WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria: Know Academic Qualification, Age Limit, Reservation Criteria and More
West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam 2026 ( WBJEE )
WBJEE 2025 eligibility criteria consist of the qualifications that the candidates need to meet for admission into the participating institutes. All candidates are advised to check the WBJEE eligibility criteria 2025 carefully before commencing their registration process. Read to know the detailed WBJEE 2025 eligibility criteria and more.
WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has released the official WBJEE eligibility criteria 2025. The list of qualifications that the candidates need to meet for admission into the participating institutes of the state will constitute the eligibility criteria of WBJEE 2025. Before WBJEE 2025 registration, the candidates are advised to carefully check the official eligibility criteria. Ineligible candidates will not be considered for BTech admissions into the WBJEE participating institutes. Some of the factors included in the WBJEE eligibility criteria are the candidate's domicile, academic qualifications, age limit, etc. Candidates have to note that the WBJEE eligibility criteria 2025 may differ for some institutes/Universities. Read to know more about WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria.
WBJEE 2025 General Eligibility Criteria
Candidates can check some of the general WBJEE 2025 eligibility criteria given below.
- Citizenship: Candidates should be citizens of India or OCI (subject to the approval of the Competent Authority). OCI candidates will be eligible for only Unreserved seats in the All-India Quota.
- Academic Qualificaiton: Should have passed 12th standard (or its equivalent) qualifying examination before 2025 or appearing in 2025.
- Age Limit: The lower age limit is 17 years as of December 31 of the admission year. There is no upper age limit. However, for Marine Engineering admission, the upper age limit is 25 years as of December 31 of the admission year.
WBJEE Eligibility Criteria 2025 - Academic Qualifications
The detailed academic qualifications required to be eligible for WBJEE 2025 admissions are listed below.
- Candidates should have passed the 10+2th standard (or equivalent) qualifying examination with Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry/Computer Science/Electronics/Information Technology/Biology/Informatics Practices/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational Subject/Agriculture/Engineering Graphics/Business Studies/Entrepreneurship.
- Should have secured a minimum of 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PwD candidates) as an aggregate of three subjects in the qualifying exam.
- Must have passed in English in 10+2th standard (or equivalent) exam with at least 30% marks.
- The qualifying examination board should be recognized by the Central or State Government.
- WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria - Course Specific
- WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria - Institute-specific admission criteria
- WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria - Domicile Criteria
- WBJEE 2025 Seat Reservation
- How many attempts are allowed for WBJEE?
WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria - Course Specific
Candidates can check the other course-specific eligibility criteria of WBJEE 2025.
| Courses offered |
Eligibility norms |
|---|---|
| BPharm |
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| BTech in Marine Engineering |
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| BArch |
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WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria - Institute-specific admission criteria
Some of the institutes have certain specific criteria for WBJEE 2025 admissions. The institute and their admission criteria are listed in the table below.
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| Name of University |
Courses offered |
Eligibility Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| BTech |
Pass ‘10+2’ or equivalent Examination with at least 60% (55% for Reserve Category Students) marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects, individual pass marks (both in theory & practical where ever applicable) in each of the subjects and at least 30% marks in English |
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| Jadavpur University(Faculty of Engineering & Technology) |
BTech/BPharma |
Pass ‘10+2’ or equivalent Examination with at least 60% (45% for Reserve Category Students) marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects. Candidates should have also secured 60% marks in Mathematics (45% for reserved category). Individual pass marks (both in theory & practical wherever applicable) in each of the subjects and with at least 30% marks in English. |
| BArch |
Candidates should have secured 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and 50% marks in aggregate of the 10+2th standard (or qualifying) exam (37% for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/PwD candidates) |
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| Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidhyalaya |
BTech in Agricultural Engineering |
Candidates should have passed the 10+2th standard (or equivalent) examination with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English as compulsory subjects with individual pass marks in all the above four subjects in regular class mode. Should have obtained at least 50% marks (40% for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B and PwD category) in the four subjects taken together. |
| BTech (Dairy Technology) course |
Candidates must have passed the 10+2th standard (or equivalent) qualifying exam with at least 50% marks (40% for reserved category) in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics 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. |
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| Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya |
BTech in Agricultural Engineering |
