Maharashtra’s engineering entrance admissions for 2025 – via the MHT CET test – has concluded with scholars securing seats, marking a substantial rise over the former time. The final admission rate stoodat 82.19, over from last time, signaling both heightened demand and bettered seat- filler rates. 

Out of scholars who registered through the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test( CET), set upseats in eligible engineering programmes for the academic time 2025- 26. This reflects an increase of nearly 17,668 scholars verified in admissions compared with the last time’s aggregate of. 

The admissions process is administered via the Centralised Admission Process( CAP), which holds several rounds of seat allotment. In this cycle, scholars verified seats through CAP, while 23,046 secured seats under the “ Against CAP ”( ACAP) share, and 12,865 through operation share. The entire CAP admission process officially closed on 15 September. 

One of the most notable trends this time is the rising presence of womanish scholars among admitted campaigners. Of the scholars admitted, are manlyand 62,195 are womanish. womanish participation in engineering admissions has climbed to 37.3, overfrom 35.4 in the former cycle – an proliferation of nearly two chance points. 

Geographically, certain regions of Maharashtra drovemuch of this increase in womanish participation. Pune recorded the loftiest number of womanist scholars admitted, with 26,180, followed by Mumbai( 10,013), and Nashik( 8,922). These three regions significantly contributed to the overall enhancement in womanish representation. 

Beyond gender, the data reveals discipline-wise preferences. Branches related to computer wisdom, information technology( IT), artificial intelligence( AI) and data wisdom formerly again attracted the most interest these programmes saw exceptionally highseat residency rates, with over 85 of seats being filled in affiliated courses. 

Among individual disciplines, Computer Engineering alone had 32,250 seats on offer, with 27,995 scholars admitted, performing in a filler rate of about86.8. Computer Science & Engineering, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science, and related AI/ ML programmes also recorded strong registration Computer Science & Engineering sawnearly 88.71 of its seats taken; Information Technology about 87.50; AI & Data Science at 88.16; AI/ ML performances of Computer Science & Engineering at a striking 94.37 filler rate. 

Other branches including Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering drew kindly lower residency Mechanical Engineering filled roughly 71.7, and Civil Engineering about 71.0 of available seats. Some niche or arising disciplines also showed strong figures; for illustration, Computer Science & Engineering( IoT) filled 97.28 of its limited input, while cyber security and robotics- acquainted branches floated in the 80- 90 filler rate range. 

Regional distribution of overall seat allotment shows that Pune led, with 70,251 scholars admitted across its area of influence, followed by Mumbai with 31,930, Nashik with 23,122, Nagpur with 20,987, Aurangabad with 11,299, and Amravati with 9,157. 

Preceptors and admission officers view the rising womanist participation, especially in STEM engineering branches, as a positive signal. Though women still constitute a nonage, their adding share suggests steady progress. Meanwhile, the dominance of technology-heavy and AI- acquainted specialisations reflects both pupil bournes and assiduity trends. 

As engineering seats fill up for 2025, attention nowturns to how institutions will accommodate the changing biographies and prospects of scholars. With further youthful scholars choosing newer, tech- driven disciplines, the structure, faculty moxie, and class in those disciplines may need farther strengthening. 

The final numbers from the MHT CET 2025 processreveal further than just figures they reflect shifting patterns in engineering applicants’ choices, gender participation, and the growing precedence of computer, AI, and data wisdom specializations. As Maharashtra’s academic institutions prepare for the coming academic cycle, these trends may shape both policy and educational investment in the state’s engineering ecosystem.