The West Bengal joint Entrance Examinations Board (http://www.wbjeeb.in/) holds a common admission test for the Engineering colleges of the State of West Bengal. The basic purpose is to select candidates for consideration for admission to the State Colleges on the basis of the results of a single competitive examination, which would also lead to saving of time, energy and expenditure on the part of the candidates in appearing at number of entrance tests.

Date of Examination : 15.04.2012

9.30 am to 11.30 am – Mathematics

12.30 pm to 2.30 pm – Physics and Chemistry

Eligibility Criteria :

(1) The applicant must be a citizen of India and must have passed the H.S.(10+2) or its equivalent examination

(a) For B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. – General candidates must secure at least 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics taken together (40% for SC/ST candidates) and at least 30% marks in English (for all categories)

(2) In addition to above candidates must secure at least pass marks in the subjects individually including vernacular (or any other fifth subject) as mentioned below –

BE/B.Tech/B.Arch. – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Vernacular or any other 5th subject.

Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination in 2012 will be allowed to sit for JEM-2012 provisionally and their admission, if merit listed, will be subjected to satisfying the minimum requirements of eligibility as specified above.

Syllabus:

Mathematics

Physics

Chemistry

Paper Pattern:

Multiple Choice questions (MCQ) with 4 choices

Mathematics – 100 marks

Physics - 50 marks

Chemistry – 50 marks

Negative marking – 33.33% of the marks of that question for each incorrect response.

Residential Requirements:

Candidates desirous of seeking admission to Government Engineering / Technology Colleges, must have been residing in the State of West Bengal continuously at least for last 10 (ten) years as on 31.12.2011 or their parents must be permanent resident of West Bengal having their permanent home address in the State of West Bengal.

Reservation : Reservation for SC/ST/PC candidates are as per State Govt. Rules.

Examination centres : To be located in West Bengal and Tripura.

Key Dates:

1. Sale of Application Kit ( from listed UBI Branches) : 28.12.2011 to 18.01.2012

2. Last date for

(a) Receipt of request for Application Kit "by post" : 06.01.2012

(b) Receipt of duly filled in applications "by Speed post" only : 24.01.2012