JEST 2025 Exam: Application Form, Exam Dates, Syllabus, Question Paper, Mock Test, Eligibility Criteria

Updated By Himani Daryani on 14 Oct, 2024 15:06

JEST 2025 official notification will be available in the first week of January 2025. The JEST 2025 application form will be available alongside the notification. Get complete details about JEST 2025 here!

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JEST 2025

JEST 2025 official notification will be released in the first week of January 2025. Along with the notification, the application form for JEST 2025 will be released. Candidates who wish to take the JEST exam 2025 must complete the JEST 2025 application process. The JEST 2025 exam will be administered during the first week of March 2025. Candidates who pass the JEST 2025 exam will be eligible for admission following the counselling process.

The JEST 2025 exam will be available in both online and offline modes. To pass the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) in 2025, candidates must meet the eligibility criteria specified by their respective colleges. Eligible candidates will be able to get admission to a variety of institutions, including IIST, NISER, and IISc. Candidates can check all the information about the JEST exam 2025 such as JEST important dates 2025, answer key, result, etc. on this page!

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JEST 2025 Exam Important Dates

All the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2025 important dates will be updated soon.

Events

Dates(Tentative)

JEST 2025 Exam Online Application Form Availability

January 2025

Last Date to Submit the JEST 2025 Application Form

4th week of January 2025

Last Date to Submit JEST 2025 Exam Application Fee

TBA

Changes in the JEST 2025 Exam Application Form

1st week of February 2025

Availability of JEST 2025 Admit Card

2nd week of February 2025

JEST 2025 Exam Date

1st week of March 2025

JEST 2025 Answer Key Release Date

1st week of March 2025

Final JEST 2025 Answer Key

3rd week of March 2025

Declaration of JEST 2025 Exam Result

4th week of March 2025

List of Shortlisted Candidates

TBA

JEST 2025 Exam Interview for PhD starts

April 2025

JEST 2025 Exam Highlights

The students can check the details about JEST 2025 eligibility criteria, application process, examination pattern, and other basic details in this article. To make things simpler for the students can check the JEST exam 2025 highlights in the table provided below. 

Particulars

Details

Exam Name

Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST)

Exam Conducting Body

SERB

Exam Level

PhD level

Frequency of the Exam

Once a Year

Mode of Exam

Paper-pencil Based Test (PBT) or Offline

Courses Offered

Integrated MSc / MTech- PhD/ PhD

Exam Fees

INR 800 - General category male candidates

INR 440 - SC/ST/Female candidates

Exam Duration

180 minutes

Sections and Marks

Three sections with total 100 marks

Total Number of Questions

50

Marking Scheme

+3 for each correct answer (Part A and Part B)

+1 for each correct answer (Part C)

-1 for each incorrect answer (Part A)

-1/3 for each incorrect answer (Part C)

Language/Mode of Exam

English

Number of Colleges Accepting JEST score

33 institutes in India

Number of Test Centres

38 cities in India

Official Website 

https://www.jest.org.in/

Contact Details

 info.jest2024@iist.ac.in

What is JEST 2025 Exam?

Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) is conducted to provide admission to Ph.D./Integrated PhD programmes in Physics, Neuroscience and Computation Biology, Theoretical Computer Science, and other fields in any one of the participating institutes that accept JEST 2025 scores. The validity of the JEST 2025 score is one year and candidates can take this entrance exam multiple times.

The JEST 2025 exam is conducted by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram for the academic year 2025-26. Aspirants seeking admission for a PhD / Integrated PhD Programme in Physics or Theoretical Computer Science, Neuroscience, or Computational Biology in one of the participating institutes can appear for the JEST 2025 examination

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JEST 2025 Exam Application Process

Candidates must fill JEST 2025 application form online to appear in the JEST 2025 exam. Candidates need to fill all basic details and upload all necessary documents as required in the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2025 application form. The scanned photograph and signature must be kept ready before filling the JEST 2025 exam application form. The candidates need to pay the JEST 2025 exam application fee online only after filling the JEST 2025 application form which can be done online using a credit/debit card or net banking. 

