MAH CET 2015: MBA/MMS exam on March 14 & 15; know the intake, exam pattern & admission process

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February 7, 2015
MAHCET 2015 will be conducted across the country for an intake of 45K seats so that non Maharashtra candidates can also appear in the exam
To appear or not to appear in MAHCET 2015 is your choice but to participate in CAP 2015 is mandatory

Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra has announced vide its notification dated Jan 8, 2015 to conduct MAH-CET 2015 for admission to MBA/MMS courses 2015-17 batch on March 14 & 15, 2015. MAHCET 2015 will be conducted across the country for an intake of 45K seats so that non Maharashtra candidates can also appear in the exam.

 

MAHCET 2015: Personal Registration open

 

DTE Maharashtra has opened primary registration process for MAHCET 2015. The brief registration form calls for the candidate’s personal information so that further details, alerts and notifications regarding the MAH-CET 2015 could be sent to them. These alerts and notifications will be sent by DTE Maharashtra through SMS and E-mails to the candidates.  Clarifying the process DTE Maharashtra says “The Directorate shall send alert through SMS and E-Mail to the Candidates.” 

 

Dedicated Online system for Registration: Yet to begin

 

DTE Maharashtra will shortly begin the Dedicated Online system of registration for MAHCET 2015. DTE Maharashtra will accept registration online only for MAHCET 2015. According to DTE Maharashtra “The aspiring candidate shall follow the process of admission through the dedicated Online Application System.”

 

Since only a month is left for MAHCET 2015 exam for MBA/MMS 2015-17, it is expected that the final registration to MAH CET 2015 will begin very shortly. In the year 2014 DTE Maharashtra closed the MAHCET registration on February 14, 2014 and in 2015 the process is yet to be started.

 

There were no registrations in the year 2013 for MAHCET as no exam was conducted in 2013 due to legal issues. Instead CMAT scores were used for admissions and hundreds of seats in various management colleges of Maharashtra were not filled due to the break in conduct of this entrance test. DTE Maharashtra is expected to receive a good number of registrations for MAHCET 2015 in a range of 60 to 70 thousand for admission to B schools in Maharashtra.

 

Intake at Maharashtra B schools

 

Maharashtra B schools will offer an intake of 45000 to candidates in MBA/MMS courses across the state on the basis of scores awarded in MAHCET 2015, CAT 2014, XAT 2015, CMAT 2015, MAT 2014-15. There will be a separate quota for All India Candidates and for Maharashtra domicile candidates to explore admission opportunities in Maharashtra B schools.

 

2 stages of admission

 

DTE Maharashtra will conduct 2 stage admission process for MBA/MMS 2015-17 batch in Maharashtra B schools. The first step is the conduct of MAHCET 2015 and the next step is Centralized Admission Process (CAP) before offering admission to the candidates.

 

MAHCET 2015: Online CBT exam

 

MAHCET 2015 will be an online computer based test to be conducted on March 14 & March 15, 2015. The exam will be equally useful for the outside Maharashtra candidates as number of seats in the management institutes in Maharashtra will remain open for admission to such candidates. MAH CET 2015 would have 200 Multiple Choice Questions divided in 3 sections namely Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension; Quantitative Aptitude –Data interpretation; Logical and Abstract reasoning. These questions are to be answered in 150 minutes. The test has no negative marking. The number of questions per section is not fixed and may have equal or different proportion.

 

CAP 2015: Final Admission round

 

DTE Maharashtra is supposed to conduct a Centralized Admission Process (CAP) after the declaration of MAHCET 2015 result and would offer admission to the respective B schools in accordance with the merit of the students. In 2014 DTE Maharashtra had a reservation of 65% seats for Maharashtra domicile candidates and kept other seats for All India and other category candidates.

 

Going by the past trend it can be assumed that 35% seats out of the 45000 seats would be available to outside Maharashtra candidates. The number therefore for non Maharashtra candidates is supposed to be around 15000+. Probably this is the reason more candidates from other states appear in MAHCET 2015 than any other state level MBA entrance exam.

 

Registration for MAHCET 2015 mandatory: May skip the exam

 

You may appear or may not appear for MAHCET 2015, it is your choice. But to be considered for admission in any of the Maharashtra B schools, and to be considered for MBA/MMS course at the B school with DTE regulated fee structure, it is mandatory to register for MAHCET 2015 so that your All India exam scores can be taken into consideration.

 

In case you wish to appear in MAHCET 2015 exam as well, you can sure do so with no additional fee to be paid for the same. If you have appeared in other All India MBA entrance tests like CAT 2014, XAT 2015, CMAT 2015 and have their valid scores, you may register and apply to DTE Maharashtra to participate in Centralized Admission Process (CAP).

 

Please note to appear or not to appear in MAHCET 2015 is your choice but to participate in CAP 2015 is mandatory.  However it is advisable to appear in MAHCET 2015 and further improve your scores to explore better admission opportunity. No extra fee is proposed to be charged to appear in MAHCET 2015 and the registration fee will hold good for written exam as well as for DTE Maharashtra conducted CAP.

 

It will not be out of place to mention that best of all the scores of the candidate will be taken into consideration by DTE Maharashtra for MBA/MMS admission process 2015.

 

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