system of verification was used.
Admission to most of the academic programmes at IISc Bangalore and IITs was made on the basis of Rank in JAM 2018
There were 7 test papers divided in to two sessions, where Session I included– Mathematics, Biological Science, Physics and Session II included Mathematical Statistics, Geology, Biotechnology & Chemistry.
Candidates were allowed to appear either for one paper or maximum for two papers, one from each session of JAM 2018..
