West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) 2015 Notification

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board invites application from India Citizens for admission to undergraduate level courses of Medical, Dental, Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture in different University/Colleges in West Bengal for the academic session 2015-16

The "WBJEEM-2015" examination will be conducted on three papers: Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (combined)

Based on courses offered, there will be 3 (three) categories of examinees as listed below:

Availability of courses for admission through WBJEEM-2015

Option-I: Engg/Tech/Arch/Pharm; Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry (Type E)

Option-II: Medical/Dental/Pharm; Biological Sciences, Physics, Chemistry (Type M)

Option-III: Engg/Tech/Arch/Pharm/Medical/Dental; Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry (Type C)

Option-IV: Pharmacy only (other than Jadavpur) Physics and Chemistry (Type E/M/C)

Schedule of Exam "WBJEEM-2015"

Date of Exam: 18th April 2015 (Saturday, for Biological Sciences - 150 marks; Timing: 01.00 p.m. to 04.00 p.m)

Date of Exam: 19th April 2015 (Sunday, Mathematics - 100 marks; Timing: 12.00 Noon to 03.00 p.m)

Date of Exam: 19th April 2015 (Sunday, Physics & Chemistry - 100 marks; Timing: 12.00 Noon to 03.00 p.m)

N.B.: No further examination shall be held under any circumstances for those who will be unable to appear on the scheduled date and time of WBJEEM-2015 examination

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria: Applicant must be a citizen of India

Age Restriction:

Engineering/Technology (other than Marine Engineering), Pharmacy & Architecture Courses:

Candidates must be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age as on 31st Dec 2015

There is no upper age limit

Marine Engineering Course: Candidates must be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age or above as on 31st Dec 2015 and must not be above 25 (twenty five) years of age as on 31st July 2015;as per guidelines of appropriate authority

Medical/Dental Courses: Candidates must be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age as on 31st Dec 2015
There is no upper age limit

Educational Qualification: Candidates applying for WBJEEM-2015 must have the following minimum academic qualifications Candidates who are appearing for the higher secondary examination (10+2 level) or its equivalent examination in 2015

Engineering/Technology courses other than Marine Engg: Candidates must pass higher secondary (10+2) examination of West Bengal Council of higher secondary education or equivalent exam from a recognized council/board with:

Individual pass marks in Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biology, Technical Vocational Subjects (Engg Drawing, Computer Science)

Minimum of 45% marks in the above subjects taken together (40% for SC/ST/PwD/OBC candidates) as well as pass in English with a minimum of 30% marks (for all categories of candidates) in the said qualifying exam

In Jadavpur University

Candidates must pass Higher Secondary (10+2) Examination of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or equivalent exam from a recognized Council/Board with; individual pass marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects; minimum of 60% marks in the above subjects taken together (55% for SC/ST/ PwD/OBC candidates) as well as pass in English with a minimum of 30% marks (for all categories of candidates) in the said qualifying exam

Note: Pass marks in any subject shall imply pass marks in theory and practical individually, if specified by the concerned Council/Board

Marine Engg Course: Candidates must pass higher secondary (10+2) examination or equivalent examination from a recognized Council/Board with; 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics taken together with individual pass marks in the said subjects; Minimum of 50% marks in English as subject in either in 10th or in 10+2 standard

Note: Pass marks in any subject shall imply pass marks in theory and practical individually, if specified by the concerned Council/Board

Architecture Course: A candidate, besides satisfying the eligibility criteria as stated in must qualify in the NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) conducted by the Council of Architecture, New Delhi and necessary document in this regard is to be produced at the time of Counselling

Pharmacy Course: Candidates must pass higher secondary (10+2) exam of West Bengal Council of higher secondary education or equivalent exam from a recognized Council/Board with; individual pass marks in Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects along with Mathematics, Biotechnology, Biology, Technical Vocational Subjects (Engg Drawing / Computer Science); minimum of 45% marks in the above subjects taken together (40% for SC/ST/ PwD/OBC candidates) as well as pass in English with a minimum of 30% marks (for all categories of candidates) in the said qualifying examination of the higher secondary (10+2)

Medical/Dental Courses: General candidates must pass higher secondary (10+2) examination of West Bengal Council of higher secondary education or equivalent examination recognized by the West Bengal University of Health Sciences with a individual pass marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English Minimum of 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology taken together (40% for SC/ST candidates, 45% OBC-A, OBC-B candidates) and 30% marks in English (for all categories of candidates) in the said qualifying exam

Note: Pass marks in any subject shall imply pass marks in theory and practical individually, if specified by the concerned Council/Board In addition, candidates must have to secure at least 50 percentile marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biological Sciences taken together (40 percentile for SC/ST candidates, 45% for OBC-A, OBC-B candidates) in WBJEEM-2015

Paper Pattern

The Mathematics paper will remain a 100 marks paper; the Biological Sciences paper will be a 150 marks paper; the Physics and Chemistry papers will be combined to a single 100 marks paper with 50 marks each for Physics and Chemistry

Each paper will be of MCQ type containing three categories of questions

Category 1:

a) Only one option is correct, correct response will yield one mark

b) For incorrect response, 25 % of full mark (1/4) would be deducted and

c) For more than one answer indicated against a particular question in the OMR sheet; the said answer will be treated as incorrect response/answer. Marks will be deducted on the basis of rule enumerated in Clause

(b) above

Category 2:

a) Only one option is correct, correct response will yield two marks

b) For incorrect response, 25 % of full marks (1/2) would be deducted and

(c) For more than one answer indicated against a particular question in the OMR sheet; the said answer will be treated as incorrect response/answer. Marks will be deducted on the basis of rule enumerated in Clause (b) above

Category 3:

a) More than one option may be correct and marking of all correct options only will yield two marks

b) For any combination of answers containing one or more incorrect responses, net mark awarded will be zero (0) and

c) For partially correct response without any incorrect marking: Marks awarded = 2x (no of correct responses) / (total no of correct options)

In every subject, all questions will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ -type, with four options against each of the questions) and the answer(s) to each of the questions has to be marked on the OMR

Mathematics

Category-1: 60 X 1 mark; Category-2: 10 X 2 marks; Category-3: 10 X 2; Total Marks: 100
Biological Sciences

Category-1: 90 X 1 mark; Category-2: 15 X 2 marks; Category-3: 15 X 2 marks; Total Marks: 150
Physics-Chemistry

Category-1: 60 X 1 mark; Category-2: 10 X 2 marks; Category-3: 10 X 2 marks; Total Marks: 100

Physics: Category 1: 30 questions, Category 2: 5 questions, Category 3: 5 questions

Chemistry: Category 1: 30 questions, Category 2: 5 questions, Category 3: 5 questions

Syllabus

The syllabi for ensuing WBJEEM examinations have been revised recently; the revised syllabus is available at www.wbjeeb.in

The syllabi revision has been performed based on the following principles:

i) Students from no particular school/Board should get preferential treatment

ii) More descriptive topics have been either omitted or given less importance than the analytical ones

iii) Stress has been laid more on depth of the syllabi rather than the extent of coverage

Application Procedure

Application has to be filled up online at the portal of the board, www.wbjeeb.nic.in

Candidates need to visit the portal and click the requisite link Online Application WBJEEM-2015and thereafter will be directed to the actual application form; the form is interactive in nature and the fields required to be filled up are categorized in different sub-sections

The fields super-scribed with must be filled up as they are mandatory, otherwise the application will not get submitted

The application form is broadly categorized into three steps: filling of Personal Details; Document Uploading & Fee Payment

Candidates need to fill in the first part i.e. Personal Details and will thereafter be directed to document uploading; once the documents are successfully uploaded, the system enters into the fee payment

Finally, the candidate may take a printout of Confirmation Page generated upon successful fee payment for their own record; there is no need to send any document by post

Filling up of Application Form

Filling up of fields will be interactive in nature; as soon as the cursor is taken to a certain field, a cursor tip message will be shown to the candidate to assist in filling up

In case of difficulty, the help icon placed right next to the field will redirect the candidate to that section of the Brochure which deals with the filling up of the said field

Please note that the applicant name, father’s name, mother’s name, domicile and date of birth taken together must be unique for each application

On completion and submission of the Personal Details, the system will generate a unique 7-digit numeric Application Number for the candidate

The candidate has to choose a Password and keep it as guarded secret for all subsequent entries into their domain. A Security Question & Answer will be captured from the candidate by the system at this stage
Candidate has to remember this question-answer pair for prompt retrieval of password in case it is forgotten at later stage. Once an Application Number is generated and the password is chosen, the candidate may logout of the system. The candidate will need to enter the system subsequently for various reasons as given below:

Accessing and editing personal information (till going to the document upload stage)

Uploading of documents

Printing of e-Challan for Bank / performing fee payment through EPG

Printing of the Confirmation Page

Correction to data during dates specified by the Board, if needed

Viewing of OMR answer sheet and result details after examination

The candidate has to use this system generated Application Number and chosen password for subsequent login to the system for all subsequent accesses to the system. Therefore it is very important for the candidate to note down the application number and password

It is also important to note the security question and the answer pair for retrieval of password in case the candidate forgets the chosen password. So the candidate must note down the security question and answer for future reference

Document Uploading

All candidates are required to upload the following three images and document:

i)  Recent coloured Passport sized Photograph

ii) Left Thumb Impression (LTI)

iii) Own Signature

iv) Admit Card of 10th Standard Exam

Candidates domiciled in West Bengal including those who want to enjoy various category benefits need to upload the following documents, as applicable, in addition to the above:

a) Duly filled up domicile certificate as per proforma given in the brochure

b) The SC/ST/OBC certificate as per rules given in the brochure

c) The pwd certificate as per rules given in the brochure

d) Duly filled up income certficate as per proforma given in the brochure

Issue of Admit Card

After receipt of Confirmation Report from a candidate by the Board, an Admit Card will be generated indicating the allotted examination centre for WBJEEM 2015 and a downloadable version of the admit card will be published on the respective webpage of the candidate concerned

An Examination Roll Number will be generated for each candidate

Candidate has to download the soft copy of the admit card from the website and has to appear in the examination with a printed hard copy at the concerned Examination Centre indicated in the downloaded Admit Card on production of the same along with Identical two copies of original photographs (same as pasted in the Confirmation page) duly attested by the Head of the Institution last attended

Candidates must ensure that the photograph and signature printed on the admit card are not mutilated/distorted/soiled even by accident

Candidates with such mutilated/distorted/soiled admit cards will not be allowed to appear in WBJEEM-2015

Candidates are advised to retain their admit cards carefully in secure place in undamaged condition in all respects as stated above till the completion of admission procedure

Application Fee Details

Irrespective of his/her category and gender, a candidate applying for WBJEEM-2015 has to payRs.500/- (Rupees five hundred) only, as application fee, through Online Mode

The candidate, on successfully uploading the personal details; will be directed to the webpage containing process of payment of application fee. The candidate has the option to choose from the following modes of payment:

(Type E): Engg/Tech/Arch/Pharm only Rs.500/- (fee payable in INR)

(Type M): Medical/Dental/Pharm only Rs.500/- (Fees payable in INR)

(Type C): Engg/Tech/Arch/Pharm/ Medical/Dental Rs.600/- (Fees payable in INR) Service charges, as applicable, would be payable separately at the bank

Service charges, as applicable, would be payable separately at the bank

Information Brochure in hard copy would be available upon payment of 30 INR from the bank counters Payment through Allahabad Bank e-Challan: The candidate has to select “Allahabad Bank e-challan” to submit the application fee through bank. As soon as he selects it an e-Challan will be generated containing details of the candidate

The candidate has to take a printout of the same and take it to the nearest Core Banking Service (CBS) facility enabled Branch of the Bank for making payment. After payment, the candidate has to login to the system and upload the details written on the e-Challan by the bank official

When the details are uploaded, the confirmation page will be generated

Payment through EPG: The candidate has to select EPG if he/she desires to submit the application fee through electronic payment gateway via debit card, credit card or net banking. As soon as the transaction is completed, a Receipt will be generated containing details of the transaction. The candidate may proceed with generation of the confirmation page

Important Dates

Availability of information along with proforma for domicile and income certificate in the public domain www.wbjeeb.nic.in from: 22nd December 2014

Start of Online form fill-up 30th December 2014 (10.30 am) 

End of registration 14th February 2015 (11.59 PM) 

Document uploads allowed till 21st February 2015 (11.59 PM) 

Fee payment allowed till 28th February 2015 (11.59 PM) 

Confirmation page printing available till 31st March 2015 (11.59 PM)

Candidate Correction window (based on Board feedback and self-induced errors) along with upload of correct testimonials 06th March 2015 (10.30 AM) to 16th March 2015 (11.59 PM)

Publication of Downloadable Admit Card Website: 02nd April 2015 (10.30 AM)

Date of Examination: 18th April 2015 05th May 2015 (for Biological Sciences); 19th April 201506th May 2015 (for Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry)

Publication of Results by 10th June 2015