MCAER CET MBA Counselling 2024 Seat Allotment: Check Dates, Fees & Procedure

Updated on Dec 11, 2025 23:22 IST

MCAER PG CET 2025 Counselling started in the first week of October 2025. Only the qualified students could participate in the counselling process after the release of the MACER PG CET Counselling Process dates.

This exam is conducted once a year. To stay updated on MACER PG CET 2025, including counselling, important dates, syllabus, eligibility, admit cards, results, and more, candidates must keep a check on this Shiksha page for the latest information.

Candidates who wish to study MTech, MF SC, and MSc courses and appear for this year's MACER PG Exam, have their results published on the official website to get admission at various MCAER-accepting colleges and State Agriculture Universities (SAUs).

The MACER PG CET Exam is a state-level Test which is conducted for students who want to pursue post-graduate courses in Allied Science and Agriculture at State Agriculture Universities (SAUs) in Maharashtra.

Candidates can download the MCAER PG CET 2025 result cum rank list pdf here: Download Now

Table of contents

MCAER PG CET Counselling: Registration Process
MCAER PG CET 2026 Important Dates
Documents required for MCAER PG CET Counselling
MCAER PG CET Reservation of Seats
MCAER PG CET Other Reservation Criteria

MCAER PG CET Counselling: Registration Process

The counselling process of MCAER PG CET was conducted in online mode on the basis of a provisional merit list. The merit list was prepared on the basis of 70 per cent weightage to scores obtained by the candidates in CET and 30 per cent weightage for CGPA scores.

In order to take part in the counselling round, aspirants need to submit their applications online on the official website of CET.
After this, a provisional seat allotment list will be displayed and, candidates were allotted seats as per the preferences marked by them in the counselling form.
To confirm seats, candidates would need to get their academic and other documents pertaining to eligibility verified. After this, proceed to pay the admission fee of their allotted colleges.
There will be at least three rounds of MCAER PG CET counselling including an institute-level round.
After two rounds of the MCAER CET counselling process were over, the authorities conduct an additional Sports admission round.

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MCAER PG CET Result

MCAER PG CET Cutoff

MCAER PG CET Exam Dates

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MCAER PG CET 2026 Important Dates

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of MCAER CET 2024 exam

Dates	Past Exam Dates
Jul ' 26	MCAER PG CET 2026 Result
Jun ' 26	MCAER PG CET 2026 Answer Key

Documents required for MCAER PG CET Counselling

Candidates need to carry the below documents in original as well as photocopies of the same at the time of their counselling for MCAER admission:

Domicile Certificate/School Leaving Certificate containing place of birth from Maharashtra/Birth Certificate issued by the competent authority from Maharashtra.
Domicile certificate / Residential Certificate / Community, Nativity and Date of birth certificate from Other State Candidate.
Mark sheet / Grade Card of the qualifying examination.
College/ Institute Leaving/ Transfer Certificate (last attended)/ Bonafide certificate of the college where admission has already been taken.
Caste Certificate issued by the competent authority designated in the State.
Caste Validity Certificate or receipt of submission to Scheduled Tribe Caste Scrutiny committee with the undertaking as mentioned in Appendix ‘C’ for Scheduled Tribe Candidates.
‘No objection Certificate’ of the current academic year from the employer if employed.
Self-Declaration letter in the prescribed format confirming the authenticity of the uploaded original copies.

MCAER PG CET Reservation of Seats

The seat allotment process at MCAER colleges will be done on the basis of reservation criteria:

Reserved Category	Percentage of Reservation
Scheduled Castes/ Nav Budha(SC)	13
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	7
Vimukta Jati (VJ)(a) (14 and others)	3
Nomadic Tribes (NT)(b)(28 listed prior to 1990 and others)	2.5
Nomadic Tribes(NT)(c)	3.5
Nomadic Tribes(NT)(d) (Vanjar, Vanjari, Vanjara)	2
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	19
Total	50%

MCAER PG CET Other Reservation Criteria

Category	Reservation (%)
Children of Freedom Fighter (FF)	2
Handicapped Candidates (low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability or cerebral palsy (PH)	3
Children of Defence Personnel / Ex-serviceman (DP)	2
Project Affected Person and their children as defined in the Maharashtra Resettlement of Project Displaced Act,1976 (PAP)	4
Agriculturist and those children of Agriculturist who possess minimum qualification or experience in Agriculture. (AG)	6
Female Candidates	30
Candidates and their parents have not resided in the State of Maharashtra at least 3 years during the period of 10 years immediately preceding the date on which admission is sought.	2