MHT-CET CAP Round 4 option entry is open until September 3

## What changed?

The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell has opened CAP Round 4 option entry for first-year Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) and Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) admissions for the 2026–27 academic year. The official CAP portal shows that candidates can submit and confirm their Round 4 option form from September 1 to September 3, 2026. The vacant-seat list for this round was published on August 31, 2026. Status: Confirmed — these dates and the Round 4 vacancy link are on the official engineering admission portal. (me2026.mahacet.org)

This matters because Round 4 is the last scheduled CAP round on the current engineering admission timetable. After this round, the portal lists institute-level admission activity for seats that remain vacant. That is a separate process and should not be treated as an automatic extension of CAP option entry. Status: Confirmed — the official schedule lists institute-level option-form submission through September 7 and institute-level admission activity from September 9 to September 15. (me2026.mahacet.org)

## Who does this affect?

This update is for students seeking Maharashtra engineering admission through the 2026–27 CAP process, including candidates who:

- received no seat in an earlier round; - want to try for a better college or branch; - received a Round 3 seat but selected the option to continue for betterment; or - are participating in CAP and remain eligible for Round 4.

It is especially important for students whose earlier allotment was not their preferred college or course. The Round 4 vacancy list is provisional, so a course showing a vacancy is not a promise that a seat will still be available when allotment is processed. The official PDF itself tells candidates to fill all eligible choice codes they genuinely prefer, irrespective of the vacancy position. Status: Confirmed — this instruction appears in the official Round 4 vacancy document. (cappublicdocs2026.blob.core.windows.net)

This is not a new MHT-CET examination registration window. It is a counselling-stage action for candidates already in the engineering admission process. The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell is the authority running this process; the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) is not a separate portal you need to use for this Round 4 option form.

## What should you do now?

1. Log in to the official engineering CAP portal and open the Round 4 option form. Use only the candidate login on the official portal, not a college advertisement or an unofficial form. 2. Read the Round 4 vacancy list before arranging choices. Check the college, course, category and other eligibility details. Do not add a course merely because its name appears in the vacancy PDF. 3. Arrange choices in the order you would actually accept them. Put your genuine first choice first. Do not place a college above another one just because somebody online says its cutoff may fall. 4. Submit and confirm the option form. Save or download the confirmation page. A form that is only saved but not confirmed may not be treated as a valid final preference list. 5. Check the allotment result on the next scheduled date. The official timetable says provisional Round 4 allotment will be displayed on September 4, 2026. Status: Confirmed. (me2026.mahacet.org)

> Deadline: September 3, 2026, time not stated on the official schedule — if you do not submit and confirm the Round 4 option form, you should not expect a Round 4 allotment based on your choices.

The official schedule then gives September 5 to September 7, 2026, up to 3:00 p.m. for accepting a newly allotted seat through the candidate login. Status: Confirmed. Candidates who receive a first-time allotment must complete the required acceptance action and pay the applicable seat-acceptance fee online. The fee amount is not stated on the important-dates page, so do not rely on a number circulated by a social-media group. Status: Confirmed for the payment requirement; fee amount: Not yet stated on the cited schedule. (me2026.mahacet.org)

Candidates who receive a first-time allotment, a betterment, or retain an earlier seat in Round 4 must also report to the allotted institute and complete admission confirmation between September 5 and September 7, 2026, up to 5:00 p.m. Status: Confirmed. The portal describes the Round 4 outcome as final for participating candidates, so do not assume that simply submitting preferences keeps another CAP upgrade option open after this round. (me2026.mahacet.org)

One secondary report published by Careers360 gave an earlier Round 4 option-entry deadline and different allotment dates. Status: Reported, unverified — Careers360 reported a September 1 option-entry deadline and September 3 allotment date, but the official portal currently shows September 3 for option confirmation and September 4 for allotment. Act on the official portal timetable, not the older report. (news.careers360.com)

Do not pay anyone to “lock” a seat outside the official login, and do not treat a vacancy as a guaranteed allotment. For the full step-by-step journey, see our evergreen MHT-CET CAP counselling guide: MHT-CET CAP counselling guide.

AI assistance disclosure: This post was prepared with AI assistance and checked against the linked official Maharashtra CAP portal and vacancy document. Reviewed: September 2, 2026.

Sources - Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell — Provisional Vacancy for CAP Round IV PDF - Careers360 — MHT CET CAP Round 4 option entry begins for B.E., B.Tech. admissions

_Last verified: 2026-09-02._

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