Candidates aspiring for admissions to First Year of Four Year duration Full Time Engineering and Technology program (B. E./ B. Tech.) for the Academic Year 2025-26 are required to complete E-Verification / Physical Verification of the documents as per the guidelines of the Competent Authority on the State CET Cell website https://fe2025.mahacet.org/StaticPages/HomePage. The candidate shall choose any one mode for document verification during online form filling.
Kindly note that the above procedure is MANDATORY. Please visit the State CET Cell website https://fe2025.mahacet.org/StaticPages/HomePage for more details.
SEAT ALLOCATION:
- CAP Seats
– Maharashtra State (MS) Candidates – 65% seats will be allocated at State Level on the basis of MHT-CET 2025 score.
– All India (AI) Candidates – 15% of CAP seats will be allocated at All India Level on the basis of JEE (Main) 2025 score. - Institute Level Seats (ILS) – Allocation for 20% ILS seats will be conducted as per the procedure outlined in the CAP Information Brochure (AY 2025-26) – Point no. 13 Page No. 87-88
- Against CAP Vacancies admission process will be conducted as per the procedure outlined in the CAP Information Brochure (AY 2025-26) – Point no. 13 Page No. 87-88
Note: 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 (20%) |
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| State Level Seats (65%) |
All India Seats (15%) |
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| Computer Engineering | 180 | 117 | 27 | 36 |
| Information Technology | 120 | 78 | 18 | 24 |
| Electronics & Telecommunication | 60 | 39 | 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.
| 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 (SEBC)* |
10.00 |
| Total Percentage of Seats Reserved | 60.00 |
* In case of SEBC Candidates reservation policy will be subject to the
decision of Hon’ble High Court in related Writ Petitions.
Five percent (5%) seats of the total seats for Maharashtra candidates coming under CAP per course shall be reserved for Children of ex- service personnel who are Domiciled in Maharashtra State (DEF-1), Children of active service personnel who are Domiciled in Maharashtra State (DEF-2), Children of active service personnel (DEF-3) who are transferred to Maharashtra State but are not domiciled in Maharashtra State, or who are not domiciled in Maharashtra State but their families are stationed in Maharashtra State under the provision of retention of family accommodation at the last duty station on grounds of children’s education provided further that, such candidate should have appeared and passed the HSC examination from a school/college situated in the State of Maharashtra.
- These seats are within the sanctioned intake and are available as State Level seats.
- A combined single merit list of all eligible DEF1, DEF2 and DEF3 candidates shall be prepared.
- Candidates claiming these seats shall produce additional documents in Proforma C, D and/or E as applicable.
- This provision is NOT available to the children of CIVILIAN STAFF who is working /who has worked in the Indian Defence Service.
Five percent (5%) seats of total seats for Maharashtra candidates per course coming under CAP shall be reserved for Candidates having any of the following minimum 40% benchmark disability.
| Locomotor disability | Intellectual disability |
| Leprosy cured person | Specific learning disabilities |
| Cerebral palsy | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Dwarfism | Mental illness |
| Muscular dystrophy | Multiple sclerosis |
| Acid attack victims | Parkinson’s disease |
| Blindness | Haemophilia |
| Low-vision | Thalassemia |
| Deaf | Sickle cell disease |
| Hard of hearing | Multiple Disabilities |
| Speech and language disability |
A single merit list of all eligible candidates shall be prepared. The allotment of seats reserved for the Candidates with Disability shall be done on the basis of an inter- se merit. These seats are available for Maharashtra domiciled candidates in HU / SL seats.
The candidates claiming reservation under this category shall submit the certificates from the authority competent for issuing such certificate.The certificate (Pro-forma) should clearly state that the extent of disability is not less than 40% (Forty percent) and the disability is permanent in nature.
Note: –
Candidates with Disability should note that on admission to degree course they will not be given any exemptions or additional facility in the academic activities other than those which may be provided by the respective Universities.
As per the provisions in Government Resolution No. राआधो -4019/प्र.क्र.31/16-अ, dated 12th February, 2019 and सामान्य प्रशासन विभाग, शासननिर्णय क्र. राआधो/4019 प्र.क्र.31/16 अ, dated 31.05.2021, 10% seats shall be reserved for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates. These seats shall be filled by the Competent Authority through CAP as per the policies of the Government declared from time to time. These 10% seats shall be over & above the sanctioned intake for the respective course.
One percent (1%) seats of CAP Seats (excluding Minority institutions, All India Seats, if any) shall be reserved for Orphan Candidates. These seats shall be filled by the Competent Authority through CAP as per Government Resolution, Women and Child Welfare Department, No. AMJ- 2011/C.R. 212 / Desk 3 dated 2nd April 2018 and the policies of the Government declared from time to time.
As per the provisions in Government Resolution No. GEC-1000/ (123/2000)/ Tech. Edu.-1, dated 17th April, 2000, 30% seats shall be reserved for female candidates. There shall be no reservation for Female candidates under Defence, Persons with Disability and Orphan categories.
ADMISSION TO FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING:
The candidate,-
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- should be a citizen of India;
- should have Passed 10+2 examination or its equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with 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 forty-five percent marks (at least forty percent marks, in case of Reserved categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability candidates belonging to the Maharashtra State only) in the above subjects taken together and The Candidate should have appeared in all the subjects in MHT-CET 2025 and obtained non zero score in MHT-CET 2025 conducted by the Competent Authority;
(These candidates are eligible to apply for all 29 major disciplines declared by AICTE)
OR
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- Should have passed minimum three years Diploma in Engineering and Technology and obtained at least forty-five percent marks (at least forty percent marks, in case of Reserved categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability candidates belonging to the Maharashtra State only) ;
OR
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- Passed three years Diploma of Vocation (D.Voc.) stream in the same or allied sector;
The candidate,-
- should be a citizen of India ;
- should have passed 10+2 examination or its equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with 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 forty-five percent marks (at least forty percent marks, in case of Reserved categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only) in the above subjects taken together and obtained non zero positive score in Joint Entrance Test (JEE-Main) 2025 Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) or The Candidate should have appeared in all the subjects in MHT-CET 2025 and obtained non zero score in MHT-CET 2025 conducted by the Competent Authority: Provided that preference shall be given to the candidate obtaining non zero positive score in Joint Entrance Test (JEE-Main) 2025 Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) over the candidates who obtained non zero score in MHT-CET 2025; (These candidates are eligible to apply for all 29 major disciplines declared by AICTE)
OR
- The candidate should have passed minimum three years Diploma in Engineering and Technology and obtained at least forty five per cent. marks (at least forty per cent. marks, in case of Reserved categories, Economically Weaker Section and Persons with Disability candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only) ;
OR
- Passed three years Diploma of Vocation (D.Voc.) Stream in the same or allied sector;
ADMISSION TO DIRECT SECOND YEAR ENGINEERING (Lateral Entry)
The candidate,-
- should be a citizen of India;
- should have passed minimum three years or two years (Lateral Entry) Diploma Course in Engineering and Technology with at least forty-five percent marks ( at least forty percent marks in case of Candidates of Reserved 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 (AICTE) or Central Government or State Government approved Institution or its equivalent;
OR
- should have passed B.Sc. Degree from a University Grants Commission (UGC) or Association of Indian Universities recognized University with at least forty-five percent marks ( at least forty percent marks in case of candidates of Reserved 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
- should have passed three years D.Voc. Stream in the same or allied sector; and
- Any other eligibility criteria and requirement declared from time to time by the appropriate authority as defined under the Act.
