M.E. in Computer Science and Engineering 

at Chennai Institute of Technology, Kundrathur

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

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

At the postgraduate level, Chennai Institute of Technology offers full-time two-year ME programmes across three specialisations. Spread over four semesters, admission to the ME course offered by Chennai Institute of Technology is subject to GATE / CEETA PG exam followed by state-level counselling. All these five specialisations available under ME are as follows:

Yes, at the postgraduate level, Chennai Institute of Technology offers full-time two-year ME programmes across three specialisations. Spread over four semesters, admission to the ME course offered by Chennai Institute of Technology is subject to GATE / CEETA PG followed by Single Window Counseling through Common Engineering Admission Procedure (CEAP-2023). Candidates willing to pursue MTech/ME at CIT need to appear for the CEETA PG exam followed by counselling to be eligible. The CEETA PG application form can be submitted only after the application fee is submitted. 

Chennai Institute of Technology witnessed the participation of over 110 companies during the 2023 placements. The highest package offered during the 2022-23 academic year was INR 44 LPA. In the absence of ME-specific placements information, check the complete insights of Chennai Institute of Technology placements 2023 for BTech and MTech courses from the table below:

Read more: Chennai Institute of Technology Placements

Yes, Chennai Institute of Technology has a decent record of placements. During the 2025 placement session, CIT Chennai has achieved 95.7% placements. Check out the key highlights of Chennai Institute of Technology placements for the Class of from the table below:

Candidates willing to pursue BTech at CIT need to appear for TNEA counselling to be eligible. The TNEA application form is released in online mode only and eligible candidates can register for the 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.

Step 1: Application Process

Interested students 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. 

Step 2: Selection/ Shortlisting of Candidates

All the candidates seeking admission to BTech are required to go through TNEA counselling and that becomes the basis of the final selection done by the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu. 

Step 3: Payment of Admission Fee & Admission Confirmation

Candidates selected for BTech need to pay the admission fee of the course at CIT to confirm their admission at the institute. 

Yes, CIT Chennai offers a hostel and various other facilities to students. There are separate hostels for boys and girls. Visit the official website and check what are the charges for the hostel and decide whether to avail of this facility or not. The hostel is safe for students and proper security is maintained at the hostel for the students.