Presidency University Bachelor Degree Entrance Test-2025(PUBDET-2025).
Presidency University Bachelor Degree Entrance Test 2025
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) will conduct OMR based common entrance test (PUBDET-2025) and counselling for admission to Undergraduate Courses in four-year B.A./B.Sc. (Honours) courses in the Presidency University for the academic session of 2025-26.
Date of examination: 21.06.2025 (Saturday) and 22.06.2025(Sunday)
Tentative date to start online application: 28-03-2025(Friday) to 28-04-2025(Monday)
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE APPLICATION
Once an application is received, it will be assumed that the candidate agrees to all terms and conditions, rules and regulations stipulated in the Information Bulletin and in the relevant notice(s) published by the Board for the said purpose. Any application not in compliance with the conditions specified in the Information Bulletin is liable to be rejected
1. Application for the examination must be done online only. No printed application form is available
2. Ensure filling genuine application form available online only at www.wbjeeb.nic.in/www.wbjeeb.in
3. Do not attempt to make any duplicate application
4. It is essential to have a valid mobile number and a unique valid email ID. All future communications by the Board will be sent to the registered mobile number and email ID. WBJEEB will not be held responsible for non-receipt of any communication due to wrong/non-existing/non-functional/changed mobile number/ email ID or any network problem.
5. Once the registration details i.e., name, father’s name, mother’s name, domicile and date of birth are entered and submitted, this information cannot be changed/modified/edited under any circumstances.
Also, the information must match exactly with the school/college admit cards, mark sheets, certificates, photo identity cards, caste/category/income certificates etc. (as applicable) which a candidate has toproduce at the time of entering the examination hall, during counselling/admission and registration with the University.
6. Do not share your application number, password, security question/answer with anyone. The Board will not be held responsible if any candidate commits the mistake which may result in negative consequences.
7. Upload scanned copy of photograph and signature as per the instructions provided in the Information Bulletin. If any candidate receives any SMS/email regarding discrepancy in photograph/ signature, he/she must take corrective action immediately within one day. Admit cards will not be issued if these images are illegible and thus not acceptable.
8. If any information other than name, father’s name, mother’s name, domicile and date of birth given in the application needs to be corrected, the rectification may be done by the candidate only within the notified ‘Correction Period’. The Board will not make or allow any correction thereafter.
9. The Application Fees can be paid by Net Banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card/ UPI/QR Code only.
Application fees for PUBDET-2025 is ₹500 (Rupees five hundred only) for one paper and ₹250 for each additional paper, plus the Bank’s Service Charges, if applicable.
The fee once paid is not refundable under any circumstance. Do not wait for the last day to pay registration fees to avoid payment failure by Bank or EPG.
10. Keep copies of Confirmation page and the Admit card in safe custody.
11. Candidates are requested to go through the Board’s website (www.wbjeeb.nic.in/ wbjeeb.in) regularly to update themselves for the latest information.
12. Appearing for the examination and even obtaining a rank do not guarantee admission.
Applicable rules at the time of counselling will determine allotment and admission criteria.
Candidates must make themselves aware of the latest rules and criteria for admission into Presidency University and other specific criteria issued by the Government/Regulatory bodies from time to time.
Board will not be responsible by any way, if any candidate fails to aware himself/herself regularly on any updated information.
13. For any query regarding the examination, contact:
Officer-on Special Duty
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board
RUPANNA
DB-118, Sector –I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700064
Examination Helpdesk: – 1800-123-4782 (Ext. No.-2)
Email: [email protected]
About The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) was established in 1962 by Government of West Bengal in exercise of the powers conferred under article 162 of the Constitution of India in pursuant to No. 828-Edn(T), dated 02.03.1962.
Subsequently in 2014, the Government of West Bengal enacted the West Bengal Act XIV of 2014 to form The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (hereinafter called ‘Board’) and empowered it to conduct Common Entrance Examinations for selection of candidates for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate Professional, Vocational and General Degree Courses in the State of West Bengal and to conduct on-line counselling process or otherwise adopting a single-window approach.
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has been instrumental in the admission process based on online application and allotment through e-Counselling since 2012. It advocates fairness and transparency, ensures no-error, and adopts state-of-the-art technology.
PUBDET-2025
Courses
For the academic session of 2025-2026, the Board is going to conduct the Entrance Test (PUBDET-2025) for admission to fulltime Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) courses (Major/Honours) in the Presidency University. List of available Subjects is given below:
| Science subjects | Humanities & Social Science subjects |
|---|---|
| Physics | Bengali |
| Chemistry | English |
| Mathematics | Hindi |
| Geology | History |
| Economics | Political Science |
| Statistics | Philosophy |
| Geography | Sociology |
| Life Sciences | Performing Arts |
Choice of Papers & Syllabus
a) Any candidate can apply for a maximum of 3 (three) papers given below from the following table:
| Paper | For Admission into | Syllabus | Version of question paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Geography | Geography (100 marks) | English and Bengali |
| II | English | English (100 marks) | English |
| III | Economics Statistics Mathematics | Mathematics and Basic English(80+20 = 100 marks) * | English and Bengali |
| IV | Political Science | Political Science (100 marks) | English and Bengali |
| V | Bengali | Bengali (100 marks) | Bengali |
| VI | Hindi | Hindi (100 marks) | Hindi |
| VII | Chemistry Physics Geology | Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (40+30+30=100 marks) * | English and Bengali |
| VIII | History | History (100 marks) | English and Bengali |
| IX | Life Sciences | Biology (100 marks) | English and Bengali |
| X | Philosophy/Sociology/Performing Arts | Basic English, Logical reasoning and General Knowledge(50+30+20 = 100 marks) * | English |
*Distribution of marks are given within parenthesis.
b) Applicants must go through the schedule of test/timetable given in section 2.3 before choosing the paper(s).
c) Syllabus of Test: The tests will be based on the syllabi of 11th and 12th standard of recognized Boards/Councils.
Pattern of Question Papers
In every paper, all questions will be of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) type, with four answer options. There will be 50 (fifty) questions in each paper with full marks 100and the duration of test will be 90 minutes.
Mode of answering in the examination
Questions are to be answered on specially designed optical machine-readable response (OMR) sheet, which will be evaluated by Optical Mark Recognition method. Thus, it is very important to follow the correct method of marking.
Candidates will indicate response to the questions by darkening the appropriate circle/bubble completely with blue/black ink ball point pen.
Any other kind of marking e.g., filling the circle/bubble incompletely, filling with pencil, cross mark, tick mark, dot mark, circular mark, over writing, scratching, erasing, white ink, marking outside the circle/bubble etc. may lead to wrong/partial/ambiguous reading of the response. WBJEEB will be, in no way, responsible for such eventuality and this may lead to cancellation of OMR sheet.
Response marking cannot be edited/changed/erased/modified. Hence it is advised that candidate should be sure about the answer before marking and should not put any stray mark on which he/she does not want to attempt.
Scoring Methodology
a) All questions will have four answer options.
b) Only one option is correct.
c) Correct response will yield 2 (two) marks.
d) Incorrect response will yield -1/2 (25% negative) marks.
e) For any combination of response with more than one option, the said answer will be treated as incorrect and will yield -1/2 (25% negative) marks
f) No response will yield zero mark.
Ranking Methodology and Rank Cards
WBJEEB will prepare merit ranks based on the candidates’ score in the entrance tests. Individual candidates will be able to view and download his/her Rank Card, which will contain score and rank. WBJEEB does not publish any general rank/score list.
a) The rank shall be in the name and style of ‘GMR’ (General Merit Rank).
b) Ranking shall be done in the descending order of marks scored in the entrance test.
c) However, there may be ties and the tie-breaking rule given in section 2.8 below shall be applicable for determining the merit rank.
d) Separate reserved category merit position will also be indicated for respective category of students e.g. SC Rank, ST Rank, EWS Rank, PwD Rank as applicable.
e) Counselling/allotment of seat/admission will be done based on GMR only (not on category ranks). Category ranks are only for information to candidates.
f) Category ranks are generated based on information given by the candidates during online application. If during verification, any candidate’s claim is found invalid, his/her category rank will be cancelled and the candidate will be considered in General category only with his/her GMR. Category ranks of other candidates will not be revised.
Eligibility and academic qualification criteria
Eligibility criteria for application
Applicant must be a passed out from schools in India affiliated to International Board in compliance with Sec. 3.2 (c)/National or State level examination Board or Council.
Eligibility criteria for admission
a) Candidates must have passed (not before 2024) OR appeared (in 2025) in the Higher Secondary Examination (10+2 system) conducted by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or any equivalent examination.
b) Candidate must pass any of the aforementioned examinations, with at least five recognized subjects (full marks not less than 100) of which English will be one subject and excluding Compulsory Environmental Science. The aggregate is to be calculated considering score in best four recognized subjects excluding Compulsory Environmental Science.
c) Candidates with International ‘A’ level or International Baccalaureate qualifications must have at least three subjects at the IGCSE level and three subjects at the ‘A’ level, with English in either of the two levels. Aggregate is to be calculated considering the best four subjects considering both the levels.
d) The candidate must fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria as per the following table in his/her qualifying examination in 12th standard.
SC/ST and PwD candidates will get 25% and 5% relaxation respectively in required minimum aggregate score & also in required minimum marks under Additional Eligibility Criteria (if any).