WBJEE Exam 2026: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) will soon release the WBJEE Exam Dates 2026 on its official website - wbjeeb.nic.in. As per the past trends, the WBJEE exam will likely be conducted in April 2026. The complete schedule will be released by WBJEE board along with the notification. WBJEE 2026 notification is likely to be released in December 2025. Along with the notification, WBJEE application form 2026 will also be released for eligible candidates.
To be eligible for the WBJEE exam 2026, candidates should be Indian Nationals or OCI, candidates should have qualified class 12. General category candidates should score 45% aggregate marks in class 12 or equivalent exams to be eligible for WBJEE exam. Reserved category candidates should score 40% aggregate marks for the same to be eligible.
WBJEE board will release the WBJEE syllabus and exam pattern along with the official notice. Most likely, the WBJEE exam pattern and syllabus will remain the same as the previous year. Any changes to the syllabus and pattern for the WBJEE exam will be updated here.
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) conducts the WBJEE exam in an offline mode. The exam is conducted to give eligible candidates admission to various engineering and pharmacy undergraduate programs in different colleges and universities in West Bengal.
WBJEE Exam 2026: Highlights
Candidates can check the highlights of the WBJEE exam in the table below:
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Particulars
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Details
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Exam Mode
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Offline Mode
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Duration of Exam
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Paper 1: 2 Hours
Paper 2: 2 Hours
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No. of Papers
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Paper I - Mathematics
Paper II - Physics & Chemistry
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No. of Questions
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Physics - 40 questions
Chemistry - 40 questions
Mathematics - 75 questions
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Maximum Marks
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Mathematics: 100 Marks
Physics & Chemistry: 100 Marks
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Marking Scheme
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Category 1 - One Mark for each Correct Answer
Category 2 & 3 - Two marks for each incorrect answer
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Negative Marking
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Category 1 - 0.25 Marks
Category 2 - 0.5 Marks
Category 3 - No negative marking.
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WBJEE application form 2026 will be available on the official website. Aspirants who fulfilled the eligibility criteria filled out the application form using their personal and educational details. The steps to fill out the application form are as follows:
- Visit the official website of WBJEEB
- Click on WBJEE Registration 2026 link available on the homepage
- Enter your personal details like name, gender, date of birth, email address, and mobile number
- Click on Registration tab
- Upon successful registration, candidates will receive the registration number on the registered email address & mobile number
- Now, login with the registration number and password received on the email ID.
- Fill out the details as asked in the application form
- Upload documents, photograph, and signature (scanned copy)
- Pay the application fee
- Submit the application form
- Download the confirmation page received on the email ID.
WBJEE Application Fee 2026
Candidates are required to pay the application fee after they are done with filling the application form. The WBJEE application fee is Rs 500 for general candidates and Rs 400 for reserved category candidates.
WBJEE Admit Card 2026
The WBJEE admit card will be released by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB). Candidates must carry their admit card to the exam centre failing which they will not be allowed to take the examination. Also, after downloading the admit card, students must verify the details mentioned on the admit card. Meanwhile, interested students can check the steps to download the admit card:
- Visit the official website of the conducting authority.
- Click on the WBJEE Admit Card link available on the homepage
- Submit the registration number and asked details
- Upon submitting the details, the admit card will appear on the screen
- Download and save the admit card
- Take a printout of the admit card.
WBJEE Exam Dates 2026
Interested candidates can check the tentative WBJEE exam dates in the table below:
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Events
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Tentative Dates
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Application Form Starts
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January 2026
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Application Form Ends
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February 2026
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Form Correction
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February 2026
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Admit Card
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April 2026
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WBJEE 2026 Exam date
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April 2026
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Answer Key Release
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May 2026
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Result
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August 2026
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Counselling Start Date
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TBA |
WBJEE Eligibility Criteria 2026
The WBJEE eligibility criteria include parameters that candidates must fulfil in order to become eligible for the exam. Aspiring students must fulfil the educational requirements, age limit criteria, and domicile requirements in order to apply for the exam. Interested aspirants can check the eligibility criteria below:
Age Limit
- The minimum age to apply for the WBJEE exam is 17 years.
- There is no maximum age limit for the exam. However, students must not be more than 25 years old for admission to the Marine Engineering course.
Educational Qualification
- For admission to Engineering/Technology courses, students must have passed 10+2 with Physics, Mathematics, and one of the compulsory subjects: Chemistry, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Biology, or any Technical Vocational Subject. They must have at least 45% as aggregate in all three subjects and minimum 30% in English.
- For admission to Pharmacy courses, students must have passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Mathematics as required subjects. They must have also scored 45% overall in all subjects.
WBJEE Exam Pattern 2026
Students preparing for the exam must be aware of the exam pattern. The WBJEE exam consists of two papers: Paper 1 (Mathematics) & Paper 2 (Physics & Chemistry). The questions in both papers are divided into three categories. Interested students can check the table below to know more about subject-wise question distribution:
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Category
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Mathematics
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Physics
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Chemistry
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Category 1
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1 Mark (50 questions)
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1 Mark (30 questions)
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1 Mark (30 questions)
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Category 2
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2 Marks (15 questions)
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2 Marks (5 questions)
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2 Marks (5 Questions)
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Category 3
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2 Marks (10 questions)
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2 Marks (5 questions)
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2 Marks (5 questions)
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Read More: WBJEE Exam Pattern 2026
WBJEE Marking Scheme
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Category
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Category 1
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Category 2
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Category 3
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Marking Scheme
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- There will be 1 mark given for each accurate response.
- A wrong response will result in a deduction of 0.25 marks.
- Unanswered questions receive a score of 0 (zero).
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- There will be 2 marks given for each accurate response.
- A wrong response will result in a score of 0.5 marks.
- Unanswered questions receive a score of 0 (zero)
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- There may be one or more viable choices.
- If all appropriate options are chosen, 2 markswill be given.
- A 0 (zero) mark will be awarded for any response that contains both the right and wrong answers.
- The scores given for a partially accurate response are equal to 2 X (the number of correct alternatives indicated plus the total number of correct options).
- Inability to answer the question will result in a score of 0 (zero).
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WBJEE Syllabus 2026
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Subject
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Topics
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Physics
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- Current Electricity
- Gravitation
- Physical World, Measurement, Units, and dimensions
- Kinematics
- Optics
- Magnetic Effects Of Current
- Laws Of Motion
- Atomic Physics
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Viscosity
- Electromagnetic Induction And Alternating Currents
- Thermodynamics
- Particle nature of light and wave-particle dualism
- Nuclear Physics
- The motion of Centre of the mass, connected system, Friction
- Solid-State Electronics
- Oscillations And Waves
- Electrostatics
- Kinetic Theory Of Gases
- Magnetics
- Bulk Properties of Matter
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Chemistry
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- Dalton’s Atomic Theory
- Concept of Nuclear Atom
- Ionic and Redox Equilibria
- Physical Chemistry of Solutions
- Chemical Dynamics
- Hydrogen
- Chemical Equilibria
- Atomic Structure
- Chemical Energetics and Chemical Dynamics
- Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry
- The Periodic Table and Chemical Families
- Atoms, Molecules and Chemical Arithmetic
- Coordination Compounds
- Polymers
- Solid State
- Chemistry of Metals
- Chemistry of Non-Metallic Elements and their compounds
- Surface Chemistry
- Compounds
- Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
- Chemistry in Industry
- Environmental Chemistry
- Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
- Liquid State
- Haloalkanes
- Haloarenes
- Application Oriented Chemistry
- Alcohols
- Principles of Qualitative Analysis
- Introduction to Bio-Molecules
- Aromatic Compounds
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Mathematics
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- Binomial Theorem
- A.P., G.P., H.P.
- Polynomial Equations
- Statistics and Probability
- Differential Calculus
- Complex Numbers
- Logarithms
- Permutation and Combination
- Principle of Mathematical Induction
- Matrices
- Differential Equations
- Sets, Relations, and Mappings
- Trigonometry
- Relation and its properties
- Coordinate Geometry of two dimensions
- Application of Calculus
- Coordinate Geometry of three dimensions
- Vectors
- Differential Calculus
- Integral Calculus
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Read More: WBJEE Syllabus 2026
WBJEE Question Papers 2026
The previous years' WBJEE question papers can be downloaded below:
WBJEE Answer Key 2026
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) releases the answer key after the conclusion of the examination. The board first releases the provisional answer key which candidates can challenge if they are not satisfied with the answer provided by the board. Candidates have to pay a fee of Rs 500 per question to successfully challenge the answer.
The board releases the WBJEE final answer key along with the result. The final answer key is not subjected to any kind of objection by candidates.
Read More: WBJEE Answer Key 2026
WBJEE Result 2026
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) releases the result after the successful conclusion of the exam. The result is released in the form of a scorecard containing the marks obtained by candidates. The board also releases two types of rank list: General Merit Rank (GMR) and Pharmacy Merit Rank (PMR). The General Merit Rank is released for candidates who appear for both Paper 1 & Paper 2. The Pharmacy Merit Rank (PMR) is released for candidates who appear for only Paper 2. In case of tie, the board uses the tie-breaking rule to decide the qualifying status of the candidate. It is important to note that the tie-breaking rule for GMR & PMR is different.
Tie-Breaking Rules for GMR
- a) Less negative marks in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics taken together.
- b) More positive marks in Physics & Mathematics taken together.
- c) More positive marks in Chemistry & Mathematics taken together.
- d) Less negative marks in Physics & Mathematics taken together.
- e) Less negative marks in Chemistry & Mathematics taken together.
- f) More positive marks in Maths for only 2 marks questions
- g) More positive marks in Physics for only 2 marks questions
- h) More positive marks in Chemistry for only 2 marks questions
- i) Less negative marks in Mathematics for only 2 marks questions
- j) Less negative marks in Physics for only 2 marks questions.
Tie-Breaking Rules for PMR
- a) Less negative marks in Chemistry & Physics
- b) More positive marks in Chemistry
- c) Less negative marks in Chemistry
- d) More positive marks in Chemistry for only 2 marks question
- e) Less negative marks in Chemistry for only 2 marks questions
- f) More positive marks in Physics for only 2 marks questions
- g) Less negative marks in Physics for only 2 marks questions.
Read More: WBJEE Result 2026
WbJEE 2026 Exam - Paper and Ranks
- Candidates appearing for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 are eligible for General Merit Rank (GMR) and Pharmacy Merit Rank (PMR). Such candidates can secure admission in all engineering and pharmacy courses offered by institutes.
- Candidates appearing for only Paper 2 are only eligible for Pharmacy Merit Rank. Candidates can take admission to only Pharmacy courses except in Jadavpur University.
- Candidates appearing only in paper-I are not eligible for any rank.
WBJEE Cutoff 2026
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) releases the cutoff score on the official website. The WBJEE cutoff is released in the form of opening and closing ranks course-wise & institute-wise. Candidates must fall within the cutoff range in order to become eligible for the counselling round. The cutoff is influenced by various factors. These factors are as follows:
- Total Number of Seats Available
- Total Number of Candidates Appeared in the Exam
- The Difficulty Level of the Exam
Read More: WBJEE Cutoff 2026
WBJEE Counselling 2026
Aspirants who qualify the exam will be called for the counselling round. The counselling session is conducted in online mode. Interested candidates can check the process of the counselling round below:
- Registration
- Payment of Counselling Fees
- Choice Filling and Locking
- Seat Allotment
- Provisional Allotment Letter
- Reporting at the Allotted Institute
- Document Verification
- Payment of Admission Fee
- Final Allotment Letter
Read More: WBJEE Counselling 2026
WBJEE Seat Allotment 2026
The WBJEE authorities offer seats to eligible candidates on the basis of their performance, rank, and availability of seats. Around 3 seat allotment rounds are conducted. During these rounds, candidates can accept, hold, and reject the admission offers received by them. Around 34,891 seats are expected to be allotted during WBJEE counselling 2026. Out of these, 10% seats will be allotted to candidates who manage to crack JEE Main 2026 exam.
There are several reservation quotas under which many seats are reserved in WBJEE seat allotment process. Given below are the institute and course-wise reserved seats under defence quota:
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Name of the Institution
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Name of the course
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Number of seats
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Jadavpur University
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To be decided by the University Authority
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2
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Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, Jalpaiguri
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Mechanical Engineering
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1
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Information Technology
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1
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Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani Nadia
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Electrical Engineering
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1
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Ramakrishna Mahato Government Engineering College, Purulia
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Comp. Sc. & Engineering
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1
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Electronics & Communication Engineering
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1
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Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, Cooch Behar
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Comp. Sc. & Engineering
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1
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Electronics & Communication Engineering
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1
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Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology, Kolkata
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Leather Technology
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1
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Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, Kolkata
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Information Tech
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1
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Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Serampore
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Information Tech
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1
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Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore
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Comp. Sc. & Engineering
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1
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WBJEE Exam 2026 - List of Boards recognized by WBJEEB
Candidates can check the list of boards recognized by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Boards. Candidates can check the list in the table given below:
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Board / Council |
| 1 |
International General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| 2 |
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh |
| 3 |
Andhra Pradesh Open School Society |
| 4 |
Assam Higher Secondary Education Council |
| 5 |
Assam Sanskrit Board (Guwahati) |
| 6 |
Banasthali Vidyapith |
| 7 |
Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC) |
| 8 |
Bihar Board of Open Schooling and Examination, Patna, Bihar |
| 9 |
Bihar Intermediate Education Council, Patna (BIEC) |
| 10 |
Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Patna |
| 11 |
Bihar School Examination Board, Patna |
| 12 |
Bihar State Madrasa Education Board, Patna |
| 13 |
Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh |
| 14 |
Tamil Nadu Board of Higher Secondary Education |
| 15 |
Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education |
| 16 |
Uttarakhand Board of School Education |
| 17 |
Haryana Board of School Education |
| 18 |
Board of Secondary Education, Odisha |
| 19 |
Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh |
| 20 |
Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer |
| 21 |
Board of Secondary Education, Assam, Bamunimaidan, Guwahati |
| 22 |
Board of Secondary Education, Manipur, Imphal |
| 23 |
CBSE I (CBSE International) |
| 24 |
Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi |
| 25 |
Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Board, Raipur |
| 26 |
Chhattisgarh Board Of Open School, Raipur |
| 27 |
Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education, Raipur |
| 28 |
Chhattisgarh Madrasa Board |
| 29 |
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination |
| 30 |
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur |
| 31 |
Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha |
| 32 |
Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra |
| 33 |
Edexcel, London (UK) |
| 34 |
Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education |
| 35 |
Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Board |
| 36 |
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education |
| 37 |
International Baccalaureate |
| 38 |
Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi |
| 39 |
Jammu & Kashmir State Board of School Education |
| 40 |
Jharkhand Academic Council, Ranchi |
| 41 |
Karnataka Board of the Pre-University Education |
| 42 |
JSS Karnataka Open School |
| 43 |
Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board |
| 44 |
Higher Secondary Education, Govt of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 45 |
Kerala Board of Public Examinations |
| 46 |
Kerala State Open School, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 47 |
Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education |
| 48 |
Madhya Pradesh State Open School, Bhopal |
| 49 |
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education |
| 50 |
Maharishi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan, Bhopal |
| 51 |
Meghalaya Board of School Education |
| 52 |
Mizoram Board of School Education |
| 53 |
Nagaland Board of School Education |
| 54 |
National Institute of Open Schooling, Noida (Not eligible for Pharmacy course) |
| 55 |
Punjab School Education Board |
| 56 |
Rajasthan State Open School, Jaipur |
| 57 |
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Hyderabad |
| 58 |
Rastriya Sanskrit Sansthan |
| 59 |
School Education Department, Govt of Tamil Nadu |
| 60 |
Telangana Open School Society |
| 61 |
Telangana Board of Intermediate Education |
| 62 |
The Haryana Open School |
| 63 |
The Jammu & Kashmir State Open School |
| 64 |
The Kerala State Higher Education Council |
| 65 |
The West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open Schooling |
| 66 |
Tripura Board of Secondary Education |
| 67 |
U.P. Board of Secondary Sanskrit Education Council |
| 68 |
Uttar Pradesh State Open School Board |
| 69 |
Uttarakhand Siksha evam Pariksha Parishad |
| 70 |
Vishwa Bharti University, Shanti Niketan, Birbhum, WB |
| 71 |
Vocational Higher Secondary Education Department, Govt of Kerala |
| 72 |
West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education |
| 73 |
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education |
| 74 |
West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education & Training |
| 75 |
The Board of Open Schooling and Skill Education (BOSSE), Sikkim |
