WBJEE 2026 Decentralised Counselling Schedule: Registration, Choice Filling & Seat Allotment Dates

The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board has released the schedule for Common-Online Decentralised e-Counselling for undergraduate admission to Engineering, Technology, Architecture, and Pharmacy courses, covering both Government/Government-aided and Self-Financing (Private) institutions across West Bengal. If you're tracking WBJEE's counselling process in general, here are the actual confirmed dates for this cycle.

The Confirmed Schedule

• Publication of frozen seat matrix: August 31, 2026

• Candidate registration, registration fee payment, and choice filling: September 2 to September 4, 2026

• Choice modification and locking: September 2 to September 4, 2026 (within the same window as registration and choice filling)

• 1st Phase seat allotment result: September 6, 2026

• Seat acceptance fee payment and reporting to the opted institute for document verification and admission: September 6 to September 9, 2026 — candidates must contact the institute or visit its website directly for exact timings and admission requirements

• 2nd Phase registration and choice filling: September 10 to September 12, 2026

• 2nd Phase seat allotment result: September 13, 2026

• Seat acceptance fee payment, reporting for admission, and withdrawal by the candidate: September 13 to September 15, 2026

• Subsequent rounds, if any: a separate notice will be published in due course

WBJEEB has explicitly noted this schedule may change under unavoidable circumstances, so treat these dates as the current confirmed timeline rather than absolutely fixed.

What to Do at Each Stage

Since registration, choice filling, and choice locking all fall within the same September 2–4 window, don't leave choice research for after registration opens — understanding which colleges are genuinely accessible via WBJEE and reviewing private college options in detail beforehand means you can register and lock a well-researched list within this compressed three-day window rather than rushing it. Have your required documents ready and verified before reporting begins on September 6, since institutes set their own specific timing and requirements that you're responsible for checking directly. If your 1st Phase allotment isn't what you hoped for, the 2nd Phase registration window (September 10–12) gives you another opportunity — the same logic behind how mop-up and subsequent rounds work more broadly applies here, so a first-phase outcome isn't necessarily final.

Before You Register

Check your realistic rank band against what different WBJEE-accessible colleges typically require, and apply the same genuine-fit evaluation that should guide any college decision rather than choosing based on name recognition alone. If cost is a factor across the wide fee range between government and private institutions, it's worth checking scholarship eligibility now — options like the Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means Scholarship and the National Scholarship Portal are worth reviewing before, not after, choice locking.

This schedule is based on WBJEEB's official notice for Common-Online Decentralised e-Counselling, 2026. Always verify current dates directly at wbjeeb.nic.in, since WBJEEB has noted this schedule may be revised under unavoidable circumstances.