MAH-AAC CET
MAH-AAC Common Entrance Test 2026 (Applied Art and Crafts / Fine Art)
Collected from the official website on 14/11/2026. Our team has not verified these details yet.
MAH-AAC-CET is the State CET Cell's offline entrance test for first-year admission to the four-year Bachelor of Fine Art (Fine Art and Applied Art) courses in Maharashtra. It has three practical drawing papers and one general knowledge paper, and candidates must take all papers.
Dates
Dates of the 2026 exam — the next dates are not announced yet. Always check the official website.
- Application opens
- 29/01/2026
- Last date to apply
- 16/03/2026
- Exam
- 12/04/2026 (10:00 AM to 05:00 PM)
- Result
- 08/06/2026
- Conducted by
- State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra
- For
- BFA (four-year Bachelor of Fine Art, Fine Art and Applied Art)
- Mode
- Pen and paper (offline, at centres in Maharashtra)
- Duration
- About 5 hours of papers in one day (10:00 AM to 05:00 PM): General Knowledge 1 hr, Design Practical 1 hr 30 min, Memory
- Languages
- English
- Attempts per year
- 1
- Application fee
- Maharashtra backward classes (SC, ST, VJ/DT-NT, OBC, SBC, EWS, SEBC), PwD, orphan and transgender ₹1,700; General category (Maharashtra) ₹2,200; All India candidature ₹2,200
Eligibility
Indian nationals who have passed or are appearing for HSC/Class 12 or equivalent with English as a language subject and at least 45% aggregate (40% for reserved category) can appear; there is no age limit.
Exam pattern
Design Practical 50 marks, Object Drawing Practical 50 marks, Memory Drawing Practical 50 marks, General Knowledge 40 MCQs x 1 mark = 40 marks (OMR). Total 190. No negative marking; no choice of questions.
Score used for
Maharashtra CAP admission to Bachelor of Fine Art (Fine Art and Applied Art) courses
For Maharashtra students
A student who wants a CAP seat in BFA / applied art courses in Maharashtra needs this CET.
Where this comes from
- dates: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AAC-CET-Final-Exam-Date-Notice.pdf
- result: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NOTICE-for-Result-publishing.pdf
- pattern: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MAH-AAC-CET-2026-Information-Brochure-1.pdf
- eligibility: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MAH-AAC-CET-2026-Information-Brochure-1.pdf
- application end: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AAC-CET-Registration-Extension-Notice1.pdf
- application fee: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/MAH-AAC-CET-2026-Information-Brochure-1.pdf
- application start: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AAC-CET-Registration-Notice.pdf