West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) 2017 Conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) |
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) 2017
Conducted by
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB)
Important dates for WBJEE 2017
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) will be conducted on April 23, 2017 by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB). It is a state level entrance exam for admissions to undergraduate engineering courses.
The exam will be held in offline mode and the registration for the same will begin from January 5, 2017. Allocation of examination centre will be based on the choices given by the candidate during online form fill-up. However, discretion of the board in allocation of examination centre shall be final.
The application for this examination will be received ONLINE at this portal of the Board, http://www.wbjeeb.in
Two papers of examinations will bethere.
‘Paper-I’-Mathematics and ‘Paper-II’-Physics & Chemistry combined.
- For admission to any Engineering/Technology/Architecture Course appearing in both Paper-I and Paper-II is compulsory.
- For admission to Pharmacy Course of the Jadavpur University, appearing in both Paper-I and Paper-II is compulsory.
- For admission to any Pharmacy Course other than that of the Jadavpur University, appearingin mathematics is not compulsory. Score in ‘Physics + Chemistry’ (paper-II) onlyshall be considered.
- Students appearing in both Paper-I and Paper-II are also eligible for admission to Pharmacy course.
- Citizenship: Applicant must be a citizen of India.
- Age Restriction:
- The lower age limit is 17 (seventeen) years as on 31.12.2017. There is no upper age limit in appearing in the WBJEE-2017. A candidate born on or after 01.01.2000is not eligible to appear in the WBJEE-2017.
- However, for admission to the degree level Marine Engineering Course The lower age limit is 17 (seventeen) years as on 31.12.2017 and the upper age limit is 25 Years as on 31.12.2017.
General Academic Qualifications criteria
For appearing in the WBJEE-2017 both Paper-I and Paper-II (for enlistment in the Merit Rank List-I i.e.the GMR):
- 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 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 abovethreesubjects 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 Governmentor State Government concerned.
Depending on the category of participating institutions, reservation of seats for such category of students shall be available following the guidelines as provided below:
Sr.No. | Nature of Institutions | Applicability of Reservation Rules |
1 | State University / University Departments | Reservation Rules of concerned University |
2 | Government Engineering / Technology / Pharmacy Colleges | Reservation Rules of the State Government |
3 | Private & Self Financing Engineering / Technology /Pharmacy Colleges | As per the decision of the concerned Institution |
4 | Private & self Financing Universities | As per the concerned University Act / Rules |
- However, availability of such reserve category seats shall be restricted to students domiciled in West Bengal only.
- Candidates claiming such seats must submit relevant Certificate issued from either of the competent Authorities as enlisted below. The said Certificate must be issued on or before 31.03.2017.
- The certificate is to be produced during counseling, admission etc. If the certificate is then found to be invalid, the candidate will lose the opportunity of admission in reserve category. The system will automatically put him in general category and the facility will be available from 2nd round of counseling onward.
Application for the WBJEE-2017 has to be made ONLINE only through the web- portal http://wbjeeb.nic.in.
For making the application the candidate need to have a working mobile number and an email ID. All future communications will be done using them only.
The application procedure is interactive in nature.
Filling up of Application Form
The candidate will first enter the registration details i.e. Name, Father’s Name, Mother’s name and Date of birth.
Be careful while entering the registration details. It cannot be changed / edited / modified under normal circumstances. Also the information must match exactly with the school admit cards, mark sheets, certificates, photo identity cards, caste / category certificates etc. which you have to produce to enter the examination hall, during counselling, during admission and during registration with the University.
- Any attempt by a candidate to make duplicate registration will be stopped by the system.
- Thereafter candidates are required to fill up various personal information regarding, Nationality, Religion, Income category, Address, Choice of examination zones, academic detail etc.
- At the end, the candidate has to choose password and security question / answer.
- At this stage the candidate can review the entire application and make changes as necessary.
- The candidate will then be asked to submit the application.
- Then an application number will be generated and SMS/email will be sent to the candidate.
- Candidates have to remember password and security question / answer. The system is automatic. There is no way to recover the password if it is lost.
- It is not possible for any person / agency to change / edit / input any information without knowing the password. Hence candidates must not share their password with anybody. The Board will not be responsible for any change resulting from sharing / divulging the password.
- At this stage candidates may logout or continue to next step.
Category-I FullMarks-1 | Category-II FullMarks-2 | Category-III FullMarks-2 | Total Number of Questions | Total Marks | |
No. of Questions | |||||
Mathematics | 50 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 100 |
Physics | 50 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 50 |
Chemistry | 30 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 50 |
In Category I | : | Only one answer option is correct |
In Category II | : | Only one answer option is correct |
In Category III | : | One or more answer options are correct |
At present the Board is functioning at:
AQ-13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700 091.
Phone : (033) 2367 1159/ 1198
Email : wbjeeb@gmail.com
Toll free help desk : 1800-1023-781
On-line application is to be made through the website
www.wbjeeb.nic.in
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Source : www.wbjeeb.in