WB JECA 2026: Exam Date, Registration (Ongoing), Eligibility, Syllabus, and More

The WB JECA 2026 will be conducted by its conducting authority probably in October 2026 through offline Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) mode across multiple specified centers. Interested & eligible students can apply online in order to appear for the entrance test. Additionally, the registration for WB JECA exam 2026 will likely commence from September 2026.

The State-level West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam for Computer Application, widely known as WB JECA, is conducted for a duration of 2 hours in English language only.

This article will provide all the necessary details about the WB JECA 2026 exam to the students including test schedule, mode & medium of exam, eligibility criteria, admit card, result, participating Institutions, and the list continues.

The WB JECA 2026 is held by its conducting body, i.e., West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) once every year. Candidates qualifying the entrance exam can secure admission in Master of Computer Application (MCA) program at several Universities and Government & private Institutes in West Bengal.

 The major highlights of the WB JECA 2026 exam are given below:

In order to complete the registration process before the deadline, students should be well-acquainted with the important dates of the entrance exam. The expected WB JECA exam date 2026 is given below:

Students should qualify the WB JECA Eligibility Criteria 2026 to appear for the entrance exam. Moreover, candidates must be Indian citizens who have qualified an Undergraduate degree with requisite marks to satisfy the academic requirements specified by the conducting body.

The WB JECA Registration 2026 is expected to start from September 2026 for all the eligible students. Additionally, application forms will be made available on the official website, i.e., ‘wbjeeb.nic.in’ for the candidates to apply online. Moreover, the specified registration fee is Rs. 500/- (General category) and Rs. 400/- (SC / ST / OBC-A / OBC-B / EWS / Third Gender) which should be paid by the students in order to appear for the WB JECA 2026.

Candidates who will be appearing for the test should prepare well based on the prescribed WB JECA Syllabus 2026 to acquire desired results. The topics specified in the curriculum of WB JECA 2026 exam are as follows:

• C Programming
• Object Oriented Programming
• Data Structure
• Unix
• Operating System
• Introduction to Computers
• Computer Network
• Database Management System
• Software Engineering
• Machine Learning

Based on the WB JECA Exam Pattern 2026 specified by the conducting authority, the test will be held in English language via offline Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) mode. Candidates will have 2 hours (120 minutes) to answer 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for a total of 120 marks.

Moreover, the test paper of WB JECA 2026 will comprise of two categories and for every correct answer in Category 1, 1 mark will be awarded and -1/4 will be deducted for a wrong answer. In addition, for Category 2, students will get 2 marks for the right response and no negative marking will be done.

Students will be able to download the WB JECA Admit Card 2026 probably from October 2026 via its official website. Additionally, it is compulsory for the candidates to bring admit card’s hard copy to get entry in the WB JECA 2026 exam hall.

Students will have to select exam zones as per their preference before submitting the application form. The district-wise expected WB JECA Exam Centres 2026 are mentioned below:

Appearing candidates can practise with WB JECA Previous Year Papers to understand test pattern, improvise time management, and can develop several strategies to perform well in the entrance exam. Additionally, students can access several previous year papers of the entrance exam via its official website to get desired results in WB JECA 2026.

Aspirants can take WB JECA Mock Test 2026 to recognise their strengths and areas of improvement to increase their scope of qualifying the State-level exam with excellent marks.

The WB JECA Answer Key 2026 will be released by the exam conducting body probably in November 2026 for the students to assess their performance. Moreover, candidates can challenge the answer key after paying the specified fee of Rs. 500/-.

In addition, the WB JECA Result 2026 will be provided in the form of a ‘Rank Card’ a few days / weeks after the exam date. Also, students can access their rank card by logging in with their password through the specified portal available on the official website of WB JECA 2026.

The WB JECA Counselling Process 2026 will be conducted online and the selection will be done on the basis of General Merit Rank (GMR) secured by the aspirants. Additionally, candidates who will not secure any rank will not be eligible for the counselling. Also, the course & institute-wise availability of seats will be provided before the counselling process by the conducting authority.

Furthermore, the WB JECA Seat Allotment 2026 will be done on the basis of the specified reservation criteria.

Several Universities and Government & self-financed Institutes of West Bengal consider the scores of WB JECA 2026 to grant admission to the students in its Master of Computer Application (MCA) program.

Few of the WB JECA Participating Colleges 2026 are as follows:

• Jadavpur University (JU), Kolkata
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), Kolkata
• University of North Bengal (NBU), Darjeeling
• Calcutta University (CU), Kolkata
• Vidyasagar University (VU), Midnapore