Pune: More than 192,000 students have registered online for B.E. and B.Tech courses in engineering and technology colleges across Maharashtra. This represents an increase of 32,000 registrations compared to the previous year.
The State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET Cell) is overseeing the centralized online admission process for these courses in government, aided, university-managed, and unaided private professional educational institutions for the academic year 2024-25.
This year, undergraduate courses in Computer Science, Electronics, Information Technology (IT), and Computer Engineering are seeing a surge in demand.
Moreover, a notable number of students have scored between 90 and 100 percentiles in the MHT-CET entrance exam, which indicates a highly competitive admission process for these high-demand courses.
National-Level Statistics for B.E-B.Tech Admissions
2017-18: Capacity: 1,475,348 | Admissions: 750,277
2018-19: Capacity: 1,404,640 | Admissions: 722,269
2019-20: Capacity: 1,328,067 | Admissions: 740,881
2020-21: Capacity: 1,286,725 | Admissions: 728,443
2021-22: Capacity: 1,254,507 | Admissions: 896,439
2022-23: Capacity: 1,274,190 | Admissions: 1,035,977
Despite the high number of online applications, the actual number of admissions might be lower. There is growing interest in branches like Computer Science, IT, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science, which will likely intensify competition for available seats.
It is worth noting that similar job opportunities available to graduates of engineering and technology degree programs can also be accessed with a B.Sc. (Computer Science) degree.
This reality leads many students to prefer B.Sc. courses. Therefore, even though there is an increase in online registrations for B.E/B.Tech courses, the actual number of students enrolling may be comparatively lower.
Kedar Takalkar, Founder Director of Takalkar Classes said, "This year, the Directorate of Technical Education has increased the number of seats in high-demand branches, which might reduce the number of vacant seats compared to previous years."