WBJEE 2020 – WBJEE 2020 online application form registration has been started from on 18th October 2019. The WBJEE is a state level entrance exam which is conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB). WBJEE 2020 entrance exam will be conducted on 02nd February 2020. Interested and Eligible candidates can apply via WBJEE Application form at the official page @ https://wbjeeb.nic.in. Candidates can get admission to UG courses in the fields of Engineering & Technology, Architecture, and Pharmacy at Government and Self Financed Institutes in the State of West Bengal. From below aspirants can get more details about the WBJEE 2020 official notification such as exam date, application form, eligibility, exam pattern, syllabus, etc.
Overview of WBJEE 2020 Exam
| Examination Name | West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination – 2020 |
| Exam Conducting Board | West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board |
| Frequency of Examination | Once a year |
| Offered Courses | Undergraduate |
| Examination Level | State Level Entrance Examination |
| Official Website | https://wbjeeb.nic.in |
| Toll-Free Phone Number | 1800-1023-781, 1800-3450-050 |
Important Exam Dates of WBJEE 2020
| Events | Dates |
| Starting Date of Online Application Form | 18th October 2019 |
| Last Date for Submission of Application Form with payment of fees | 13th November 2019 |
| Correction in the Application Form | 14th to 16th November 2019 |
| Downloading of Admit Cards | 27th January 2020 (tentative) |
| WBJEE 2020 Examination | 02nd February 2020 |
| Announcement of Result | To be notified later |
Eligibility Criteria for WBJEE 2020 Examination
Students who wish to appear in the WBJEE 2020 entrance exam should need first fulfil the eligibility criteria. Here we have mentioned the eligibility aspects of WBJEE 2020 as follows.
Nationality
Candidates should be a citizen of India.
Age Limit
The Lower age limit is 17 years as on 31.12.2020. A candidate should have been born on or before 31.12.2003. There is no upper age limit to appearing in WBJEE 2020 exam.
Academic Qualification for Engineering Courses
| Qualifying Examination | Candidate must have passed 10+2 examination from a recognized Central or State Board of Examination. |
| Subject Pattern | Physics and Mathematics along with any one of Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/Computer Science/Computer Application/Technical Vocational Subjects as compulsory subjects with individual pass marks. |
| Qualifying Percentage | A candidate must have obtained at least 45% marks (40% for reserved category i.e., SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PwD) in the above mentioned three subjects combination |
| Mandatory Subject | Candidate must have passed in English with a minimum of 30% marks. |
Academic Qualification for Pharmacy Courses
| Qualifying Examination | Candidate must have passed 10+2 examination from a recognized Central or State Board of Examination. |
| Subject Pattern | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics Biology as compulsory subjects with individual pass marks. |
| Qualifying Percentage | A candidate must have obtained at least 45% marks (40% for reserved category i.e., SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PwD) in the above mentioned three subjects combination |
| Mandatory Subject | Candidate must have passed in English with a minimum of 30% marks. |
WBJEE 2020 Application Form
Students should check and ensure the eligibility criteria for appearing in the WBJEE 2020 examination. We have mentioned detailed below the application procedure for how to fill the application form. Aspirants may be filling up the application form easily through the below mentioned five steps.
- Registration
- Complete the Application Form
- Upload Photograph and Signature
- Pay the Examination Fees
- Print the Confirmation Page
Necessary Details to be filled in Registration Stage
Applicants should submit the below mentioned details in the correct manner at the time of form filling.
- Candidate’s Name
- Father & Mother Name
- Gender
- Identification Type
- Email ID
- Mobile Number
- Communication Address
Step 1: Registration
In Registration stage, students should supply the basic and personal details for registering themselves in the WBJEE 2020 examination. Applicants must be careful while filling the registration details. It cannot be changed/edited/modified under normal circumstances. Candidates are advised to note down the system generated application number at the time of registration.
