Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering 

at VJTI Mumbai, Matunga East

If you belong to the General AI category, then it is not possible to get admission at 90 percentile in MHT CET. In the last round, the closing percentile among the General Home State category candidates varied between 95.51 and 99.85. However, if you belong to the OBC HS category, then it is possible to get admisison in a few specialisations including B.Tech. in Textile Technology.

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VJTI Mumbai is a government institution owned by Maharashtra State Government.  The institute is affiliated with the University of Mumbai and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). It is financially supported by the Government of Maharashtra. Moreover, It is one of the 14 institutes selected by the Central Government for development in Engineering education post-independence with a grant-in-aid from the Centre.

No, the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) admissions to all the UG, PG, diploma, and doctoral courses are solely entrance-based. There is no such provision of direct admission in any of the courses or specialisation of VJTI. There are different entrance exams conducted by the Government of Maharashtra whose scores/ rank is necessary for interested candidates for getting enrolled in VJTI, Mumbai. Some of the popular courses entrance exams are: -

1.    For admission to BTech, students need to take MHT-CET which is a state-level entrance exam conducted by Maharashtra Government. Students need to prepare well for this entrance exam because only those candidates who have a valid score/ rank which comes in the range of the merit list specified by the college can further proceed with the admission process.

2.    For admission to MCA, candidates need to take MHT-MCA CET which is also a state-level exam conducted by the Government of Maharashtra. Candidates having good who scores a good rank in this exam becomes eligible for further process of admission into VJTI.

Apart from these courses, there are several other courses offered by the college and the eligibility and entrance exam vary depending upon the specific course in which candidates are interested in taking admissions.

The placements at VJTI are good. The following table presents the placement statistics for VJTI.

The institute offers B.Tech programme with a total of 19 courses and also offers undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and research programme and the courses include BTech, MTech, MCA, PhD, etc. Admission to the B.Tech programme is based on the marks obtained in any one of the entrance exams that are JEE Main and MHT CET.

As per the VJTI Mumbai MHT CET cutoff 2023, the Round 1 and the Last Round closing scores for B.Tech are given below -

The Last Round closing score for BTech ranged between 99.9 and 95.51, among which B.Tech. in Computer Engineering was the most competitive specialisation, and the second most competitive specialisation was B.Tech. in Information Technology.

The number of students placed has not been revealed yet. When released it will be updated here. Check the table below to know the students participated in recent years: 

The highest package offered during VJTI placements 2025 stood at INR 54 LPA The table below presents the same:

During VJTI BTech placements the highest package reached INR 54 LPA. Check the data presented below to know more:

VJTI provides great placements to its students. Check out the table below to know about the VJTI placement statistics 2025:

Various companies visit VJTI for placements some of them are given below: