Govt. of Maharashtra shall conduct a single Combined “Common Entrance Test” MHT-CET-2011 for all Health Sciences, Engineering and Pharmacy degree courses for the academic year 2011-2012. The Entrance Test will be held on Thursday, 12th May 2011. Govt. of Maharashtra has appointed Director, Medical Education and Research, Mumbai as “The Competent Authority for the MHT-CET-2011”. The merit list of the above said examination will be utilized for admission in:
1) Govt./Municipal Corp./ Govt. Aided Colleges and Unaided Private Colleges (who have given consent to participate in MHT-CET-2011) of Health Sciences degree courses.
2) Govt. / Govt. Aided/University Managed Colleges / University Departments / Autonomous Colleges including ICT, Mumbai and Unaided Private Colleges (who have given consent to participate in MHT-CET-2011) of Engineering & Pharmacy degree courses
3) BVSc & AH degree course.
For selection process there will be separate Competent Authorities. For selection to Health Science degree courses, The Director, Medical Education and Research (DMER), Mumbai is the Competent Authority. For selection to Engineering and Pharmacy Degree Courses, The Director, Technical Education (DTE), Mumbai will be the Competent Authority. The Authority for selection to BVSc & AH degree course is The Registrar, Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Science University, Nagpur.
The qualifying Examination for appearing at MHT-CET-2011 is HSC (12th Std.) or equivalent examination with the conditions for eligibility as defined in the respective brochure(s). Maharashtra State candidates appearing for HSC (12th Std.) or equivalent examination or who have passed their qualifying examination earlier i.e. 2010 or before and desire to appear for the MHT- CET 2011 will receive their application form from their respective Jr. College / School ( from where they have passed / appearing qualifying examination).
A single Application form and three Brochures (Health Science, Engineering and Pharmacy) will be made available from 23/03/2011. The schedule and place of receiving and submission of application forms is as per following:
Sale of Application Form with information brochures and submission of Application Form :
• At respective Jr. College / High School: 23/03/2011 to 31/03/2011
• At Divisional Authorities (For candidates who have appeared/passed HSC (12th Std.) or equivalent examination from Outside Maharashtra: 23/03/2011 to 31/03/2011
All the three brochures (Health Science, Engineering & Pharmacy) are available on the websites of DMER (www.dmer.org) and DTE (www.dte.org.in). Aspiring candidates
should go through the eligibility criteria as per the respective MHT-CET-2011 brochures, before purchasing the application form.
The cost of the Application Form along with the three information brochures of MHT-CET-2011 and Examination fee is Rs.700/- for open category and all Outside Maharashtra candidates and Rs.500/- for reserve category candidates (belonging to Maharashtra State Only). This amount is not refundable.
The candidates from Outside Maharashtra (OMS) can purchase application form and Information brochure(s) of MHT-CET 2011 from any Divisional Authority office as mentioned in Annexure-A by submitting Demand Draft of Rs. 700/- drawn in favor of “Competent Authority, MH-CET, Mumbai” payable at Mumbai, drawn on any Scheduled Commercial Bank. All candidates who for any reason whatsoever are not able to receive Application Forms through the School/ Jr. College should collect it from office of Divisional Authority of his/her area (by giving a Demand draft as detailed above), but he/she has to submit it through his/her School/Junior College (college where he/she studied 12th Std).
Detailed Notification can be downloaded by clicking the link at the bottom: