WBJEE 2019-2020: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) conducts WBJEE for admission in Medical, Engineering and Technological courses offered by various institutions in West Bengal. WBJEE 2020 will be held on 2nd February 2020, for admissions in undergraduate courses in Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture Courses in Universities, Government Colleges as well as Self Financing Engineering & Technological Institutes in the State of West Bengal. Find out more about WBJEE 2020 in the article below.
Latest Update:
WBJEE 2020 Admit Card has been released on 24th January 2020. Click here to get the WBJEE admit card 2020.
WBJEE Overview 2020
Name of The Exam | West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) 2020 |
Conducting Authority | West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) |
Level of Exam | State Level |
Application Mode | Online |
Exam Mode | Offline (OMR Based) |
Application Fees | Rs. 500 |
Duration Of The Exam | 4 hours |
Official Website | wbjeeb.nic.in |
WBJEE 2019 Important Dates
Events | Dates |
Starting of online form filling | 18th October 2019 |
Last date for form filling & fee payment | 13th November 2019 |
Last date to download the confirmation page | 14th-16th November 2019 |
Application form correction window | 14th-16th November 2019 |
Admit card release | 24th January 2020 |
Exam date | 2nd February 2020 |
Release of answer key | February 2020 |
Last date to challenge the answer key | February 2020 |
Recorded responses publish | February 2020 |
Last date to claim for Review | February 2020 |
Final answer key publish | February 2020 |
Result declaration | March 2020 |
Counselling begins | April 2020 |
WBJEE Answer Keys
The answer key will be made available shortly on the official website and will be open to being contested by the candidates. The candidates will be required to submit the objections to www.wbjeeb.nic.in on payment of 7500 per question plus the bank’s service charges.
WBJEE Admit Card 2020
- The admit card for the entrance exam will be made available for download on the official website.
- The cards will not be sent by post and will only be available online.
- The card will carry all the details verifying the candidature and will mandatorily have to be carried to the examination.
Steps to Download WBJEE Admit Card 2020
- Step – 1: Visit the official website of WBJEE, wbjeeb.nic.in.
- Step – 2: Enter your login credentials the candidates must log in to their account.
- Step – 3: Once the candidates enter their details, the WBJEE Admit card will pop up.
- Step – 4: Download and take printouts of the WBJEE admit card 2020.
Details Mentioned on WBJEE Admit Card
- Name of the Candidate
- Date of Birth of the Candidate
- Photograph of the Candidate
- Signature of the Candidate
- Enrollment Number
- Date of the Entrance Examination
- Time and Venue of the Entrance Examination
WBJEE Courses and Eligibility Criteria
Courses | Eligibility Criteria |
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 at least 45% marks (40% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category e.g. SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PwD) in the above three subjects taken together, and at least 30% marks in English |
Pharmacy courses | Candidate must have passed ‘10+2’ examination with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics / Biology as compulsory subjects with at least 45% marks (40% in case of candidates belonging to reserved category e.g. SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PwD) in the above three subjects taken together, and at least 30% marks in English |
The detailed eligibility of each university and specific courses can be found in the official information bulletin of WBJEE 2019 on the official website wbjeeb.nic.iz
WBJEE Exam Pattern and Syllabus
WBJEE-2020 will be held in two sections.
- Paper-I – Mathematics
- Paper-II – Physics & Chemistry (combined).
For admission in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy Courses, both the sections have to be attended. For Pharmacy Courses only section II is required (except in Jadavpur University). The first section will be from 11 AM to 1 PM and the second section will be from 2 PM to 4 PM, on May 26, 2019. The questions will be Multiple Choice Type.
The breakdown of the paper will be as follows
Subject | No.of questions | Marks |
Mathematics | 75 | 100 |
Physics | 40 | 50 |
Chemistry | 40 | 50 |
The questions in each section will be of three categories.
The marking scheme of the categories will be as follows
- Category I: Correct response will yield one mark and a penalty of 0.25 marks will be imposed for the wrong answer
- Category II: Correct response will yield two marks and a penalty of 0.5 marks will be imposed for the wrong answer
- Category III: More than one option can be correct. All Correct responses will yield 2(two) marks. Any combination of correct and wrong response will be treated as incorrect and will yield a 0 (zero) mark. For partially correct response, marks awarded will be = 2 x (no. of correct options marked total no. of correct options).
Syllabus: The detailed, topic wise syllabus is given in Appendix 7 of the Information Brochure 2019 on the official website
WBJEE How to Apply
The mode of application WBJEE 2019 is online only.
Follow the steps to register
- Go to the official website and click on “register”
- The registration can be done by filling the preliminary details
- If the candidate has also applied for JEE mains, then he has to fill his JEE Mains Registration Number as well
- A recent colored passport size photo and signature also have to be uploaded
- The candidate will then be redirected to the payment page.
- The fees of Rs. 500/- has to be paid online through credit/debit cards or net banking
WBJEE Result
- The results will be declared in the form of rank cards, which the candidates will be able to download through the website, by logging in to their profiles. WBJEE Results declared on 3rd July 2019.
- The counseling will be based on the ranks obtained in WBJEE 2019.
- The counseling schedule will be uploaded shortly, along with the course and university details.
WBJEE Some Important Reminders
- Please carry the colored printouts of the admit cards to the examination center
- Additional documents that are required to be carried are
- A hard copy of admit card of WBJEE-2019
- A copy of the color photograph was uploaded during the online application.
- Any photo identity card in original such as Aadhaar card/ Pan card / Passport/ voter card/ 10th standard admit card/ School – ID card.
We hope that the article was of use to all the WBJEE 2019 aspirants. For any other information, please feel free to fire your doubts in the comments section. We will look forward to answering every query and helping out in the best way we can. All the best.
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