MAH AAC CET 2025: Registration Process, Eligibility, Admit Card, Exam Date & Pattern

MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam is conducted once a year for those students who want to study the four-year under-graduation programme courses in Visual Arts like Bachelor of Fine Arts in different government and private colleges in Maharashtra. 

The Maharashtra Applied Arts and Crafts Common Entrance Test (MAH AAC CET) Exam consists of two parts, one part includes the General Knowledge section and the other part includes the practical exam. The Commissioner of State CET Cell is the one who selects candidates and conducts the MAC AAC CET 2025 Exam. The exam duration of the MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam is based on the subject chosen by the students. Students who passed their class 10+2 from a recognised board are eligible to sit for the MAH AAC CET Exam.  

Latest Updates:

• MAH AAC CET 2025 Result to be released Anytime Soon

Students must read the following information to get an overview of the MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam:

Students who want to appear for the MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam should know that they are only eligible for the exam if they have scored a minimum of 45 per cent marks (for the general category) in their class 12/HSC/Equivalent Exam and a minimum of 40 per cent marks (for reserved category). Here are some important points mentioned below for those who want to prepare for the MAH AAC CET Entrance Exam. 

• Students must belong to Indian Nationality. 
• Students who come from a certain religious minority/linguistic minority are also eligible for the MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam.

Students can choose only one out of the five types mentioned below of the Maharashtra State Candidature.

NRI Candidates Eligibility Criteria 

Students who can fulfil the conditions mentioned in clause (n) of section 2 of the Act will come under this category. 

Also, foreign students such as Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) as mentioned in the clauses by the Indian Government are eligible for the MAH AAC CET Entrance Exam 2025. 

Reservation of Seats for CAP 2025

Given below the category-wise distribution of seats:

Students who belong to the backward class can claim their category at any point in time during the application submission process for the Common Entrance Test Exam. 

MAH AAC CET 2025 Application Form release date is the last week of January 2025, tentatively. The last date to fill in the MAH AAC CET Application Form 2025 is tentatively the last week of March 2025, without the fees. 

The amount of the MAH AAC CET Application Fees is INR 1700 for students of all categories except the students who come from the PwD category because for them the amount is INR 1200. If any students fail to submit the application fees on time they need to pay an additional amount of INR 500 including the application fees. The mode of payment for the MAH AAC CET 2025 Application form is online.

Here are the steps for candidates who want to fill in the MAH AAC CET 2025 Application Form:

Step 1: Students need to visit the official website of MAH AAC CET 2025. 

Step 2: Students need to click on the "New Registration" Page 

Step 3: After reading and accepting the given instruction students need to submit their personal information, and address and then create a password. 

Step 4: Student needs to verify their number via an OTP. 

Step 5: Once, the number verification is done an application number will be visible on the screen, students must save the application number. 

Step 6: Students need to fill in their Application Form by filling in some crucial details like the exam centre and domicile. 

Step 7: Students need to upload some of the necessary documents like their photograph (30 to 35 KB size), and signature (15 to 5 KB size).

Step 8: After submitting all the necessary documents, students go through the fill-in details once and then submit the application fees. 

The details mentioned below include the subject-wise questions, total marks, marking scheme and the total duration. Students who are preparing for the MAH AAC CET Entrance Exam must go through the table mentioned below. 

Students should prepare for the General Knowledge section because the general knowledge section includes Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Students must appear for the papers if they want to pursue Visual Arts courses like Applied Arts and Fine Arts. 

Candidates must also carry some necessary things on the exam day like cotton rags, erasers, pencils, crushes, colours, and other things helpful in drawing. 

The Mode of exam for MAC AAC CET 2025 is both offline and online and students need to appear for both online and offline exams to pass the MAH AAC CET 2025 Entrance Exam. 

MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam mode is offline and it is an OMR-Sheet-Based Exam that includes four papers:

Paper 1: Design Practical

Paper 2: Object Drawing Practical

Paper 3: Memory Drawing Practical

Paper 4: General Knowledge

As per the MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam Pattern, the first three sections of the exam i.e. Paper 1, 2, and 3 consist of a total of one question each and each question is of 50 marks in total. However, the fourth section i.e. Paper 4 (General Knowledge) consists of a total of 40 questions and each question is of one mark. 

Candidates must go through the MAH AAC CET 2025 Syllabus to appear for the MAH AAC CET Exam. MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam Syllabus includes topics like Object Drawing, General Knowledge, Memory Drawing Practical, and Design Practical. 

The MAH AAC CET Syllabus is similar to the previous year's syllabus like Set of Applied Art CER, Recall for memory drawing, perceptual training, and Class 11 by NCERT Textbook in Fine Arts. 

Students can visit the official site of MAH AAC CET and download the MAC AAC CET 2025 Admit Card, once it is out. Candidates need to register themselves first before downloading the MAH AAC CET Admit Card 2025. Students must read the instructions mentioned in the MAH AAC CET 2025 Hall Ticket and read their details to ensure that it is correct like the exam date, exam time, student name, exam centre, exam location, and registration number. 

In case the mentioned information in the admit card is incorrect students can contact the examination authority to correct it. The student should not forget to carry their MAH AAC CET 2025 Admit card to the examination hall, they should also carry a government-authorised identity card on the day of the MAH AAC CET Exam. 

Candidates must know that the MAH AAC CET Hall Ticket 2025 is mandatory so that for the verification process along with identity proof like a Voter ID Card, Driving License, Aadhaar Card, PAN Card and University or College identity card. The MAH AAC CET 2025 Registration process will start in the last week of January 2025.

Here is the list of the cities and states where mostly the MAH AAC CET 2024 Exam is scheduled for students who want to pursue Fine Arts Courses. 

Students must go through the MAH AAC CET 2025 Preparation Books to prepare for the MAH AAC CET Exam in a much better way.

Students will be able to download the MAH AAC CET 2024 Scorecard will be out on the official website for those who want to pursue Fine Arts courses in private and government institutes. Students who wish to appear for the MAH AAC CET 2025 Exam must know that the MAH AAC CET 2025 Result will be released on the official site and students need to visit the official website to access their MAH AAC CET 2024 Scorecard. 

MAH AAC CET 2025 Counseling Schedule will be out once the MAH AAC CET 2025 Result is out. The MAH AAC CET Counselling Schedule 2025 will be released by the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra. 

Students who clear the MH AAC CET 2025 Exam, will be eligible for the MAH AAC CE 2025 Counselling Process once the exam results are out.  Students must know that they need to register themselves first to be able to participate in the MAH AAC CET Counselling Process. Students need to complete the online registration process based on their categories along with some of the official documents to gain admission to their dream university. Once, the application is confirmed students need to prepare important documents for the document verification process. 

Students who belong to J & K Migrants, OCI, PIO, NRI, CIWGN, and FN students are permitted to submit their documents via courier to the Arts School Campus, Directorate of Arts, Director, Dr. D.N. Road, Fort, Mumbai, 400 001.

Here is the list of colleges for candidates who took the previous year's MAH AAC CET Exam. These colleges are the ones students can get admission to after qualifying for their exams. 

Students can go through the following table to check out the previous year's MAH AAC CET Seats below:

Check the space below to know about FAQs on MAH AAC CET exam: