Best Engineering Colleges in West Bengal - Other - 2026 Admission, Fees, Placements

College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat (CEMK) is a government-aided Engineering institute,  located in Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant Township of West Bengal Power Development Corporation,  Kolaghat, West Bengal. Established in 1998, CEMK is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, formerly known as WBUT. The institute is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. NAAC has accredited the institute with a grade 'A'.

The Candidates must have give the entrance Examination like WBJEE. The aggregate marks for admission into B.Tech, B.Pharm, B.A, B.Sc., integrated undergraduate courses. To take admission into B.Tech/ B.Pharm courses are offered through WBJEE. This is a state-government controlled centralized test, Which is conducted by the WBJEE Board. The Candidate must have 10+2 with 45% marks. The University also accept the entrance examinations like SSU or WBJEE.

The B.Tech in civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur and IIT Bombay is equally good. 1. Raking: In the 2022 rankings, IIT Kharagpur is ranked fifth, while IIT Bombay is ranked third by NIRF. 2. Fees: Both institutions charge about Rs. 8 Lacs as their course fee for B.Tech CE. However, the hostel fee at IIT Bombay is 2.8 Lacs, compared to 1.32 Lacs at IIT Kharagpur. 3. Facilities: Both universities have amazing facilities. The hostel and campus at IIT Bombay are better and more student-friendly than those at IIT Kharagpur. 4. Popularity: The CE branch of IIT K is more popular than IIT B. 5. Placement: The placement rate at IIT-K is better than that at IIT-B for civil engineering. Almost 95 percent of CE graduates were placed at IIT-K in previous batches. The IIT-B placement rate for the CE branch was close to 85%. Therefore, from a placement perspective, IIT Kharagpur is better than IIT Bombay.

WBJEE Counselling 2026 will be conducted in two rounds, namely Round 1 and Round 2, followed by the Defence quota counselling. 

The institute has not released the specialisation-wise NIT Durgapur highest packages. Meanwhile, students can refer to the table below to see the highest package recorded during NIT Durgapur placements 2025:

Particulars	Placement Statistics (2025)
Highest Package	INR 80 LPA

IIEST Shibpur BTech cutoff 2026 for the Aerospace Engineering specialisations in round 1 was 31402 for the General AI category. In 2025 and 2024, the first round cutoff was 27707 and 28523, respectively. This difference in the ranks says that the competition has been fluctuating over the past 3 years for this category. 

Institute of Engineering and Management BTech admission process will need following documents from candidates:

• Class 10th and Class 12th passing certificate and marksheet
• IEMJEE scorecard
• ID and address proof
• Passport-sized photgraphs
• Transfer/Migration Certificate