Can a student outside West Bengal opt for WBJEE?

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Group Captain Vinayak Deodhar | Scholar-Level 18

8 years ago

Hello, West Bengal appears to be the only state not insisting on domicile certificate for taking WBJEE. The official announcement has been made and full information is available on its website. However for benefit of students I will state few important facts. The WBJEE will be conducted n 22 Apr 2

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Priyum Agrawal | Contributor-Level 10

8 years ago

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or WBJEE is the entrance examination for admission to various state colleges for admission in B.Tech programs offered by the college. Yes, the other state student can take the WBJEE examination and be eligible for admission in West Bengal colleges but only und

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Archit Kumar | Scholar-Level 16

8 years ago

Hi, Yes, outside West Bengal candidates are eligible for opting WBJEE: Here is the full eligibility criteria for WBJEE: 1) Applicant must be a citizen of India. 2) Candidate must be 17 years of age or above as on 31 December of the year of examination. 3) There is no upper age limit except for th

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Apoorv Rastogi | Contributor-Level 10

8 years ago

The WB West Bengal joint entrance examination is a state level common entrance test organised by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board. Entrance exam which is conducted to find the candidates for the admission in undergraduate engineering architecture or pharmacy programs offered by various c

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Harsh Ranjan | Scholar-Level 17

8 years ago

West Bengal is one of the biggest state of India which play an important role in the development of India. It has eighteen universities. Many good college, research institute, company are the attraction point for students all over the India but Mainly from WB and Bihar. Kolkata has played a pioneeri

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Top Colleges	Tuition Fee
Jadavpur University	INR 20,840
Institute of Engineering and Management	INR 9.45 lakh
MAKAUT	INR 2.40 lakh
JIS College of Engineering	INR 6.52 lakh
Narula Institute of Technology	INR 7 lakh

Source: Info. are from official college's site and can change.

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