About

MCAER PGCET or Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education and Research Postgraduate Common Entrance Test is conducted by Maharashtra Agricultural Universities Examination Board; MAUEB for admission to various Post Graduate Programs in the State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in Maharashtra. Applicants are given admissions into courses related to Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Food Technology, Agricultural Bio-Technology, Agricultural Engineering, Home Science, and Post-Harvest Management. MCAER PG CET Syllabus comprises of topics related to Agriculture, Agril. Engg., Agril.Bio.Tech, Horticulture, Home Science and Forestry. Applicants are awarded 1 mark for every correct answer.

Latest Notification

MCAER PG CET 2022 Application Form has been released on March 4, 2022. Applicants who have scored a minimum of 55% marks in their qualifying exam can register for MCAER PG CET 2022 Application Form by visiting the official website and filling in the online application form. MCAER PG CET 2022 is scheduled for June 11, 12, and June 13, 2022.

Applicants of the reserved category must have scored a minimum of 50% in their qualifying exam to be eligible for the exam.
Application fee for Open Category candidates is INR 800 and INR 600 for Reserved category candidates.
Applicants who have successfully completed the application form can download MCAER PG CET 2022 Admit Card, which will be released on June 3, 2022.
MCAER PG CET Exam Patternconsists of 200 objective-type questions. There is no negative marking.

Registration

MCAER PG CET 2022 Application Form is likely to be released in the 3^rd week of May, 2022, in online mode. Applicants are required to have a valid Email ID and Mobile Number to register for MCAER PG CET Application Form.
MCAER PG CET 2022 Application Form: How to Register?
Given below are the step-by-step instructions for filling out the online application form:

Before filling Online Application, Form Download Information Bulletin of PG-CET 2022 and read the same carefully.
Upload scanned photograph and signature (Size of Photograph and Signature should not be greater than 35KB, 30KB respectively).
There is a provision to make changes in the online MCAER PG CET 2022 Application Form, before clicking on Submit Button.
There is no provision to make changes in the online Application Form one’s the Submit Button clicked.
After submitting the Online Application Form, the candidate should take a printout of Acknowledgement.
The required fee is printed on Acknowledgement.
Pay the fee through an online payment facility using the State Bank of India collect link which is available on mcaer.org after one working day of filling the online Application Form.
Payment can be done through various options, State Bank ATM-cum-Debit Card/SBI Branches (Cash/Transfer)/Other Bank’s Debit Card and Credit Card/NEFT/RTS/GRPT through Branch/Internet Banking of other Banks/Online GRPT through INB/ATM Card of our Associate Banks/Mobile Banking and Self Service Kiosk.

Application Fee

Category	Application Fee
General/ OBC	INR 800
Reserved Categories	INR 600
Other State Candidates	INR 800

Eligibility Criteria

MCAER PG CET 2022 Eligibility criteria vary from course to course. Given below are is MCAER PG CET 2022 Eligibility

Applicants must have scored a minimum of 55% marks in their undergraduate degree course in a related field from a recognized institute/ university.
Applicants of the reserved category must have scored a minimum of 50% marks in their qualifying exam from a recognized institute/ university.

Given below are the degree-wise eligibility courses accepted for MCAER PG CET:

