Whether you will be getting admission in MMS/MBA or PGDM programmes 2016-18 in JBIMS Mumbai, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya among other highly ranked B-schools in Maharashtra depends upon how you have performed in CAT 2015; XAT 2016; CMAT 2016; MAT 2015-16; ATMA 2015-16 or how you will perform in the forthcoming MAHCET 2016 going to be held in multiple sessions on March 12 & 13, 2016 across 40 test cities in India.
More than 59000 candidates who register and apply for MAH CET 2016 will be offered admission in 400 B-schools across Maharashtra in various MBA/MMS/PGDM 2016-18 programmes.
The biggest advantage of applying to MAH CET 2016 for admission to MMS/MBA 2016-18 is that your candidature will be considered in the Centralized Admission Process (CAP) 2016 irrespective of the fact whether you appear in the written exam of MAH CET 2016 or have appeared and scored high in any other above referred national level MBA entrance tests.
Registration and application process
Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) Maharashtra has announced vide its notification Ref no. CETCELL/MBA-Notification/2016/107 dated 11th February 2016 to conduct MAH-CET 2016 for admission to MBA/MMS/PGDM courses 2016-18 batch on March 12 & 13, 2016. MAHCET 2016 will be conducted in 40 cities across the country for an intake of 59000 seats so that Outside Maharashtra State (OMS) candidates can also get the admission opportunity in top rated B-schools in Maharashtra.
The registration process for MAHCET 2016 is online and is open till February 23, 2016. The registration form calls for the candidate’s personal information, academic profile to enable the candidate to apply for the exam.
Application fee
DTE Maharashtra has prescribed a registration and application fee of Rs.1000/- for open category and Rs.800/- for reserved category candidates. This is the Dedicated Online system of registration for MAHCET 2016.
Since the MAH CET 2016 exam is only 20 days away, it is expected that there may not be any further extension in registration date to apply for MAH CET 2016.
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. In 2016, DTE Maharashtra is expected to receive a good number of registrations for MAHCET 2016 in a range of 70 to 80 thousand for admission to B schools in Maharashtra.
Intake in various programmes
Maharashtra B schools will offer admission to 59000 candidates in MBA/MMS/PGDM courses across the state on the basis of CAP 2016 wherein the best exam scores will be considered. Acceptable exam scores for CAP 2016 round are MAHCET 2016, CAT 2015, XAT 2016, CMAT 2016, MAT 2015-16; ATMA 2015-16. There will be a quota of around 20000 seats for All India Candidates to explore admission opportunities in Maharashtra B schools.
Programme wise Intake
MMS/MBA 2016-18
JBIMS, N L Dalmiya, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya, DSIMS, PUMBA among other top rated B schools in Maharashtra, offer 2 year full time Masters in Management Studies (MMS) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) programmes.
MMS is the flagship AICTE approved degree programme in Maharashtra B-schools which is equivalent to MBA programme and is also offered by hundreds of B-schools in Maharashtra. The degree is awarded by the University of Mumbai; Solapur among other universities in Maharashtra or it can be awarded by an autonomous institute. The placement after completion of MMS is high and the fee structure is low.
Total B-schools offering MBA/MMS programme: 392
Total Intake: 43810
Programme duration: 2 years full time
PGDM 2016-18
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) 2016-18 is also offered by Maharashtra B-schools. PGDM is equivalent to MBA programme and is also approved by AICTE. Like IIMs who award PGDM to its students, the B-schools offering this programme will also award either University PGDM or as an autonomous institute to its students.
Total B-schools offering PGDM programme: 81
Total Intake: 10950
Programme duration: 2 years full time
Post Graduate Degree Programme (Excluding MBA/MMS)
Post Graduate Degree in various management programmes is also offered in specialized domains like Industrial relations; personnel management; financial management; marketing management; computer management among others by number of institutes. The specialised PG Degree is AICTE approved programme and is offered as a regular full time or part time programme in many B-schools. The post graduate degree is awarded by one or other university of Maharashtra.
Total B-schools offering PG Degree specialized programme: 24
Total Intake: 3090
Programme duration: Choice of full time or part time available
Dual Degree in Management
B-schools in Maharashtra also offer dual degree programme in Management. The programme is approved by AICTE and is known as Masters in Applied Management. The degree is awarded by one of the Maharashtra Universities to which the B-school is affiliated.
Total B-schools offering Dual degree programme in management: 20
Total Intake: 1200
Admission process
DTE Maharashtra will conduct 2 stage admission process for MBA/MMS 2016-18 batch in Maharashtra B schools. The first step is the conduct of MAHCET 2016 and the next step is Centralized Admission Process (CAP) before offering admission to the candidates.
MAHCET 2016: Online CBT exam
MAHCET 2016 will be an online computer based test to be conducted on March 12 & March 13, 2016. 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 2016 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 2016: Final Admission round
DTE Maharashtra would conduct Centralized Admission Process (CAP) after the declaration of MAHCET 2016 result expected on March 29, 2016, and would offer admission in the respective B schools like JBIMS, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya in accordance with the merit of the students. In 2015 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 59000 seats would be available to outside Maharashtra candidates. The number therefore for non Maharashtra candidates is supposed to be around 21000. Probably this is the reason why more candidates from other states appear in MAHCET than any other state level MBA entrance exam.
Registration mandatory: Choice to skip the exam
You may appear or may not appear for MAHCET 2016, 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 in JBIMS and other top B-schools with DTE regulated fee structure, it is mandatory to register for MAHCET 2016 so that your All India exam scores can be taken into consideration.
In case you wish to appear in MAHCET 2016 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 2015, XAT 2016, CMAT 2016 and have their valid scores, you may register and apply to DTE Maharashtra to participate in Centralized Admission Process (CAP) 2016.
Please note to appear or not to appear in MAHCET 2016 is your choice but to participate in CAP 2016 is mandatory. However it is advisable to appear in MAHCET 2016 and further improve your scores to explore better admission opportunity. 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 2016.
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