Savitribai Phule Pune University

Latest Admission Updates (2026)

The most time-sensitive deadline right now concerns the Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (MH SET) administered by Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). As of June 2026, the headline action point for aspirants is the extended MH SET application window, while the university's own Online Entrance Examination (OEE) for UG and PG admission remains in a revised-schedule phase.

• MH SET 2026 application deadline extended to 26 June 2026 (without late fee): SPPU, which conducts the Maharashtra State Eligibility Test on behalf of the state government, extended the application deadline to 26 June 2026 after a large number of students could not complete registration in time. This is the single most urgent deadline for SET aspirants as of June 2026.
• 41st MH SET examination rescheduled to Sunday, 26 July 2026: The 41st SET exam will be held on 26 July 2026 at centres across Maharashtra and Goa. MH SET is the key eligibility test for assistant professor positions in the state.
• SPPU OEE 2026 (UG/PG admission entrance): The Online Entrance Examination was originally scheduled for 1-13 June 2026; revised exam dates are to be announced. As of June 2026, the OEE will be held in remote human-proctored mode.
• OEE admit card: To be announced; historically issued about one week before the examination.
• OEE result and merit list: To be announced; the result is expected tentatively in August 2026, after which the offline/online counselling and merit-based admission begins.

Aspirants should treat 26 June 2026 (MH SET application close) and 26 July 2026 (MH SET exam) as fixed, and monitor unipune.ac.in for the revised SPPU OEE 2026 exam, admit card and result dates, which were not finalised as of June 2026.

Savitribai Phule Pune University Admission 2026: Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility at Savitribai Phule Pune University is programme-specific, and the qualifying exam differs sharply between the university's own departmental seats and its CET-linked professional courses. The table below maps each major programme to its base eligibility, the minimum aggregate where one is specified, and the entrance exam SPPU accepts for that course. Read it row by row: the "Accepted Entrance Exam" column tells you exactly which test to register for, since SPPU's own science, arts, commerce and law-PG seats run on the SPPU OEE/PET, while management, engineering, education and pharmacy seats run on state CETs or national exams. Use this as your first filter before you fill any form, because applying for the wrong entrance test is the most common reason candidates lose a year.

The key takeaway is that minimum-aggregate bars are firm where listed: 45% for LLB and B.Pharm, 50% for MBA, MCA, B.Ed, M.Ed and M.Pharm, and 55% for PhD. Where a percentage is not shown, admission is decided purely by entrance-exam merit. Candidates from reserved categories should verify any category relaxation directly in the official 2026 notification, as SPPU publishes relaxations course-wise rather than as a single blanket figure. Decide your programme first, then register for the matching entrance exam well before its deadline.

Course-Wise Admission Status

This section answers the question every applicant asks first: "Is the form open for my course, and how do I get in?" The table summarises, programme by programme, the current 2026 application status, the admission mode, and the entrance exam through which SPPU fills those seats. Programme-wise seat intake at SPPU is fixed each year departmentally and was not published as a consolidated public figure for 2026 as of June 2026, so the Seats column is marked accordingly rather than guessed. Read "Mode" to know whether you face a centralised entrance plus counselling route or a CET-merit route.

The practical takeaway: SPPU's departmental UG/PG seats (B.Sc, M.Sc, MA, M.Com, MJMC, LLM and similar) hinge on the SPPU OEE, whose 2026 dates were under revision as of June 2026, so check unipune.ac.in frequently. Professional courses such as MBA, MCA, B.Pharm, LLB and B.Ed are filled through Maharashtra CET counselling, not directly by the university form. Confirm seat intake for your specific department on the official 2026 prospectus before locking your choices.

Application Fees

Two distinct fees matter at Savitribai Phule Pune University, and applicants routinely confuse them. The first is the exam/application fee paid to the conducting body when you register for an entrance test; the second is the programme tuition fee paid to the department only after you secure admission. The table below isolates each category's application fee where it is officially verifiable. As of June 2026, the category-wise application fee that SPPU has published clearly is for the MH SET 2026 examination it conducts; the per-programme SPPU OEE application fee was not confirmed as a single official figure, so it is shown as to be announced rather than a guessed number. Read each category on its own row, because reserved-category fees are lower than the Open/General fee.

