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Updated By Aarushi Jain on 10 Oct, 2025 16:52
For the MAH MBA CET 2026, you can apply for counselling through the Centralised Admission Process once the exam results are announced. The registration and exam dates are likely to be confirmed by December 2025. If you are a Maharashtra resident, you can compete for seats in more than 300 MBA colleges across the state through CAP.
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Predict RankMAH MBA CET 2026 counselling process, officially known as the Centralised Admission Process (CAP), includes several steps, such as registration, filling out the application form, verifying documents, choice filling, seat allotment, and confirmation of admission. The provisional merit list is published first, against which candidates can raise objections, and then the final merit list is released, taking them into consideration. The seat matrix is announced at the beginning of each counselling round, and candidates must list their preferences in the CAP Option Form. The college preferences must be filled in based on your rank & cutoff, and seat allotment happens based on merit, category, and preference. Candidates can exercise their choices under which they can retain the seat or choose to participate in further rounds of MAH MBA CET counselling 2026. The CAP Rounds are mandatory for admission to colleges like JBIMS, SIMSREE, PUMBA, Welingkar, KJ Somaiya, etc. The MAH MBA CET 2026 exam was conducted in April 2026. Find the details about the MAH MBA CET counselling 2026 on this page.
MAH MBA CET CAP is the state-level counselling process conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra, for admission to the first year of MBA/MMS colleges in Maharashtra. Candidates applying for Maharashtra State or All India Candidature or any other category have to apply for the MAH MBA CET 2026 CAP for admissions in Maharashtra, except for admission in the Institution Quota (Management Quota) seats, which are offered via direct admissions. All of the top management institutions in Maharashtra are bound to offer admissions under the MAH MBA CET 2026 CAP as per the norms set by the Maharashtra Government.
CAP Round | Criteria |
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MAH CET MBA CAP Round I |
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MAH CET MBA CAP Round II |
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MAH CET MBA CAP Round III |
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Check the complete dates related to the MAH MBA CET 2026 counselling process below:
Events | Important Dates |
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Online registration of the application and uploading of the required documents by the candidate for admission on the website | TBA |
Document verification and confirmation of the Application Form for Admission by online mode | TBA |
Display of the provisional merit list for Maharashtra State/All India candidates on the website | TBA |
Submission of Grievances Against MAH MBA CET Provisional Merit List 2026 | TBA |
MAH MBA CET Final Merit List 2026 for Maharashtra State/All India candidates on the website | TBA |
Display of Provisional Category-wise Seats (Seat Matrix) for CAP Round I | TBA |
CAP Round I | |
Online Submission & Confirmation of the Option Form of CAP Round-I through the Candidate's Login by the Candidate | TBA |
Display of Provisional Allotment of CAP Round-I | TBA |
Accepting the offered seat by the candidate through his/her login as per the Allotment of CAP Round I | TBA |
Reporting to the Allotted Institute and Confirmation of Admission by submitting the required documents and payment of the fee after CAP Round I | TBA |
CAP Round II | |
Display of Provisional Vacant Seats for CAP Round-II | TBA |
Online Submission & Confirmation of the Option Form of CAP Round-II through the Candidate’s Login by the Candidate | TBA |
Display of Provisional Allotment of CAP Round-II | TBA |
Accepting the offered seat by the candidate through his/her login as per the Allotment of CAP Round II | TBA |
Reporting to the Allotted Institute and Confirmation of Admission by submitting the required documents and payment of fee after CAP Round II | TBA |
CAP Round III | |
Display of Provisional Vacant Seats for CAP Round-III | TBA |
Online Submission & Confirmation of the Option Form of CAP Round-III through the Candidate’s Login by the Candidate | TBA |
Display of Provisional Allotment of CAP Round-III | TBA |
Accepting the offered seat by the candidate through his/her login as per the Allotment of CAP Round III | TBA |
Reporting to the Allotted Institute and Confirmation of Admission by submitting the required documents and payment of fee after CAP Round III | TBA |
CAP Round IV | |
Display of Provisional Vacant Seats for CAP Round-IV | TBA |
Online Submission & Confirmation of the Option Form of CAP Round-IV through the Candidate’s Login by the Candidate | TBA |
Display of Provisional Allotment of CAP Round-IV | TBA |
Accepting the offered seat by the candidate through his/her login as per the Allotment of CAP Round IV | TBA |
Reporting to the Allotted Institute and Confirmation of Admission by submitting the required documents and payment of fee after CAP Round IV | TBA |
Institute-Level Option Form | |
| Online Submission of Option Form for Institute Level Admissions | TBA |
Transfer of Institute-wise Candidate List to the Respective Institute | TBA |
(For Government/ Govt. Aided/ Unaided Institutes) For Vacant seats, if any, at the institute, the respective institute will complete the admission activity in the following manner -
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Last date for cancellation of seat with full fees refund | TBA |
Cut-off Date for all types of admissions for the Academic Year 2026-26 | TBA |
For Institutes: Last date of uploading the data (details of admitted candidates) | TBA |
Event | Date |
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Counselling Round at “Director, Sydenham Institute of Management Studies & Research & Entrepreneurship Education(SIMSREE), B-Road, Churchgate, Mumbai 400020” | TBA |
Reporting to the Allotted Institute and Confirmation of Admission by submitting the required documents and fees, as per the Final Allotment | TBA |
The counselling process for MAH MBA/ MMS CET 2026 involves multiple stages and rounds. Candidates must go through each stage to proceed to the next. Check the details of the MAH MBA CET Counselling 2026 given below.
Candidates must register for the MAH MBA/ MMS CET CAP through the official website and create a login ID and password.
Using the credentials, candidates must log in and fill out the CAP Application Form, upload a scanned copy of the required supporting documents, and pay the application fee.
Candidates must upload scanned copies of their original documents as per the requirements specified in the application form.
Finally, after submitting the application form, candidates should print it out for future reference.
Once the application confirmation and document verification are complete, a provisional merit list will be released on the official website based on different categories.
If a candidate finds any discrepancies in their data displayed in the provisional merit list, they can submit their grievance through their login.
Candidates who submit a grievance will be allowed to make corrections in their application form and submit supporting documents to justify their request for correction.
The status of the candidate's grievance (whether accepted or rejected) will be updated on their profile along with an updated receipt-cum-acknowledgement.
The category-wise final merit list will be released after considering all of the grievances raised by the candidates.
The MAH MBA CET merit list 2026 will be displayed on the official website.
This merit list will be used for seat allocation in all further rounds of CAP. The steps following these will be repeated for each round.
The Seat Matrix will contain the vacant seats for each course in each participating MAH MBA/ MMS CET 2026 CAP college.
They can select a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 300 choices in the Options Form.
Candidates can make changes to the MAH MBA CET 2026 CAP Option Form any number of times before the specified submission deadline.
Finally, when a candidate is fully satisfied with their chosen options, he can proceed to the confirmation of the Option Form.
If a candidate does not manually confirm the option form, it will automatically be confirmed on the deadline.
The preference entered by the candidate in the Option Form and the availability of seats will determine the MAH MBA CET 2026 seat allotment based on merit.
Candidates will then have the option to accept the seat and/or withdraw their candidature from further CAP rounds or accept the seat and participate in further rounds of MAH MBA CET 2026 counselling.
Candidates who have been allotted the seat as per their first preference will not be allowed to participate in any further rounds of counselling, and the allotted seat will be automatically frozen. The only option available for such candidates is to move to the next step in the process.
Candidates who have been allotted a seat in the provisional allotment must report to the ARC to accept their allotted seat.
Those candidates who wish to apply for a better seat in the next round of CAP must report to the ARC after the allotment.
To finalise their admission through CAP, candidates must report to the allotted institute.
The institute will verify the candidate's documents and upload their admission status to the online system.
Candidates will also be required to submit the fee and get a receipt for it from the institute.
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To participate in the MAH MBA CET 2026 CAP, candidates must make it a point they fulfil the requisite eligibility criteria of the counselling process of MAH CET. For each category of candidates, the conducting body specifies separate eligibility criteria. The MAH MBA CET CAP admission will be done for:
Maharashtra State Candidature
All India Candidature
Jammu & Kashmir Migrant Candidature
NRI/OCI/PIO Foreign National, Children of Indian workers in the Gulf countries
The table below lists the category-wise eligibility criteria for MAH MBA CET CAP 2026. Let’s take a look.
Category of Candidates | Eligibility Criteria |
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All India Candidature/Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Candidature Candidate |
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Maharashtra State Candidature |
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NRI/OCI/PIO Foreign National, Children of Indian Workers in the Gulf Countries |
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To participate in the MAH MBA CET 2026 Counselling Process or CAP, candidates are required to register on the official website. A separate application form has to be filled out for CAP, and candidates must pay the requisite fee before the deadline specified by the official body. Candidates can register for the MAH MBA CET Counselling Process 2026 in two ways that are listed below:
Candidates who have appeared for the MAH MBA CET can log in directly through their registration details.
Candidates who did not appear for the MAH MBA CET but CAT, XAT, or ATMA are also eligible to register for the counselling process.
The steps to register for the MAH MBA CET 2026 CAP are given below.
The application fee for MAH MBA CET 2026 differs according to the candidate's category. The following table shows this.
Category | Application Fee |
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General/OMS/CIWGC | INR 1000 |
NRI/PIO/OCI/Foreign Nationals | INR 5000 |
Reserved Category/PwD (for Maharashtra State only) | INR 800 |
The application fee payment for the MAH MBA/ MMS CET CAP must be completed by the candidate online only before submitting their application form. The fee payment is mandatory before the final submission of the application form can be made.
You are allowed to make specific corrections to your CAP registration form through the State Common Entrance Test Cell portal. This facility helps you fix genuine errors or update certain details before the final submission. As per the latest MAH CET guidelines, here are the updates you can make:
Aspirants must have certain documents required for the MAH MBA CET counselling process ready for submission during the verification process. Candidates must note that they must produce the original certificates/documents and their photocopies. Here is a list of documents required for MAH CET CAP:
Click on the link below to get the detailed list of documents required for the MAH MBA CET 2026 counselling process:
After the provisional allotment of seats has been completed in the MAH MBA CET 2026 counselling process, candidates will be required to respond to the allotment through their login portal. Candidates will have the following options when responding to their provisional allotment in the MAH MBA CET 2026.
Option | Details |
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Auto-Freeze | If a candidate has been allotted a seat as per their first preference, their allotment will be 'Auto-Freezed,', and they will not be allowed to participate in any further rounds of counselling. |
Freeze | Candidates who have not been allotted their first preference can choose the option of Freeze if they are satisfied with their allotment and do not wish to participate in any further rounds. |
Not Freeze | If a candidate wants to apply for betterment in their allotment, they can choose this option. However, before such candidates can participate in the upcoming rounds, they must confirm their allotted seats by paying the seat acceptance fee. |
The names of the MAH MBA CET participating colleges 2026 and the cutoff percentile specified by them have been tabulated below:
Name of the Institute | Expected Cut off 2026 | Intake |
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Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (JBIMS) | 99.9+ Percentile | 120 |
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai (SIMSREE) | 99.8+ Percentile | 208 |
Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai (WeSchool) | 99.5+ Percentile | 120 |
99+ Percentile | 180 | |
98.8+ Percentile | 120 | |
98.25+ Percentile | 60 | |
97.8+ Percentile | 120 | |
97.7+ Percentile | 180 | |
96.5+ Percentile | 240 | |
96.2+ Percentile | 300 | |
96+ Percentile | 120 | |
95-98 Percentile | 120 | |
95-98 Percentile | 120 | |
Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute for Financial & Management Studies, Mumbai | 93-94.99 Percentile | 60 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai | 90-92.99 Percentile | 120 |
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Under Maharashtra state-level seats, there will be two categories– Home University and other than Home University. Applicants who have cleared the MAH MBA CET Exam 2026 will be assigned a merit number based on their MAH MBA CET Score 2026. Allotment of seats under CAP for various institutes and the seats that will be available through CAP are as follows:
| Institute Type | Home University Area Candidates | Other Than Home University Area Candidates | All India Seats | Institute-Level Seats | Minority/ Community/ Group Seats |
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University Department and Government Institute | 70% | 15% | 15% | - | - |
Government Institute (Sydenham Institute of Management and Research, Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai) | 70% | 15% | 15% | - | - |
Institute under SNDT Women’s University | 85% (state-level seats) Women Candidates | 15% | - | - | |
Unaided Non-Minority Institutes | 70% of (65% of SI) coming under CAP | 30% of (65% of SI) coming under CAP | 15% | 20% | - |
Unaided Non-Minority Institutes | 70% of M.S. seats | 30% of M.S. seats | 15% of seats are coming under CAP | Maximum 20% | Minimum 15% |
The examination conducting body uses the MAH MBA CET normalisation process to compare candidate scores across multiple shift papers. This process is comparable to those used in other Indian MBA entrance exams. The MAH MBA CET is divided into numerous sessions over three days, with two sessions each day. While preparing the merit list, the examination authority does not simply compile the candidates' scores based on the sum of their correct and incorrect answers. Instead, they use score normalisation to ensure all candidates are graded on the same scale.
This is necessary because one session of a multi-session exam can be slightly easier or harder than another. The MAH CET score normalisation process ensures that no candidate is in a favourable or unfavourable position when the MAH MBA CET result and merit list are prepared. In MAH CET MBA/MMS, the percentile score, calculated up to seven decimal places, is used as the Normalised Score instead of the raw scores of the candidates. The formula for percentile score calculation is:
100 x (No. of candidates in a session with raw score ≤ the candidate’s score) |
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Want to know more about MAH MBA CET
The MCA CET CAP round 2026 dates in Maharashtra are expected as follows:
Registration & Document Upload: June 2026
Provisional Merit List: July 2026
CAP Round 1: Mid-July 2026
CAP Round 2: Late July 2026
CAP Round 3: Late July to Early August 2026
Spot Admission: August 2026
Candidates can select up to 300 institutes during MAH MBA CET counselling 2026. It is recommended that institutes be chosen based on their cut-off scores and the candidate's performance. Additionally, it's important for candidates to prioritize their selections according to their preferences and prospects for admission.
You cannot participate fully in MAH CET counselling 2026 in offline mode. The counselling registration, choice filling, and seat allotment are done online. However, you can do document verification offline at Admission Facilitation Centres if you prefer. After seat allotment, you must report to the allotted institute in person for admission confirmation.
While it is not particularly required to preserve the printout form for MAH MBA CET counselling 2026, candidates are advised to keep a printout of the counselling registration form for their reference. The registration or the CAP Option Form may be required at the time of admsission.
No, candidates only need to register once for MAH MBA CET 2026 counselling. The process starts with the CAP registration, followed by document verification and the display of the merit list. At the beginning of every CAP round, students have to fill in their choices of colleges and wait for the seat allotment list.
The eligibility criteria for MAH MBA CET counselling 2025 include completing a 3-year bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognized university with at least 50% marks in aggregate. Eligibility criteria may vary for different categories, so candidates should visit the official website for detailed information.
MAH MBA CET 2026 counselling registration will start in July 2026. Candidates can register and upload the required documents until the last week of July 2026. The document verification process will also start in July. Final merit lists of Maharashtra State/All India candidates will be out in August 2026.
There is no registration fee for MHT MBA CET counselling. However, once a seat is allotted, candidates must pay the admission fee. Failing to report to the designated institute and pay the admission fee can lead to the cancellation of the seat.
Students can check the MAH MBA CET counselling dates on the official website cetcell/mahacet.org. Candidates can register and upload the required documents in July 2026. The document verification process will start in July. The provisional and final merit lists of Maharashtra State/All India candidates will also be out in July 2026.
There will be three rounds of MAH MBA CET CAP 2026. All candidates who qualify for the MAH MBA CET exam can participate in these counselling rounds. Each CAP round allows candidates to register, fill, and lock their choices, aiming to allocate seats in MBA/MMS courses across participating institutes.
To apply for the MAH MBA CET 2026 counselling, candidates who have already registered for the MAH CET 2026 can log in to the portal using their existing credentials by visiting the official website. Those with valid scorecards from CAT, ATMA, CMAT, or XAT can also register, but they will need to sign up first.
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