WBJEE 2026 Cutoff: Round 1 Out, College wise Closing Rank

WBJEE 2026 Round 1 closing ranks were released on 7 July 2026 at wbjeeb.nic.in, and Round 2 registration opens on 13 July. Jadavpur University CSE closed at approximately rank 150 for General Home State, the most competitive engineering seat in West Bengal. One detail many candidates miss is that WBJEE uses a GMR system where any positive score earns a rank with no hard qualifying cutoff. IIEST Shibpur, often confused as a WBJEE college, admits through JoSAA instead. This page covers confirmed Round 1 data, Round 2 expectations, and what the GMR system means.

WBJEE 2026 Cutoff Highlights: Round 1 Out, Round 2 Opening and Mop Up Ahead

WBJEE 2026 counselling is moving fast. Round 1 allotment is already live, Round 2 registration opens today (13 July), and a Mop Up round follows later in July. The table below puts every confirmed date in one place so the closing rank data further down is easy to act on.

WBJEE GMR Rank System: No Hard Qualifying Cutoff, Every Positive Score Gets a Rank

WBJEE does not set a minimum score for the exam itself. Any candidate who scores a positive non-zero total receives a General Merit Rank, which is the number used throughout counselling. This makes WBJEE different from exams like TS EAMCET or MHT CET, which set a percentage-based qualifying floor before issuing ranks.

• GMR (General Merit Rank) is assigned to every candidate with a positive WBJEE score, regardless of category.
• Category-specific ranks (OBC-A, OBC-B, SC, ST, EWS, PwD, TFW) are also issued alongside GMR for candidates who belong to those categories.
• The eligibility requirement for admission is a Class 12 PCM aggregate of 45% for General and EWS, or 40% for reserved categories. This is a separate academic threshold, not a WBJEE exam cutoff.
• Since there is no hard exam cutoff, the real filtering happens during counselling through the college wise closing rank, not at the result stage.

WBJEE 2026 Round 1 College wise Closing Rank: JU, Calcutta University and Top Colleges

Round 1 allotment was released on 7 July 2026. The closing ranks below are confirmed for Round 1 and represent the tightest figures of the cycle, since later rounds only get more relaxed as candidates upgrade or exit. These are for the General Home State category.

Jadavpur University CSE at rank 150 is the most competitive single seat in the entire WBJEE process. The gap between JU CSE at 150 and IEM Kolkata CSE at 8,800 shows how quickly closing ranks widen outside the top two or three government colleges.

WBJEE Cutoff Previous Year Trend: JU CSE Closing Rank 2022 to 2026

Tracking how Jadavpur University CSE has moved over five years gives the clearest picture of competition direction in WBJEE. The closing rank widened from 130 in 2023 to 238 in 2025, which reflected a harder paper spreading scores rather than a genuine drop in demand.

WBJEE Round 2 and Mop Up: How Closing Ranks Change Across Rounds

WBJEE 2026 Round 2 registration opens on 13 July and closes on 17 July, with allotment due on 21 July. Closing ranks can only get more relaxed from one round to the next, never tighter, because seats freed by candidates who upgrade or exit become available for higher ranked candidates.

• Round 1 (7 July): tightest closing ranks of the cycle. Top choices fill first.
• Round 2 (21 July): seats vacated by candidates who upgraded or did not confirm in Round 1 reopen. Closing ranks widen.
• Mop Up (28 July): fills whatever remains. Closing ranks are the most relaxed of the three rounds.
• A candidate allotted in Round 1 can either confirm the seat or participate in Round 2 for a possible upgrade. Choosing upgrade does not forfeit the Round 1 seat until a better option is confirmed.
• Candidates not allotted in Round 1 are automatically included in Round 2 without needing to do anything extra, as long as they registered for counselling.

WBJEE Category wise Cutoff: General, OBC-A, OBC-B, SC, ST, EWS and TFW

West Bengal's reservation categories for WBJEE include OBC-A and OBC-B as two separate groups, plus a Tuition Fee Waiver scheme that carries its own rank list. Reserved category closing ranks are much wider than General at every college, but they are category-specific and should not be compared directly with GMR.

WBJEE Cutoff Factors: Paper Difficulty, Candidates and OMR Format

WBJEE closing ranks shift from year to year based on several factors. One of the most important is that WBJEE is still held in OMR format with a single paper on a single day, which means there is no multi-shift normalization and raw marks directly decide the rank.

• Paper difficulty. A tougher paper spreads scores and widens closing ranks. The 2025 paper was harder than 2024, which pushed JU CSE from rank 123 to 238.
• Number of candidates. 92,753 qualified in 2026 out of approximately 95,000 who appeared, a pass rate of 97.74%.
• OMR format with no normalization. Unlike JEE Main, MHT CET or JEECUP, WBJEE uses a single paper for all candidates with no shift wise adjustment. Raw marks directly become the rank.
• Branch demand. CSE closes inside rank 200 at government colleges, while Mechanical and Civil stay open past 5,000 at the same colleges.
• JEE Main overlap. 10% of seats at self-financing colleges are reserved for JEE Main qualified candidates, which slightly reduces the WBJEE pool for those seats.

WBJEE and IIEST Shibpur: Why Shibpur Is Not Part of WBJEE Counselling

Many candidates assume IIEST Shibpur, one of the strongest engineering institutes in West Bengal, is part of WBJEE counselling. It is not. IIEST Shibpur admits students through JoSAA using JEE Main and JEE Advanced ranks, the same process used for NITs and IITs. A candidate who wants both IIEST Shibpur and Jadavpur University needs to appear for both JEE Main and WBJEE, since neither exam's score works for the other institute.

WBJEE JEE Main 10 Percent Seats: How Both Exams Work in West Bengal

WBJEE allows JEE Main qualified candidates to compete for 10 percent of approved seats at self-financing (private) engineering colleges in West Bengal. This is a separate track from the main WBJEE counselling and has its own registration and choice filling process.

• JEE Main candidates do not need a WBJEE score for these 10 percent seats. A valid JEE Main rank is enough.
• These seats are only at private, self-financing colleges. Government and government-aided colleges do not offer this 10 percent JEE Main quota.
• WBJEE conducts a separate counselling process for JEE Main candidates alongside the main WBJEE counselling rounds.
• A candidate who appeared for both exams can participate in both tracks to maximise options.

WBJEE Cutoff: How to Check Round wise Closing Rank at wbjeeb.nic.in

WBJEEB publishes the round wise closing rank on the official portal after each allotment. No login is required to check the cutoff; it is available as a public PDF.

1. Visit wbjeeb.nic.in/wbjee, the official WBJEE counselling portal.

2. Click on the cutoff or seat allotment link for the relevant round.

3. Select the round, institute, course and category from the dropdown.

4. The opening and closing ranks for that combination appear on screen.

5. Compare your own GMR to the closing rank shown. A GMR equal to or lower than the closing rank means that seat was within reach in that round.

WBJEE Safe Score Guide: What Marks Get Which College Tier

Since WBJEE has no hard qualifying cutoff, the concept of a safe score is entirely about which college and branch a candidate can realistically target. The bands below, built from 2025 counselling data, give a realistic picture for General Home State engineering candidates.

About WBJEEB and WBJEE

The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board was set up to conduct a single entrance test for admission to undergraduate engineering, technology, pharmacy and architecture programmes across government, government-aided and private colleges in West Bengal. WBJEE is held once a year in OMR-based pen-and-paper format, and the board handles the entire process from exam to final seat allotment through wbjeeb.nic.in.

Unlike most other state entrance exams that have moved to computer-based testing, WBJEE continues to use the OMR format with a single paper for all candidates on the same day. This means there is no shift-wise normalization and raw marks directly determine the rank, making the marks-to-rank relationship more straightforward than in multi-shift CBT exams.

WBJEE 2026 Round 1 closing ranks are confirmed and live at wbjeeb.nic.in. Round 2 registration opens on 13 July and closes on 17 July, with allotment due on 21 July. Candidates who want an upgrade or a fresh allotment should register for Round 2 before the deadline. A Mop Up round on 28 July will follow for remaining seats. Confirmed Round 2 and Mop Up closing ranks will be updated on this page after each allotment is published.

WBJEE 2026 Cutoff FAQs

Ques: Is there a minimum score required to qualify for WBJEE counselling?

Ques: Is IIEST Shibpur part of WBJEE counselling?

Ques: Do closing ranks get tighter or more relaxed from Round 1 to the Mop Up round?

Ques: Can a JEE Main candidate get a seat in West Bengal through WBJEE without taking the WBJEE exam?

Ques: Why did the JU CSE closing rank widen from 123 in 2024 to 238 in 2025?