WBJEE 2026 Exam Date:The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) will be announcing the official WBJEE 2026 Exam Date soon. Last year, in 2025, the exam was held on April 27, 2025, for which the application form and notification were released in January 2025. A similar pattern is expected to be followed this year; hence, for aspirants preparing to appear for the WBJEE 2026 exam, the notification is likely to be released soon. For admission to undergraduate programs in engineering, technology, pharmacy, and architecture for the 2025–2026 academic year at numerous universities and institutions throughout West Bengal, WBJEEB will administer a one-time OMR-based Common Entrance Examination (WBJEE-2026). Until the official notification is released, the expected schedule will guide aspirants to prepare for the exam accordingly.

WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Expected Schedule

The expected schedule based on past trends is provided for the reference of the aspirants:

As per the exam pattern, the question paper tests the aspirants in three subjects: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. Mathematics holds the highest weightage of 100 marks, and Physics and Chemistry for 50 marks each. All questions will be multiple-choice questions; however, the marks for each question differ as per the category of the question. You must carefully check the marking pattern before attempting the questions and accordingly approach the question paper. Analysing past trends, it has been observed that the question paper is moderately difficult; hence, you must make efforts to score well and to ensure admission to the top institutes.
Stay tuned to the live blog here to know the detailed exam pattern and weightage, along with the official WBJEE 2026 Exam Date announcement!

WBJEE 2026 Exam Date LIVE Updates

• Jan 10, 2026 02:00 AM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Mathematics Syllabus (2/3)

  • Matrices Sets
  • Relations and Mappings
  • Principle of mathematical induction
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Trigonometry

• Jan 10, 2026 01:00 AM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Mathematics Syllabus (1/3)

  • Algebra
  • Complex Numbers
  • Quadratic Equations
  • Logarithms
  • Permutation and combination

• Jan 10, 2026 12:00 AM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Chemistry Syllabus (4/4)

  • Alcohols
  • Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
  • Ethers, Aldehydes and Ketones
  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Application-Oriented Chemistry
  • Introduction to Bio-Molecules: Aromatic Compounds
  • Principles of Qualitative Analysis

• Jan 09, 2026 11:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Chemistry Syllabus (3/4)

  • Ionic and Redox Equilibria
  • Chemistry of Metals Polymers
  • Surface Chemistry
  • Chemistry in Industry Environmental
  • Chemistry Aliphatic Amines Aliphatic Compounds
  • Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

• Jan 09, 2026 10:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Chemistry Syllabus (2/4)

  • Solid State, Gaseous State
  • Chemical Energetics and Chemical Dynamics
  • Liquid State
  • Physical Chemistry of Solutions
  • Hydrogen Chemistry of Non-Metallic Elements and Their Compounds

• Jan 09, 2026 09:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Chemistry Syllabus (1/4)

  • Atoms, Molecules, and Chemical
  • Arithmetic, Radioactivity, and Nuclear Chemistry
  • Atomic Structure
  • The Periodic Table and Chemical Families
  • Coordination Compounds
  • Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

• Jan 09, 2026 08:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Physics Syllabus (3/3)

  • Magnetic effect of current
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Atomic Physics
  • Solid state
  • Electronics

• Jan 09, 2026 07:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Physics Syllabus (2/3)

  • Gravitation Viscosity
  • Thermodynamics
  • Work, power, energy
  • Kinetic theory of gases
  • Oscillations & Waves
  • Electrostatics

• Jan 09, 2026 06:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Physics Syllabus (1/3)

  • Kinematics Physical World
  • Measurements
  • Units & dimensions
  • Laws of Motion
  • Magnetics
  • Current Electricity

• Jan 09, 2026 04:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Official Notification Release Date

  The release date for WBJEE 2026 has not been announced yet. It is most likely to be released within this week.

• Jan 09, 2026 03:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Negative Marking Scheme

  • Category 1 - Incorrect response will yield a loss of ¼ mark
  • Category 2 - For each incorrect answer,½ mark will be deducted.
  • Category 3 - No negative marking.

• Jan 09, 2026 02:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Marking Scheme

  • Category 1 - Each correct answer will be awarded one mark.
  • Categories 2 and 3 - For every correct response, the candidate will be given two marks.

• Jan 09, 2026 01:40 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Category-wise Division of Questions

  Subject	Category 1	Category 2	Category 3
  Mathematics	50	15	10
  Chemistry	30	5	5
  Physics	30	5	5

   

• Jan 09, 2026 01:20 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Number of Questions

  • Physics - 40 questions
  • Chemistry - 40 questions
  • Mathematics - 75 questions

• Jan 09, 2026 01:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Eligibility Criteria (2/2)

  • Applicant must be a citizen of India or OCI (subject to approval of the Competent Authority). OCI candidates will be eligible for only Unreserved seats in the All-India quota.
  • Minimum required age is 17 years as of 31st December 2026.

• Jan 09, 2026 12:40 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Eligibility Criteria (1/2)

  • Qualified 10+2 or its equivalent from any recognised board.
  • Must have obtained at least 45% (40% for SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PwD) in the qualifying examination

• Jan 09, 2026 12:20 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Third Gender Registration Fees

  Category	Fees (in Rs)
  General	300
  SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/PwD/TFW	200

• Jan 09, 2026 12:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Female Registration Fees

  Category	Fees (in Rs)
  General	400
  SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/PwD/TFW	300

• Jan 09, 2026 11:40 AM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Male Registration Fees

  Category	Fees (in Rs)
  General	500
  SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/PwD/TFW	400

• Jan 09, 2026 11:20 AM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Past Trends!

  The WBJEE 2025 exam was held on April 27, 2025, and the application form was released on January 22. The last date for registration was February 23. The admit card was released 10 days before the exam date, on April 17. For WBJEE 2026 same timeline is expected to be followed. 

• Jan 09, 2026 11:00 AM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date Soon!

  The official WBJEE 2026 Exam Date will be announced soon by WBJEEB through the official website. You should check the website frequently for the latest updates. 

• Jan 08, 2026 05:00 PM IST

  WBJEE 2026 Exam Date: Exam Pattern

  Particulars	Details
  Mode of Examination	Offline (OMR-based) Mode
  Papers	Paper I (Mathematics) Paper II (Physics & Chemistry)
  Duration of Examination	Paper I – 2 hours; Paper II – 2 hours
  Type of Questions	Objective (Multiple Choice Questions)
  Total Number of Questions	155 Questions
  Total Marks of Examination	200 Marks