West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
| Acronym | WBJEE |
|---|---|
| Type | OMR sheet based (Pen & Paper) |
| Administrator | West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board |
| 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 range | -155 to +200 |
| Score validity | 1 year |
| Offered | Conducted once per year |
| Restrictions on attempts | No attempt limits |
| Regions | India, specially West Bengal |
| Languages | English language, Bengali language |
| Annual number of test takers | 1,01,643 (2025) 1,42,694 (2024) 1,24,919 (2023) 81,393 (2022) 65,170 (2021) 73,119 (2020) |
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| Qualification rate | 99.53% (2024) 99.40% (2023) 99.85% (2022) 99.50% (2021) 95.23% (2020) |
| Website | wbjeeb |
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) is a state-government (West Bengal) controlled centralized test, conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board for admission into Undergraduate Courses (like B.E / B.Tech. / B.Pharm. etc.) in Engineering/Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture of different Universities, Government Colleges as well as Self Financing, Private Institutes in the State of West Bengal, India.
The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to Undergraduate Courses which is called as Bachelor's degree. The exam can be taken by those who studied physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English in the 10+2 level as these subjects are tested in the examination.
In 2024, a total of 1,42,694 candidates appeared for the WBJEE 2024 exam and 1,42,023 passed the exam. Students of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, Central Board of Secondary Education and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations board take the test.
Till the year 2016, the exam was also used as an entrance exam for the state medical colleges. Till then, it was also knows as the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Joint Entrance for Medical (WBJEEM).