The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) was established in 1962 by Government of West Bengal in the exercise of the powers conferred under article 162 of the Constitution of India in pursuant to No. 828-Edn(T), dated 02.03.1962.

Subsequently, the Board was recognized as a Statutory Body vide West Bengal Act XIV of 2014 and was authorized for conducting the Joint Entrance Examination in respect to admission to various institutions in West Bengal imparting education in Medical, Engineering, and Technological courses.

Basic but important details which can give you a short overview about the college.

WBJEE 2019 Timeline

West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam 2019 Various dates and timeline such as, WBJEE Application form Start Date, Last date to apply online, Admit Card Release Date, Exam Date, result date etc.

WBJEE 2019 Application Fee

Eligibility Crtieria

Age Restriction

The lower age limit is 17 (seventeen) years as on 31.12.2018. A candidate should have been born on or before 31.12.2001. There is no upper age limit in appearing in the WBJEE-2018. However, for admission to the degree level Marine Engineering Course The lower age limit is 17 (seventeen) years as on 31.12.2018 and the upper age limit is 25 Years as on 31.12.2018

Educational Qualification

Educational qualification for engineering course admissions and Pharmacy course admissions is different. Both of these are shared below.

Engineering

1. Candidate must have passed the Qualifying Examination i.e. the 10+2 examination with Physics and Mathematics along with any one of Chemistry / Biotechnology / Biology / Computer Science / Computer Application as compulsory subjects with individual pass marks (in both theory and practical wherever applicable) in all the three subjects as stated above in regular class mode.
2. Must have obtained at least 45% marks (40% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category e.g. SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PwD) in the above three subjects taken together.
3. Must have passed English in the 10+2 examination with at least 30% marks.
4. The Board of the said Qualifying Examination must be recognized by the Central Government or State Government concerned.

Pharmacy

1. Candidate must have passed 10+2 examination with Physics and Chemistry along with any one of Mathematics / Biotechnology / Biology / Computer Science / Computer Application as compulsory subjects with individual pass marks (in both theory and practical wherever applicable) in all the three subjects as stated above in regular class mode.
2. Must have obtained at least 45% marks (40% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category)

WBJEE 2019 Exam Pattern

There will be two papers in the West Bengal Joint Entrance exam. First paper would be Paper 1: Mathematics and the second paper is of subjects physics and chemistry.

Details about the Exam Pattern is provided below in the table.

1. Paper 1: Mathematics
2. Paper 2: Physics and Chemistry

Other Important Details about the exam

1. Paper will be of offline mode.
2. There will be two papers.
3. Paper 1 will be of mathematics containing 100 questions.
4. Paper 2 will be of physics and chemistry having 50 questions of physics and 50 questions of chemistry.
5. Each question will be of 1 mark.
6. For every incorrect answer in category 1 and category 2, there will be a negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted if you mark any wrong option.
7. For category 3 questions there will be no negative marking as there are more than 1 correct answers.

WBJEE Important Links

West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam 2019 - WBJEE 2019 Important links for the candidates applying for this entrance exam are shared below.

These links will be very helpful for the WBJEE 2019 aspirants. Candidates can check important details about WBJEE 2019 from the links given below.

Contact Details

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEE)
AQ-13/1, Sector-V,
Salt Lake City,
Kolkata-700 091.

Phone : (033) 2367 1159/ 1198
Email : controller@wbjeeb.in

Toll-free help desk: 1800-1023-781, 1800-3450-050