WBJEE 2026: WBJEEB Records 75.4 Percent Growth in BTech/BPharm Admissions

As per the WBJEE admission statistics released by West Bengal Higher Education Minister, WBJEE 2026 has seen a growth in the number of admissions compared to previous year. Read for details on the WBJEE counselling 2025-26 year-wise comparison.

West Bengal Higher Education Minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay has released the official statistics for the WBJEE 2026 counselling process for BTech and BPharm admissions. As per the statistics released on his official X account, WBJEE 2026 has seen a growth of 75.4 per cent compared to the previous year’s admissions. In WBJEE 2025, the total number of admissions was 15,729. During the WBJEE 2026 admission process, a total of 27,599 students were selected for BTech and BPharm courses offered by the participating institutes.

WBJEE Admissions Through Counselling: Year-wise Comparison (2025-26)

Along with the statistics for WBJEE counselling, Jagannath Chattopadhyay also stated that the admission statistics for WBCAP & WBDAP, held for all undergraduate degree courses, also increased by 49.9%. In 2025, the total number of admissions was 2,61,692, and in 2026, the admission number rose to 3,92,227. During West Bengal 2026 undergraduate admissions, WBCAP (centralised counselling) enrolled 3,78,931, and WBDAP enrolled 13,296 students.

WBJEE Decentralised Counselling 2026: A Quick Recap

WBJEEB introduced WBJEE 2026 decentralised counselling to fill its vacant seats in participating institutes. The counselling was held in two phases as an online process. For each DCAP phase, fresh registrations and choice filling were accepted. During WBJEE 2026 DCAP seat allocation, candidates were eligible for multiple allocations based on their submitted preferences. The allocations had to be converted to allotment by payment of seat acceptance fee.