Rajalakshmi Engineering College Placements 2025: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Companies

According to unofficial online sources, a large share of Rajalakshmi Engineering College alumni is working in the Engineering sector with a 38% share. The detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni is depicted below:

NOTE: The sectors involved in the 'Others' category are Research, Quality Assurance, Sales, and Consulting. 

The placements are ongoing at Rajalakshmi Engineering College for the batch 2025. As of now,  268 recruiters visited the campus in 2025 and presented 1941 job offers to the students. Earlier, 268 recruiters visited in 2024 and offered 1570 offers.  

Rajalakshmi Engineering College has been ranked by top-ranking bodies, such as NIRF, India Today and Times. The following table has the past three-year ranking trends for the Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC) in the Engineering category:

Publisher	2025
NIRF	101-150
Times	15
The Week	57
India Today	85

 

Rajalakshmi Engineering College cutoff 2024 has been released across various B.E specialisations in opening and closing ranks. Rajalakshmi Engineering College cutoff 2024 ranged between, 6193 and 46008 for the General AI category candidates, wherein B.E. in CSE is the most competitive course. The easiest course was BTech in Civil Engineering specialisation to secure admission at Rajalakshmi Engineering Collge. For a detailed Rajalakshmo Engineering College branch-wise cutoff 2024, candidates can refer to the table below for the Round 2 cutoff. The cutoff mentioned below is for the General category under the AI Quota.  

Course	2024
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering	33127
B.E. in Automobile Engineering	43194
B.E. in Civil Engineering	46008

Rajalakhsmi Engineering College through its 15 departments, offers UG and PG courses to students across Engineering, Computer Application and IT, Management and Business Administration, and Sciences streams. The below-mentioned table shows the departments available at Rajalakshmi Engineering College:

Rajalakshmi Engineering College Departments
Aeronautical Engineering	Automobile Engineering	Biotechnology
Biomedical Engineering	Management Studies	Humanities & Sciences
Chemical Engineering	Mechatronics Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Information Technology	Food Technology	Electronics & Communication Engineering
Electrical & Electronics Engineering	Computer Science & Engineering	Civil Engineering

Candidates must have a Diploma in relevant branch to apply for lateral entry to BE/ BTech programmes at Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology. Aspirants must have scored at least 50% in Diploma to apply for lateral entry. Below is the aggregate requirement for reserved category candidates:

Category	Average of Fifth & Sixth Seemsters
Backward	45%
Most Backward	40%
SC/ ST	Just pass in the examination

Note: Candidates belonging to communities other than SC/ ST should have passed the qualifying exam within two attempts.

No, candidates can not gain direct admission to the REC BTech programme without appearing for the accepted entrance exam. Admission for the BTech programme at the college is based on the TNEA scores, followed by the TNEA counselling. However, it is essential; for candidates to meet the course-specific eligibility criteria. Those who are shortlisted must submit the applicable course fee to confirm the enrollment.

Yes, admission is open at Rajalakshmi Engineering College for the academic session 2026. Active counseling, reporting, and application processes are underway depending on the specific course.

Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC) was established in the year 1997 under the aegis of Rajalakshmi Educational Trust. REC Chennai is an autonomous institution affiliated with Anna University, Chennai. REC is a prestigious college in Tamil Nadu and it has been ranked by NIRF many times. A few of the important Rajalakshmi Engineering College Chennai rankings are mentioned below:

Ranking Body	Rank
NIRF 2023 for B.Tech	86
NIRF 2022 for B.Tech	95
NIRF 2021 for B.Tech	110
NIRF 2020 for B.Tech	106

Rajalakshmi Engineering College offer UG and PG courses in the field of Engineering and Management. The courses offered by this college includes: BE/BTech, ME/MTech, MBA and PhD.

Yes, candidates can get direct admission in Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC) under the management quota, or through lateral entry if they hold a Diploma degree. Applicants must fulfil the course-specific eligibility criteria before applying for admission.

Candidates can check below the BTech specialisations offered at Rajalakshmi Engineering College:

• B.Tech. Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
• B.Tech. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• B.Tech. Bio Technology
• B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
• B.Tech. Computer Science and Business Systems
• B.Tech. Food Technology
• B.Tech. Information Technology

Admissions to B.E./B.Tech programs at Rajalakshmi Engineering College are primarily done through TNEA Counselling, which charges a general application/counselling registration fee of INR 500 for OC/BC/MBC/BCM categories and INR 250 for SC/SCA/ST categories.

Anna University exam dates change every year. In the past two exam sessions, Anna University has been conducting the TANCET exam in March for MBA and MCA courses. Anna University maintained the exam schedule in line with the previous session. The complete schedule, including answer key release and result dates, was announced in due course.

The TNEA 2026 dates for the counselling process will be announced in the coming days after AICTE approval.

TANCET exam is conducted for MBA and MCA admission. More than 25,000 candidates take the TANCET exam for MBA admission. The sections vary for MBA and MCA exams. The space below mention the TANCET MBA exam pattern:

• Mode of TANCET exam: Offline, OMR based
• Type of questions: Objective type
• Number of questions: 100
• Number of sections: 5
• Exam duration: 120 minutes
• Maximum marks: 100
• Marks for correct response: 1 mark
• Mark down for incorrect response: 1/4 mark
• Exam medium: English

The TANCET MBA syllabus is based on five sections. The sections for TANCET MBA exam include:

• Business Situations
• Reading Comprehension
• Quantitative Ability
• Data Sufficiency
• English Usage

All sections in the TANCET exam have equal weightage.

The total tuition fee of Rajalakshmi Engineering College MBA programme is INR 35,000. It must be noted that the mentioned fee for REC courses has been taken from the official website/sanctioning body. It is still subject to change and, hence, is indicative.

TANCET participating colleges define the TANCET cutoff scores or the last ranks for admission. However, participating institutes do not release a cutoff list for candidates to check during the admission process. In fact the cutoff scores are not released by any authority during the admission session. Candidates can find the TANCET cutoff scores and TANCET last ranks, from the previous admission session, published on the official admission website, I. e. Tamil Nadu-mbamca. Com. All queries related to the centralised admission, counselling, cutoffs, vacancy details, among other information is published on the counselling website, aka the admission website. Directorate of Technical Education, Chennai, has the authority to publish the previous year TANCET cutoff on the official admission website.