The application number and password will be sent to the registered email address and mobile number of the applicants. Applicants should keep safe the application number and password throughout the admission process of WBJEE 2020.
Step 2: Complete the Application Form
Applicants should log in credentials by generated at the time of registration at the official page of WBJEE to complete the remaining part of the application form. In this stage, candidates need to submit the various personal information as mentioned below.
- Candidate’s Domicile
- Category
- PwD Status
- Home District
- Family Annual Income Status
- Religion
- Nationality
The candidates may have to need to choose any three examination zones/cities as per the choices. Finally, all the details should have to thoroughly check by the candidates before submitting the entered details on the application form.
Step 3: Upload Photograph and Signature
The candidates should upload the scanned images of their photograph and signature. The background of the photograph must be very light colour. Before submitting the uploaded documents, verify the documents in the prescribed format as mentioned at the time of form submission. The prescribed format of photograph and signature should be as mentioned follows.
| Image | Format | Size | Dimension |
| Photograph | JPG/JPEG | 3 KB to 100 KB | 4 cm X 3 cm |
| Signature | JPG/JPEG | 3 KB to 30 KB | 4 cm X 1.5 cm |
Note: Upload the correct photograph and signature as the facility for correction will not be given.
Step 4: Pay the Examination Fees
After uploading the documents, it will be automatically moved to the fee payments step. The examination fees can be paid by the candidates in the way of online transaction. An application fee once paid is not refundable under any circumstances. The applicants have to choose any one of the below-mentioned payments gateway for paying the application fees.
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Net Banking
Application Fees
| Category | Application Fees |
| General | Rs. 700/- |
| OBC-A/OBC-B/SC/ST | Rs. 500/- |
After successful payment of the application fees, students should have to print the confirmation page for the proof the fees paid. If case the confirmation page is not generated after the payment of fee then the transaction is cancelled and the candidates have to approach the concerned bank for the refund of the amount.
Note: The additional Processing charges and Goods & Service Taxes (GST) are to be paid by the applicants.
Step 5: Print the Confirmation Page
On successful completion of all the above-mentioned steps, the candidate will automatically be redirected to the option for downloading the “Confirmation Page” which means that the application form is complete. Also, the same information will be repeated in the admit card and the rank card.
The duplicate confirmation page will be provided by the Board if any candidate loses his/her confirmation page after the announcement of result with pay a processing fee of Rs.500 by a bank draft in the name of “West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board” payable in Kolkata.
WBJEE 2020 Application Form Correction
If the candidate wants to make changes in the filled application, they can make correction in the application form using the edit mode after the correction window will open by the Examination Board. Applicants cannot make changes in the registration fields such as Name, Father & Mother Name, Gender, and Date of Birth.
WBJEE Exam Pattern 2020
WBJEE 2020 is the common entrance examination which is conducted in offline mode i.e., pen and paper-based mode. Candidates are required to appearing in both paper 1 and paper 2 in WBJEE 2020.
| Examination Mode | Offline Mode (OMR based Examination) | |
| Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) | |
| Time Duration | 4 Hours | |
| No. of Papers | Paper-1 | Mathematics |
| Paper-2 | Physics & Chemistry | |
| Session of Examination | Morning | 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM |
| Afternoon | 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM | |
| Total Marks | 200 | |
Subjects of Examination
There are totally two papers in WBJEE 2020 examination. Examiners should have to appear in both Paper 1 & Paper 2.
- Paper 1 – Mathematics
- Paper 2 – Physics & Chemistry
Candidates who are appearing in both paper 1 and paper 2 and awarded in General Merit Rank (GMR) will eligible for getting admission at all the participating institutes in Engineering & Technology, Architecture, and Pharmacy courses.
Candidates who are appearing in paper 2 only and awarded in General Merit Rank (GMR) will eligible for getting admission at all the participating institute’s only Pharmacy courses.
Question Pattern of WBJEE 2020
All the questions will be asked in the format of Multiple Choice Questions with four options against each of the questions. There are totally three categories in each of the subjects. Here we have mentioned the detailed question pattern of WBJEE 2020 examination as follows.
| Subjects | Category | No. of Questions | Total No. of Questions | Total Marks |
| Mathematics | Category – I | 50 | 75 | 100 |
| Category – II | 15 | |||
| Category –III | 10 | |||
| Physics | Category – I | 30 | 40 | 50 |
| Category – II | 5 | |||
| Category –III | 5 | |||
| Chemistry | Category – I | 30 | 40 | 50 |
| Category – II | 5 | |||
| Category –III | 5 |
Marking Scheme of WBJEE 2020 Examination
The marking scheme may be vary based on the category from each subject. In WBJEE 2020 examination has the negative marks for incorrect answer. Below we have mentioned the detailed marking distribution of the WBJEE 2020 Examination. Non-attempting questions will fetch zero marks.
| Subject | Question Type | Marks Awarded | Negative Marks |
| Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry | Category 1 | 1 Mark | -1/4 |
| Category 2 | 2 Marks | -1/2 | |
| Category 3 | 2 Marks | 0 |
WBJEE 2020 Syllabus
The questions will be asked from important topics from the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The detailed syllabus is mentioned below in the table format.
| Subject | Important Topics |
| Physics |
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| Chemistry |
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| Mathematics |
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WBJEE 2020 Admit card
WBJEE Hall Ticket will be announced in the online mode at the official page of the WBJEE. Students who have appeared in the WBJEE 2020 examination should need to download the admit card in the online mode. WBJEE admit card will be available in online mode for downloading from on 27th January 2020. Aspirants should bring the admit card along with one ID Proof such as Aadhar, PAN Card, Voter ID, College ID, Passport on the examination day at the examination centre.
Candidates who do not have the admit card will not be permitted to attend the WBJEE 2020 entrance examination. Hence, examiners are advised to take more number of print copies of the WBJEE Hall Tickets.
Examination Centre of WBJEE 2020
The allocation of examination centre will be based on the choices given by the candidates at the time of online form filling. Here we have mentioned the examination centre based on the district wise as follows.
| Districts of West Bengal | Zones | |
| Alipurduar | Alipurduar | |
| Bankura | Bankura | |
| Bishnupur | ||
| Birbhum | Bolpur | |
| Suri | ||
| Paschim Burdwan | Asansol | |
| Durgapur | ||
| Purba Burdwan | Burdwan | |
| Coochbihar | Coochbihar | |
| Darjeeling | Kurseong | |
| Siliguri | ||
| Dakshin Dinajpur | Balurghat | |
| Uttar Dinajpur | Raiganj | |
| Hooghly | Arambagh | |
| Bandel, Chinsurah | ||
| Srirampur | ||
| Howrah | Bally, Uttarpara | |
| Central Howrah | ||
| Domjur | ||
| Uluberia | ||
| Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri | |
| Jhargram | Jhargram | |
| Kalimpong | Kalimpong | |
| Kolkata | Central Kolkata | |
| North Kolkata | ||
| South Kolkata | ||
| Malda | Malda | |
| Paschim Medinipur | Garbeta | |
| Kharagpur | ||
| Medinipur | ||
| Purba Medinipur | Contani | |
| Haldia | ||
| Tamluk | ||
| Murshidabad | Berhampur | |
| Jiaganj | ||
| Raghunathganj | ||
| Nadia | Kalyani | |
| Krishnanagar | ||
| Nabadwip | ||
| Purulia | Purulia | |
| North 24 Parganas | Barrackpur, Barasat | |
| Basirhat | ||
| Bongaon | ||
| South 24 Parganas | Diamond Harbour | |
| Jainagar | ||
| Sonarpur, Baruipur | ||
| Other States | Assam | Silchar |
| Tripura | Agartala | |
How to Download WBJEE 2020 Hall Ticket?
