Maharashtra University Recruitment: 75% academic weightage for assistant professor; hiring criteria explained
Anu Parthiban | October 7, 2025 | 05:15 PM IST | 5 mins read
The Maharashtra government has slashed the interview marks to 25% for the faculty recruitment. Candidates must score at least 50 marks in the academic, teaching, and research to qualify for the interview.
The Maharashtra government has reduced the weightage assigned to interviews in the faculty and university officials’ recruitment process from 40% to 25%, and emphasised on academic credentials, research, and teaching experience. This marks a significant shift in how merit lists are prepared for faculty recruitment in Maharashtra public universities.
The state universities will resume filling vacant posts after a 10-month gap. According to the new recruitment process, the final merit list or selection will be made by giving 75% weightage to academic, teaching, and research (ATR), and the remaining 25% to interview performance. Earlier, both academic qualifications and interview were split into a 60:40 weightage respectively.
Candidates must score at least 50 marks in the ATR to qualify for the interview stage.
The revised rules are applicable for assistant professor, associate professor, professor, university officer posts. Below is the detailed mark distribution for the 75% weightage given for each post.
Maharashtra assistant professor recruitment
For assistant professor posts, the highest of 55 out of 75 marks is allotted to academic achievements in undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG), MPhil, and PhD qualifications, and UGC NET, JRF, and SET. Candidates who completed their higher education from IITs, NITs, IISERs or globally ranked universities will be given the highest marks.
Maharashtra assistant professor | Mark distribution | Total marks |
Academic records | UG = 11 marks (80% and above = 11 marks, 60% to less than 80% = 9 marks, 55% to less than 60% = 7 marks, 45% to less than 55%= 4 marks PG = 18 marks 80% and above = 18 marks, 60% to less than 80%=16 marks, 55% (50% in case of SC/ST/OBC- non-creamy layer)/ PWD to less than 60% = 14 mark M.Phil: 60% and above = 5 marks, 55% to less than 60% = 3 marks PhD: 20 marks MPhil+ PhD = maximum 20 marks NET with JRF: 6 marks NET: 4 marks; SET: 3 marks JRF/NET/SET = maximum 06 marks | 55 marks |
Teaching Experience | Scores for approved teaching experience or post-doctoral experience in institutes of national importance or from foreign universities within the top 500 QS/ THE/ARWU of the Shanghai World University Rankings shall be 1 mark per year. However, if the period of teaching or post-doctoral experience is less than one year then the marks shall be reduced proportionately. | 5 marks |
Assessment of Research Aptitude and Innovation Skills | Research Publications = 6 marks For awarding marks under research publications, only Indexed Journal lists of SciFinder, Web of Science and Scopus will be considered. Books Authored/ IPR generated = 6 marks Awards = 3 marks | 15 marks |
Maharashtra associate professor recruitment
For associate professor positions, out of the 75 marks, 45 is assigned for educational qualification and 25 for research and professional output.
Maharashtra assistant professor | Mark distribution | Total marks |
Academic records | UG = 8 marks 80% and above = 8 marks, 60% to less than 80% = 6 marks, 55% to less than 60% = 5 marks, 45% to less than 55% = 3 marks PG = 15 marks 80% and above = 15 marks, 60% to less than 80% = 13 marks, 55% (50% in case of SC/ST/OBC- non-creamy layer)/ PWD to less than 60% = 11 marks MPhil: 60% and above = 4 marks, 55% to less than 60% = 03 marks PhD: 18 marks MPhil+ PhD = maximum 18 marks NET with JRF: 4 marks; NET: 3 marks; SET: 2 marks JRF/NET/SET = maximum 04 marks. | 45 marks |
Teaching Experience | The additional experience in years over and above the minimum years of approved experience of teaching in university/ college as assistant professor, associate professor, professor, and / or research experience at equivalent level at the University/ National Level Institutions will be used. The score for additional approved experience will be 1 mark per year. | 5 marks |
Assessment of Research Aptitude and Innovation Skills | Research Publications = 6 marks For awarding marks under research publications, only Indexed Journal lists of SciFinder, Web of Science and Scopus will be considered. Books Authored/ IPR generated = 8 marks Awards = 3 marks PhD guidance = 3 marks Cumulative funds generated through R&D projects sanctioned as PI by different government funding agencies and consultancy through industrial and professional projects = 5 marks | 25 marks |
Maharashtra professor recruitment
For the post of professors, research and innovation is given 30 marks out of 75. Educational qualifications carry 40 marks, while teaching experience beyond the minimum requirement carries 5.
Maharashtra assistant professor | Mark distribution | Total marks |
Academic records | UG = 7 marks 80% and above = 7 marks, 60% to less than 80% = 5 marks, 55% to less than 60% = 04 marks, 45% to less than 55%= 2 marks PG = 13 marks 80% and above = 13 marks, 60% to less than 80% = 11 marks, 55% (50% in case of SC/ST/OBC- non-creamy layer)/PWD to less than 60% = 9 marks MPhil: 60% and above = 4 marks, 55% to less than 60% = 3 marks PhD: 17 marks MPhil+ PhD = maximum 17 marks NET with JRF: 3 marks; NET: 2 marks; SET: 1 marks JRF/NET/SET = maximum 03 marks. | 40 marks |
Teaching Experience | The additional experience in years over and above the minimum years of approved experience of teaching in university/ college as assistant professor, associate professor, professor, and / or research experience at equivalent level at the University/ National Level Institutions will be used. The score for additional approved experience will be 1 mark per year. | 5 marks |
Assessment of Research Aptitude and Innovation Skills | Research Publications = 6 marks For awarding marks under research publications, only Indexed Journal lists of SciFinder, Web of Science and Scopus will be considered. Books Authored/ IPR generated = 8 marks Awards = 5 marks PhD guidance = 5 marks Cumulative funds generated through R&D projects sanctioned as PI by different government funding agencies and consultancy through industrial and professional projects = 6 marks | 25 marks |
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Govt slashes interview marks to 25%
Candidates’ performance in the interview round will carry 25% weightage in the overall selection process. The first two parameters – subject knowledge and language proficiency will be evaluated based on candidates’ performance in the interview. The average score awarded by all members of the selection committee will be used to finalise the interview scores.
Parameter | Marks |
Subject knowledge and awareness of recent developments | 15 |
Language proficiency and ICT skills | 5 |
Logical reasoning and future plan | 3 |
Extension and NEP knowledge | 2 |
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