No, it is not mandatory. But some of the college made it compulsory. If you have CET score then you have the greater value than others

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It is depend upon the college some of the colleges like AMET, Jain university etc conduct Common Entrance Test (CET) for their admission process. After this, a Personal Interview also takes place to know the interest and capability of the candidate. where as college such as navrachna university take admission based on merit and written test and personal interview.  In christ, pune the data science is two year course. this program contain madayory industry internship,various training session in software tools, workshops, project. overall its good as it providing all this activity.