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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked 29 September 2026.</strong> GATE 2027 core facts (pattern, eligibility, combinations, fees) are final as of 25 September 2026; the paper-wise timetable was not out. The CSIR NET December 2026 session was listed only as "proposed" for 20–21 December 2026 and its notification was not out; its details below come from the June 2026 bulletin and may change.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">If you have a degree in the life sciences, three national exams compete for your next six months: <strong>GATE Life Sciences (XL)</strong>, <strong>GATE Biotechnology (BT)</strong> and <strong>CSIR-UGC NET Life Sciences</strong>. They overlap in syllabus but not in what they open, and the difference matters more than which one feels easier.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The short version: GATE is for admission to M.Tech and PhD programmes in IITs and IISc; CSIR NET is for a research fellowship (JRF) and lecturer eligibility. Between the two GATE papers, <strong>your degree and the programmes you want</strong> decide it — some well-known programmes take BT and not XL.</p>

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">What each paper is made of (marks, out of 100)</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 8px"><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#1f7a45;display:inline-block"></span>Aptitude</span><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#2f6fb0;display:inline-block"></span>Maths / Chemistry</span><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#b7791f;display:inline-block"></span>Core subject</span></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">GATE XL</div><div style="display:flex;height:22px;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:15.00%;background:#1f7a45;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">15</div><div style="width:25.00%;background:#2f6fb0;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">25</div><div style="width:60.00%;background:#b7791f;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">60</div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">GATE BT</div><div style="display:flex;height:22px;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:15.00%;background:#1f7a45;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">15</div><div style="width:13.00%;background:#2f6fb0;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">13</div><div style="width:72.00%;background:#b7791f;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">72</div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">CSIR NET Life Sciences (200 marks, scaled to 100)</div><div style="display:flex;height:22px;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:15.00%;background:#1f7a45;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">15</div><div style="width:85.00%;background:#b7791f;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">85</div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">GATE XL: GA 15, compulsory Chemistry 25, two life-science sections 60. GATE BT: GA 15, Engineering Mathematics 13, Biotechnology 72. CSIR NET: Part A (general aptitude) 30 of 200, Parts B and C (life sciences) 170 of 200.</p></figure>

The composition tells you who each paper favours. XL gives a quarter of its marks to chemistry and lets you pick the two biology sections you are strongest in — a good fit for a B.Sc. or M.Sc. graduate with a clear specialisation. BT asks for engineering mathematics and bioprocess material that a B.Tech teaches and a B.Sc. usually does not. CSIR NET is almost entirely life science, but its Part C questions are longer, experimental and research-level, and it penalises every wrong answer.

GATE XL or GATE BT? It depends on the programme

The two GATE papers are built for different graduates. XL is a pure life-science paper with a compulsory chemistry section — it suits B.Sc./M.Sc. graduates in biochemistry, botany, microbiology, zoology and food science. BT has 13 marks of engineering mathematics and sections on biological engineering and rDNA technology — it suits B.Tech Biotechnology graduates.

What should decide it, though, is the admissions list of the programmes you want. Here is what some official admission pages say.

<div style="background:#fff8e8;color:#3a3020;border:1px solid #f0d9a8;border-left:4px solid #b7791f;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#b7791f">Where other pages get this wrong</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29;line-height:1.5">A GATE XL score does not open every biotechnology M.Tech.</p><p style="margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#8a5300">Commonly published instead:</strong> "GATE XL and GATE BT are interchangeable for biotech admissions."</p><p style="margin:0;line-height:1.6">IISc Bangalore's M.Tech Bioengineering lists BT among accepted papers but not XL, and requires an engineering degree. IIT Madras's Bioprocess Engineering M.Tech admits engineering graduates, taking XL only from "any other branch of engineering". Check the admission page of each programme you are aiming for before you register — the paper you write cannot be changed after the exam.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">You can write both</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">GATE 2027 allows two papers. With XL as your first paper, the permitted second papers are <strong>BT, CY and EY</strong>.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The second paper is an extra fee and may be at a different centre in the same city.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Registration closes on 5 October 2026 (regular) and 12 October 2026 (with late fee) — both extended again after 27 September.</li></ul></div>

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Monthly support attached to each route</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">GATE: M.Tech stipend (MoE)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹12,400</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:29.5%;height:12px;background:#b7791f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">GATE: direct PhD, years 1–2</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹37,000</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:88.1%;height:12px;background:#b7791f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">GATE: direct PhD, years 3–5</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹42,000</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:100.0%;height:12px;background:#b7791f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">CSIR NET: JRF</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹37,000</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:88.1%;height:12px;background:#b7791f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">CSIR NET: SRF (after review)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹42,000</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:100.0%;height:12px;background:#b7791f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">GATE figures from the GATE 2027 opportunities page; CSIR figures from the CSIR NET June 2026 bulletin (JRF also carries ₹20,000 a year contingency). Stipends are paid only to those admitted or awarded, and conditions apply.</p></figure>

The difference is less about difficulty than about what comes after.

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Choose GATE if…</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">You want an M.Tech or MS in biotechnology, bioprocess, food technology or a related field at an IIT, NIT or IISc.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">You are in the third or final year of your degree — GATE lets you sit before graduating; CSIR NET needs a master's degree (or a 4-year bachelor's with 75%).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">You want a score valid for three years.</li></ul></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Choose CSIR NET if…</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">You already have (or are finishing) an M.Sc. and want a funded PhD with a JRF fellowship you carry to the lab of your choice.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">You want eligibility to teach as an Assistant Professor — GATE does not give that.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">You are under 30 (the JRF age limit, with relaxation for reserved categories).</li></ul></div>

Many M.Sc. students write both: CSIR NET in December and GATE in February. The overlap is real — both test biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, genetics and ecology — but CSIR NET's Part C rewards experimental reasoning and data interpretation at research level, while GATE XL rewards speed and accuracy across a broader, more textbook syllabus plus chemistry.

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0" id="xlwhich"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Which exam fits you?</h3><label style="display:block;margin:0 0 12px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Where are you in your studies?<select data-q="0" style="width:100%;padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:15px;margin-top:4px"><option value="0">Third year of a 3-year B.Sc.</option><option value="1">Final year of B.Tech/B.E. Biotechnology</option><option value="2">B.Sc. completed (3-year)</option><option value="3">In or finished an M.Sc.</option></select></label><label style="display:block;margin:0 0 12px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">What do you want next?<select data-q="1" style="width:100%;padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:15px;margin-top:4px"><option value="0">An M.Tech or MS at an IIT, NIT or IISc</option><option value="1">An M.Sc. at an IIT</option><option value="2">A funded PhD with a fellowship I carry</option><option value="3">Eligibility to teach as Assistant Professor</option></select></label><label style="display:block;margin:0 0 12px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">What is your degree in?<select data-q="2" style="width:100%;padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:15px;margin-top:4px"><option value="0">Biochemistry, microbiology, botany, zoology or life sciences</option><option value="1">Biotechnology (B.Tech/B.E.)</option><option value="2">Biotechnology (B.Sc./M.Sc.)</option><option value="3">Food science or food technology</option></select></label><div id="xlwhich-out" style="margin:8px 0 0;padding:12px 14px;background:#ecf7ef;border-radius:10px;line-height:1.6"></div><script>(function(){var R=document.getElementById('xlwhich');if(!R)return;var Q=[[{"xl":1,"jam":2,"csir":-20,"notyet":3},{"bt":2,"csir":-20,"notyet":1},{"xl":1,"jam":1,"csir":-20,"notyet":3},{"csir":2,"xl":1}],[{"xl":2,"bt":2},{"jam":20},{"csir":3,"xl":1},{"csir":6,"notyet":4}],[{"xl":2,"csir":1,"jam":1},{"bt":2},{"xl":1,"bt":1,"csir":1},{"xl":2}]],O={"xl":"<strong>GATE XL</strong> looks like your best fit — a life-science paper with compulsory chemistry, sat before graduation if you are in your third year. Check that each programme you want lists XL.","bt":"<strong>GATE BT</strong> looks like your best fit — it matches a B.Tech biotechnology curriculum and is accepted by some programmes that do not take XL. You can add XL as a second paper.","csir":"<strong>CSIR NET Life Sciences</strong> looks like your best fit — it is the route to a JRF fellowship and Assistant Professor eligibility. Many M.Sc. students also write GATE XL in February.","jam":"<strong>IIT JAM Biotechnology</strong> looks like your best fit — it is the route to an M.Sc. at the IITs, and to IISc's Integrated PhD in Biological Sciences.","notyet":"<strong>CSIR NET is not open to you yet</strong> — it needs a master's degree (or a 4-year bachelor's with 75%, which gives JRF/PhD eligibility but not Assistant Professor). For now, GATE XL or IIT JAM keeps your options open; write NET after your M.Sc."},ss=R.querySelectorAll('select');function go(){var t={};for(var i=0;i<ss.length;i++){var v=Q[i][parseInt(ss[i].value,10)]||{};for(var k in v)t[k]=(t[k]||0)+v[k];}var best=null;for(var k in t){if(best===null||t[k]>t[best])best=k;}document.getElementById('xlwhich-out').innerHTML=best?O[best]:'Answer the questions above.';}for(var i=0;i<ss.length;i++)ss[i].addEventListener('change',go);go();})();</script></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Writing more than one? Watch the calendar</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">CSIR NET December 2026 is proposed for 20–21 December — seven weeks before GATE opens.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">IIT JAM 2027 Biotechnology is on <strong>14 February 2027, afternoon</strong> — and 14 February is also a GATE 2027 exam day. The GATE paper-wise schedule was not out when this was checked; if XL or BT lands on 14 February afternoon, the two would clash.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">GATE XL and BT are in the same 6–21 February window and are an allowed two-paper combination; confirm from the paper-wise schedule that your two papers fall in different sessions before you pay for the second.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Recheck the official schedules when GATE publishes the paper-wise timetable.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">And two others you should know about</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>IIT JAM Biotechnology</strong> is the route to an M.Sc. at the IITs — BT is on 14 February 2027 (afternoon), organised by IIT Kharagpur. IISc's Integrated PhD in Biological Sciences admits through JAM (check IISc's Integrated PhD page for its full list of accepted tests).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>GAT-B</strong> (DBT, run by NTA) is for DBT-supported M.Sc. and M.Tech biotechnology programmes. The 2027 cycle had not been announced; the 2026 exam was held in May.</li></ul></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Jobs: no PSUs, but DRDO</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The official GATE 2027 list of PSUs that recruit through GATE does not include any life-science or biotechnology company, so for PSU jobs GATE XL does not help.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">DRDO is the exception. Its Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) said in a public notice of 31 August 2026 that direct recruitment of <strong>Scientist ‘B’</strong> is based on a valid GATE score “in the relevant Science and Engineering disciplines including Life Sciences and Engineering Sciences in which vacancies are released in the particular year”, followed by a personal interview, and that 2027 vacancies will be notified “in the next few months, depending upon the requirement”. Life Sciences is the GATE XL paper (our reading of the notice, which does not print the paper code).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">The notice gives no post count or eligibility rule, and a Life Sciences intake depends on DRDO releasing vacancies in that discipline. The detailed advertisement will be on rac.gov.in and in the Employment News.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">For most XL candidates the score is still mainly an admissions credential; treat DRDO as one recruitment route to watch, not a plan.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ecf7ef;color:#1f3a2a;border:1px solid #b9dec6;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:22px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1f7a45">Practise it, don't just read it</p><p style="margin:0 0 12px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:#171d29">Whichever you choose, the core biology — metabolism, enzyme kinetics, genetics, gene regulation — is common to all three.</p><p style="margin:0 0 12px;line-height:1.6">The ProSyllabus GATE XL library maps onto the 2027 syllabus like this: <strong>Enzyme Kinetics Parameters</strong> and <strong>Lineweaver–Burk Plot Analysis</strong> → XL1.2 and XL0.7; <strong>Cell Membrane Transport</strong> → XL1.5 and XL3.4; <strong>Operon Regulation Mechanisms</strong> → XL3.9; <strong>Mendelian Inheritance Patterns</strong> → XL2.5 and XL4.3. Ten questions each, a worked explanation for every option, and a free AI report on where you lost marks. Topics new in 2027 are not in the library yet — use the syllabus and your textbooks for those.</p><p style="margin:0"><a href="/exam/gate-xl/practice-quiz" style="display:inline-block;background:#ffffff;color:#1f7a45;border:2px solid #1f7a45;padding:9px 18px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700">Start a GATE XL quiz →</a></p></div>

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<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sources</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/opportunities" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GATE 2027 opportunities (stipends, PSU list)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/question_paper_pattern" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GATE 2027 question paper pattern</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/two_paper_combinations" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GATE 2027 two-paper combinations</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/eligibility_criteria" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GATE 2027 eligibility criteria</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/important_dates" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">GATE 2027 important dates</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://rac.gov.in/download/GATEpublicNotice2027.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">RAC/DRDO — Public Notice: Requirement of Valid GATE Score for Direct Recruitment of Scientist ‘B’ in DRDO (31.08.2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://nta.ac.in/Download/Notice/Examcalendar.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">NTA exam calendar (CSIR NET December 2026, proposed)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3efdf562ce2fb0ad460fd8e9d33e57f57/uploads/2026/05/202605271224945892.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">CSIR NET June 2026 Information Bulletin</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://iitg.ac.in/acad/admission/master/eligibility.php" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">IIT Guwahati M.Tech eligibility (GATE papers accepted)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.iisc.ac.in/admissions/m-tech-m-des/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">IISc M.Tech admissions (accepted GATE papers)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://biotech.iitm.ac.in/admission.php" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">IIT Madras Biotechnology admissions</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://jam.iitkgp.ac.in/test-schedule.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">IIT JAM 2027 test schedule (IIT Kharagpur)</a></li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472"><strong style="color:#1f7a45">official</strong> = a document published by the conducting body. <strong style="color:#8a5300">reported</strong> = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.</p></div>

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