Step 1 – Login
Step 2 – View Personal Details
Step 3 – Payment
Step 4 – Add/Remove choices
Step 5 – Rearrange the choices
Step 6 – Choice Lock
Step 7 – Tentative Seat Allotment
The snapshot of the TNEA choice filling step-by-step procedure is given below:
Detailed TNEA Choice Filling 2024 Procedure
Step 1: TNEA 2024 Login: Firstly, candidates have to login with their login ID/email ID and password. After entering the login credentials correctly, candidates have to click on ‘Sign in’ to proceed with the choice-filling process
Step 2: View Personal Details: After login into the system, candidates can see the personal details as registered by you, your academic details, Tamilnadu Engineering admission 2024 information, TNEA application number, rank, etc. Click on the 'Next' button to move to the next screen for the initial payment.
Step 3: Initial Payment: In this step, candidates have to click on to payment gateway. The counselling fee of TNEA choice filling is INR 5000 for others and INR1000 for SC/ST. Candidates will be navigated to the payment gateway. The payment can be made in two ways:
- Online Payment Gateway
- Demand Draft - DD should be drawn in favour of “The Secretary, TNEA”, payable at Chennai and payment should be made only through any of the TNEA Facilitation Centers (TFC)
Once the payment is successful, candidates have to see an e-receipt. After completing the payment, the fee receipt will appear as follows. Then click the ‘next’ button to start the choice-filling process
Step 4: Add/Remove Choices: Candidates have to choose carefully their preferences for getting a seat in a branch of an institution. Based on the availability of seats, rank, and community, candidates will be allotted. Candidates must prepare a list of choices in the order of preference to enter the choices in the order of preference correctly and quickly.
Choice Entry and Locking of Choices will be available for 3 days, 3rd day until 5.00 pm. All the above processes can be completed from anywhere, from your home if you have a facility or you can avail of the facility of TFC. Choice Entry and Locking of Choices (3 days, 3rd day until 5.00 pm.
Adding choices - On the top Navigation Bar, candidates will see the link for ‘Add Choices’. Using this, candidates can create a list of branches and colleges. This choice list or preference list should finally be in the order of candidate preference. By clicking, add choices, the following screen will appear on the screen.
- Choice by District – Entering the name of the District in the list box field
- Choice by Branch Name – Entering the name of the Branch Name in the text box field
- Choice by College Code – Entering the name of the College Code in the text box field
- Choice by College Name – Entering the name of the College Name in the text box field
TNEA 2024 Choice filling – Important Points
- Candidates can save these, modify the choices until the scheduled time, and lock the choices before the said time
- Candidates can modify choices by deleting, moving up by a place, making a particular choice as the desired choice number etc.
- By clicking on the Yellow colour ‘Move’ button place it near the selected choice
Step 5: Rearrange the Choices: In this step, candidates can add/remove choices anytime within the stipulated time (3rd day before 5 pm). After clicking on the ‘Download My Choice’ candidates can download the choice list. Click on ‘Send My Choice List to My Email’ to send the choice list to your personal email.
Step 6: Locking of Choices: After adding/removing choices, candidates have to lock their choices. In this step candidates have to click on ‘Send OTP’. An OTP will be sent to the registered mobile and email ID, then enter the One Time Password in the space provided for that and click the ‘Lock My Choice Lock’ button.
Candidates must note that once the choices are locked, they cannot be changed. However, if candidates do not lock within the given time, the admission authority will lock the TNEA choice filling automatically.
Step 7: Tentative TNEA 2024 Seat Allotment- Once you have locked your choices, a tentative TNEA seat allotment will be made based on the rank and preferences of the candidates.
After the tentative allotment is over, candidates can login and see their allotment.
Note: The candidates must submit their options for the tentative allotment
Tamilnadu Engineering Counselling 2024 will comprise four to five rounds. Each round will be held over 5 days and candidates will have three days to enter their tentative option (college/course).
Commonly asked questions
Candidates have to enter their email address and password on the TNEA login window. The Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE) Tamil Nadu releases TNEA application form on the official website. To apply for TNEA admissions, candidates have to pass their qualifying examination I. e. 10+2 or intermediate and meet the eligibility requirements set by the authority. Candidates who have successfully registered for admission will be allotted a random number. To participate in the TNEA 2025 counselling process, candidates have to submit the TNEA application form 2025 within the prescribed timelines and pay the required fees.
TNEA 2026 notification is out.
TNEA stands for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions. The Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu conducts TNEA every year. It is an online counselling window. All Indian National candidates who wish to take admission to Government and Government Aided Engineering Colleges, University Departments and Constituent Colleges of Anna University, Annamalai University and for the seats surrendered by Self-Financing Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu have to apply for TNEA counselling.
TNEA counselling is a Unified Single Window Admission System for Indian Nationals only. The courses offered via this online counselling are BE/BTech and BE (sandwich) courses. TNEA counselling is conducted online in 4 rounds as per the schedule. Candidates need to participate in corresponding rounds based on their rank.
TNEA 2026 Random Number released on June 10.
The TNEA 2026 document verification at the TFCs was held till June 29.
TNEA Seat Allotment 2024
The authority will release the TNEA 2024 seat allotment after the TNEA choice filling. The list of candidates will be prepared solely based on the merit list prepared by the authority, choices filled and category and candidates have to login to their TNEA account to see the result of seat allotment.
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Student Forum
Answered 3 weeks ago
Anna University cutoff 2026 for the SC category ranged from 558 to 233776 for the BTech CSE course in the last round. As per this range, admission to the College of Engineering and AVS Engineering College was the most and least competitive, respectively. See below to know the BTech branch cutoff det
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Answered a month ago
Prince Dr. K. Vasudevan College of Engineering and Technology (PDKVCET) does not have an official overall 'TNEA rank' but rather accepts TNEA scores for admission with overall Round 2 closing ranks ranging from 22,426 to 129,592 for B.E. programs.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, seats are available for the CSE course through TNEA counselling at Sriram Engineering College.
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