TNEA 2022: Counselling, Registration, Dates, Rank List, Seat Allotment

TNEA 2022 counselling dates are expected to be released in the third week of July 2022 by the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu. TNEA 2022 counselling will be conducted for General Academic and Vocational category as per the rank list released by the authority. In 2021, around 440 colleges were included in TNEA and the total available seats were 151870.

What is TNEA?

Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu to offer admissions to candidates in various engineering colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu. TNEA counselling 2022 is a single-window process and admissions in Tamil Nadu engineering colleges are offered through such a process because authorities believe that such an initiative facilitates transparency. TNEA rank list is used to offer admissions to candidates in undergraduate programmes like Bachelors of Engineering (BE) and Bachelors of Technology (BTech) in colleges of Tamil Nadu. Candidates must note that TNEA written exam has been scrapped as the counselling is based on Class 12 marks and therefore seats are allotted in the colleges through the TNEA rank list.

TNEA 2022 Highlights

TNEA 2022 Important Dates

DoTE will release TNEA counselling schedule for Academic & Vocational on its official website. In the meantime, candidates can check the tentative TNEA counselling schedule below.

TNEA Application Form 2022

Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE) Tamil Nadu will release TNEA 2022 application form on the official website. To apply for TNEA 2022 admissions, candidates have to pass their qualifying examination i.e. 10+2 or intermediate, and meet the eligibility requirements set by the authority. To be eligible for TNEA 2022, candidates have to pass the qualifying examination i.e. 10+2 or intermediate, and other eligibility criteria as prescribed by the authority. Candidates who have successfully registered for admission will be allotted a random number. To participate in the TNEA 2022 counselling process, candidates have to submit the TNEA application form 2022 within the prescribed timelines and pay the required fees. TNEA 2022 application process involves the steps given below.

Step 1: User registration

Step 2: Login

Step 3: Fill I - Personal Information

Step 4: Fill II - Special Reservation Information

Step 5: Fill IV- Scholarship Information

Step 6: Fill V - School of Study Information

Step 7: Fill VI - Academic Information

Step 8: VII - Preview Details

Step 9: VIII - Complete Payment

Step 10: IX - Download Application

TNEA Eligibility Criteria 2022

TNEA 2022 eligibility criteria reflect that candidates will be eligible for admissions if they fulfil the below-mentioned eligibility criteria:

Nativity:

Candidates are eligible to apply for admission through TNEA if they are:

• Tamil Nadu candidates who have passed their Class VIII to Class XII standard in Tamil Nadu.
• Children of Central Government Employees, irrespective of their nativity, provided their parents or guardians (only if both parents are not alive) have been serving in Tamil Nadu continuously for the past five years at the time of TNEA application form submission.
• Sons/daughters of All India Service Tamil Nadu cadre officers.
• Children of employees in the Public Sector or Government recognized institutions who at the times of TNEA 2022 application form submission had been working in their organisations for the past five years are also eligible to apply, irrespective of their domicile.
• Other state candidates who have studied from Class VIII to Class XII in Tamil Nadu can also apply for TNEA 2022.
• Tamil Nadu native candidates who have passed any of the VIII, IX, X, XI and XII standards or their equivalent examinations from schools situated outside Tamil Nadu can also apply for TNEA.

TNEA 2022 Eligibility Criteria: Qualifying Exams

Candidates are eligible to apply for TNEA if they have cleared their HSC (Academic) or its equivalent with a minimum average percentage in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together as mentioned below:

Apart from the above-mentioned eligibility criteria, candidates will also be eligible for admissions if they have cleared any one of the HSC (Vocational Subject) as mentioned below with one of the Engineering related subjects namely Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry with a minimum average percentage put together as mentioned below:

TNEA Reservation for Sports Quota

Given below is the list of sports considered by TNEA Reservation for Sports Quota:

TNEA 2022 Courses Offered

Through TNEA, candidates will be offered various undergraduate courses in engineering like BE and BTech in different specializations:

• Biotechnology Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Automobile Engineering
• Information Technology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Food Technology
• Chemical Engineering

Vocational courses prescribed for BE/BTech degree admission

Participating Colleges of TNEA 2022

 There are 519 colleges in Tamil Nadu that accepts TNEA admission for BTech admission. Below is the list of top institutes which are accepting TNEA:

TNEA 2022 Facilitation Centres for Certificate Verification

A total of 52 TNEA facilitation centres were set up to conduct TNEA counselling 2022 for the process of document verification and seat allotment. Take a look below at few of TNEA 2022 TFCs declared by DoTE Chennai below.

Click here to check the complete list of TFCs for Certificate Verification

TNEA 2022 Fee Structure

TNEA 2022 Admission Process

The steps involved in TNEA 2022 Admission Process are listed below:

Step 1: Interested and eligible candidates need to register themselves and submit their application form.

Step 2: The university itself scrutinizes the application forms.

Step 3: The university publishes a merit/rank list after studying all the application forms.

Step 4: Selected candidates are called for centralized counselling. They need to download their TNEA counselling call letter from the official website at www.tneaonline.org

Step 5: Through single window counselling, candidates are offered admission to the various engineering colleges of Tamil Nadu.

Candidates who score well in their 12th board examination have higher chances of getting admission to the right college through TNEA 2022

TNEA Counselling Statistics

Candidates can check TNEA 2022 admission statistics from below.

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TNEA 2022 FAQs

Q. Who conducts Tamilnadu Engineering Admissions or TNEA?

A. Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu is conducting Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission (TNEA) 2022. Earlier, TNEA counselling 2022 was conducted by Anna University.

Q. Which web browsers support the online TNEA application form?

A. It is advised to use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. However, if you are using Internet Explorer you must use version 9 or above.

Q. On what basis the TNEA rank list will be published?

Q. What are the Sandwich Courses in BTech for admission?

A. The duration of the programme is 4 years consisting of 8 semesters.

Q. I am from outside Tamil Nadu. Can I apply under Special Reservation?