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

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Sree Vignesh Sundaresan | Scholar-Level 17

8 years ago

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 | Scholar-Level 17

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 | Contributor-Level 7

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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Arushi Agrawal | Beginner-Level 2

8 years ago

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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