West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination is a state-government controlled centralized test, conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board for admission into Undergraduate Courses in Engineering/Technology, Pharmacy and... Wikipedia

• Acronym:  WBJEE
• Type:  OMR sheet based (Pen & Paper)
• Developer / administrator:  West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board
• Knowledge / skills tested:  Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
• Purpose:  Admission into UG Courses in Engineering/Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture of different Universities, Government Colleges as well as Self Financing, Private Engineering & Technological Institutes in the State of West Bengal
• Year started:  1962
• Duration:  Total 4 hour including 2 papers. 2 hours for each paper.
• Score / grade range:  -155 to +200
• Score / grade validity:  1 year
• Offered:  Conducted once per year
• Restrictions on attempts:  No attempt limits
• Countries / regions:  specially West Bengal
• Languages:  English language, Bengali language
• Annual no. of test takers:  1,42,694 (2024), 1,24,919 (2023), 81,393 (2022), 65,170 (2021), 73,119 (2020)
• Fee:  ₹500 for General (Male) Candidate, ₹400 for General (Female) Candidate, ₹300 for Third Gender Candidate, ₹400 for SC/ ST/ OBC-A/ OBC-B/ EWS/ PwD Male Candidate, ₹300 for SC/ ST/ OBC-A/ OBC-B/ EWS/ PwD Female Candidate
• Qualification rate:  99.53% (2024), 99.40% (2023), 99.85% (2022), 99.50% (2021), 95.23% (2020)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo