MHT MBA CET 2026 sees highest registration in 5 years as over 1.8 lakh apply
Suviral Shukla | February 27, 2026 | 08:15 PM IST | 1 min read
MBA, MMS Admissions: Over 1.3 lakh candidates register for the MHT CET 2026 for the first attempt alone for admission to Maharashtra-based colleges.
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Check NowAbout 1.8 lakh students will appear for the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Examination Cell (MHT CET) for admission to MBA, and MMS programmes for the academic year 2026-27. This marks the highest number of applications recorded for the MHT MBA CET in the last five years.
According to the Maharashtra state cell, over 1.3 lakh students registered for the first attempt of the MHT MBA CET 2026, and over 47,000 for the second. Totalling to over 1.8 lakh registrations for the current year.
The state cell will host the MHT MBA CET 2026 correction facility for registered candidates from February 28 to March 2 on its official website at cetcell.mahacet.org.
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MHT MBA CET 2026: Correction facility from tomorrow
Registered students will be able to rectify their name, date of birth, photograph, signature, gender, and two attempts in the MHT MBA CET 2026 application form.
The MHT CET 2026 session 1 exam for Master of Business Administration and Master of Management Studies (MBA, MMS) admissions will be conducted between April 6 and 8, while session 2 exams will be held on May 9.
The Maharashtra CET 2026 will be held in a computer-based format at various examination centres across the state.
As per the official records, more than 1.57 lakh students registered for the MHT MBA CET in 2025 for both attempts together, over 1.52 lakh in 2024, and about 1.4 lakh in 2023.
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