Maharashtra · Affiliating + Teaching university
DBATU
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University
Lonere, Raigad
240–275+
Affiliated colleges
1989
Established
B+
NAAC
Not ranked
NIRF 2025
Admissions & entrance exams
B.Tech (first year)
- MHT-CET (PCM) for Maharashtra State candidates; you need a non-zero score in all PCM papers
- JEE Main or MHT-CET for All India seats; JEE Main scorers get preference over MHT-CET-only candidates
- 12th with Physics and Maths plus one listed subject: 45% (40% for Maharashtra reserved, EWS and PwD)
After diploma · lateral entry
Direct Second Year (DSE) CAP by State CET Cell: diploma with 45% (40% Maharashtra backward class/PwD), or B.Sc. with Maths or D.Voc. No entrance test; merit uses final-year diploma marks. Seats: 10% of intake plus vacant seats.
Track LEET dates →M.Tech / MBA / MCA
- GATE / university admission process for M.Tech (check current DBATU notice)
- MAH-MBA CET or other accepted CETs for MBA via CET Cell CAP
Counselling: State CET Cell runs FE CAP (4 rounds plus ACAP for 2026-27). Seat types: Maharashtra State, All India (JEE/MHT-CET), Home University vs Other than Home University (HU by district of HSC), State Level, plus institute-level seats as per CET Cell rules.
Popular programs
240–275+ affiliated colleges
DBATU's own About page gives 240+, 272 and 275+ in different places (all streams). The CET Cell FE 2026 list shows 119 B.E./B.Tech institutes in DBATU's CAP list, total intake 45,519.
As of 2026 (CET Cell FE 2026 list); university page undated · DBATU About page; CET Cell FE 2026 institute list
Flagship institutes
- 1DBATU University Department (main campus), Lonere, RaigadUniversity-run campus, intake 558 in CET Cell FE 2026 list; 468-acre campus
- 2Government College of Engineering, Kolhapur, KolhapurGovernment college in DBATU's FE 2026 CAP list
- 3Government College of Engineering, Yavatmal, YavatmalGovernment college in DBATU's FE 2026 CAP list
- 4Puranmal Lahoti Government Institute of Engineering and Technology, LaturGovernment college in DBATU's FE 2026 CAP list
- 5Loknete Shamrao Peje Government College of Engineering, RatnagiriGovernment college in DBATU's FE 2026 CAP list
- 6SVKM's Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic & College of Engineering, MumbaiGovernment-aided, Gujarati linguistic minority institute
Recognition & ranking
- UGC
- Recognised under UGC Section 2(f) and 12B (27-12-2005), as stated by DBATU
- AICTE
- Not officially published for the university campus here; affiliated colleges need AICTE approval, check each on the AICTE portal
- NAAC
- Grade B+ (CGPA 2.53, Cycle 2, peer visit Oct 2023)
- NIRF
- Not ranked (NIRF 2025): took part in Engineering but not in the top 300; not in University top 200
Placements
Lonere campus UG (4-year) 2023-24: 52 of 480 graduates placed, 38 went for higher studies, per DBATU's NIRF 2025 data. Covers only the university campus, not affiliated colleges.
Average / median
₹4 LPA (median)
Highest
Not published
DBATU Lonere campus, UG 4-year programmes only · 2023-24 · source
Affiliated colleges place students on their own, so figures vary widely from college to college.
Industry & incubation
- DBATU Forum of Innovation, Incubation and Enterprise (Section 8 company, set up Nov 2019)
- MoU with MAHAGENCO Gas Turbine Power Station, Uran (July 2023)
- MoUs listed with Serum Institute of India, ASTEC LifeSciences (Mahad) and Internshala
- Research linkages listed with NCL, BARC, SAMEER and IIT Bombay
Good to know
- Set up in 1989 as a unitary technological university; the DBATU Act No. XXIX of 2014 made it an affiliating technological university for all of Maharashtra, in force from 2016.
- Maharashtra also has engineering colleges under SPPU, Mumbai University, RTMNU Nagpur, Shivaji University and others, plus unitary COEP Tech University and autonomous VJTI.
- CGPA to %: Percentage = (CGPA - 0.5) x 10, per DBATU First Rules & Regulations, clause 12. NEP-2020 steps include honours/minors, ABC IDs and a final-semester internship.
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