The Candidates seeking admission to the First Year and Direct Second Year Engineering Professional Degree Course (B. E.) are required to register their candidature on the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Government of Maharashtra web portal. The below steps are MANDATORY as per rules published by the “Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Fees) Act, 2017 for and further notification dated April 24, 2017.
STEPS FOR REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATURE:
1. Online registration on State CET Cell Web Portal
2. Documents uploading, verification and confirmation of Application Form for Admission
by Maharashtra State / All India candidates / Candidates aspiring for First Year / Direct Second Year Engineering / Technology AY 2023-2024
SEAT ALLOCATION:
- CAP Seats – 80% seats will be allotted by the Directorate of Technical Education through the Central Admission Process.
- Institute Level Seats – 20% seats will be allotted by the Institute.
- Against CAP Seats – Seats remaining vacant after the completion of the CAP Rounds will be opened for allocation at Institute Level.
The distribution of Seats available for admission to Direct Second Year Engineering shall be notified on the DTE website before submission of option form of Centralized Admission Process (CAP).
Admission to Direct Second Year Engineering
Seats available through Lateral Entry is – [10% of Sanctioned Intake + Seats remaining vacant (within Sanctioned Intake in the same branch during previous year) +/- (Branch / Institution Transfer)] – if any.
Seats available for First-Year Engineering
| Specialization | Total Seats |
CAP Seats | Institutional Level Seats |
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| Home University |
Outside Home University | All India Seats |
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| Computer Engineering | 180 | 82 | 35 | 27 | 36 |
| Information Technology | 120 | 55 | 23 | 18 | 24 |
| Electronics & Telecommunication | 60 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 12 |
Seats available for Allocation – Direct Second Year
| Specialization | Total Seats |
CAP Seats | EWS + SEBC Seats |
| Computer Engineering | 23 | 18 | 5 |
| Information Technology | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| Electronics & Telecommunication | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Reservation
All the reservations given below shall be applicable to candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only subject to the fulfillment of the eligibility criteria specified by respective authorities from time to time.
The percentage of Seats reserved for candidates of backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra State is as given below. The percentage of reservation is the percentages of the seats available for Maharashtra candidates, coming under the CAP. Backward class candidates shall claim the category to which they belong to at the time of submission of application form for CAP.
| Sr. No. | Category of Reservation | Percentage of Seats Reserved (%age) |
| 1 | Scheduled Castes and Schedule Caste converts to Buddhism (SC) | 13.00 |
| 2 | Schedule Tribes (ST) | 7.00 |
| 3 | Vimukta Jati (VJ) / De Notified Tribes (DT) (NT-A) | 3.00 |
| 4 | Nomadic Tribes 1 (NT-B) | 2.50 |
| 5 | Nomadic Tribes 2 (NT-C) | 3.50 |
| 6 | Nomadic Tribes 3 (NT-D) | 2.00 |
| 7 | Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 19.00 |
| 8 | Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission(SEBC)/ Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | As per Govt. Norms |
| Total Percentage of Seats Reserved | 50.00 |
ADMISSION TO FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING:
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- The Candidate should be an Indian National;
- Passed HSC or its equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry or Biotechnology or Biology or Technical Vocational subject or Computer Science or Information Technology or Informatics Practices or Agriculture or Engineering Graphics or Business Studies or Electronics or Entrepreneurship and obtained at least 45% marks (at least 40% marks, in case of Backward class categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only) in the above subjects taken together and The Candidate should have appeared in all the subjects in MHT-CET 2023 and should obtain non zero score in MHT-CET 2023.
Or
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- Passed minimum 3 years Diploma in Engineering and Technology and obtained at least 45% marks (at least 40% marks, in case of Backward class categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only);
- The Candidate should be an Indian National;
- Passed HSC or its equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry or Biotechnology or Biology or Technical Vocational subject or Computer Science or Information Technology or Informatics Practices or Agriculture or Engineering Graphics or Business Studies or Electronics or Entrepreneurship and obtained at least 45% marks (at least 40% marks, in case of Backward class categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only) in the above subjects taken together and should obtain non zero positive score in JEE Main (B.E/B.Tech) or the candidate should have appeared in all the subjects in MHT-CET 2023 and should obtain non zero score in MHT-CET 2023. However, preference shall be given to the candidate obtaining non zero positive score in JEE Main(B.E/B.Tech) over the candidates who obtained non zero score in MHT-CET 2023.
OR
- Passed minimum 3 years Diploma in Engineering and Technology and obtained at least 45%marks (at least 40% marks, in case of Backward class categories, economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only);
ADMISSION TO DIRECT SECOND YEAR ENGINEERING (Lateral Entry)
- The Candidate should be an Indian National;
- Passed minimum three years or two years (Lateral Entry) Diploma Course in Engineering and Technology with at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of Candidates of Backward Class categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability category belonging to Maharashtra State) in any branch of Engineering and Technology from an All India Council for Technical Education or Central or State Government approved Institution or its equivalent;
Or
- Passed B.Sc. Degree from a University Grants Commission (UGC) or Association of Indian Universities recognized University with at least 45% marks (40% in case of candidates of Backward Class categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability category
belonging to Maharashtra State) and passed HSC or its equivalent examination with Mathematics as a subject;
Or
- Passed D.Voc. Stream in the same or allied sector ( refer Schedule III);
- Any other criterion declared from time to time by the appropriate authority as defined under the Act.