Degree	Eligibility
MSc (Agri)	BSc (Agri.) or BSc (Hort.) or BSc (Forestry) or BSc (Agril. Biotechnology) or BBM (Agri.) / BSc (ABM) or BTech (Food Sc/ Tech.)* or BTech (Agri. Engg.) or BSc (Hon.) Home Science*of Agril. the university only and passing CET for MSc.(Agri.)
M.Sc. (Hort.)	BSc (Hort.) or BSc (Agri.) or BSc (Forestry) of Agril. the university only and passing CET for MSc (Hort.)
M.Sc. (Forestry)	BSc (Forestry) or BSc (Agri.) or BSc (Hort.) of Agril. the university only and passing CET for MSc (Forestry)
M.Sc. (Home Science)	BSc (Hon.) Home Science of Agril. University only and passing CET for MSc (Home Sc.)
M.Sc. (Agril. Biotechnology)	BSc (Agril. Biotechnology) or BSc (Agri.) or BSc (Hort.) or BSc (Forestry) or BTech (Food Sc./Tech.) of Agril. University only or BFSc and passing CET for MSc (Agril Biotechnology.)
M.Tech. (Agri. Engg.)	BTech (Agri. Engg.) of Agril. University only and passing CET for MTech (Agril. Engg.)
M.Tech. (Food Tech.)	BTech (Food Sc./Tech.) of Agril. University only and passing CET for MTech (Food Tech.)
M.B.A. (Agri)	BBM (Agri.) /BSc (ABM) or BSc (Agri.) or BSc (Hort.) or BSc (Forestry) or BSc (Agril. Biotechnology) or BTech (Food Sc./Tech.) or BTech (Agri. Engg.) or BSc (Hon.) Home Sc. of Agril. university only or BFSc.and passing CET for M.B.A. (Agri.)
M.F.Sc.	BFSc and passing CET for M.F.Sc.
M.Sc. (P.H.M.)	BBM (Agri.)/ BSc (ABM) or BSc (Agri.) or BSc (Hort.) or BSc (Forestry) or BSc (Agril. Biotechnology) or BTech (Food Sc./Tech.) or BTech (Agri. Engg.) or BSc (Hon.) Home Sc. of Agril. university only or BFSc and passing CET for Post Harvest Management (PHM)

Exam Pattern

MCAER PG CET 2022 Exam Pattern is set by the Maharashtra Council of Agriculture Education & Research. There are ten different exams conducted under the umbrella of MCAER PG CET 2022. The detailed MCAER PG CET 2022 Exam Pattern is mentioned below:

MCAER PG CET exam will have a total of 200 objective-type multiple-choice questions.
Candidates have to darken the answer to the respective number of the question in the OMR sheet with a black ink ballpoint pen only.
Every correct answer will carry 1 mark out of a total of 200 marks
More than one answer for a question would be treated as an incorrect answer.
There is no negative marking.
The answer once marked is final; any change in the option once marked, will amount to an invalid/incorrect response.
Scratching, overwriting, tick mark and multiple answers will be considered as wrong answers and no marks will be allotted to them.

Counselling

MCAER PG CET 2022 Counselling is likely to begin in the 1^st week of October, 2022.
Based on the marks obtained by the candidates in the MCAER PG CET 2022 and their respective CGPA score in bachelor’s level a merit list would be prepared.
Candidates scoring higher marks would be placed higher in the merit list whereas those scoring lower marks would hover at the bottom.
Candidates whose names appear in MCAER PG CET 2022 Merit list would be called for the document verification process.
After the document verification, candidates would be allowed to take part in the registration and choice locking process.
The decision of the board would be final in all regards related to seat allotment and admissions.

MCAER PG CET 2022 Counselling would be done on the basis of:

Candidate’s performance in the MCAER PG CET 2022 merit list.
Choice locked by the candidate at the time of choice locking process.

Exam Highlights

Exam Name

MCAER PG CET
Mode of Conduction

Online
Exam Frequency

Once a year

Exam

Events	Dates
Official Exam Notification Releases	March 3, 2022
Application Form Releases	March 4, 2022 (12 pm)
Last Date for Application Form	March 28, 2022 (11:59 am)
Last Date of Payment of Fees through Challan	March 31, 2022 (12:01 pm)
Display of Eligible and Non-eligible candidates provisional list	April 6, 2022
Duration of Grievances by Candidates	April 7 – April 13, 2022
Admit Card Releases	June 3, 2022
Exam Date	June 11 – June 13, 2022
Provisional Answer Key Releases	June 20, 2022
Result Declaration	June 27, 2022
Scorecard Availability	2^nd week of July 2022
Counselling Begin	4^th week of July 2022