TNEA 2024: Supplementary Counselling Allotment (OUT), Dates, Documents Required, Reporting

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 be admitted 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. 

Check important details for TNEA 2024 counselling in the table below:

For TNEA counselling the applicants are grouped based on their rank and each group of applicants is allowed to participate in counselling according to their turn. TNEA 2024 counselling has 4 rounds. The applicant has to login into the TNEA portal by using his/her user ID and Password (same as that used at the time of registration) for performing various activities in a particular round. The procedure for each round of counselling is as follows:

1. Publication of eligible applicants: The list of eligible applicants for a particular round will be published in the TNEA portal.

2. Rounds of TNEA 2024 counselling: Counselling will be conducted online in 4 rounds as per the Schedule. Candidates will participate in corresponding rounds based on their rank.

3. Stages of Counselling: Each round has 4 stages:

1. Choice Filling
2. Allotment
3. Confirmation of Allotment
4. Reporting to College/TFC and payment of fees depending upon their confirmation

4. Process followed in each round: In each round, the following procedure will be followed

• Choice filling: A candidate will be given three days for the choice filling wherein the candidate will have to fill in their choices of colleges and branches based on their preferences and informed decisions. The order of choices is important. A candidate can fill in any number of choices.
• Seat allotment: Allotment of the candidate will be based on the preferential order of choices based on their rank and the eligible seat matrix.
• Choice confirmation option practice: During the allotment stage, If the candidate is allotted a seat, then 6 options will be shown for confirming the seat. The candidate must confirm their seat within 2 days from the date of allotment. Failing to confirm the allotted seat, the candidate will be taken to the next round. 
• Reporting and confirmation of seat: All candidates who are satisfied with the currently allotted seat and have opted for “Accept and Join” must download the allotment order and report to the college within 7 days and complete the admission procedure by paying the necessary fees. Non-admission in the college will be considered as not willing to join and the allotment order will be cancelled. All candidates who are satisfied with the currently allotted seat and have opted for “Accept and Upward” will be given tentative allotment orders. They must report to the nearest TFC and pay the tuition fees and submit their original certificates for holding the current seat. Nonreporting and non-payment of fees will be considered as not willing to join and the allotment order will be cancelled. Such candidates will lose allotted seats and will not be considered for further rounds of counselling. 

Through TNEA, candidates are 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

Once the candidates are allotted seats in TNEA counselling, they have the choice to practice various confirmation options. There are 6 available options with the candidates described below:

1. Accept and Join

A candidate who is satisfied with the seat allotted can download the provisional allotment order and can report to the college on the specified date for admission. The candidate will lose his/her allotted seat if failed to report to the college. Such not-reported candidates cannot participate in any subsequent rounds.
2. Accept and Upward

A candidate is satisfied with the seat allotted but wishes to wait for allotment in the higher order of his/her choice in the ensuing upward movement. For example, if the candidate is allotted a seat for choice 5, he/she can wait for choices 1,2,3,4. In case no better choice is available in an upward movement, then the candidate is confirmed with the previously allotted choice 5.
3. Decline and Upward

A Candidate is not satisfied with the allotted seat, therefore, he/she declines the allotment but prefers to wait for allotment in the higher order of his/her choice in the ensuing upward movement. If he/she is unable to get his/her preferred allotment in an upward movement, then the candidate will be moved to the next round.
4. Decline and move to the next round

A candidate is not satisfied with the allotted seat. Also, candidates do not wish to wait for upward movement and he/she is willing to participate in the next round.

5. Decline and Quit

A candidate is not satisfied with the allotted seat and he/she does not wish to participate in subsequent rounds also.

6. Upward or move to the next round

If ‘no seat’ is allotted to the candidate based on all the choices, then this option will be shown. Such ‘no seat’ allotted candidates can opt for upward movement. In case, a seat is available during upward movement, it will be allotted. If no seats are available during upward movement, then the candidate will be moved to the next round. 

TNEA cut-off 2024 is released by the Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE). The authority releases TNEA 2024 community-wise cutoffs for all the candidates. TNEA cut-off score is the minimum mark that candidates have to secure to be eligible for admission to BTech courses. Eligible candidates for TNEA 2024 are called seat allotment based on TNEA 2024 cut-off marks and availability of seats in the TNEA participating colleges. The TNEA 2024 cut-off admission scores will also be released after each round of counselling on the official website. TNEA cutoffs are different for all the categories depending on various exam factors. 

 519 colleges in Tamil Nadu accept TNEA admission for BTech admission. Below is the list of top institutes which are participating in TNEA:

A total of 52 TNEA facilitation centres were set up to conduct TNEA counselling 2024 for the process of document verification and seat allotment. Take a look below at few of TNEA 2024 TFCs declared by DoTE Chennai below.

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The admission process for TNEA 2024 includes the following steps:

TNEA 2024 admission process

Step 1: Registration

Candidates had to register for the counselling process. Registration had to be completed within the stipulated time. Later, the candidates can proceed to the next step.

Step 2: Assigning a Random Number

The registered candidates are assigned a random number. This number is unique to all candidates and is used for the purpose of tie-breaking while preparation of the merit list.

Step 3: Certificate verification

The candidates who register for TNEA and are assigned random numbers have to visit the TFC for verification of the certificates. Without certificate verification, candidates cannot move to the next step of the admission process.

Step 4: Publication of Rank List

The candidates who complete the certificate verification will be included in the rank list. The rank list is prepared based on marks obtained by the candidates in the relevant subjects, namely, Maths, Physics and Chemistry which will be reduced to 200 (Maths – 100, Physics – 50 and Chemistry – 50).

Step 5: Counselling

Candidates whose names appear in the rank list will have to appear for the counselling rounds. The counselling rounds include Choice Filling, Allotment, Confirmation of Allotment, and Reporting to College/TFC and payment of fees depending upon their confirmation.

The selection process will include the following steps:

Step 1: Scores to be reduced to 200: The selection of candidates will be based on the marks obtained in the prescribed subjects reduced to 200 (Mathematics:100, Physics + Chemistry: 100) in the qualifying examination. 

Step 2: Conversion of the reduced scores to normalised scores: The marks obtained by the students in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by various Boards or Authority shall be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the same subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by the State Board of Tamil Nadu by adopting the method of normalisation.

A merit list is prepared based on the marks obtained in the relevant subjects, namely, Maths, Physics and Chemistry which is reduced to 200 (Maths – 100, Physics – 50 and Chemistry – 50). After the normalisation of marks in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by different Boards, the qualified students shall be merged into a common merit list. The overall rank and community rank are published on the official TNEA website. A week is reserved for addressing applicants’ grievances after the publication of the rank. In case of grievances, applicants can contact the office of the Secretary, TNEA at the Directorate of Technical Education, Chennai 600 025.

Tie-breaking in TNEA counselling merit list:  In cases where more than one candidate has got the same marks in the common merit list, the inter-se-merit among such candidates shall be determined in the order of priority as specified below.

• percentage of marks in Mathematics
• percentage of marks in Physics
• percentage of marks in the optional subject
• percentage of total marks in 12th Standard Examination
• percentage of total marks in 10th Standard Examination
• date of birth (elder will be given preference)
• Random number Assigned (higher value will be given preference)

TNEA random numbers are issued to the registered candidates with the purpose of tie-breaking while preparing the merit list.  The random number is 10 digits that are allotted to the candidates randomly. Registered candidates have to sign in by entering login Id/email Id and password to view their unique random number allotted by the authority. The conducting body also informs all the registered candidates about the assigned random number of TNEA 2024 through SMS. 

TNEA 2024 application form will be released online only. The eligible candidates could register for online state-level counselling at tneaonline.org. Apart from the online application form available on the website, candidates could also visit the TNEA Facilitation Centers (TFC) established in selected cities and fill the application form with the help of the representative there.

The candidates who filled out the form online on their own could check the steps below to apply for TNEA 2024 counselling 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 7 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.

TNEA 2024 application fee:

The TNEA 2024 application fee can be checked in the table below:

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• TNEA random number 2024

TNEA 2024 eligibility criteria reflect that candidates will be eligible for admission 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 recognised institutions who at the time of TNEA 2024 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 2024.
• 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.

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 2024 Frequently Asked Questions