MHT CET 2026 Seat Matrix Out: Engineering Seats Increased to 1,92,180 Across 380 Institutes
The MHT CET 2026 seat matrix has been released. This year, there are a total of 1,92,180 BE/BTech seats across 380 participating institutes. It is worth noting that there is an increase of 14,195 seats for engineering admissions. Find detailed statistics here.
MHT CET 2026 Round 1 Seat Matrix Out; Engineering Seats Rise to 1.92 Lakh Across 380
The State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, Maharashtra, has released the MHT CET 2026 engineering seat matrix for CAP round 1. This year, there is an increase in the engineering admission capacity. A total of 380 participating institutes will offer 1,92,180 BE/BTech seats through the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) 2026.
Compared to the previous admission cycle, the state has added 8 new participating institutes, taking the total count from 372 in 2025 to 380 in 2026. With this, the engineering seat availability has also increased significantly, with 1,92,180 seats this year against 1,77,985 seats last year.
MHT CET 2026 Engineering Seat Matrix: Year-on-Year Comparison
The authorities have released the MHT CET 2026 seat matrix. The following table clearly highlights the increase in the number of participaring institutes and seats compared to last year.
| Particulars |
MHT CET 2026 |
MHT CET 2025 |
Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participating Institutes |
380 |
372 |
+8 |
| Engineering Seats |
1,92,180 |
1,77,985 |
+14,195 (7.98%) |
Candidates can use the seat matrix to know the total number of seats across government, government-aided, autonomous, university-managed, private unaided and minority engineering colleges. The document also provides branch-wise intake for popular programmes such as Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Electronics & Telecommunication, Mechanical and Civil Engineering.
The CET Cell is conducting the MHT CET option entry for CAP round 1. The last date to fill in the choices is July 30. The authorities will allot seats based on candidates’ MHT CET merit rank, reservation category, preferences submitted during option entry and seat availability. MHT CAP round 1 allotment date is August 2.
Commonly asked questions
With 97.5 percentile in MHT-CET, you have a strong chance to get admission in reputed colleges like PICT Pune, VIT Pune, SPIT Mumbai, or Thakur College of Engineering for branches such as IT, ECE, or Electrical. COEP and VJTI may be difficult for CSE. Government colleges like WCE Sangli, SGGS Nanded, and GCOE Amravati are also good options. You can get preferred branches in private colleges and core branches in government ones. Your chances further improve if you belong to a reserved category or have home university advantage within Maharashtra.
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 should note that the above mentioned percentile is only valid for the General HS category in the last round. Other rounds and categories will have different minimum qualifying percentiles. To know more, students can click here.
With 120 marks in MHT-CET (General category), you are unlikely to get top colleges/branches (like CSE/IT in COEP, VJTI) but can aim for mid-tier private/university-affiliated colleges in less competitive branches.
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