DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION,

MAHARASHTRA STATE

3, MAHAPALIKA MARG, POST BOX NO. 1967, MUMBAI-400 001.

COMMON ENTRANCE TEST FOR ADMISSIONS TO FIRST YEAR OF
MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA for the Year 2012-2013

Applications are invited for MAH-MBA/MMS-CET 2012 for admission to First Year of two-year Full Time Post Graduate Degree Courses in MBA/MMS and PGDBM/PGDM in the Government, University Managed, University Departments and Unaided Institutes in the Maharashtra State.

Candidates seeking admission to AICTE approved full time MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA course are hereby informed that Common Entrance Test (CET) will be conducted as per the schedule given below:

MAH-MBA/MMS-CET-2012 Important Dates

Revised Schedule for Common Entrance Test for Admission to First Year of Two Years Full Time MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDM Courses for the Year 2012-13

MAHARASHTRA MBA CET DATES

Candidates seeking admission to First Year of Two Years Full Time AICTE approved MBA/MMS/ PGDBM/PGDM Courses for the Year 2012-13 are hereby informed that the Common Entrance Test (CET) will now be conducted on Sunday, 11th March, 2012 instead of Sunday, 26th February,2012 to avoid overlapping with CMAT 2012 conducted by AICTE, New Delhi.

The detail notification regarding availability of Information Brochure, filling up on-line CET Application form, Eligibility Criteria etc. will be published in leading newspapers and will also be available on the official web site www.dte.org.in/mba in the last week of January, 2012.

MBA 2012 Admission in Maharashtra Colleges on AICTE conductred CMAT Scores

It is further notified that, as informed by the AICTE, the admissions to First Year of Two Years Full Time AICTE Approved MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDM Courses from the Academic Year 2013-14 will be carried out through CMAT (Common Management Admission Test) merit list only conducted by AICTE.

Submission and confirmation of online application form through the website www.dte.org.in/mba for Maharashtra state/OMS/J&K/NRI/PO/Foreign national/foreign students/children of Indian workers in the Gulf countries candidates: Jan. to Feb 2012

Admission to first year of two year full time post graduate degree courses in Management namely Master of Business Administration (MBA) / Master of Management Studies (MMS) and Post Graduate Diploma Courses in Business Management (PGDBM)/Business Administration (PGDBA).

The institutes which qualify for the admission process as per these rules are:

• Approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.

• Recognised by the Government of Maharashtra.

• Affiliated to any one of the ten Non Agricultural / Non Technological Universities in Maharashtra state.

Following are the types of Institutes in the Maharashtra state covered by these rules;

a) All Government Management Institutes

b) All University Departments of Management

c) All University Managed Management Institutes

d) All Unaided Management Institutes whose Association has given consent to participate in the CAP rounds conducted by the State Government.

The admission to the courses MBA/MMS is centralized and is covered under Centralized Admission Process (CAP) carried by the Competent Authority of the State of Maharashtra.

The MAH-CET paper contains 200 questions and the duration is 150 minutes. There is no negative marking in the paper, which acts as the plus point for the test takers. Unlike other MBA entrance exams, there is no sectional division of the paper. The areas which are tested are Quantitative Ability, Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation/Sufficiency and Reasoning.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility Criteria for appearing to MAH-MBA/MMS-CET 2012:
Candidate should have Passed with minimum of 50% marks in aggregate* ( 45% in case of candidates of backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra State only) in any Full Time Bachelor’s degree of minimum three years duration in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities.

OR
Appeared for the final year examination of any Full Time Bachelor’s degree of minimum three years
duration in any discipline recognised by the Association of Indian Universities.

Note:
1. For the academic year 2012-13, both the Maharashtra State and OMS candidates who have appeared / appearing for the CAT 2011 are considered eligible for admission against the All India Seats subject to the fulfillment of eligibility criteria mentioned in the Information Brochure. Such candidates are also required to procure the Information Brochure alongwith Application kit and submit & confirm the Online Application form.

2. For admission to MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDM course, the candidate is required to score minimum 30 marks in MAH-MBA/MMS-CET 2011. Candidates seeking admission on the basis of CAT 2009 are required to obtain minimum equivalent score.

Refer Information Brochure for detailed Eligibility criteria and steps in the entire process of CET, GD&PI, Document Verification, Centralized Admission Process etc., for securing admission against the Maharashtra seats, All India seats, Minority seats, Institute level seats and seats for NRI/ Foreign
National / Foreign Students / PIO / Children of Indian Workers in the Gulf Countries.