WBJEE 2016: Application, Eligibility, Pattern

WBJEE (West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination) 2016 will be held as a state level entrance exam for the admission to various UG courses offered by the colleges limit in West Bengal state. The examination will be conducted by the WBJEEB (West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board). This exam will be a gateway for the medical, engineering, architectural, technological and pharmaceutical courses through government and private colleges across the state.

Eligibility

The eligibility Criteria is as the following:

• The application must be Indian citizen.
• The applicant should have domicile of West Bengal.
• The application should have passed or appeared the 10+2 examination from state or central board of education.
• The candidates must be obtained minimum 45% marks (40% in case of reserved categories) in 12th examination.
• For admission to Jadhavpur University, candidates must have minimum 60% marks (55% in case of reserved categories) in 12th examination.
• The candidates should have physics, chemistry and math/biology/biotechnology in 12th examination.
• The candidates should be completed the age of 17 years on or before 31st December 2016.
• For mining engineering, candidates should not exceed the age of 25 years on or before 31st of July 2016.

Application Form

The application form will be available on the official portal of the board on the prescribed date given by board later. The candidates will have to navigate the proper link for WBJEE 2016 application form and fill the required details. After filling the application details one should remit the application fee via online through net banking or debit/credit card or e-challan. The prescribed application fee for WBJEE will be Rs. 500/- (for engineering/technology/architecture) or Rs. 500/- (for medical/dental/pharmacy) or Rs. 600/- (for engineering/technology/architecture/medical/dental/pharmacy). After filling the form and remitting the application fee, a 7 digit number will be displayed which will be saved by applicants for further communication. Candidates should keep the xerox copy of confirmation page for further use. Candidates have to send the copy of confirmation page along with all required documents before last date of receiving to the address as given below.
WB JEE Board, AQ-13/1, Sector-V
Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 700 091 (WB)

Important Dates

• Start of Online form fill-up – last week of December 2015
• End of registration – second week of February 2016
• Document uploads allowed till – third week of February 2016
• Fee payment allowed till – fourth week of February 2016
  
• Confirmation page printing available till – last week of March 2016
• Candidate Correction window – second week of March 2016
• Publication of Downloadable Admit Card – first week of April 2016
• Date of Examination – third week of April 2016
• Publication of Results: By 10th June 2016
• Date of Counselling from – First week of July 2016

Pattern

There will be negative marking with the deduction of 25% of full marks for each wrong answer. The examination will be of 3 hours. The language will be English only. The pattern is as per following table:

Category	Mathematics	Biology	Physics	Chemistry
A X 1 mark	60 questions	90 questions	30 questions	30 questions
B X 2 marks	10 questions	15 questions	5 questions	5 questions
C X 2 marks	10 questions	15 questions	5 questions	5 questions
Total marks	100	150	50	50

Admit Card

The WBJEE admit card 2016 would be downloaded from the official portal from first week of April 2016. All students will be notified about to bring the admit card to the examination hall compulsory. The admit card will contain all information related to the candidature of a candidates.

Result

WBJEE 2016 result will be updated on the official site of the board on first week of June 2016. candidates would be able to see their result by using their name, 7 digit application number and date of birth.

Counselling

The counselling schedule will begin in the first week of July 2016. Counselling will be ;done on the basis of the score of candidate, availability of seats and choice of candidates.