I am a B.Tech ECE 2nd year student. Is it beneficial for me to prepare for IIT JAM?

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Asked by Shweta Singh
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Hello Shweta, For post graduate engineering programs, you need to write GATE (graduate aptitude test in Engineering). IIT JAM is for M.Sc, MCA courses etc. So, you can prepare for GATE Exam.

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Swapnaneel Bhuiya
7 years ago
IIT JAM is an exam for B.Sc student mostly, but there are a few engineering students every year who take a turn and move in this direction. Now, benefits of IIT JAM are: IIT Mathematics (as you can't get Physics and Chemistry being an engineering Graduate). Lower competition than GATE, but again it'

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Apoorva Dutta
8 years ago
Hi Shweta, IIT JAM is an exam for B.Sc student mostly, but there are a few engineering students every year who take a turn and move in this direction. Now, benefits of IIT JAM are: IIT Mathematics (as you can't get Physics and Chemistry being an engineering Graduate). Lower competition than GATE

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Hi Abhishek, I have done instrumentation and control engineering. Now I want to do M.Sc. In mathematics. I had mathematics in 1st 3 semester and in the 4th semester, I had a probability which was handled under mathematics department only. Am I eligible for IIT JAM?

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