MHT CET Exam date 2021 announced; Exam from September 4
Maharashtra Common Entrance Test 2026 ( MHT CET )
Registration - 10 Jan '26 - 12 Feb '26
The exam will be held in two phases between September 4 to 20. Read more to know complete schedule.
The Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant has announced MHT CET exam date 2021 for admission to undergraduate engineering courses. As per the MHT CET 2021 exam date latest report, Maharashtra CET will be conducted in two between from September 4 to 10 and 14 to 20.
The dates were announced by the minister through a press conference at Pune. According to the minister, the Maharashtra CET exam 2021 will be conducted online as computer based test at various cities of the state. The exam will be held separately for PCM and PCB group in two phases between Septmber 4 to 10 and 14 to 20.
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The questions in MHT CET 2021 will be based on class 11 and 12 syllabus of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. The weightage of class 11 syllabus in MHT CET 201 will be approximately 20% while 80% weightage will be given to class 12 syllabus. The difficulty level of exam will be similar to JEE Main and there will be no negative marking.
MHT CET application form 2021 is closed now. Application process was open from June 8 to July 15. MHT CET admit card 2021 is expected to be released in August last week. Candidates who have registered successfully for MHT CET 2021 will be able to download their admit cards online from the official website.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 weeks ago
MHT CET 2026 scores are used for Maharashtra State Quota admissions. For All India seats in engineering colleges of Maharashtra, JEE Main scores will be used.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Candidates can get an APAAR ID for MHT CET registration by registering on the DigiLocker website. Candidates can also get the APAAR enrollment number from their school.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
The MHT CET 2026 application form was released on January 10. Candidates have to keep the Aadhaar card and APAAR ID ready for registration.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
MHT CET cutoff is of two types- All India Category and Maharashtra Category. The seats which are allotted under the All India Quota have opening and closing ranks mentioned as "AI" whereas seats allotted under Maharashtra Quota have the ranks mentioned as "MH".
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
MHT CET cutoff is made available on the official website - cetcell.mahacet.org. The Mahrashtra CET Cell releases cutoff round-wise after the completion of each round counselling. The cutoff are released separately for both All India and Maharashtra state category. Candidates can download the same on
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a month ago
The Maharashtra state CET cell sets the syllabus of MHT CET exam.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
Among the most effective strategies of passing MHT CET exam is to use previous year papers. No book or mock test can get you better acquainted with the actual exam than they do. Here are the key benefits:
1. Understand the Exam Pattern
- Previous papers show:
- Number of questions
- Types of questions
- Difficul
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
No, candidates have to pay the MHT CET application fee online only using the available payment modes like net banking/Credit Card/Debit Card/Mobile wallets.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 months ago
The MHT CET exam is held for admission to the following courses:
- BE/BTech
- BPharm
- PharmD
- BPlanning
- BTech-MTech Integrated courses
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
For the General HS category, the cutoff ranged from 4.33 to 20.54 percentile for M.Tech course specialisations. Therefore, students need to attain at least 4.33 percentile for admissions at COEP Pune. MHT CET M.Tech percentiles are required for admission to M.Tech courses at COEP, Pune.
Students shou
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