Candidates should have secured at least 45% marks (40% in case of reserved category) in 10+2th standard (or equivalent) qualifying examination from a recognized board with English, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry/Agriculture as compulsory subjects. |
| BTech |
Pass ‘10+2’ or equivalent Examination with at least 60% marks in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry/CS/CA/BioTech/Biology/Technical Vocational |
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| BTech in Civil Engineering BTech in Electronics & Communication Engineering BTech in Computer Science Engineering |
Pass ‘10+2’ or equivalent Examination with at least 50% overall in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and must have passed each subject individually and have to secure 60% aggregate in 10+2th level. |
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| JIS University |
BTech |
Should have passed 10+2th standard (or equivalent) qualifying examination with 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 in regular class mode. Candidates should have secured 60% marks (55% marks for reserved category) in all of the three subjects taken together. Should have passed English with at least 30% marks. |
| Techno India University, West Bengal |
BTech |
Candidates should have secured a minimum of 45% marks in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry/Computer Science, with individual pass marks through regular class mode. Should have secured a minimum of 60% marks in both the 10th and 10+2th standard examinations from any recognized board. |
| Adamas University
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BTech Computer Science and Engineering |
Minimum 60% aggregate marks in 10+2th or equivalent from any recognized board with Physics, Mathematics with Chemistry/BioTechnology/Biology/Technical Vocational/Computer Science/Computer Application with minimum 45% marks in respective subject. |
| BTech Electrical Engineering BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering BTech Mechanical Engineering |
Minimum 55% aggregate marks in 10+2th or equivalent from any recognized board with Physics, Mathematics with Chemistry/BioTechnology/Biology/Technical Vocational/Computer Science/Computer Application with minimum 45% marks in respective subject. |
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| BTech Civil Engineering | Minimum 55% aggregate marks in 10+2th or equivalent from any recognized board with Physics, Mathematics with Chemistry/BioTechnology/Biology/Technical Vocational with minimum 45% marks in respective subject. |
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| BTech BioTechnology |
Minimum 60% aggregate marks in 10+2th or equivalent from any recognized board with Physics, Chemistry with Mathematics/BioTechnology/Biology/Technical Vocational with minimum 45% marks in respective subject. |
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| Sister Nivedita University |
BTech |
Should have secured minimum 45% marks (40% for reserved category) in 10+2th standard (or equivalent examination) with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with any subject out of Chemistry/Computer Science/Electronics/Information Technology/Biology/Information Practices/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational Subject/Agriculture/Engineering Graphics/Business Studies/Entrepreneurship. |
WBJEE 2025 Eligibility Criteria - Domicile Criteria
The candidates who fulfil the following criteria will be considered as domicile.
a) Residing in the state continuously for a minimum of 10 years as of December 31 of the admission year,or
b) Whose parent(s) is/are a permanent resident of the state with a permanent address
Candidates will be able to select their choice of WBJEE exam centres online while filling out the application form. During the form filling process, the candidates will have to select and submit three preferred WBJEE exam zones. The selection of the zones have to be done in the order of preference. The authorities will allot WBJEE exam centres as per the candidate's preference and the corresponding availability. In case the candidate's first preference is not available, then the second choice will be considered.
WBJEE merit list will not be released online. The authorities will prepare the merit list of WBJEE on the basis of the candidate's obtained scores in the entrance examination. WBJEE merit list is prepared to be used for the counselling and admission process. Based on the merit list, the candidates will be allotted ranks and will be selected for the WBJEE counselling. It is to be noted that the merit list will different as per the course and category selected by the candidates.
The WBJEE exam is open to candidates from all over the country. However, the West Bengal Residential/Domicile requirement is applicable for admission to colleges in West Bengal as well as for admission under the reserved category quota.
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The West Bengal Residential/Domicile requirement is also applicable for candidates applying to the Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) scheme through WBJEE.
Candidates will have to produce their domicile certificates at the time of WBJEE 2025 counselling. If the certificate is found invalid, their candidature will be cancelled.
WBJEE 2025 Seat Reservation
As per the Government of India, the following categories will be considered for admission in West Bengal through WBJEE:
| Particulars |
Particulars |
|---|---|
| Scheduled Caste (SC) |
Defence quota seats |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) |
Person with Disabilities (PwD) |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) |
- |
Availability of reserved seats shall be restricted to students domiciled in West Bengal only. Reserved category students have to produce a valid certificate issued by the government for admission under the reserved seats.
Tuition Fee Waiver known, as TFW, is a special category. Candidates who want to apply under the WBJEE TFW category will have to upload an Income Certificate. If they meet the eligibility criteria, then the candidates will be eligible for Tuition Fee Waiver. As per AICTE guidelines, vacant seats under the TFW category will not be converted to the General/unreserved category.