JEST 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The students can find the general JEST 2025 exam eligibility criteria for different programs such MSc, PhD and Integrated/MSc/MTech - PhD programmes. The detailed JEST 2025 eligibility criteria for admission in programs offered can be checked online by visiting the official website of the colleges that accept JEST 2025 exam scores for admission. All candidates must understand the JEST 2025 eligibility criteria before filling up the JEST 2025 application form. Only eligible candidates will be allowed for the JEST exam 2025.

JEST 2025 Syllabus

The JEST 2025 exam authorities have released the JEST exam 2025 syllabus for the reference of the candidates. The highlights of the JEST 2025 exam syllabus that will be used for testing candidates include subjects like Mathematical Methods, Electromagnetism & Optics, Classical Methods, Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, and Electronics. The JEST syllabus 2025 is similar to the syllabus of previous years. 

JEST 2025 Admit Card

JEST 2025 exam admit card has been issued. The admit card of the JEST 2025 exam can also be downloaded from the official website by entering the registration number and password. The JEST 2025 admit card or the hall ticket is the most important document that has to be taken inside their respective JEST 2025 exam centre.

JEST 2025 Exam Pattern

Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2025 will be conducted for a duration of 3 hours and it will be taken in the form of a paper pencil based test. The JEST 2025 exam pattern includes a total of 50 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) carrying 100 marks. The JEST 2025 exam question paper is divided into three parts, Part A, B, & C with 15, 10 and 25 questions respectively in each section. There is a differential marking scheme for JEST 2025 exam. The JEST 2025 exam pattern is given in the table below:

Sections

Questions

Marking Scheme

Negative Marks

A

15

3

1

B

10

3

-

C

25

1

1/3

Courses Offered with JEST 2025 Exam

The students appearing for JEST 2025 exam can check the below mentioned courses that are offered by participating institutes. They must visit the official website of the participating colleges to know about the complete details about the courses before filling the JEST 2025 application form. Courses in which aspirants can secure admission based on their JEST 2025 exam results are as mentioned below:

PhD in Physics

Integrated PhD in Physics

PhD in Neuroscience

Integrated PhD in Neuroscience

PhD in Computational Biology

Integrated PhD in Computational Biology

PhD in Theoretical Computer Science

Integrated PhD in Theoretical Computer Science

JEST 2025 Mock Test

JEST 2025 mock test or demo test is released every year by the exam conducting authorities once the online applications are filled out, along with the JEST 2025 admit card. The mock tests of JEST 2025 exam are very crucial as they help the students to understand the JEST 2025 exam pattern and nuances of time management. The official JEST 2025 mock test has a total of nine questions and the same is further bifurcated into three questions each in three sections.

The students can get an understanding of the types of questions to expect through official JEST 2025 exam mock tests as they broadly represent question samples.  

Also Read:JEST Sample Papers

JEST 2025 Exam Centres

JEST 2025 exam centres have been released by the conducting body for the exam SERB. JEST exam 2025 will be conducted in 38 cities across India. Following are the exam centres where the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2025 will be conducted: 

Ahmedabad

Bhubaneswar

Amritsar

Bangalore

Bhopal

Aligarh

Chandigarh

Visakhapatnam

Goa

Srinagar

Indore

Sambalpur

Kharagpur

Pune

Goa

Nagpur

Chennai

Kochi

Jaipur

Guwahati

Mangalore

Nainital

Raipur

Silchar

Trivandrum

Vijayawada

Allahabad

Bardhaman

Kozhikode

Delhi

Hyderabad

Kanpur

Kolkata

Mumbai

Patna

Roorkee

Udaipur

Siliguri

JEST 2025 Exam Analysis

JEST 2025 Exam Analysis will be available only when the examination will be conducted but the students can refer to JEST 2024 exam analysis for a better understanding of the exam pattern. The exam analysis of previous years by the experts and test takers suggests that the overall difficulty level of JEST 2023 was easy to moderate. While some questions were straightforward in nature, there were tricky questions also where students should apply their knowledge before attempting such questions. Last Year exam analysis suggests that the questions of Part A and Part B were easier as compared to Part C. Some of the topics that were asked included Hamiltonian, Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), and Operational Amplifier, to name a few. 

JEST 2025 Question Papers

JEST 2025 exam question paper is allowed to be taken out of the examination center as JEST is a paper-pencil based test (PBT) and the question paper released by the authorities on the day of the JEST 2025 is accessible for further analysis. Aspirants who are planning to appear for the JEST 2025 exam must go through all the JEST previous year question papers that are available online or offline. There are many JEST 2025 coaching institutes and publishers that reserve and compile question papers of previous years for better understanding of questions and succeeding in the JEST 2025 exam. 

JEST 2025 Answer Key

JEST 2025 answer key will be released by SERB after the JEST 2025 exam. Candidates are advised to go through the official JEST 2025 exam answer key and calculate their estimated scores. The answer keys of JEST 2025 exam can be downloaded from this page as well as official website by entering the login details or registration credentials. Candidates can tally the answers from their JEST 2025 exam with the JEST 2025 answer key.

JEST 2025 Result

JEST 2025 result will be released online. Test takers can check the JEST 2025 result by filling in details, such as roll number and date of birth on the official website of the JEST 2025 exam. The result or scorecard of JEST 2025 exam will have important and relevant information such as section-wise marks and overall scores and the All India Rank (AIR) of candidates.  

JEST 2025 Cutoff

The JEST 2025 cutoff marks are the minimum marks that the appearing candidates have to obtain to qualify for taking admission in any of the participating institutes. The following table represents the programme-wise JEST 2025 cutoff scores. The cutoff score for JEST 2025 exam is expected to be similar to previous year. 

Programme

JEST 2025 Cutoff Score (Expected)

PhD

36

Integrated MSc-PhD

30.33

JEST 2025 Counselling

JEST 2025 counselling process will be conducted separately by the participating institutes. Each JEST participating institutes 2025 will release their list of students who have been shortlisted for taking admission on the basis of cutoff marks obtained. The students will then go through the process of JEST 2025 exam interview. Once they are selected for the final round, they will have to attend JEST 2025 counselling to confirm their seats in the choice of their college. The JEST 2025 selection process and allocation of seats is done keeping in mind the scorecard of the candidates.  

Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) Conducting Body

The Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) (statutory body established through an Act of Parliament) is the conducting authority of JEST 2025 exam. The board supports basic research in emerging areas of Science & Engineering. SERB also provides financial assistance to persons engaged in research, academic institutions, industrial concerns, research and development laboratories, and other agencies of research. The Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) aims to raise the quality and footprint of Indian science and engineering to the highest global levels in an accelerated mode. SERB stimulates the search for new knowledge and aims bring social and economic change by supporting relevant, competitive and quality scientific research and development.

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FAQs about JEST

Has JEST 2024 result been announced?

JEST 2024 Result has been announced. Candidates can download their JEST scorecards from the official website or this page. The direct link to access JEST result 2024 has been provided on this page.

What is the JEST 2025 eligibility criteria?

To be eligible for JEST 2025, candidates must:

  1. Be Indian citizens
  2. Have a Master's degree in Arts, Science, or Commerce from a recognized university with a minimum of 55% marks (50% for SC/ST/PwD candidates)
  3. Be appearing for the final year of their Master's degree in Arts, Science, or Commerce (semester-based system) or have completed their Master's degree in Arts, Science, or Commerce (annual system)

What is the JEST 2025 exam pattern?

The JEST 2025 exam will be a computer-based test (CBT) of 3 hours duration. The exam will consist of 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) divided into three parts:

Part A: General Science (20 questions, 2 marks each)
Part B: Physics (50 questions, 2 marks each)
Part C: Mathematics (30 questions, 4 marks each)

Is there an age limit for taking the JEST exam 2025?

There is no age restriction for taking the JEST 2025 examination. Each participating institute, however, has its own set of eligibility requirements. Candidates should visit the websites of the participating institutes for more information on their eligibility criteria.

Who will conduct the JEST exam 2025?

JEST 2025 will be conducted by the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB).

Related Questions

how many institutes accepts jest marks

-Debashish mallickUpdated on February 03, 2022 01:36 PM
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Lam Vijaykanth, Content Team

Dear Student

There are 12 Institutions, which accept the JEST 2022 Score.

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