Introduction

IIT JAM Biotechnology

From the Academic Session 2004-05, IITs started conducting a Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM). The objective of JAM is to provide admissions to M.Sc. (Two Years), Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree, and other Post-Bachelor Degree Programmes at the IITs and Integrated Ph.D. Degree Programmes at the IISc and to consolidate Science as a career option for bright students across the country. 

JAM has been established as a benchmark for the undergraduate level science education in the country. The Integrated Ph.D. Programme at IISc, started in the early 1990s to enable students to directly join a Ph.D. Programme after their B.Sc. Degree, has flourished under JAM. 

The M.Sc. (Two Years), Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree, and other Post- Bachelor’s Degree Programmes at the IITs and the Integrated Ph.D. Programmes at the IISc offer quality education in their respective disciplines, comparable to the best in the world. The curricula for these programmes are designed to provide the students with opportunities to develop academic talent leading to challenging and rewarding professional life. The curricula are regularly updated at the IISc and IITs. 

The interdisciplinary content of the curricula equips the students with the ability to utilize scientific knowledge for practical applications. The medium of instruction is English for all the above mentioned programmes. All programmes are open to all eligible students irrespective of their nationality. 

To provide world class science education to undergraduate students and for cutting edge research in the field of life science / biotechnology IITs has also conducted separate paper (BT) Biotechnology. Currently IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Indore take admission through BT paper.