MH CET 2024 - Syllabus, Eligibility, Application form, 2024 Notification

Exam Summary

What is MHCET?

MH CET stands for Maharashtra Common Entrance Exam and is conducted by DTE Maharashtra. On writing this exam students get a chance to pursue their education is all of the colleges located in Maharashtra that are affiliated to Directorate of Technical Education Maharashtra.

Through this exam, candidates can get an admission into engineering, pharmacy or pharm D courses.

According to various reports, in 2017 around 3.89 lakh students took the exam making it one of the most sought-after state exam.  Here is a summary of the important details of the exam:

All the institutions affiliated to DTE Maharashtra consider MH CET and give admissions based on this exam. The following are few of the colleges:

• PR Patil College of Engineering and Technology, Amravati
• Government College of Engineering, Amaravati
• Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering
• Pratap Institute of Management and technology
• Bhonsla College of Engineering and Research and more

Mostly, all the colleges affiliated with the Government of Maharashtra accept the MH CET scores.

Structure of MHCET exam

The exam is divided into three papers – paper-1 deals with mathematics, paper-2 is a combination of chemistry and physics and paper-3 is a combination of botany and zoology.

The syllabus of the exam follows the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) and hence students are asked to prepare accordingly. The questions will only be from the 11^th and 12^th grade portions and the conducting authorities also specify the number of questions that will be asked from each grade’s portions.

There is a time limit for each paper – candidates should complete each paper within 90 minutes.

However, it should be noted that only MH CET marks alone is not going to help the candidate secure an admission into the affiliated colleges. Since 2016, the government has decided to give 50% weight age to 12^th grade score and 50% weight age to the MH CET score, making it an even split.

Aspirants expecting to enter the engineering stream have to attend Paper-1 and Paper-2. Candidates seeking an admission into pharmacy have to write paper 2 and can either opt to write paper-1 or paper-3.

The exam is conducted only in the offline mode. The questions asked in the exam will only be an objective type where candidates will be given an OMR sheet and will be asked to mark the answers.

MHCET 2018 Eligibility Criteria

The following is a list of criteria that every student applying for this exam should fulfill.

• Nationality: Candidates should be Indian citizens.
• Academic Qualification: Candidates should pass their 12^th grade from a recognized board.
• Age Limit: There is no age limit.
• Candidates belonging to a religious minority community that is recognized by the State of Maharashtra can apply.
• People suffering from a permanent disability can seek admission into courses under “Persons with disability” category but have to submit a certificate stating the same.

Candidates applying for this exam should also fulfill one of the following candidatures:

• Type A – Applicants who pass their SSC and HSC or Diploma from the state of Maharashtra. Candidates who were born in Maharashtra or are a domicile of Maharashtra
• Type B – Applicants whose parents are domiciled in Maharashtra and possess a domicile certificate
• Type C – Candidates whose parents (either mother or father or both) work for the Government of India and are posted in Maharashtra
• Type D – Applicants whose parents are an employee (retired or currently working) for the Government of Maharashtra
• Type E – Candidates who have completed their SSC and/or HSC from institutions located in the disputed Maharashtra Karnataka order and their mother tongue is Marathi

Candidates who do not fall into the above-mentioned candidatures cannot apply.

Application forms and submission procedure

Step-1: Registration

The first step that candidates have to follow is to register themselves by giving their name, email id, and contact number.

This gives the candidates a unique username and password that they can use to access their personal records. Once applicants register themselves, they can access the application form.

Step-2: Document to be uploaded

The following are the documents that applicants have to upload:

• Photograph
• Signature

Both the above documents should have a size less than 50KB and should be JPG or JPEG format.

The candidates are also given a choice in the exam center. This exam is held in almost 36 cities and towns in Maharashtra and candidates are given the opportunity to choose the one that suits them the best. However, it should be noted that there is no guarantee that candidates will get the center that they choose. The exam centers will be assigned based on availability and choice.

Step-3: Application fee

Once all the above steps have been completed, the candidate can pay the exam fee. The fees can be paid in the online mode using a credit card, debit card or Internet Banking. Additionally, candidates can also pay the fees using mobile wallets or cash cards.

For candidates belonging to the general category, the application fee is Rs. 800. For applicants belonging to SC OBC/ SBC/ ST categories, the fee is Rs. 600.

Step-4: Submission

The final step is to submit the completed application form. It is advised that the candidates check the application form thoroughly before submitting. They are also requested to take a print out of the application form for future reference.

Admit Card

Candidates have to give their application number and password to access the admit card. They have to download the admit card and carry it while appearing for the exam.  It is advised that the candidates check the details given in the admit card and report immediately in case of any discrepancies.

Admission Procedure

The answer key is released as soon as the exam gets over and this gives students some time to reflect on their performance in the exam. Additionally, candidates can also access the scanned copy of their OMR sheets and compare their answers with the answer key. There is also a provision for challenging the answer to questions. If students feel that the answer to a particular question has been incorrectly marked in the answer key, they can challenge that question.

