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Maharashtra State CET Cell has announced MAH MBA CET 2026 exam dates. As per the official schedule the exam will be held in April and May. Read details.

MAH MBA CET 2026 dates out

MAH MBA CET 2026 dates out

Maharashtra State CET Cell has announced the examination schedule for 2026. In an official notification released today, the education cell has released the tentative exam dates for various courses including MBA.

The MAH MBA CET 2026 will be conducted from April 6 to April 8, 2026. As per the official notification a second entrance exam for MBA/MMS course will be held on May 9, 2026. Registration process for the same is expected to begin in December 2025. Last year, the MAH MBA CET application process started on December 25.

There is no change in the MAH MBA CET exam pattern or syllabus for 2026 academic session. The exam will be conducted in three sessions on every exam day. The test duration will be of 2.5 hours. MBA/MMS CET will have 200 questions from Logical Reasoning, Abstract Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Verbal Ability.

MAH MBA CET 2026 Exam Pattern Details

Check below the key details of MAH MBA CET 2026.

Particulars

Number of questions

Marks per question

Total marks

Logical Reasoning

75

1

75

Abstract Reasoning

25

1

25

Quantitative Aptitude

50

1

50

Verbal Ability

50

1

50

Total

200

-

200

There is no negative marking in MAH CET, unlike other MBA entrance exams. Candidates with graduation degree (50% for unreserved catgories and 45% for reserved categories) can apply for the exam.  MAH CET MBA 2026 application will be INR 1200 (INR 1000 for reserved categories).

Q:   Where is MAH CET held for MBA/MMS course?
A:

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

Q:   How will I know about my MAH CET MBA test center?
A:

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.

Q:   What is MAH CET score normalization process?
A:

MAH CET score normalization process is undertaken to ensure that all candidates are judged on the same plane. This is done because MAH MBA CET is a multi-session exam and it may be possible that one session can be slighter easier or tougher than another. 

MAH CET score normalization ensures that no candidate has an advantage or disadvantage over another due to differences in difficulty level of their exam session. So, before the preparation of the MBA CET result and merit list, the Maharashtra CET normalizes the exam scores. Percentile scores are scores based on the relative performance of all candidates who appear for MAH CET. Basically, the marks obtained by every candidate are transformed into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session.

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