WBJEEM-B.Tech - West Bengal

WBJEEM-2014

Admission to undergraduate courses in Medical/ Dental/ Pharmacy and Engineering & Technology/ Architecture in Universities/ Colleges in West Bengal for the academic session 2014-2015, on the basis of Joint Entrance Examination, to be conducted by the "WEST BENGAL JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS BOARD".

About WBJEEM:

The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board was formed in the year 1962 for the purpose of holding Common Entrance Examinations for the Undergraduate Level Engineering Courses in the State of West Bengal. It is the Common Entrance Test for admission to different degree level courses in Medical, Dental, Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture in Universities, Government Colleges as well as Self Financing Technological Institutes in West Bengal. The application for this examination will be received ONLINE and the FORM is available at the portal of the Board at http://www.wbjeeb.nic.in. The Office of the Board functions from AQ-13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 091.

Important Dates for WB-JEEM 2014:

Online Form fill-up: 18-12-13 to 20-01-14
Last Date of Receipt of Confirmation Page: 04-02-14
Publication of Downloadable Admit Card: 02-04-14
Date of Entrance Exam: (Biological Sc)-19-04-14
Date of Entrance Exam: (Science)-20-04-14
Publication of Result: By 10^th June, 2014

Eligibility Criteria:

Age:

Candidates must be at least 17 (seventeen) years of age as on 31.12.2014. There is no upper age limit.

Residential:

Candidates desirous of seeking admission to Government Engineering / Technology Colleges, Govt. Medical* and Dental* Colleges as well as to Private Medical* and Dental* Colleges, must have been residing in the State of West Bengal continuously at least for last 10 (ten) years as on 31.12.2014 or their parents must be permanent resident of West Bengal having their permanent home address in the State of West Bengal.

Qualification:

For MBBS and BDS – 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 minimum 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together (40% for SC/ST candidates) and 30% marks in English (for all categories candidates).

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 percentile for OBC-A, OBC-B candidates) in WBJEEM-2014.

For B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. – Candidates must pass Higher Secondary (10+2) Examination of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or equivalent examination from a recognized Council/ Board with minimum 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics taken together (40% for SC/ST/PwD/OBC candidates) and at least 30% marks in English (for all categories of candidates)

Pattern of Exam:

The “WBJEEM-2014” examination will be conducted on four subjects: Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Based on courses offered, there will be 3 (three) categories of examinees as listed below:

Option	Availability of Courses for admission through WBJEM-2014	Candidates have to appear in the following subjects	Type of application form to be used
1	Engg/Tech/Arch/Pharm	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry	‘E’
2	Medical/Dental/Pharm	Biological Sciences, Physics, Chemistry	‘M’
3	Engg/Tech/Arch/Pharm/ Medical/ Dental	Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry	‘C’

Schedule & Question Pattern of WBJEEM-2014:

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/have to be marked on the OMR. Questions will be of three categories.

Date, Subject, Mark and Timing of Exam is given as following table-

Date of Exams	Subjects	No. of Questions	Correct Response yield (in marks)	Total Marks	Negative Marking	Duration
20.04.2014 (Sunday)	Mathematics	Cat-1: 60	Cat-1: 60 x 1= 60	100	1/3	(2 hrs.) 9.30 - 11.30
		Cat-2: 15	Cat-2: 15 x 2 = 30		2/3
		Cat-3: 05	Cat-3: 05 x 2 = 10		0
19.04.2014 (Saturday)	Biological Sc.	Cat-1: 60	Cat-1: 60 x 1= 60	100	1/3	(2 hrs.) 12.00 - 2.00
		Cat-2: 15	Cat-2: 15 x 2 = 30		2/3
		Cat-3: 05	Cat-3: 05 x 2 = 10		0
20.04.2014 (Sunday)	Physics	Cat-1: 45	Cat-1: 45 x 1= 45	75	1/3	(1 ½ hrs.) 12.30 - 2.00
		Cat-2: 10	Cat-2: 10 x 2 = 20		2/3
		Cat-3: 05	Cat-3: 05 x 2 = 10		0
20.04.2014 (Sunday)	Chemistry	Cat-1: 45	Cat-1: 45 x 1= 45	75	1/3	(1 ½ hrs.) 3.00 - 4.30
		Cat-2: 10	Cat-2: 10 x 2 = 20		2/3
		Cat-3: 05	Cat-3: 05 x 2 = 10		0

In Category-3:
(a) For One/ More Incorrect Response 0 mark will be awarded.
(b) For Partially Correct = 2 x (no of correct responses) / (total no of correct options)

Questions must be answered on specially designed machine readable answer sheets (OMR Answer Sheet). ANSWERS ARE TO BE MARKED (BUBBLED) USING BLUE/BLACK BALL POINT PEN ONLY ON THE 'OMR ANSWER SHEET.'

Admission Procedure:

Application has to be filled up ONLINE at the portal of the Board, http://www.wbjeeb.nic.in.

Candidates need to visit the portal and CLICK the requisite link ONLINE APPLICATION WBJEEM - 2014 and thereafter they will be directed to the actual application form. Candidates need to fill in the first part i.e. PERSONAL DETAILS and will thereafter be directed to FEE PAYMENT DETAILS. 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.

On completion and submission of the PERSONAL DETAILS, the system will generate a unique 7-digit numeric APPLICATION NUMBER for the candidate. Once an Application Number is generated, the candidate may logout of the system. The candidate has to use this system generated Application Number and his/her Date-of-Birth for subsequent login to the system for all subsequent accesses to the system. Therefore it is very important for the candidate to note down this number.

How to pay the Application Fees?

Engg/Tech/Arch/Pharm only Rs. 500

Medical/Dental/Pharm only Rs. 500

Engg/Tech/Arch/Pharm/ Medical/Dental Rs. 600

Information Brochure in hard copy would be available upon payment of 30 INR from the bank counters.

a.       Payment through Allahabad Bank e-Challan: The candidate has to select “Allahabad Bank e-challan” to submit the application fee through bank. 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.

b.      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 then proceed with generation of the Confirmation Page.

Confirmation Report and Its filling up:

Finally, the candidate has to send, in a single envelop, the necessary documents by speed post to: REGISTRAR, WBJEEB, AQ-13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700 091.

Submission of Application Form:

The Confirmation Page and the Top Sheet (after being stapled to the requisite enclosures) are to be put in an envelope and sent to the Board Office, only by Speed Post.

Contact Details:

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board,
AQ 13/1, Sector-V, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata – 700091

Phone: 033 - 23671198 / 23671199
Fax: 033 – 23671149
Email: chairman@wbjeeb.in or registrar@wbjeeb.in
Website: http://wbjeeb.nic.in/wbjeemapp/welcome.aspx