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Pune students geared up to face MH-CET to be held on May 10
There are around 1.38 lakh seats available for engineering courses in the state, and 15,000 for agriculture courses. For the first time in 2018, the CET exam will include seven non-technical agriculture courses.
The Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MH-CET) for undergraduate engineering, pharmacy and agriculture courses will be held on May 10, as per the schedule declared by the MH-CET cell earlier this year.
As per the data from the state's Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), a total of 4,35,606 candidates will appear for the test. There are 1,36,140 candidates registered under the mathematics or the physics-chemistry-mathematics (PCM) group, while the physics-chemistry-biology (PCB) group has 1,26,284 candidates registered to give the test. A total of 1,73,182 students have opted for both options.
This year, there are 19,576 candidates who have registered for the exam under the Other Than Maharashtra State Candidates (OMS) category .
There are almost 13,000 seats for courses in pharmacy and on the basis of the examination, students can apply for admission into Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharma) and Diploma of Pharmacy (D.Pharma) courses.
There are around 1.38 lakh seats available for engineering courses in the state, and 15,000 for agriculture courses. For the first time in 2018, the CET exam will include seven non-technical agriculture courses.
From the available seats, 85 per cent is reserved for students from the state, while 15 per cent is reserved under ‘all India seats’ for which the admissions will be held through national-level examinations.
Aspirants looking to enrol in pharmacy and agricultural courses can opt for both PCM and PCB subject groups, while those looking to enrol in engineering courses need to write the PCM exam.
