MHT CET CAP Counselling 2025 to have 4 Rounds instead of 3: List of changes made for 2025-26 admissions

The Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Department announces major changes in MHT CET CAP Counselling 2025. The counselling process to have 4 rounds and changes have been made for 2025-26 admissions.

MHT CET CAP Counselling 2025: The State Higher and Technical Education Minister, Chandrakant Patil, has announced that for admissions to professional courses, engineering, agriculture, pharmacy, architecture, technology, and other courses will be 4 Rounds of counselling instead of 3 Rounds. A few more changes have been announced by the Education Minister to prevent malpractices and irregularities. Changes in the fee structure and seat acceptance process have also been added for the counselling rounds. Candidates shall access the detailed list of changes made for admissions to various professional courses through MHT CET CAP Counselling 2025.

MHT CET CAP Counselling 2025: List of changes made for 2025-26 admissions

Here are the major changes that the Maharashtra government has announced for the upcoming 2025-26 admissions for MHT CET CAP Counselling 2025:

For the 2025–2026 academic year, the Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Department has extended the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for professional course admission. Instead of holding three rounds of MHT CET 2025 CAP counselling, the department will now hold four rounds.
After the counselling process starts, candidates will be able to register and complete the options. The allocation will be finalised in rounds two and three if a candidate receives the seat based on their top three and six preferences. Candidates must agree to the allocation, which will be finalised after three rounds. To be eligible to compete in the following rounds, candidates must accept the allocation.
The fourth phase of the upgrade process will be open to candidates who have accepted the seat that has been assigned to them but have not been assigned seats based on their first three or six selections.
Based on the candidates' scores in the MHT CET results, the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET Cell) will assign seats to the professional colleges in Maharashtra.
Additionally, the government has authorised raising the management and NRI quota seat costs at professional colleges. The updated fee structure permits a five-fold increase in NRI quota seats and a three-fold increase in the management quota price.
To avoid anomalies and malpractices, the state administration intends to hold the MHT CET entrance exam exclusively in Maharashtra.
The competent authorities would reimburse the whole amount paid after deducting a Rs 1,000 processing fee if a candidate withdraws their admission offer before the deadline. However, if the seat allocation is cancelled after the deadline, candidates will not be eligible for a return of any money, except for the caution money and security deposit.

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