MHT CET 2026 Exam to be Held Twice A Year: Check Complete Details

MHT CET 2026 Exam: In a recent review meeting, Dr Chandrakant Patil, Education Minister of Higher and Technical Education, has declared that from next year onwards, MHT CET will be held twice a year. Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell conducts entrance examinations to offer admission to engineering and management programs across institutes in Maharashtra. 

According to the latest updates, the introduction of the CET twice a year is expected to be helpful for the students. The complete dates for the MHT CET sessions will be shared by the authorities soon on their website. Catch up with complete news on MHT CET 2026 to be held twice a year here.

Maharashtra CET Cell to Conduct MHT CET 2026 Twice

According to a recent development, the CET Cell will now conduct engineering and management entrance examinations for admission to Maharashtra institutions twice a year. This framework of two sessions of the exam is similar to the Joint Entrance Exam administered by NTA. The first session of MHT CET is expected to be held in April 2026, and the second session by May 2026. 

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Patil, Education Minister, attended by Additional Secretary B.Venugopal Reddy, CET commissioner Dilip Sardesai, and Higher Education director Shailendra Deolankar, among others. While speaking on the decision to conduct CET twice, Patil said that at the national level, JEE is held twice a year, which offers students two opportunities to appear for the exam. Similarly, Maharashtra students will now get two chances. 

Students don't need to appear for the next session if they find their first attempt was satisfactory. In case students appear for both sessions, then the highest score in any of the sessions will be considered for admission.