Candidates will be able to appear for just Paper 1 of WBJEE. However, these candidates will not be allotted ranks for admission by the authorities. Therefore, the candidates are advised to attempt both papers of WBJEE - Paper 1 (Mathematics) and Paper 2 (Physics and Chemistry). The authorities will conduct WBJEE paper as a computer-based test.
During the tie-breaking system, the authorities will follow the guidelines specified officially. If all of the guidelines in the given order fail to break the tie, then finally, the candidate older in age will be given a higher rank than the candidate who is younger.
Seats for admission through JEE Main 2025
Candidates seeking admission to undergraduate engineering courses offered at self-financed engineering and technology colleges in West Bengal can also apply for admission with JEE Main scores. 10-50% of seats are available for candidates applying for admission through JEE Main. However, allotment of seats to such candidates will be done through the WBJEE counselling process only.
Seats for admission through NATA 2025
Candidates seeking admission to undergraduate architecture courses offered at colleges in West Bengal will have to appear for NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture). However, the allotment of seats to such candidates will be done through the WBJEE counselling process only.
How many attempts are allowed for WBJEE?
There is no limit to appear for WBJEE, but students need to follow age criteria. Students must be 17 years as of December 21. Also, there is no upper age limit. Those students who wish to get admission to marine engineering must have attained the age of 17 as of December 31 and not exceed 25 years.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
No, the WBJEE JECA counselling dates are finalised by the exam authorities, and you are not permitted to ask for any changes. Applicants are recommended to go through and abide by the WBJEE JECA counselling dates, as delayed applications will not be made available. The authorities will carry out two
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Contributor-Level 9
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Yes, WBJEE JECA counselling will be an online process. For joining the allotment process, the candidates will have to register online for the WBJEE JECA counselling process. After registration, candidates will need to fill in their college and course preferences online, in order of preference. The a
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
The WBJEE JECA test centres will be made available online. Cities where the entrance test will be held can be viewed through the WBJEE JECA test centres. The WBJEE JECA will be held in different centres located across different districts of West Bengal. While making the application, the applicants n
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
For WBJEE JECA counseling registration, the applicants will be required to -
Go to the official website and login via your roll number and password
Fill your personal, academic and contact details.
All of the details must be carefully checked since the applicants will not be provided with the facility
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
While filling out the WBJEE JECA application form, you will be given the choice to pick the preferred exam centres. The choice of exam cities must be filled in order of preference. As the preferences will be taken into account for centre allotment, the candidates are requested to ensure that they ch
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
WBJEE JECA exam pattern is available in the information bulletin released online at wbjeeb.nic.in/jeca.
Pattern of Question Papers is as follows -
Category-I Each Q carries 1 mark (-ve marks = -1/4) | Category-II Each Q carries 2 marks (No -ve marks) | Total Number of Questions | Total Marks |
No. of Q | No. of Q |
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80 | 20 | 100 | 120 |
All questions will be of Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) type, with four answer options and should be completed within 2 hours. The questions will be in En
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
Yes. The candidates are recommended to take up mock tests to be adequately prepared for WBJEE JECA. With the help of the mock tests, the candidates will get an idea of how the entrance test would be. Mock tests will also help candidates gauge their current preparation level. The candidates can recog
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Contributor-Level 9
Answered a month ago
WBJEE JECA 2025 result date is yet to be announced. The candidates will be able to view the WBJEE JECA result a few weeks after the exam, which will be conducted on October 19, 2025. The official website link to view the WBJEE JECA result will be uploaded online on wbjeeb.nic.in. The candidates wil
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Contributor-Level 9
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WBJEE cutoff will vary for the different colleges, courses and categories. Reserved category students are expected to have a lower cutoff than General students. Likewise, popular colleges and courses will have higher cutoffs due to the number of students applying for admission.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
No, the students who meet the WBJEE cutoff will not be guaranteed admission. However, they will have higher chances of admission into their preferences. Since other factors will also be considered for allotment, the cutoff cannot be used as a guarantee for admission.
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Contributor-Level 7
WBJEE is held as a one-day examination. The authorities conduct WBJEE annually to select candidates for BTech admissions into the participating institutes. The entrance examination is held once in a year and the candidates will not be given a second chance in the same year. If the candidates are not able to apply for WBJEE or have not secured the required scores, then they can apply for the entrance examination next year. The authorities will not accept any requests for change of WBJEE exam dates.