Bachelor of Engineering (B.E. Lateral Entry) 

at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

Candidates willing to pursue BTech at CIT Coimbatore need to appear for TNEA counselling to be eligible to get into this institute. TNEA application form is released in online mode only. Eligible candidates can register for online state-level counselling at tneaonline.org. Apart from the online application form available on the website, candidates can also visit the TNEA Facilitation Centers (TFC) established in selected cities and fill out the application form. Interested candidates seeking the steps to fill out the TNEA application form can check out the detailed process below: 

1. Registration: Provide the details asked and register for counselling.
2. Login: Candidates who register successfully are issued login details that include a username and password.
3. Fill out the online application form: Candidates have to complete the online application form which has seven parts. One part of them is the application fee payment.
4. Preview and submit the online form: Candidates can preview the form carefully once before final submission.
5. Download the online form: The online form can be downloaded after the final submission. Candidates must keep the downloaded copy with them. It is not meant to be sent to the authorities.

The TNEA 2023 application fee can be checked in the table below:

Read more details on TNEA and its counselling process here. 

Coimbatore Institute of Technology accepts TNEA score, followed by TNEA Counselling for admission to the BTech course. CIT Coimbatore cutoff 2023 was concluded after Round 1 of the Seat Allocation Process. As per CIT Coimbatore cutoff 2023, the Round 1 closing rank was 1343 for BTech in Computer Science and Technology for the General category student. In 2022, the last round closing rank stood at 1288 for BTech CSE programme.  

Candidates can refer to the table given below to check out the last round closing rank for CIT Coimbatore for 2021, 2022 and 2023 for BTech in CSE course: 

Opening and Closing rank depends on the category and quota of candidates. For TNEA Round 1 cutoff 2023, the opening rank was 17649 and closing rank was 17649 for the general category candidates under All India quota. Cut off are different when it comes to other categories or female candidates and even domicile of home state. Admission to Civil Engineering in CIT Coimbatore is based on the scores obtained in the TNEA entrance exam. Applicants are advised to confirm what category are they applying while checking for cut offs.

Coimbatore Institute of Technology offers full-time, four-year BE in five specialisations and a similar full-time four-year BTech course in three specialisations with regular and lateral entry options to the students. Check out the specialisations available under BE/ BTech in the table below:

As per the latest report, the highest package offered during Coimbatore Institute of Technology placements 2024 stood at INR 52 LPA. This package was offered to the students of the BE CSE branch. The key highlights of Coimbatore Institute of Technology placements for the Class of 2023 and 2024 are tabulated below:

CIT Coimbatore TNEA cutoff 2023 was released for several BTech specialisations, among which CSE was the most competitie one with a last round closing rank of 1764 for OBC category. For BTech at CIT Coimbatore, TNEA cutoff 2023 ranged between 1764 and 22689, so yes candidates with a rank of 2500 can definetly get into CIT Coimbatore. However, the admissions are based on the scores/rank obtained in TNEA, the last cut offs also change a lot depending on All India quota or Home State. It also varies if the applicant is a female. 

A comparison of the Engineering colleges in Coimbatore based on their BTech programme on the basis of multiple components, such as fee and salary is tabulated below:

NOTE: The fee and salary information mentioned above is sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative.