West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) : Eligibility

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West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE)

Introduction

Eligibility

Examination

Application Procedure

Syllabus

Exam Date 2024

Useful Contacts

Educational Qualification

Candidates applying for WBJEE must be a citizen of India and must have the following minimum academic qualifications, specified by the AICTE, different for different courses as mentioned below. Candidates who are appearing for the higher secondary examination (10+2 level) or its equivalent examination at the time of examination but standing to pass the same with these minimum academic qualifications, specified by the AICTE; will become eligible during counseling after the declaration of results of WBJEE. The candidates found to possess lower qualifications will be debarred from registration for the counselling process and will not get admission in any of the institutes.

a) For Engineering/Technology & B. Pharm courses other than Marine Engineering:

b) For Marine Engineering Course:

Candidates must pass Higher Secondary Examination (10+2 level) or its equivalent examination with a minimum of 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics taken together and with at least 50% marks in English either in 10th or in 12th Standard besides having individual pass marks in each of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Vernacular (or any other fifth subject).

c) For Architecture Course:

Candidates must pass Higher Secondary Examination (10+2 level) or its equivalent examination with a minimum of 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics taken together (40% for SC/ST/PwD candidates) and with at least 30% marks in English (for all categories of candidates) besides having individual pass marks in each of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Vernacular (or any other fifth subject). Besides satisfying this eligibility criteria, they must qualify in the NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) conducted by the Council of Architecture, New Delhi and necessary document in this regard is to be produced at the time of Counselling.

Age Limit :

a) For Engineering / Technology Courses other than Marine Engineering:
Candidates must be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age as on or before 31 st December, at the year of admission. There is no upper age limit.

b) Marine Engineering course:
Candidates must be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age or above as on or before 31 st December, at the year of admission and must not be above 25 (twenty five) years; as per guidelines of appropriate authority.

Reservation of Seats

Seats are reserved for the following categories :

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe candidates domiciled in the State of West Bengal
- For Scheduled Caste (SC) category: 22 (twenty-two) percent of total Institutional Intake in the respective Course;
- For Scheduled Tribe (ST) category: - 6 (six) percent of total Institutional Intake in the respective Course
PwD (Persons with disabilities) candidates
- 3 (three) percent of total Institutional Intake in the respective Course
Candidates belonging to Sikh / Christian Religious Minority Category and domiciled in West Bengal
- Percentage of reserved seats will be as per discretion of the minority institutes and thereafter notified by the Government
Students under Defence Quota
Altogether 12 (twelve) seats are reserved for students under Defence Quota. Out of them, 7 (seven) seats are reserved in different branches in Govt. Engineering & Technology Colleges of the State; 2 (two) seats are reserved in Jadavpur University and 3 (three) seats are reserved at Bengal Engineering and ScienceUniversity, Shibpur respectively. The branches of such seats in these Universities will be decided by the respective University Authority. B
For students Merit listed in JEE (Mains)
- Seats are available for students merit listed in JEE (Mains) (erstwhile AIEEE), the All India Common Entrance Examination for admission to NIT, IIIT and other Central Institutes of Engineering & Technology up to the extent of 10% of the approved seats in all the existing Self Financing Engineering & Technology Colleges of the State. Allotment of seats shall be strictly on the basis of merit and preference of students through the counselling process conducted by the Competent Authority. The eligibility and other criteria as stipulated for WBJEE candidates for admission to degree level Engineering / Technology / Pharmacy /Architecture courses, will also be applicable for JEE (Mains) merit listed candidates
Under Management Quota
- Self Financing Engineering & Technology Colleges of the State offering B. Tech / B. Pharm / B. Arch courses have been allowed to admit students directly by the Concerned Management from intending merit listed students fulfilling the required eligibility criteria as may be specified by the Higher Education Department of the State. Maximum number of seats available for such category is 10% of the approved intake. However, final status for availability of such seats may be notified in due course.