Medicine and Dentistry based entrance exam, applicable to colleges and institutions within Maharashtra, for students who belong to Maharashtra.

MH – CET (Maharashtra Common Entrance Test) is a State level medical entrance examination for medical and dental colleges within Maharashtra. It is conducted by the Director, Medical Education and Research (DMER), Mumbai for students who belong to Maharashtra.

It is considered to be the most important State Level Medical Entrance Examination in Maharashtra and provides students with the opportunity to join various courses in the fields of Health Science such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, BPTh, BOTh, BASLP, BP & O and BSc. (Nursing). Students can also pursue Veterinary Science courses like BVSc & AH through this examination.

‘The Registrar, Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Science University, Nagpur’ is the competent authority for the BVSc & AH course in veterinary colleges in Maharashtra. Admissions are conducted by this competent authority for all veterinary courses in Maharashtra on the basis of the MH – CET merit list.

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What are the eligibility criteria?

To be eligible for the MH-CET, you should be an Indian National and a domicile of the state of Maharashtra.

Additionally, you should not be less than 17 years of age as on the 31^st of December of the year of admission. For the Ayurveda and Unnani courses, you should not be less than 17 years of age as on the 1^st of October of the year of admission.

To be eligible for appearing in this exam, you should have passed your SSC/Class 10^th and HSC/Class 12^th exam from an institution situated within Maharashtra (subject to exceptions as mentioned in the information brochure).

Candidates who are going to appear for their Class 12th exam in the same year as the MH – CET are also eligible for admissions provided that they can submit their final documents before the specified date.

To be eligible for admissions into any course, you should have scored not less than 50% in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in the MH – CET (45% for PH candidates and 40% for reserved candidates).

For MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BUMS:

You should have passed your Class 12^th or equivalent examinations with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as your main subjects. Your aggregate percentage in these 3 subjects should be not less than 50% (45% for PH candidates and 40% for reserved candidates). Additionally, you should have passed each of these 3 subjects individually along with English.

For the BUMS course, you should have passed your SSC or equivalent examination with Urdu, Arabic or Persian as one of your subjects apart from meeting the above criteria.

For B.Sc. (Nursing):

You should have passed your Class 12^th or equivalent examinations with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English as your main subjects. Additionally, your aggregate percentage in these 4 subjects should not be less than 45% (40% for reserved candidates).

For BHMS, BPTh, BOTh,:

You should have passed your Class 12^th or equivalent examinations to be eligible for admission into any of these courses.

For BASLP course:

You should have passed your Class 12^th or equivalent examinations with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and/or Math and/or Computer Science to be eligible for admission into the BASLP course.

For BP & O course:

You should have passed your Class 12^th or equivalent examinations with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and/or Math to be eligible for admission into the BP & O course.

For any further information, please visit the following website: http://www.dmer.org/.

How to apply?

You can only apply for the MH – CET online.

The application form and brochure are available on the following website www.mhcet-exams.co.in.

You will need to register on the above mentioned website by entering your personal and educational details and uploading a passport size photograph of yourself and a scanned copy of your signature.

Once you complete your registration by filling the form and uploading your photograph and signature, you will need to print the ‘Bank Challan Form’ to make the application fee payment.

Download and print the Bank Challan form from the website, take it to the designated SBI (State Bank of India) branch and make the payment. The Bank will keep one copy of the challan and give the rest of the paid challan to you.

24 hours after you make the payment, log on to the above website to make sure that your payment details have been updated. Once they’re updated, you should print the ‘Confirmation Page’ to complete the registration process.

Your admit card will be available on the above mentioned website in due time. You will need the admit card and copies of your paid challan, application form and a valid Photo ID proof to enter the examination hall on the day of the test.

For any further information, please visit the following websites: http://www.dmer.org/ and www.mhcet2014.co.in.

What is the pattern of the examination?

The MH – CET consists of a single paper which consists of 180 objective type questions in the multiple choice format.

Out of these 180 questions, 45 questions are from Physics, 45 questions are from Chemistry and 90 questions are from Biology.

Each question contains 4 options with only one correct answer.

Each correct answer will fetch you four marks. Do not attempt questions you do not know the answers to as there will be negative marking. 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.

The duration of the MH – CET is 3 hours.

The merit list will be prepared on the basis of your marks in the MH – CET.

All candidates who qualify in the MH – CET exam will participate in a counseling procedure to get admission into the medical and dental colleges in Maharashtra.

For further information, please visit the following website: http://www.dmer.org/.

What do you do after you get your results?

The counseling will be conducted for 85% ‘State Quota’ seats in Government and Government Aided Medical and Dental Colleges in Maharashtra. All these seats are reserved only for Maharashtra Domiciles.

Admissions into the remaining 15% seats in Government Medical and Dental colleges in Maharashtra are conducted by the DGHS under the ‘All India Quota’ on the basis of AIPMT results through the following website: http://www.mcc.nic.in/mccres/HomePage.aspx#.

Your goal is to get admission in a  suitable college. The MH – CET test result becomes the basis for the admission.

Once the results are announced, you will have to participate in an offline counseling procedure which is conducted by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER).

All successful candidates will be called for the counseling and filling of ‘Preference Forms’ at specified regional centers across the state. You will need to report at these centers along with originals and copies of all your documents (for verification).

At the center, your documents will be verified and you will be asked to fill in the ‘Preference Form’.

You will have to select the colleges you wish to join in order of preference. Mark your choices/preferences based on two main factors:

1. The colleges you wish to join.

2. The colleges that are likely to admit you based on your rank. Go through the ranks that were admitted by a particular college last year for your course. You can obtain the ranks of last year from the counseling website.

Base your decision on these two factors and make multiple choices to ensure that you receive an admission.

It’s equally important to rank your choices correctly. The highest level choice with an available seat will be allotted to you.

Once the results are out and you’re allotted a seat, you will need to report to the college in due time with originals and attested copies of all your documents and submit the admission fee so as to confirm your seat.

Subsequent rounds of counseling will be conducted for seats that are left vacant after the first round.

For further information regarding the counseling procedure and reservations, please visit the following websites:  http://www.dmer.org/ and www.mhcet-exams.co.in.

What are the prospects?

MH – CET is one of the biggest and most prestigious medical entrance exams in Maharashtra. It provides students with the opportunity to join various Government, Government Aided and Private medical and dental colleges in Maharashtra. To see a list of the colleges who admit students on the basis of the MH – CET merit list, please visit the following website:

http://www.dmer.org/.

Important Dates for MH – CET 2015: