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The '''MHT-CET''' or '''Common Entrance Test''' is an annual entrance exam conducted by the [[Government of Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Over 27,000 from city to take MHT-CET|date=May 12, 2009|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-12/pune/28188283_1_mht-mht-cet-karnataka-cet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811031721/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-12/pune/28188283_1_mht-mht-cet-karnataka-cet|url-status=dead|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=August 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mhtcet2018.dtemaharashtra.gov.in/loginstu.aspx|title=State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra|website=mhtcet2018.dtemaharashtra.gov.in|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> It is conducted by the [[Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra|Directorate of Technical Education]]. The degree courses of the following streams are mainly accounted for in this entrance exam:
* [[Engineering]]
* [[Pharmacy]]

Earlier the test scores were also used for admissions to Medical degree courses. After the [[Supreme Court of India]] insisted that only [[National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)|NEET]] can be used for undergraduate medicine admissions all over India, MHT-CET has been scrapped for medical colleges. 
The test is conducted in online mode for the first time in 2019. The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra released the syllabus and marking scheme for the [[Computer Based Test]] (CBT).

==References==
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== Sources ==
*[https://mhtcet2020.mahaonline.gov.in/Content/PDF/Advt/MHT-CET_Engg_Tech_Pharmacy_Pharm_D.pdf https://www.mahacet.org/cetcell/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Draft-Copy-of-MHT-CET-2019-Information-Brochure-for-Engg_Tech_Pharmacy_Pharm.D..pdf]  MHT-CET 2020 Brochure

==External links==
* Engineering MHT-CET - {{official website|http://www.dtemaharashtra.gov.in/approvedinstitues/StaticPages/HomePage.aspx}}
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/MHT-CET-will-now-be-MT-CET/articleshow/17136571.cms Times of India news article]
*https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/notification/story/mht-cet-2019-exam-divd-1390422-2018-11-17

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