Archive · 17 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Agriculture CAP Round 1 Allots Seats to 10,871 Students
This story is about students in Maharashtra, India, who want to study agriculture and food science in college.
The state runs a big system called CAP that gives students seats in agriculture colleges.
In the first round, 10,871 students got seats.
Out of those, 3,147 students got their very first choice of college.
More than 23,000 students signed up, but only about 19,000 filled in their choices in time.
The most popular course was B.Sc.
Agriculture, with almost 8,000 students getting seats.
Students who got a seat must visit their college between August 17 and 19 to show their documents.
They also have to pay a small fee of 1,000 rupees.
If they say no to their first-choice college, they cannot join the next rounds.
The second round of seats will be announced on August 20.
10,871 students received seat allotments in undergraduate agriculture courses in Maharashtra's first CAP round for 2026-27.
3,147 students were allotted their first-choice college and their admissions were auto-frozen.
Of 23,803 registered students, 18,993 filled in preferences and were considered for the first round.
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, received the highest number of allotments at 4,700.
Allotted students must report to colleges between August 17 and 19 for document verification and pay a Rs 1,000 acceptance fee.
- Who
- Students applying to Maharashtra's four agricultural universities and the Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell.
- What
- The first round of Centralised Admission Process (CAP) seat allotments for nine undergraduate agriculture courses.
- When
- Announced on Monday for the 2026-27 academic year; reporting runs August 17-19 and second-round seats are announced August 20.
- Where
- Maharashtra, India, across 201 agriculture colleges.
- Why
- To allocate seats in professional agriculture degree courses based on students' registered preferences.
- Total students allotted
- 10,871
- Students securing first-choice college
- 3,147
- Students who filled preferences
- 18,993
- Students registered
- 23,803
- Most allotted course
- B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture (7,878 allotments)
- Admission acceptance fee
- Rs 1,000
- Document verification period
- August 17-19
- Second round seat announcement
- August 20