MHT CET Cutoff 2026: Check College-Wise Cutoff, Percentile, Marks & Rank

The MHT CET 2026 cutoff is being released progressively through the Maharashtra State CET Cell's Centralised Admission Process (CAP). For engineering admissions, CAP Round 1 allotment was released on August 2, 2026, Round 2 allotment on August 13, 2026, and CAP Round 3 option filling is underway from August 20 to 22, 2026, with Round 3 allotment scheduled for August 24, 2026.

Candidates should note that there is no single MHT CET cutoff for all colleges. The closing percentile/rank varies by institute, course, category, candidature type, seat type and CAP round. The most competitive engineering branches, particularly Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Information Technology (IT), Artificial Intelligence and Electronics, generally close at very high percentiles in institutes such as COEP Technological University, VJTI Mumbai, PICT Pune and SPIT Mumbai.

The MHT CET 2026 CAP Round 3 vacant-seat matrix has reported 28,132 vacant engineering seats across 385 institutes, giving candidates additional opportunities in later counselling rounds.

Candidates should use their MHT CET 2026 percentile and Maharashtra State/All India merit rank, rather than raw marks alone, while assessing admission chances.

What is the MHT CET Cutoff 2026?

MHT CET cutoff refers to the last percentile or merit rank at which a candidate is allotted a particular course and institute during CAP counselling. The cutoff is different for every college, branch, category and CAP round.

The previous version of this article used projected values such as 99.67 for COEP and 99.76 for VJTI as if they were 2026 cutoffs. These should instead be treated as reference trends, not final 2026 closing cutoffs.

For example, the 2026 CAP allotment documents are published institute-wise and include the candidate's MHT-CET score, merit number, category and allotted seat type, allowing candidates to identify actual admission trends.

MHT CET 2026: Indicative Percentile Bands for Engineering

Note: These are broad admission bands and are not official 2026 closing percentiles.

MHT CET Cutoff 2026 for Top Engineering Colleges

The most competitive engineering colleges in Maharashtra generally require very high MHT CET percentiles for CSE, IT and allied branches.

These figures should be used as competitive reference ranges, not as confirmed 2026 final closing percentiles. Actual closing percentiles can move between CAP rounds.

The official 2026 CAP portal publishes institute-wise allotment information and seat matrices, which should be used when evaluating actual 2026 cutoffs.

MHT CET Cutoff 2026 Qualifying Marks (Expected)

There is an important distinction between qualifying performance and the college admission cutoff.

A candidate may obtain a qualifying score/percentile but still not secure a seat in a highly competitive college. Therefore, the earlier table showing fixed minimum marks such as 75 for General and 45 for ST should be removed because those figures can incorrectly imply that MHT CET engineering admission has a universal category-wise marks cutoff.

For engineering admission, candidates should focus on their final percentile, merit rank and CAP closing rank.

MHT CET Cutoff 2026 for General Category

General/Open category candidates typically face the highest competition for seats in top engineering institutes.

Actual 2026 closing percentiles should be added to the article as each CAP round's official cutoff data becomes available.

MHT CET Cutoff 2026 for OBC Category

OBC candidates may have different closing ranks and percentiles depending on the applicable reservation and seat type.

The actual cutoff depends on the category-specific merit list, seat type, candidature type and CAP round. Therefore, candidates should not assume that an OBC cutoff will always be a fixed number of percentile points below the Open cutoff.

MHT CET Cutoff 2026 for SC and ST Categories

Reserved-category candidates generally have different closing ranks from Open category candidates. However, the actual cutoff varies substantially according to institute, branch and available reserved seats.

These ranges are only indicative. Candidates should use their category-specific merit rank and official CAP allotment data rather than relying on a generic percentile estimate.

MHT CET Cutoff 2026: How Cutoffs are Declared?

MHT CET engineering cutoffs are generated through the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) conducted by the Maharashtra State CET Cell.

For each CAP round, candidates submit or confirm their option forms. Seats are then allotted based on factors including:

• Candidate merit/rank
• Category and reservation
• Candidature type
• Seat type
• Candidate's preferred courses and institutes
• Availability of seats
• Previous allotments and candidate choices

The 2026 schedule currently shows:

The schedule has been revised by the State CET Cell, so candidates should check the official CAP portal for any further changes.

MHT CET Score Card 2026

Candidates can use their MHT CET 2026 scorecard to check their percentile and examination performance. For engineering admissions, the percentile and merit position are more useful for counselling than raw marks alone because admission is conducted through the CAP merit process.

The official 2026 engineering admission portal also provides access to the final merit list, allotment status, institute-wise seat matrix and CAP-related documents.

Candidates should keep their MHT CET application details and scorecard available while completing CAP option forms and checking allotment results.

MHT CET Cutoff 2026 Determining Factors

The final MHT CET cutoff changes from college to college and round to round. The major determining factors include:

• Number of seats available in the institute and branch
• Number of candidates participating in CAP
• Candidate's MHT CET percentile and merit rank
• Category and reservation
• Candidature type
• Branch popularity
• Previous year's closing ranks
• Candidate preference order
• Number of seats remaining after each CAP round
• Number of candidates accepting or rejecting allotted seats

The availability of 28,132 vacant seats across 385 institutes in the CAP Round 3 vacancy matrix demonstrates why cutoffs can change considerably in later rounds.

MHT CET 2026 Rank-Wise Cut Off

MHT CET admission is primarily merit-based. Candidates should compare their MHT CET merit rank with the previous closing rank of their preferred institute and branch.

These are broad rank bands, not official 2026 closing ranks.

MHT CET 2026 Marks vs Rank vs Percentile

MHT CET is conducted in multiple sessions and admission is based on percentile/merit rather than a simple raw-marks cutoff.

Therefore, the old table that directly mapped 180–200 marks to 99.90–100 percentile and 1–100 rank should not be presented as an official 2026 conversion table.

An indicative relationship is:

Note: Marks-to-percentile conversion varies by session and year. Candidates should use their official 2026 percentile and merit rank rather than estimating rank from raw marks.

MHT CET Cutoff 2025 (Rounds 1, 2, 3 & 4)

The 2025 cutoff data remains useful as historical reference while analysing 2026 admission trends. The article can retain the existing 2025 college-wise CSE, IT and AI closing-rank tables, but the heading and introduction should clearly identify them as 2025 historical data.

For example, the existing 2025 data shows:

The complete 2025 Round 1–4 cutoff PDFs can remain as historical reference material.

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