Chennai Institute of Technology PhD Courses & Fees 2026

No, students can not get direct admission at Chennai Institute of Technology. The institute accepts admission based on entrance exams. Admission to BTech is offered under the TNEA counselling where a candidate has to furnish Class 12 certificate with an aggregate mark of 45 per cent. In case of MTech, the students should have a UG/PG course relevant and they should qualify in either the GATE or CEETA PG. 

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, Chennai Institute of Technology accepts the scores of GATE / CEETA PG exam for admission to the two-year ME programme at the college campus. Chennai Institute of Technology offers full-time two-year ME programmes across five specialisations. Candidates, to be eligible, are required to have completed their UG degree in relevant field with 50% aggregate for General category students and with a minimum of 40% aggregate for reserved category students.

Chennai Institute of Technology cut off 2024 was released on the basis of TNEA. The cutoff was released for different categories belonging to the All India quota. Among the Genreal AI category candidates, the cutoff ranks in the last round varied between 3537 and 18646. The table given below consists of the last round closing ranks for the General AI category candidates: