Direct Second Year B.Tech

Director Second Year BTech

Walchand College of Engineering admits students to its undergraduate B. Tech in directly Second Year of Four Year Course (DSE) through the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) conducted by the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra.

Aided and Unaided Programs

Walchand College of Engineering offers both aided and unaided B. Tech Programs. Aided courses are basically financed by Government of Maharashtra. Since institute is partially aided institute (90% of salary of aided courses) , teacher and staff salary to large extent is supported from government aid ( fund) , hence tuition fees of such courses are lesser than unaided courses. Unaided courses are primarily dependent on student fees for salary and other expenses , so tuition fees are on higher side.

Walchand College of Engineering offers both aided and unaided B. Tech Programs. Aided courses are basically financed by Government of Maharashtra. Since institute is partially aided institute (90% of salary of aided courses), teacher and staff salary to large extent is supported from government aid (fund), For unaided courses, salary component of staff and faculty, as well other expenses are primarily dependent on student fees.

From the students’ perspective, there is no difference between aided and unaided courses in terms of syllabus, teaching-learning processes, exam patterns, infrastructure, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, access to government student related schemes, placement opportunities etc.

Eligibility Criteria for DSY after Diploma / BSc

To be eligible for admission to Walchand College of Engineering, candidates must satisfy the following conditions:

Passed the Diploma examination of Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) OR its equivalent examination in relevant courses of study.
Obtained a minimum of 50% marks (45% for backward class candidates from Maharashtra) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics added together.
For Domicile and other conditions , one should refer CAP / CET cell guidelines.

Intake Capacity and Courses

Programs	Code for Admission Process	Intake for Indian Students
Programs	Code for Admission Process	Intake for Aided	Intake for unaided
Civil Engineering	600719110	6	–
Electrical Engineering	600729310	6	–
Mechanical Engineering	600761210	6	–
Computer Science and Engineering	600724210	9	–
Information Technology	600724610	6	–
Electronics Engineering	600737610	6	–
Computer Science and Engineering	0600724270U	–	9
Information Technology	0600724670U	–	6
Robotics and Automation	0600721970U	–	6
Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning	0600792170U	–	6

There shall be more seats in addition to above in case institute has any vacancy in first years , against non-admissions, cancellation and post branch transfer after First year. The detailed seats matrix shall be in STATE CET Cell website during admission process.

Centralised Admission Process (CAP)

The Centralised Admission Process (CAP) is conducted by the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra. The admission process involves the following steps:

Registration_: Candidates must register online for CAP on the official website.
Document Verification_: Candidates must verify their documents at designated Facilitation Centres (FCs).
Option Form Filling_: Candidates must fill in their preferred college and course options in multiple rounds ( CAP1, CAP2, CAP3 etc)
Seat Allocation_: Seats are allocated to candidates based on their merit and preferences.
Reporting to College_: Candidates must report to the allocated college to confirm their admission once student confirms allotment through CAP

Fees

Fees for aided courses are as decided by State Government competent authority (DTE)
Fees for unaided courses are as decided by Fees Regulatory Authoriity of state of Maharashtra.

Scholarships

The various scholarship schemes are applicable to students getting admitted in the college . SC /ST/NT student gets full wavier of fees while OBC /EBC /SBC /SEBC students gets 50% wavier in fees.

The detailed chart of Fees and Scholarship benefit is as below

DSE BTech (Aided)……click here
DSE BTech ( Unaided ) ……click here

Institute level Admissions at FY SY level

For aided courses , there are no institute level seats
For unaided courses , institute level seats are surrendered to CAP

Vacancies against CAP

Institute advertises for admission against CAP vacancies and invites applications and fills all seats as per directions of CET cell inter se merit in respective category of seats
Detailed notification can be seen here………. click here (https://cetcell.mahacet.org/)

Note for TFWS/ EWS Seats

There shall be supernumerary ( in addition to above intake capacity ) seats under Tuition Fee Wavier scheme and economically weaker section as per directions of AICTE/ GoI/ GoM. These seats are part of CAP process and state CET Cell/DTE will notify these in accordance with regulations during admission process

EWS Seats, which remain vacant during First Year (previous year, if any) shall be considered for the Lateral Entry to Second Year Course(s) to the EWS Candidate.