WBJEE 2024 Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility Criteria, Exam Pattern

WBJEE 2024: West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) is conducted in order to provide admissions in the UG Engineering, Pharmacy, and Architecture programs. West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) organizes this examination.  Candidates can register for this exam only through online mode. By qualifying for this entrance examination, candidates can get direct admission to various private and government colleges within the state. WBJEE notification will be released in the month of December. Check here all the details regarding WBJEE 2024 such as the application form, exam dates, eligibility criteria, etc.

WBJEE 2024 Important Dates

Filing the online application form	3rd week of December 2023
Last date to apply online	2nd week of January 2024
Correction in the Application form	3rd week of January 2024
Release  the Admit card	2nd week of April 2024
Exam date	3rd week of April 2024
Release of answer key	1st week of May 2024
End  date to challenge the answer key	2nd week of May 2024
Recorded responses publish	2nd week of May 2024
Last date to claim for Review	2nd week of May 2024
Final answer key publish	3rd week of May 2024
Declaration of the Result	4th week of May 2024
Counselling begins	Last week of May 2024

Eligibility Criteria

• The candidate must be a citizen of India.
• The candidate’s age should be 17 years as of 31.12.2024.
• There is no upper age limit to apply.

For admission to Engineering courses

• Passed ‘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.
• At least 45% of marks are required in the above three subjects taken together (40% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category e.g. SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PwD).
• Must have passed English in the ‘10+2’ examination with at least 30% marks.

For admission to Pharmacy courses

• 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.
• At least 45% of marks are required in the above three subjects taken together (40% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category e.g. SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PwD).
• Must have passed English in the ‘10+2’ examination with at least 30% marks.
• Candidates possessing 10+2 qualifications from non-formal and nonclass room-based schooling such as the National Institute of Open Schooling, open school systems of States, etc. shall not be eligible for admission to B. Pharm. Course.

Application Fee

• The application fee is Rs 700 (Rupees Seven hundred only) for General candidates.
• For SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B candidates, the fee is Rs 500 (Rupees Five hundred only).
• The Examination Fees can be paid by Net Banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card only.
• The fee once paid is not refundable under any circumstances.

WBJEE 2024 Exam Pattern

• The exam will be held through offline mode (OMR Pattern).
• The whole question paper will consist of 200 marks.
• The question will consist of multiple-choice questions.
• The question paper will comprise of three subjects: Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics.
• A total of 155 questions will be asked in the examination.
• In category- I & category II, 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking in category III.

Subjects	Total Number of Questions	Marks Allotted
Mathematics	75	100
Physics	40	50
Chemistry	40	50

Number of Questions (Category wise)

Subjects	Category-I (1 mark)	Category-II (2 marks)	Category-III (2 marks)
Mathematics	50	15	10
Physics	30	5	5
Chemistry	30	5	5

Participating Institutes

There are around 103 institutes offering engineering/technology courses in West Bengal thru WBJEE including Universities / Government colleges / Private Universities / Private Colleges and Minority institutes. Some of the participating institutes’ are mentioned below:

• University of Calcutta – Kolkata
• Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya – Kalyani
• Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology – Salt Lake
• Govt. College of Engg. & Textile Technology – Berhampur
• Jadavpur University – Kolkata
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology – Salt Lake
• University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University – Burdwan
• Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya – Cooch Behar
• University of Kalyani, Science Instrumentation Centre – Kalyani
• West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences – Haringhata, Kalyani

Check here — WBJEE Counselling Procedure

WBJEE 2024 Admit Card

• The admit card will be issued online mode from our website.
• Candidates will not be allowed to enter the examination hall, without admit card.
• The admit card contains all details of the candidates and exam-related necessary instructions.
• Keep the admit card safe till the admission process is not over.
• No duplicate admit card will be provided to the candidates.

Exam Centres

• The exam takes place in many prominent parts of the country including Tripura, Agartala, Assam, and Silchar.
• There can be the case when candidates won’t be allotted with their first choice zone.
• In case if sufficient candidates are unavailable then it can be possible otherwise, IInd choice/ IIIrd choice of the zone would be provided.

WBJEE 2024 Result

• Candidates will be able to check their results online mode.
• The result will be published in the form of Rank Cards.
• The rank card contains all relevant ranks, total score & component scores in Paper-I (Mathematics) & paper-II (Physics & Chemistry).
• The cut-off list will be published by the authority, after the result declaration.

Syllabus

For Mathematics

• Algebra, Trigonometry, Co-ordinate Geometry of Two and Three Dimensions, Calculus

For Physics

Physical World and Measurements	Gravitation	Oscillations & Waves
Units & Dimensions	Bulk properties of matter	Electrostatics
Atomic Physics	Viscosity	Current Electricity
Nuclear Physics	Heat & Thermal Physics	Magnetic effect of current
Solid-state Electronics	Thermodynamics	Magnetics
Optics (II) Wave Optics	Kinematics	Electromagnetic induction & alternating current
The motion of the center of mass	Laws of motion	Electromagnetic waves
Connected systems	Work, power, energy	Optics I (Ray optics)
Friction	Kinetic theory of gases	Particle nature of light & wave-particle dualism

For Chemistry

Atoms, Molecules	Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry	Coordination Compounds
Chemical Arithmetic	The Periodic Table and Chemical Families	Chemical Energetic and Chemical Dynamics
Atomic Structure	Environmental Chemistry	Physical Chemistry of Solutions
Chemistry of Metals	Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure	Chemistry in Industry