WBJEE(West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination) is a state-government controlled centralized test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal.

For the academic session of 2017–18, the Board will conduct the Common Entrance Examination for admission to Undergraduate Courses in Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture Courses in Universities, Government Colleges and Self Financed Institutes in the State. 

WBJEE is a State-Government controlled Centralized Examination which is conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board for admission to private and Government (Medical an Engineering) institutes in West Bengal. The test is taken after 12th Grade...

WBJEE(West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination) is a state-government controlled centralized test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal.

For the academic session of 2017–18, the Board will conduct the Common Entrance Examination for admission to Undergraduate Courses in Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture Courses in Universities, Government Colleges and Self Financed Institutes in the State. 

WBJEE is a State-Government controlled Centralized Examination which is conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board for admission to private and Government (Medical an Engineering) institutes in West Bengal. The test is taken after 12th Grade admission to graduate courses. The examination would be taken by those who study in the Pure Science Stream in Plus two level with subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology.

About 3 Lakh people undertake the examination every day and the count is increasing. Students belonging to West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education and Central Indian School Certificate Board took the test, though it would mostly be dominated by the first mentioned. It is a prestigious examination and there are few of the students of the science stream who would not take WBJEE Examination in West Bengal.

A lot of colleges would be having an intake of students based on WBJEE Ranks.

The Central Selection Council would be conducting a counseling session for students so that colleges get allotted:

• Jadavpur University
• University Science of Technology, Burdwan
• West Bengal University of Health Sciences
• West Bengal University of Technology
• University of Calcutta
• Uttar Banga Krishi Mahavidyalaya
• West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences

Candidates should be familiar with the WBJEE Exam Pattern. There would be details about the mode of examination, duration, question count, total marks awarded and more in the WBJEE Exam Pattern. There would be three sections – Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics that would be involved in the examination. Those would be further divided into 3 categories.

The WBJEE Admit Card would be available from April 12, 2018. The WBJEE Result would be announced on May 23, 2018. The candidates would be required to have a detailed look at the WBJEE Exam Pattern at the time of preparation in order to get an idea of how the exam would be designed. Additionally, the candidates should also go through the WBJEE Exam Syllabus in order to know the list of exhaustive topics that would be tested on the examination. The 3 categories also have been divided into as per the marking scheme.

The characteristics of WBJEE Exam Pattern are as follows:

• Mode of Examination: Offline
• Examination Duration: 4 hours
• Question Type: Objective (MCQ)
• Sections: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (40, 40 and 75 questions respectively)
• Category wise questions: Physics and Chemistry (30 Q in Category 1, 5 Q each in 2 and 3)
• Mathematics: 50 Q in Category 1, 15 Q in category 2 and 10 Q in Category 3
• Question Count: 155 Questions
• Total Marks of Examination: 200 marks
• Negative Marking: ¼ mark deduction

WBJEE Examination would be held on April 22, 2018 and the WBJEE Admit card will be released at wbjeeb.in on April 11, 2018.

WBJEEB Conducts the WBJEE Counseling in an online mode. This process is usually conducted in the month of June. Candidates should make themselves familiar with WBJEE Counseling, Seat Allotment, Schedule, Seat Matrix to understand the counseling in a better way.

Once the candidates register for the WBJEE Counseling, the candidates are expected to pay a fee of an INR 500. The counseling fee can be paid by Debit Card/credit card or e-challan of Allahabad Bank. It becomes mandatory for each and every candidate to register online and pay the counseling fee in order to fill their choices.

WBJEE Seat Allotment by the candidates would be processed centrally and seats shall be provisionally allotted in the order of merit as per GMR or the basis of locked choices.

The candidates who have been allotted a seat would be required to pay the Seat Acceptance Fee using e-challan of Allahabad Bank /Credit Card/Debit Card as required and then go on to download Provisional Allotment Letter.

The WBJEE Result will be announced on May 23, 2018.

The documents that required to be appended to the WBJEE Application are as follows:

• Passport Size Photo
• Left-hand thumb impression
• Domicile and Category Certificate
• Income Certificate
• PWD Certificate

The WBJEE Application Fees are INR 500 + Application charges. Candidates can make the payment through offline and online modes.

The WBJEE Tuition Waiver Scheme was implemented by the Government of West Bengal for meritorious and economically backward students who are domiciled in West Bengal for the purpose of admission into universities/university department/government colleges and self-financing institutes.

The eligibility for this scheme is as follows:

• The total annual Family income of the student must be less than 2.5 Lakhs and the income would be required to be uploaded at the time of online application.
• The student should be domiciled in West Bengal and a certificate to that extent should be appended to the WBJEE Application Form.
• The candidate would also be required to submit a photocopy of the original Domicile Certificate.
• A photocopy of the income certificate would also be required to be submitted by the candidate.
• The selection of the students for the TFW scheme would be on the basis of their merit and the presence of eligible students.
• For all Government/Private self-financing institutions a maximum of 5% of intake per course would be available on a supernumerary basis. If students are unavailable or any vacancy is created in the event the student does not report, the seats would not be allotted to students of any other category. 

WBJEEB would be conducting the WBJEE Examination on May 26 in an offline mode. Apart from the examination date, the exam conducting authority has also announced important dates associated with the Application Form and Admit Card. As per WBJEEB Officials, WBJEE Application form is available from now on, while the last date for application submission is January 23, 2019. 

All the aspiring candidates for the State Level Examination should keep a track of the necessary WBJEE Dates so that they do not lose track of anything else. The important dates of WBJEE are events associated with the State Level Examination like application form availability, application deadline, admit card availability, result, exam dates, and seat allotment. About 1.8 Lakh candidates sit every year for WBJEE Examination every year for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes across all participating institutions. 

WBJEE Examination would be held on May 26, 2019, while the registrations for the state level engineering test would begin from December 26 and would close on January 23, 2019.

Time Management: Maintaining a proper schedule for every task that you do can lead you to success. Prepare along with all daily tasks such as exercise, play and every other tasks by managing the time.

Diet & food: Maintain a completely healthy diet including fresh fruits and vegetables. Try to ignore oily stuff and have a proper balanced diet.

Positivity: Always try to be positive towards every work that you do and be focused towards all your activities along with studies. Being optimistic works very well many a times in such situations.

Mock Tests: Prepare the best way by appearing as many mock tests you can, and analyze the results regularly. Try solving the portion which you find difficult in the mock tests and create a strong base.

Smart way to Prepare: Make separate sheets for formulas and theorem that can help you a lot while solving numerical in Physics and Mathematics.

Believe in yourself: Self-belief is most important as it generates a lot of positivity and gives boost to your confidence.

Revise: Make sure you revise every topic thoroughly and prepare well every topic by revising time and again. Also prepare separate revision plan for last minute preparation.

Various colleges would be taking students on board on the basis of WBJEE Ranks. The Central Selection Council would be conducting a counseling session for students where colleges would be allotted to them.

The institutions that usually take part are:

• Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
• West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences
• West Bengal University of Health Sciences
• West Bengal University of Technology and its affiliated institutes.
• University of Calcutta
• Jadavpur University
• Kalyani University Science Instrumentation Centre
• University Institute of Technology, Burdwan
• Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya

Seats have been reserved for ST/SC/OBC/PwD candidates.Depending on the category of the participating institution, the percentage of reservation varies. 

In State/Government Universities, the reservation criteria is according to the rules of the state government. In Private colleges, reservation is according to the rules of the University.

Some institutions have been granted the minority status.50%of the seats of these institutes have been reserved for the minority candidates.However, admission to these is only through a separate entrance exam conducted by a common minority association.The remaining 50%seats of these colleges are up for grabs through WBJEE only.

A few seats have also been reserved for wards of defense personnel.

10% Seats of self-financed institutions are reserved for the candidates who have achieved a merit in the JEE mains examination.

There is a 10% reservation for management quota in the self-financed institutions.

A total of 1,00,433 candidates had appeared for the exam for 32,000 seat all over West Bengal.

Two separate merit lists shall be issued.

One will be in the form of a GMR applicable for admission to all Degree Level Engineering / Technology / Architecture Courses available in all enlisted Engineering / Technology Colleges and Universities.This list will be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidate in the WBJEE examination.A  separate category merit rank will also be issued for the candidates belonging to different categories.

The other merit list will be in the form of  PMR applicable for admission to all Degree Level Pharmacy Courses available in all enlisted Pharmacy Colleges and Universities except the degree level pharmacy course available at the Jadavpur University. The list will be prepared in descending order according to the marks scored in the entrance exam.

There are a total of 44 courses that one can go to after clearing the WBJEE. Some courses also have specific detailed eligibility criteria.

These include numerous branches of engineering, architecture, pharmacy and biotechnology courses.