WBJEE 2021 Eligibility

WBJEEB has prescribed certain eligibility criteria for WBJEE aspirants. Candidates are required to comply with WBJEE 2021 eligibility criteria in order to successfully apply for the Joint Entrance Exam. Candidates failing to comply with the eligibility norms will not be allowed to appear for the exam. WBJEE eligibility criteria might vary for different courses and at the institute level.

Age Requirement

• Engineering aspirants for all other branches except marine engineering have to be at least 17 years of age as on December 31, 2021. There is no upper age limit for the WBJEE exam.
• For admission in Marine Engineering courses, the lower age limit should be 17 years as of December 31, 2021, and the upper age limit should be 25 years as of December 31, 2021.

Education qualification

For admission to Engineering courses:

• 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 / Technical Vocational Subject 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.
• Must have obtained at least 45% marks (40% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category) in the above three subjects taken together.
• Must have passed English in the ‘10+2’ examination with at least 30% marks.
• The Board of the said Qualifying Examination must be recognized by the Central Government or State Government concerned.

For admission to Pharmacy courses:

• Candidate must have passed ‘10+2’ examination with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics / Biology 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
• Must have obtained at least 45% marks (40% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category) in the above three subjects taken together
• Must have passed English in the ‘10+2’ examination with at least 30% marks
• The Board of the said Qualifying Examination must be recognized by the Central Government or State Government concerned.

Note: A candidate appearing in the Qualifying Examination i.e. the ‘10+2’ Standard Examination in 2021 may appear in the WBJEE-2021 but shall not be made eligible for allotment of the seat for admission if he/she does not pass the Qualifying Examination with the required minimum standard of eligibility criteria as stated above.

WBJEE 2021 Exam Pattern

In order to crack any exam gathering information about the exam pattern, sections, weightage, evaluation scheme, duration, plays very important role. WBJEE 2021 exam will be comprised of Multiple-Choice Questions. There will be two papers in WBJEE 2021: Paper 1 (Mathematics) and Paper 2 (Physics and Chemistry combined). Candidates taking part in Paper 2 will be able to take admission in pharmacy courses only, candidates taking part in Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be eligible for taking admission in Architecture/ Engineering/ Technology/ Pharmacy courses. Aspirants taking part in only paper 1 will not get any Rank.

Candidates will get 120 minutes for each paper i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2.

For WBJEE Exam category 1: There will be only one correct option for each question, 1 mark will be given for a correct answer while an incorrect answer will fetch -0.25 marks.

For WBJEE Exam category 2: There will be only one correct option for each question, 2 marks will be given for a correct answer while an incorrect answer will fetch -0.5 marks.

For WBJEE Exam category 3: There will be one or more correct option(s) for each question, 2 marks will be given for correct answer while incorrect answer will fetch 0 marks while for partially correct answers candidates will get marks as per this formula: 2 x (no. of correct options marked/total no. of correct options).

WBJEE 2021 Application

Online Application

WBJEE Application Form 2021: West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) will release application from of WBJEE 2021 in February 2021 (tentative). It will be released in online mode on the WBJEE official website: wbjeeb.in.

Download the application form.

Application Fee for WBJEE 2021

Note: Once paid, application fee is not refundable.

WBJEE 2021 Results

• The result of WBJEE exam is out on August 06, 2021.

• West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board released the WBJEE 2021 result at WBJEE official website wbjeeb.nic.in.

• The candidates have to log in using their credentials vis-a-vis Application Number, Password & security pin (or Captcha) and download and take printouts of their WBJEE 2021 result for future reference.

• The results will be published in the form of rank cards, which will contain all relevant ranks, total score and component score in Paper 1 & Paper 2.

• Please note that duplicate rank cards cannot be generated at any later stage after a specified date. Hence, you’re advised to retain your rank cards carefully in undamaged condition for all future purposes.

• Ranks will be awarded to all candidates who appear for WBJEE 2021. Both General Merit Rank (GMR) and Pharmacy Merit Rank (PMR) will be awarded to those who appear in both Paper 1 and Paper 2. Only PMR will be awarded to those, who appear for Paper 2 alone.

• Everyone who appears for WBJEE 2021 and has a rank may not be eligible for e-counselling. A cut off rank and/or a cut off score will be decided by the authorities for the same. It was announced at the time of publication of the result.

WBJEE 2021 Counselling

WBJEE 2021 Counselling dates are yet to be released. To participate in WBJEE counselling, qualified Students have to register themselves online. After applying online, you have to pay the counselling fees online and after remitting the fee, you can proceed to fill your choices for your branch and institute preference.
There may be three rounds in WBJEE Counselling. Students online registration will be valid for the three rounds of WBJEE Counselling only.
All candidates who have been allotted a seat are required to pay the Seat Acceptance Fee using e- Challan of Allahabad Bank or Debit/Credit Card as per the following and then download the Provisional Seat Allotment letter. The category wise seat acceptance fee is given below:

Detailed information regarding WBJEE 2019 Counselling:

WBJEE 2019 Counselling: Round 1

Candidates who were allotted a seat had to report to Reporting Centres for document verification, initial fee payment, collection of allotment cards, etc. Candidates had to take provisional admission at the RCs from June 24 to July 01, 2019, failing which their seat allotment shall stand cancelled. Candidates participating in the first round of counselling will not be considered for further online rounds of seat allotment.

WBJEE 2019 Counselling: Round 2

Candidates must note that there were no fresh registration and choice filling in 2nd round of counselling. Choices of main counselling were considered in this round of allotment. The candidates must report to the RCs, pay fees etc. between July 05 to 07. The criteria for eligibility and non-eligibility for WBJEE counselling round 2 is as given below: