Who: Students of both West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education and the central ISC board can take the test. These students must be citizens of India and be within the age group of 17-24 years. The minimum qualification required by candidates is higher secondary (10+2) with aggregate of 50% marks for general and 40% for SC/ST in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics or Biological Sciences. All categories are required to score a minimum of 30% marks in English. Candidates must obtain pass marks in all the subjects including the fifth additional or vernacular subject to get admission into any of the courses offered.

What: West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or the WB-JEE is a state-government controlled centralised test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation (also known as Bachelors) courses. The exam can be taken by those who studied Pure Science stream in plus two level with the specific subjects tested in the examination, which are Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology. There are actually two separate tests for medical colleges and engineering colleges, the difference being that the medical test has the Biology paper while the engineering test has the Mathematics paper.

When: The Joint Entrance Examination is conducted by The Government of West Bengal every year for both medical as well as for engineering.

Where: The Joint Entrance Examination can be taken at examination centres in West Bengal and Tripura.

Why: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board was formed as West Bengal Board of Examination 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 main 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, at the same time, lead to saving of time, energy and expenditure on the part of the candidates in appearing at number of entrance tests. West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination is hence a test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal.