Admission Procedure for Diploma Courses

West Bengal State Council of Technical Education offers Diploma Courses in Engineenng / Technology / Architecture / Modern Office Practice & Management which are taught in different Government, Sponsored, Aided & Self-Financing Polytechnics / Institutes / Organisations of West Bengal or any other State affiliated to the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education. Each full-time Diploma Course other than Marine Engineering & Pharmacy is consist of three parts, viz. Part - I, Part - II and Part - III. Candidates who have passed Madhyamik (10+) Examination of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or any other equivalent examination from any school approved by the WBSCTE are eligible for admission to the Part -I of any full-time Diploma Course. Selection for admission to the full-time Diploma Courses in different polytechnics of West Bengal affiliated to the WBSCTE other than the district of Darjeeling is made on the basis of merit in the following mode: -

      i)  60% of the allotted seats are filled up on the basis of the
          merit list published by the "Joint Entrance Examination for
          Admission to State Polytechnics" conducted by the "West
          Bengal State Council of Technical Education" (Named as
          `JEXPO');

    ii)  Remaining 40% of the allotted seats are filled up on the
         basis of marks obtained in Madhyamik or its equivalent or
         any other examination approved by the WBSCTE, which is
         called as `POLY-40'. These seats are filled up on the basis
         of district wise quota.

Counseling of JEXPO applied students are done through Central Selection Committee while the same for POLY-40 applied students are done through Zone-wise Selection Committee. On the basis of recommendation of the Selection Committee, the students are admitted into the polytechnic.

Admission Procedure for Part Time Diploma Courses

A Common Entrance Test (CET) is conducted for admission of student to part-time evening diploma courses. On the basis of merit list, the admission to part-time evening diploma courses are made by the Selection Committee.