The actionable points: for MH SET 2026, Open-category candidates pay Rs 800 and reserved-category (OBC-NCL/SC/ST) candidates pay Rs 650 if they apply by 26 June 2026, after which late fees of Rs 1,300 and Rs 1,150 apply during 27-30 June 2026. The SPPU OEE per-programme application fee and the departmental tuition fees were not published as confirmed 2026 figures at the time of writing, so treat any fee you see on third-party sites as unverified and confirm the exact current-year amount on the official notification before paying.

Entrance Exam Requirements

Savitribai Phule Pune University does not run on a single entrance test; admission to each programme is tied to a specific exam, and matching the right exam to your course is non-negotiable. The table below lists the exam, the programmes it feeds at SPPU, the 2026 exam date where officially fixed, and what a competitive score looks like for this university. The only SPPU-administered exam with a confirmed 2026 date as of June 2026 is MH SET (for assistant-professor eligibility); the admission-side SPPU OEE date was under revision, and national/state exam dates should be confirmed with their conducting bodies. Use the "Typical Qualifying Score" column only as a directional benchmark grounded in verified data, not a guaranteed cutoff.

The headline takeaway: for B.Tech, JEE Main is the gate, and the verified 2024 General-category closing rank for SPPU B.Tech was 4600, which is the single best benchmark to target. Most SPPU departmental UG/PG courses are decided by the SPPU OEE, whose 2026 date was being revised as of June 2026. MH SET, the one SPPU-administered test with a firm 2026 date, runs on 26 July 2026 but is an eligibility test for teaching posts, not a route into a degree programme.

Cutoff Analysis (2024-2026)

Cutoffs at Savitribai Phule Pune University vary by programme, category and the entrance route, so a single "university cutoff" does not exist. The most reliable, officially grounded cutoff benchmark available is for B.Tech through JEE Main. The table presents the verified year-wise closing rank for the General category alongside the years where SPPU had not released or finalised figures as of June 2026. Read the "Closing Rank/Score" column as the last rank admitted in that category and year; blank or to-be-announced cells mean the data was not officially confirmed and has deliberately not been estimated.

On the trend: the one firm data point is the 2024 General-category B.Tech closing rank of 4600 via JEE Main, which signals that a JEE Main rank comfortably inside roughly 4,500 gives a realistic shot at SPPU's General B.Tech seats. The corresponding 2025 and 2026 closing ranks, and the category-wise cuts, had not been officially released as of June 2026, so no directional rise or fall can be claimed honestly. Aspirants should aim to beat the 2024 benchmark with margin and confirm the live category cutoff on the official merit list when it is published.

Counselling Process

For the SPPU OEE-based departmental admissions, Savitribai Phule Pune University runs a merit-driven counselling flow. As of June 2026, the indicative step-by-step process is as follows:

1. Online registration and form submission: Register on the SPPU admission portal and submit the OEE application for your chosen programme before the (to-be-announced revised) deadline.
2. Appear for the SPPU OEE: Take the entrance in remote human-proctored mode on the revised 2026 date; the exam carries 100 marks of MCQs over 2 hours with 1/4th negative marking.
3. Merit list publication: SPPU prepares the merit list from your OEE Section A and Section B scores; ties are broken first by the Section B score and then by qualifying-examination marks.
4. Counselling / choice confirmation: Eligible candidates are called for counselling after the result; the university has conducted this round-wise based on the merit list.
5. Document verification: Originals are verified, including marksheets, caste certificate and non-creamy-layer certificate (if applicable) and medical certificate (if applicable).
6. Fee payment and admission confirmation: Admission is confirmed only after successful document verification and payment of the prescribed programme fee.

For CET-linked courses (MBA, MCA, B.Pharm, LLB, B.Ed, BHMCT), counselling is conducted by the Maharashtra State CET Cell, not directly by SPPU, so follow that body's centralised admission process alongside the university's reporting steps.

Important Dates (2026)

This master calendar consolidates every key event an SPPU 2026 applicant must track, from application opening to document verification. Because the SPPU OEE 2026 schedule was under revision as of June 2026, several admission-side rows correctly read "to be announced" rather than carrying an invented date; the MH SET rows carry the officially confirmed 2026 dates SPPU has published. Read the "Status" column to know whether a date is fixed or pending. Treat every "to be announced" entry as a prompt to recheck unipune.ac.in, not as a closed door.

The non-negotiable dates are MH SET-related: apply by 26 June 2026 to avoid the late fee, and sit the 41st SET on 26 July 2026. On the admission side, the OEE timeline was still being finalised as of June 2026, so the safest plan is to keep your documents ready and monitor the official portal daily once the revised OEE schedule is published, since the gap between admit card and exam has historically been only about a week.