Students should follow the below-mentioned instructions for how to download the WBJEE Admit card 2020.
- Visit the WBJEE official page
- Check the notification of Download WBJEE Admit card 2020
- Enter the application number and password then submit it
- WBJEE 2020 Hall Ticket will appear on the screen
- Take a printout WBJEE admit card for exam uses.
WBJEE 2020 Answer Key
After the examination concludes, the examination authority will release the Model Answer Key for the examination has conducted on 02nd February 2020. Examiners may check their image of OMR and machine-read responses will be uploaded on the WBJEE official page. Candidates can check their correct and incorrect responses through the answer key.
Aspirants can download the answer key in the online mode via the official page @ www.wbjeeb.nic.in. If have any suggestions about the answer key, candidates can challenge the answer key with applicable fees of Rs.500 per question within the stipulated time period. The paid amount is not refundable.
WBJEE Results 2020
WBJEE Result will be published over the online mode at the official page of WBJEE. Examiners can check their results by providing valid details on the result page. Approximately WBJEE 2020 result will be released in the first week of March 2020. Result will be published in the form of Rank card, which will contain all relevant marks, total score and component scores in Paper-1 (Mathematics) and paper-2 (Physics & Chemistry).
How to Check the WBJEE 2020 Result?
Aspirants should follow the below-mentioned steps for how to check the WBJEE Results 2020.
- Go to the WBJEE official page
- Select the tab for WBJEE Results 2020
- Provide the application number and password then submit it
- WBJEE 2020 Results will display on the screen
- Take a printout for future admission purposes.
WBJEE 2020 Merit List
Based on the papers that appeared in the WBJEE 2020 examination the separate merit list will be prepared by the exam conducting board. Commonly there are two types of merit lists shall release based on the papers attended by the candidate in the WBJEE 2020 examination. It can be explained as follows.
General Merit Rank (GMR)
The GMR merit list will be prepared based on the total score obtained in both paper-1 and paper-2. General Merit Rank is applicable for all categories of rank holders with respect to admission. Ranks will be done in the descending order of marks scored in all subjects. The counselling/ seat allotment/ admission will be based on the GMR only.
Pharmacy Merit Rank (PMR)
The PMR merit list will be prepared based on the total score obtained in the paper-2 only i.e, Physics and Chemistry. Ranks will be done in the descending order of marks scored in the paper-2. The counselling/seat allotment/ admission will be based on the GMR only.
Note: Candidates who have appeared in both paper-1 and paper-2 are eligible for both GMR and PMR. Students who have participated in the paper-2 are eligible for PMR only. A candidate who appears only in paper-1 is not eligible for any rank.
WBJEE 2020 Rank Card
After the official announcement of the result, the rank card will be available for download for the exam appeared candidates in the WBJEE 2020 examination. Aspirants can view and download their rank cards by login with valid details at the official page of WBJEE 2020. Students are advised to print the rank card for further admission process. Rank cards with scores will be issued to all the candidates, who participated in the WBJEE 2020 examination.
WBJEE Counselling / Seat Allotment and Admission
Students who have met the eligibility criteria will be called for the counselling process which is conducted by the concerned authority. The counselling will be conducted in the online mode. Aspirants should submit the original documents at the time of verification on the particular allotted centre a particular day. The seat will be confirmed to the concerned candidates who have report the allotted institution before the due date. The important needed documents are mentioned below to participating in the counselling process as follows.
- Candidate’s Photograph
- Qualifying Educational Certificates
- Community Certificate
- Transfer Certificate
- PwD Certificate
- WBJEE 2020 Admit card
- WBJEE Rank card
Course-wise and institute-wise availability of seats to be provided by the competent authorities will also be published before the counselling and seat allotment. Students can visit the official pages are www.wbjeeb.in and www.wbjeeb.nic.in for knowing the notification regarding the counselling and seat allotment.