Maharashtra Health and Technical Common Entrance Test

{{Short description|Indian state entrance exam}}

{{Infobox examination

| name = Maharashtra Health and Technical Common Entrance Test

| image_name = MHT-CET logo.png

| acronym = MHT-CET

| type = Electronic assessment

| test_admin = CET Cell {{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/education/mht-cet-admit-card-2023-for-pcb-group-released-on-cetcell-mahacet-org-direct-link-article-100189434|title=MHT CET Admit Card 2023 For PCB Group Released On cetcell.mahacet.org, Direct Link|date=May 12, 2023|website=TimesNow}}

| purpose = Admission to undergraduate engineering, agriculture and pharmacy courses in the state of Maharashtra.

| skills_tested = Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics or Physics, Chemistry and Biology{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/mht-cet-2023-pcm-both-shifts-exam-ends-for-today-last-paper-on-may-12|title=MHT CET 2023: PCM both shifts exam ends for today, last paper on May 12|website=Free Press Journal}}

| duration = 3 hours

| score_range = 0 to 200

| attempt_restriction =

| regions = India

| language = English, Marathi

| test_takers = 98,000 (2021){{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/over-1-3l-register-for-engineering-admissions-in-state-this-year-8192220/|title=MHT CET 2022: Over 1.3 lakh students register for engineering admissions this year|date=October 6, 2022}}

| Official Website = {{URL|cetcell.mahacet.org}}

|offered= Once a year|prerequisite=Class 12 or equivalent with Mathematics, Physics and any one of the technical subjects prescribed by AICTE from recognised board/university.

|website= https://cetcell.mahacet.org/

}}

The MHT-CET or Common Entrance Test is an annual entrance exam conducted by the Government of Maharashtra.{{cite news|title=Over 27,000 from city to take MHT-CET|date=May 12, 2009|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-12/pune/28188283_1_mht-mht-cet-karnataka-cet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811031721/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-12/pune/28188283_1_mht-mht-cet-karnataka-cet|url-status=dead|work=The Times of India|archive-date=August 11, 2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://mhtcet2018.dtemaharashtra.gov.in/loginstu.aspx|title=State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra|website=mhtcet2018.dtemaharashtra.gov.in|access-date=2019-01-11}} It is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education. The degree courses of the following streams are mainly accounted for in this entrance exam:

• Engineering
• Pharmacy

Earlier the test scores were also used for admissions to Medical degree courses. After the Supreme Court of India insisted that only NEET can be used for undergraduate medicine admissions all over India, MHT-CET has been scrapped for medical colleges.

The test is conducted in online mode for the first time in 2019. The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra released the syllabus and marking scheme for the Computer Based Test (CBT).{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/neet-know-everything-about-the-sc-verdict/|title=NEET: Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court verdict|date=May 5, 2016}}

The test was also used for admissions to the undergarduate course in Planning at the College of Engineering Pune, this was changed with the introduction of a separate entrance test for Planning in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://cetcell.mahacet.org/|title=Welcome to State Common Entrance Test Cell Maharashtra State Official Portal|website=cetcell.mahacet.org}}