DTE Maharashtra Admission: The Directorate of Technical Education in Maharashtra has been established to ensure that technical institutions catering to Engineering, Architecture, Pharmacy and Hotel Management & Catering Technology courses across the State of Maharashtra confirm with the policies, rules, guidelines, and strategies formulated by the Central and State governments. The Directorate has under its development and supervisory ambit, around 1600 Technical Education institutions across the state of Maharashtra spread across 6 regions viz. Amravati, Aurangabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, and Pune.
The objective of the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra is to uphold and enhance the quality of technical education by defining policies, developing infrastructure at government institutions, guiding private institutions, enhancing interactions with industry, professional bodies and national level institutions of repute. The directorate has been instrumental in ensuring the successful implementation of various government schemes of scholarship for the economically backward, minority and women students enrolled in different courses. Adding to its kitty of financial activity, the directorate has credited itself by conducting industry-funded CSR programs. It has aptly handled, disbursed and monitored the various projects like CIIILP, phases of TEQIP and have utilized the finances for the betterment of technical education in the state of Maharashtra.
Vision
To become a world-class, globally competitive, flexible and learning higher education institutions responsive to the individual, institutional and social developmental needs of the people of Maharashtra and India.
Mission
- Enhance the quality of Technical Education Institutions, programmes, and systems towards achieving international standards.
- Efficiently and effectively manage the Technical Education System, ensuring transparency and integrity.
- Develop Technical manpower to meet the needs of the industry and growth of the economy.
- Elevating research levels in Technical Education system.
Read on to find more about Dte Maharashtra.
DTE Maharashtra Engineering Admissions 2019
- Admissions to the first year of engineering courses in Maharashtra is on the basis of MHT CET 2019.
- Candidates who wish to seek admission in various colleges and universities in BE/B.Tech courses must appear and qualify in the common entrance examination.
- MHT CET 2019 is the Maharashtra common entrance test for BE/B. Tech, B.Pharma, D.Pharma courses. MH CET 2019 will be held on 02 – 23 May 2019 for engineering courses in all district headquarters of Maharashtra.
MHT CET 2019 Examination Schedule
| Event | Date |
| Online registration and confirmation of application form on the website | 01 January to 23 March 2019 |
| Online registration and confirmation of application form on the website (with additional late fees of INR 500) | 24-31 March 2019 |
| Payment -both online and bank challan | 03 April 2019 |
| Issue of admit card | 25 April -02 May 2019 |
| Date of examination | 02-13 May |
| Duration of submission of objections on the question paper | On or before 03 June 2019 |
MHT CET 2019 Online Registration for Admission
The candidates should apply online at official website as per the schedule and fill the online application form step by step .click here to fill the application form https://mhtcet2019.mahaonline.gov.in/
MHT CET 2019 Application Fees
| Category | Fees |
| General category candidates from Maharashtra state, outside Maharashtra state, J&K Migrants candidates | INR 800 |
| Reserved category candidates of backward class (ST, SC, OBC), etc and the person with disability candidates belonging to Maharashtra state only | INR 500 |
DTE Maharashtra 2019 Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility criteria for various types of candidature for admission are given below
Maharashtra State Candidature Candidate
- The candidate should be an Indian National
- Passes HSC or its equivalent examination with physics and mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the chemistry or biotechnology or biology or technical vocational subjects, and obtained at least 50%marks (at least 45% marks in case of backward classes and persons with disability belonging to Maharashtra state only).
- The candidate should have appeared in CET and should obtain non zero scores in CET conducted by the competent authority.
All India Candidature Candidates, Jammu, and Kashmir migrant candidature candidates
- The candidate should be an Indian National
- Passes HSC or its equivalent examination with physics and mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the chemistry or biotechnology or biology or technical vocational subjects, and obtained at least 50%marks (at least 45% marks in case of backward classes and persons with disability belonging to Maharashtra state only)
- Candidate should obtain non zero scores in CET conducted by the competent authority.
However, the preference shall be given to the candidates obtaining non zero positives in JEE (Main) paper 1 over the candidates who obtained non zero scores in CET.
NRI/OCI/PIO, Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries, Foreign National.
- The candidate should be an Indian National.
- Passes diploma courses in engineering and technology with at least 45% marks in appropriate branch of engineering and technology from an all India council for technical education or central or state government approved institution or its equivalent.
DTE Maharashtra 2019 Reservation
Reservation for backward class category candidates
| Category of Reservation | Percentage of Seats Reserved |
| Schedule caste or schedule caste converted to Buddhism | 13% |
| Schedule tribes | 7% |
| Vimukta jati/ denotified the tribe | 3% |
| Nomadic tribes-1 | 2.5% |
| Nomadic tribes-2 | 3.5% |
| Nomadic tribes-3 | 2% |
| Other backward class | 19% |
| total | 50% |
Reservation for persons with disability candidate
Three percent seats of the total sanctioned intake of all the institutions under the CAP shall be reserved for candidates with a disability.
| Category of Reservation | Percentage of Seats Reserved |
| Visually impaired candidate | 1% |
| Speech and hearing impaired candidate | 1% |
| Candidates with the orthopedic disorder, learning disability, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphic, spastic. | 1% |
Note – The candidate with a disability should note that admission to the degree course, they will not be given any exemptions or additional facility in the academic activities.
Important Instructions for Candidates
- The list of the institutions identified as facilitation centers and admission reporting centers will be available on the official website.
- Candidates who do not want to change the options already filled in for CAP round 1 and 2, their already filled options will be considered for allotment.
- The information is available on for download on the website.
- The candidates are required to produce the documents in original for verification and confirmation of application form at FC.
- If candidates fail to confirm the online filled application form then such application will be rejected.
- Candidates who have registered as a reserved category candidate for MHT-CET 2019 but unable to produce caste/tribe certificate for reservation claim during documents verification phase shall have to pay the difference of fees of rupees 200/- at the FC through online mode only.
We hope we were able to help you out with all the important details regarding DTE MAHARASHTRA 2019. For any other query, please post in the comments section below. We will look forward to getting in touch with you. All the best for MHT CET 2019!
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