WBJEE 2020 Eligibility Criteria

The WBJEE 2020 eligibility criteria mentioned here is explained as per 2020 information bulletin released by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board. The candidates aspiring to apply for the entrance exam must note that the date of the exam has been preponed to February, and the application form the same has already been released. The streamwise eligibility conditions of WBJEE 2020 can be checked below. All the norms included in the information bulletin of the entrance exam have been elaborated here in a simple manner.

The general eligibility criteria for WBJEE 2020 can be checked below -

The eligibility criteria for B.Tech admission through WBJEE is as follows -

Rule 1:  The aspirants must have passed Class 12th in West Bengal with Physics and Mathematics as major subjects and Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Technical Vocational Subject/ Computer Application/ Computer Science/ Biology/ Biotechnology as the third subject. Only such students are eligible for engineering stream exam of WBJEE.

Rule 2: The candidates must have passed Class 12th with a minimum of 45% of marks. However, 45% minimum marks criteria in Class 12th is only applicable for General Category. For reserved categories such as SC/ ST/ PwD/ OBC-A/ OBC-B, the minimum qualifying marks is 40%.

Rule 3: The candidates must have passed English in Class 12th with a minimum of 30% of marks.

Candidates who do not satisfy any of the above-mentioned eligibility norms are not eligible to appear for the entrance exam. 

The eligibility criteria for B.Pharma admission through WBJEE can be checked below -

Rule 1: The aspirants must have passed Class 12th with Physics/ Chemistry/ Mathematics or Biology as the compulsory subjects.

Rule 2: The candidates must have passed Class 12th in the above subjects with a minimum of 45% of marks. However, the qualifying marks for reserved categories is 40%.

Rule 3: The applicants must have passed English as one of the subjects in Class 12th, and the minimum marks required in the respective subject is 30%.

Rule 4: NIOS Students are not eligible to appear for WBJEE exam.

The eligibility criteria for B.Arch admission through WBJEE counselling is as follows -

Rule 1: The applicants must have passed Class 12th with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as the compulsory subjects.

Rule 2: The applicants must have a minimum of 50% of marks in Class 12th in the above subjects to be eligible for the admission process.

Rule 3: The applicants must have a valid score/ rank in NATA or JEE Main Paper 2 exam.

Unlike other states, there are no strict domicile rules for seeking admission in B.Tech/ B.Pharma/ B.Arch courses through WBJEE. However, there are some important domicile rules that the applicants need to check -

Domicile Rule 1: Candidates aspiring for admission in Government Colleges/ Jadavpur University must be the permanent residents of West Bengal. Students from other states are not eligible for admission in Government Engineering/ Pharmacy colleges located in West Bengal.

Domicile Rule 2: Reservation quota and policies are applicable for West Bengal domicile students only.

Domicile Rule 3: Candidates who have been permanently staying in West Bengal for 10 or more than 10 years are eligible for above-mentioned policies. 

The institute-wise academic eligibility criteria for WBJEE 2020 is given below: