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Today is a very important day for lakhs of candidates appearing in the process of admission to engineering (BE/B.Tech) courses in Maharashtra. Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell is going to release the Final Merit List and Category-wise Tentative Seat Matrix of MHT CET 2026 today, 27th July. Candidates who had successfully completed the verification of their documents (online or physical) by the scheduled deadline of July 20, 2026, can now check their final state rank and all India rank by visiting the official admission portal.
How to check MHT CET 2026 final merit list?
Candidates can easily check and download their final rank after the link is activated on the portal:
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First official BE/B.Tech admission portal fe2026.mahacet.org Go to.
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on the homepage “Check Final MHT CET 2026 Merit List Status” Click on the link.
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own Application Number And Date of Birth Enter.
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Once you click on submit, your final rank card will appear on the screen, download and print it for further reference.
Complete Timeline of CAP Round 1 Admission
| Admission Activity | important date |
| Publication of Final Merit List and Seat Matrix | July 27, 2026 |
| CAP Round 1 Option Form Submission and Choice Locking | July 28 to July 30, 2026 |
| CAP Round 1 Provisional Seat Allotment | August 2, 2026 |
| Seat Acceptance and Reporting at Allotted Institute | August 3 to August 5, 2026 |
| Display of vacant seats for CAP Round 2 | August 6, 2026 |
Option form and choice locking is the most important step
According to CET Cell, from July 28 to July 30, candidates will have to select their preferred colleges and branches in the online option form. Experts recommend that candidates should submit as many eligible preferences as per their rank to increase their chances of seat allotment.
Merit ranking and tie-breaking rules
The rank of Maharashtra State (MS) candidates is prepared separately by the CET cell based on MHT CET percentile and the rank of All India (AI) candidates is prepared separately on the basis of JEE Main score.
If two or more candidates have the same score, then Tie-Breaking Order These rules will be given priority for:
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First of all Mathematics Higher marks/percentile in.
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Then Physics Points of.
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After that Chemistry Points of.
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more at last age candidates Will get higher priority.