WBJEE 2026 Final Round (Mop-Up) Vacancy Position

WBJEEB conducts WBJEE counselling in three centralized rounds — Round 1, Round 2, and the Mop-Up round, which functions as the final round of the process. Unlike Round 1 and Round 2, where movement is largely driven by candidates upgrading through 'Upgradation Yes' preferences, the Mop-Up round is specifically designed to fill seats that remained vacant after the first two rounds, including seats vacated by candidates who did not report, did not pay the acceptance fee, or withdrew after accepting a seat elsewhere. This makes the Mop-Up vacancy list the single most useful document for any candidate still searching for a seat at this stage of WBJEE 2026 counselling.

Before each round, including Mop-Up, WBJEEB publishes a detailed vacancy position on wbjeeb.nic.in — a PDF listing every participating institute, every branch offered at that institute, and the number of open seats broken down by category (General, OBC-A, OBC-B, SC, ST, EWS, and PwD). This is different from a simple "total seats available" number; a college may show zero vacancy in the General category while still having open seats under OBC-B or PwD. Candidates should always cross-check the category-wise columns relevant to their own certificate rather than skimming only the topline vacancy count.

West Bengal's reservation structure is distinct from many other states because it splits the OBC category into OBC-A and OBC-B, each with its own reserved percentage and its own vacancy tracking. Combined with SC, ST, EWS, and PwD horizontal reservation, this means the same branch at the same college can simultaneously show "seats full" for General candidates and "seats vacant" for OBC-A or SC candidates in the Mop-Up vacancy list. Understanding your exact category code, as certified on your WBJEE application, is essential to reading the vacancy PDF correctly.

On the college-tier side, Jadavpur University and IIEST Shibpur sit apart from the rest of the WBJEE counselling ecosystem. Both are autonomous institutes with their own long-standing reputation, and by the time Mop-Up rounds arrive, they typically show very few vacant seats — usually limited to a specific reserved category in a less-popular branch. The bulk of Mop-Up vacancies instead comes from MAKAUT (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology)-affiliated government and government-aided engineering colleges, along with a large number of private engineering colleges across West Bengal, many of which still have meaningful vacancies in branches like Civil, Mechanical, or newer specializations even at the Mop-Up stage.

If seats remain unfilled even after the Mop-Up round concludes, WBJEEB generally releases those seats back to the individual institute, which may then conduct its own institute-level spot admission directly, following state guidelines, to fill remaining vacancies from eligible WBJEE-qualified candidates who approach the college. In some cases — particularly at newer or lower-demand private colleges, or in niche branches with very little applicant interest — seats simply lapse for that academic year if no eligible candidate can be found even through spot admission. WBJEEB also ran a separate decentralised counselling process (registration/choice filling extended to September 9, 2026, admission confirmation September 12, 2026) that concluded the 2026 state admission cycle before remaining seats were released to individual colleges.

For candidates comparing their options across rounds, it helps to look back at how the Round 2 seat allotment played out, since the pattern of upgrades and vacated seats in Round 2 is usually a strong predictor of which colleges and branches will show up prominently in the Mop-Up vacancy list.