MAH-B.Design CET
MAH-B.Design Common Entrance Test 2026
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MAH-B.Design CET is the State CET Cell's entrance test for first-year admission to the four-year Bachelor of Design degree in Maharashtra. It has two drawing/problem-solving papers and one MCQ paper, and candidates must take all parts.
Dates
Dates of the 2026 exam — the next dates are not announced yet. Always check the official website.
- Application opens
- 22/01/2026
- Last date to apply
- 24/02/2026
- Exam
- 05/04/2026
- Result
- 12/06/2026
- Conducted by
- State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra
- For
- B.Des (four-year full-time Bachelor of Design)
- Mode
- Pen and paper (offline; answer sheets and OMR at centres in Maharashtra)
- Duration
- Part A + B: 1 hr 45 min (Part A 45 min, Part B 60 min, with a 15-min break); Part C: 60 min
- Languages
- English
- Attempts per year
- 1
- Application fee
- Maharashtra backward classes (SC, ST, VJ/DT-NT, OBC, SBC, SEBC, EWS), 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 10+2 or equivalent with at least 45% aggregate (40% for reserved category, EWS and PwD candidates) can appear; there is no age limit.
Exam pattern
Part A Visualization & Illustration Ability: 1 question, 40 marks. Part B Design Thinking & Problem Solving: 1 question, 60 marks. Part C General Knowledge MCQs: 60 questions (20 x 1 mark + 40 x 2 marks) = 100 marks. Total 200. No negative marking; no choice of questions.
Score used for
Maharashtra CAP admission to B.Des courses at institutes under the State CET Cell
For Maharashtra students
A student seeking a CAP seat in Bachelor of Design at Maharashtra institutes needs this CET.
Where this comes from
- dates: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Technical-Education-CET-final-dates_2026.pdf
- result: cetcell.mahacet.org/page/4/
- pattern: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Updated-Information-brochure-for-MAH-B.-Design-CET-2026-16.03.2026.pdf
- eligibility: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Updated-Information-brochure-for-MAH-B.-Design-CET-2026-16.03.2026.pdf
- application fee: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Updated-Information-brochure-for-MAH-B.-Design-CET-2026-16.03.2026.pdf
- application dates: cetcell.mahacet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Updated-Information-brochure-for-MAH-B.-Design-CET-2026-16.03.2026.pdf