MAH MBA CET Test Centres 2026: Check State wise Exam City and Centre List

MAH MBA CET 2026 will be conducted on April 6, 7 and 8, 2026 and also on May 9, 2026. This year, the exam will be conducted in 2 phases. Candidates can choose to appear for one or both attempts. Fee is to be paid per attempt. If a candidate attempt both sessions, best of the two percentiles will be considered for admission.

No, the MAH CET application form and MAH CET Counselling form are different and candidates have to fill them separately. The MAH CET application form is valid for the entrance test only and the MAH CET counseling application form has to be filled by only those candidates who qualify the entrance test and wish to participate in the seat allotment process. The MAH MBA CET counseling registration form is released about 2 months after the entrance test result announcement. The candidates will have to fill the counseling form at the MAHA CET counseling portal.

Those who shall have filled the MAH CET MBA/MMS application form and appeared for the exam, will not have to pay the registration fee at the time of CAP. However, those who will be participating in MAH CET CAP through CAT/CMAT/MAT/ATMA/GMAT score will have to pay the registration fee of Rs 1000 (Rs 800 for registered category candidates).

The address of MAH MBA CET test centre will be mentioned on the admit card. The candidates will get to know of their test centre only after downloading the MAH CET admit card. Once they know the address, they should check the distance and time taken from their home to the centre. This is important as candidates have to reach their MAH CET test centre as per the reporting time mentioned in their admit card. For both shifts of MAH CET, the reporting time in 1 hour before the commencement of the exam.

Candidates must note that there is no provision to change the test centre after the admit card has been released. They should visit the MAH CET test centre a day before the exam to check traveling options, etc.

Unlike in other MBA entrance exam, MAH CET MBA has no option to change test city during form correction. Candidates can only change their name, date of birth, photo and signature. Basically there is no way to change your test city option once you’ve submitted the MAH CET application form. Thus, you need to be very careful in selecting the test cities. The exam is held in 36 cities across Maharashtra and 12 cities in rest of India. While filling the MAH MBA CET application form, check the list of test cities, and select three which are within your accessibility. The city of first preference should be the city you are residing in or are expected to be at the time of exam. The second and third options can be cities where you can reach easily.

MAH MBA CET application fee is INR 1,500 for General category candidates and INR 1300 for Reserved category candidates. There is no fee relaxation for non-Maharashtra candidates. The MAH CET fee is to be paid at the time of application submission. The fee payment is to be done in online mode only through debit/credit card or net banking. 

Candidates can submit the MAH MBA CET application fee before the last date of form submission. It is not mandatory to pay the fees at the time of exam registration. They can register for the exam on a particular day and complete the form filling process or fee payment on another day, however, all the activities have to be completed within the deadline otherwise the form will not be accepted.

Until the exam fee is paid, the application form submission will remain incomplete. Thus, candidates must ensure that they pay the fee on time and check the acknowledgement slip generated upon successful fee payment. In case the acknowledgement is not received within 24 hour of form submission, candidates must reach out to MAH MBA CET exam helpdesk to check the status.

The MAH MBA CET application form is not released offline. Candidates have to fill the online application form only. There is no provision of submitting the application form offline either. Aspirants, who wish to apply for the exam, need to access a computer or laptop with high-speed internet to fill the MAH MBA CET application form. The process of fee payment is also online. After filling the application form, candidates have to make the fee payment via debit card, credit card, net banking or e-wallets to complete the registration process of the MBA CET.  Candidates can fill the form from any location. All they need to keep in mind is that the internet speed is good so that there is no error in fee payment. The MBA CET fee amount is non-refundable.

The duration of MAH CET exam is 2.5 hours or 150 minutes. Candidates are expected complete the paper in the given time limit. There will be no sectional time limit so candidates can answers the questions as per their own strategy. No extra time will be given to any candidate for completing the test under any circumstances.

 In the MAH MBA CET exam, candidates will be required to punch in their answers on screens by using the computer mouse. They will be required to select an option and click on it. To save time on rough work use the screens calculator.

Since MAH MBA CET does’t have sectional time limit, you can re-check your answers as many times as you want till the exam time limit gets over. However, it is important that you keep a check on the time and not waste it in rechecking the answers repeated.

There is no difference between MAH CET exam sessions. The question paper structure, difficultly level and time duration are the same. The questions of all exam sessions are unique, though.

MAH MBA CET is a popular exam and over 50,000 candidates appear for it every year. To accommodate so many aspirants in limited test centres, the Maharashtra State CET conducts the exam in multiple sessions. Candidates who get a morning shift slot will have to go through the same process for appearing in the exam as the candidates who will get afternoon session exam. However, that doesn’t mean that a candidate can appear in the exam in any slot. The exam session allotted to a candidate will be mentioned in their MAH CET admit card and candidates will have to appear for the test in that session only.

MAH MBA CET exam is held in about 48 cities. In every city, there is at least one exam centre. Since MAH CET is a state-level exam, the number of test cities is more within Maharashtra than in rest of India. The exam is held in 36 cities of Maharashtra and 12 cities in rest of the country. Outside Maharashtra, the test centres for the exam are allotted mainly in capital cities of certain states. Check below the names of test cities where the exam is held.

Test cities in Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Mumbai Sub Urban, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Osmanabad, Palghar, Parbhani, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurga, Solapur, Thane, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal

Test cities outside Maharashtra: Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Bangalore, Bhopal, Delhi, Delhi-NCR, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ranchi, Panaji and Verna

Every candidate will be required to carry two copies of the MAH MBA CET admit card. Along with the admit card copies, candidates will have to carry the original copy of a valid identity proof, which can be any of the following:

• College University ID card
• Aadhaar card
• PAN card
• Voter ID card
• Passport

Candidates can also show at the exam centre, a photo identity proof issued by a gazetted officer on official letterhead along with photograph or a photo identity proof issued by a people's representative on official letterhead along with photograph. Ration Card & Learning Driving License are not accepted as valid ID proof.

No, the digital copy of MBA CET admit card will not be acceptable as a valid ID proof. The admit card of every candidate is to be checked manually by the test centre staff and the invigilator. It is to be signed and stamped by the authorities. One signed and stamped copy is submitted at the exam centre and one copy is to be retained by the student. Thus, the digital copy of the admit card is not accepted.

Candidates need to carry two print outs of their admit card to the MAH CET test centre, in A4 size sheet. Candidates must affix a recent passport size photo on the admit card (preferably the one uploaded with the application form).

Candidates not carrying the hard copy of their MAH CET admit card will not be allowed to appear for the exam under any circumstances.