About This Portal & Editorial Policy

Last updated: 17 June 2026

fn.mahacet.org is the official registration portal of the State Common Entrance Test Cell (State CET Cell), Government of Maharashtra, for the admission of Foreign National, NRI, OCI, PIO, CIWGC and Merchant Navy candidates to higher-education institutions across Maharashtra, India. It is operated by the State CET Cell from its office in Mumbai.

Who maintains this content

Admission rules, eligibility criteria, fees, course information and notifications published here are maintained by the State CET Cell editorial desk and are aligned with the official admission brochure and circulars issued by the Government of Maharashtra for the relevant academic year. Where national requirements apply (for example NEET-UG for medical programmes or NATA for architecture), these are stated as per the responsible national authority.

Our editorial standards

• Facts (course count, eligibility, fees) are kept consistent across the portal and updated for each admission cycle.
• The one-time fee structure is stated transparently: a USD 50 eligibility-check fee plus a USD 1,150 registration fee (USD 1,200 total) payable to the State CET Cell; college tuition is payable separately to the allotted college.
• International candidates (FN/NRI/OCI/PIO/CIWGC/Merchant Navy) are admitted on merit and are exempt from MHT-CET; this is stated consistently across all pages.
• Pages carry a visible “Last updated” date and machine-readable schema so applicants and search/AI engines can verify freshness and provenance.

Official & primary sources

For authoritative information we reference, and encourage applicants to verify against, these official government sources:

• State CET Cell, Maharashtra — admission authority & brochures
• Study in India (Government of India) — international admissions framework
• ICCR Scholarships (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) — Government of India scholarships
• AICTE — technical & management education approvals
• National Medical Commission (NMC) — medical (MBBS) recognition

Contact

State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra State, 8th Floor, New Excelsior Building, A.K.Nayak Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400001 (M.S.), India.
Email: student@mahacet.org · Helpline (10:00 AM–05:00 PM IST): +91-9076000348 / +91-8879082178 / +91-9702301302