Maharashtra to Introduce Single CET for BHMCT, BCA, BBA, BMS, BBM Courses from 2026

MAH BHMCT, BCA, BBA, BMS, and BBM CET 2026 is going to be held from April 28 to 30, 2026, and the duration of the test will be 120 minutes. The syllabus and other details will also be made available on the official website cetcell.mahacet.org.

State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, Maharashtra is going to organise a single Common Entrance Test (CET). To provide admission in the Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT). The Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), and Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) are among the undergraduate computer and management courses.

The two distinct CETs for BHMCT and BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM courses will be replaced by the recently added MAH–BHMCT/BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM–CET 2026, a single-window CET. According to the State CET Cell, since these courses have similar qualifying requirements, a unified exam is the most suitable.

This decision was made because these courses have similar eligibility requirements.  As a result, a shared examination is more appropriate and advantageous for all candidates, the official notice stated.

According to the provisional Maharashtra CET exam timetable 2026, the schedule for MAH–BHMCT/BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM–CET 2026 is from 28 April 2026 to 30 April 2026. The test will be conducted for a duration of 120 minutes. Previously, both tests were conducted separately and their duration was 90 minutes each.

The CET cell also announced that the syllabus and other examination details will be available on the official website cetcell.mahacet.org for the convenience of candidates, parents, and institutions.

BHMCT eligibility criteria for MAH BBA CET 2026

The eligibility criteria for the MAH BHMCT entrance exam have been extracted from the previous year's information bulletin and are presented here.

• First of all, candidates need to have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) or an equivalent examination with a minimum of 45% marks in aggregate.

• If we talk about the Persons with Disability (PwD) category, a candidate from Maharashtra should have passed the HSC examination or its equivalent with not less than 40% of the total marks.

• Backwards Class (BC) candidates must have scored 40% marks in aggregate in the HSC exam or its equivalent at least.

• The maximum age limit for General, Other Backwards Classes (OBC), and PwD candidates of the General and OBC categories is 25 years.

• The maximum age limit for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and PwD candidates from the SC/ST category is 28 years.