The results are usually released during the first week of June. The results will be posted online and candidates can access them by furnishing their application number and password. The conducting authority will also release a rank list, ranking students based on their performance. Every year a cut off mark is decided by the participating universities.

This is the mark that candidates have to cross in order to be eligible for admissions. Different universities have different cut-offs and hence it is advised to have a look at the cut-off mark for each university before going for counseling. Around 200 institutions participate in this process and hence this gives students a wide variety of options.

Three rounds of counseling are conducted and usually, these sessions begin in the month of June. The following are the steps to be followed by candidates who wish to participate in counseling sessions:

• Fill up the online application confirming their presence for the counseling session
• Document verification
• Selection of course

Notification

The notification for MH CET 2018 (also known as MHT CET) conducted by the state common entrance test cell, Maharashtra; for admission in degree programs like engineering, technology, and pharmacy, will be published on the official site of the test. The notification will be published in January or by the 1^st week of February 2018.

Syllabus

MH CET covers subjects like physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology.  Biology is further divided into two sections that are botany and zoology.

The difficulty level of the subjects is generally school level that is of class 11th and 12th of science stream. (20% of questions are from 11th standard and 80% questions are from 12th standard)

The detailed syllabus of the test is as follows:

MHCET 2018 Important Dates

The exact date for the test for the year 2018 has not been published. The important dates of MH CET/ MHT CET are as follows:

List of MHCET Examination Centres

In Maharashtra, around 36 districts offer MH CET 2018 test to the candidates.

The candidates are allotted the examination center on the basis of the district of the candidate.

The full list of exam centers for MH CET 2018 is as follows:

Contact Details

The primary contact that candidates can use for resolving their query and receive other test related information is as follows:

• Email: mhcet2017@dtemaharashtra.gov.in
• Phone number: (022) – 22652261 / 22652262 (can be contacted on all working days between 10 AM and 6 PM.

List of colleges accepting MHCET score

Few top colleges accepting the MH CET scores are as follows:

• Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
• Sirdar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai
• KJ Somalia College of Engineering, Mumbai
• Dwarkadas J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai
• Pune Institute of Computer technology, Pune
• Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Mumbai
• Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune
• K J Somaiya Institute of Engineering and information technology, Mumbai
• C Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Navi Mumbai
• Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune

MHCET Results

The result for MH CET 2018 is expected to be available tentatively by 1st June 2018.The result will be declared on the official website of the test.

Cut-Off

The authority preparing the MH CET 2018 cutoff will consider few points while preparing the same like the total number of candidates appearing for the test, the difficulty level of questions asked in the test, seat capacity for admission from previous years cutoff trends, the category of the candidate etc.

In 2017 around 3.9 lakh students registered for MH CET.

Tigran Wadia, Rahul Rodge, Akash Thirani, Khalid Syed, Tushar Dhanwani were the toppers of MH CET 2017 by scoring 99.99 percentile in the entrance test.

• The All India cutoff list of round-1 is as follows: MHT-CET-Round-1-cutoff-All-india.pdf
• The All India cutoff list of round-2 is as follows: MHT-CET-2017-Round-2-cutoff-all-india.pdf
• The cutoff of the top colleges accepting MHCET scores:

The branch-wise cutoff of MH CET is as follows:

Score Validity

Scores/ Rank of MH CET is valid for an academic year for which the candidate has given the entrance test. It cannot be used next year or as any other entrance test score.

Reservation/Seat Distribution

The Directorate of technical education has announced the seat reservation for candidates appearing in MH CET for admission in various courses in colleges of Maharashtra.

The percentage of seats reserved/ distributed into each category is as follows:

*Remaining 28% of seats are for the general category candidates.

MHCET 2018 Counselling Schedule

Once the results are announced the candidates are called for counselling session which is held in the second week of June 2018 for admission to various colleges and universities in Maharashtra.

In the counselling, required documents are verified by the test conducting authority. Session candidates are allotted seats on the basis of their rank obtained in the entrance test, availability of seats, candidate admission preferences etc.

The detailed counselling schedule for the qualified candidates is as follows:

SCHEDULE OF ADDITIONAL ROUND FOR GOVERNMENT AIDED INSTITUTES ONLY
Display of Vacant Seats for additional round	Fourth week of July 2018
Online Submission & Confirmation of Option Form for additional Round through candidates Login by himself/herself through the website. (For all candidates who have CAP Merit Number and desirous of participating in this Additional Round.)	Fourth week of July 2018	First week of August 2018
Display of Provisional Allotment for Additional Round	First week of August 2018
Reporting to the Allotted Institute and Confirmation of Admission	First week of August 2018	First week of August 2018

Sample Paper

Candidates can prepare and practice mock test at the following link: https://mhcet.testbag.com/selfassessor.php

Candidates can take online test at the following link: https://www.prep.youth4work.com/engineering/mh-cet-Test

The MH CET 2017 paper with a solution can be accessed from the following link:

http://cet-neet.vidyalankar.org/mhtcet-2017-paper-solution/