Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) will release online on Monday April 10 at 02:00 pm the Admit Card for the WBJEE 2017 scheduled to held on April 23, according to official notification.
"Downloadable admit cards for WBJEE - 2017, the common entrance examination for admission to different Degree Level Courses in Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture in Universities, Government Colleges as well as Self Financing Engineering & Technological Institutes in the State of West Bengal will be available from 10th April, 2017 2:00 p.m. onward from the website www.wbjeeb.nic.in.
"Candidates has to login using their application number, pass word and date of birth in order to download the admit card", the board said in a statement signed by its Chairman.
"Admit cards can not be generated for the following candidates, who did not upload scanned images of their photograph/signature/thumb impression as prescribed in the Information Bulletin", the board said.
The exam conducting body has earlier announced that the Admit Card (Hall Ticket) for candidates, who successfully submit their application form of WBJEE 2017, will be available from April 12, while the results for the state level engineering entrance test will be declared on June 5, 2017.
With the new notification issued on Tuesday it becomes clear that the WBJEE 2017 Admit Card will be released online on April 10 at 02:00 pm.
How to download the admit cards:
- Log on to the official website : www.wbjeeb.nic.in
- Click on relevant link marked with "Download Admit Card"
- Enter all the required details in given space
- Click on Submit button
- Admit cards will be displayed on the screen
- Download and take the printout
The WBJEE 2017 for admissions to undergraduate engineering programmes will be held in offline mode i.e. it will be pen and paper based on Sunday April 23, 2017.
West Bengal JEE will be held in two papers – Paper I & Paper II. WBJEE 2017 Paper I for Mathematics will be conducted from 11 am to 1 pm whereas Paper II (combined for Physics & Chemistry) will be conducted from 2 to 4 pm on April 23.
Over 1.27 lakh candidates appear in WBJEE every year conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board for admissions to undergraduate engineering programmes across Universities, Government Colleges and Self-financing Engineering & Technological Institutes in the state. As per rough estimates, around 36,263 B.Tech/B.E. seats are available across the engineering colleges in the state.
The West Bengal joint Entrance Examinations Board was formed as West Bengal Board of Examinations for Admission to Engineering Degree Colleges in the year 1962, born out of a concept of holding a common admission test for the Engineering colleges of the State of West Bengal.
The basic purpose was 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.
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination, 2016 also known as WBJEEM-2016 is conducted for admission to Engineering / Architecture / Pharmacy Degree Courses in Universities / Colleges in West Bengal.