TNEA 2025 Counselling Schedule Expected in May after Tamil Nadu Board 12th Results
TNEA 2025 dates to be released soon. Candidates have to score a minimum of 45% marks in the class 12 board exams to be eligible for the TNEA counselling process. Read details below.
TNEA 2025 Counselling Schedule Expected in May after Tamil Nadu Board 12th Results
The Tamil Nadu Engineerian Admission (TNEA) counselling schedule is expected to be released soon after the Tamil Nadu 12th result 2025 is announced. Tamil Nadu Board 12th result 2025 is expected to be out in May 2025. Soon after, the TNEA 2025 official website, tneaonline.org, will be updated with the TNEA 2025 schedule that will include TNEA registration dates and dates for fee payments, choice filling, allotment, and confirmation. Currently, the official website of TNEA 2025 is updated with last year's cutoff marks and ranks and reads - "Details about TNEA 2025 will be updated here shortly."
Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) 2025 process is a state-level centralised counselling process for admission to BE/BTech, BE (Sandwich) and MTech Computer Science and Engineering (Integrated) courses offered by the Government and Government Aided Engineering Colleges, University Departments and Constituent Colleges of Anna University, and Annamalai University. The Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE), Chennai, conducts online TNEA counselling. Seats in participating colleges are allotted based on the class 12 marks of the candidates scaled down to 200.
Minimum Marks Needed in Class 12 to be Eligible for TNEA 2025 Counselling
To be eligible to register for the TNEA counselling process, candidates have to score a minimum percentage in class 12. Candidates have to pass in the HSC (Academic: both +1 and +2) or its equivalent with a minimum average percentage as given below:
- General Category - 45%
- Backward Class including Backward Class Muslim - 40%
- MBC & DNC - 40%
- SC/SCA/ST - 40%
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Candidates must pass in any one of the HSC (Vocational Subject: both +1 and +2) with any one of the Engineering subjects, namely Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry, with a minimum average percentage put together as given below:
- General Category - 45%
- Backward Class including Backward Class Muslim - 40%
- MBC & DNC - 40%
- SC/SCA/ST - 40%
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The TNEA 2026 dates will be announced in May 2026. Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu will release the application process for TNEA 2026.
Candidates can check the important TNEA 2026 dates like registration dates, random number release dates, Certificate verification dates, rank list release dates and counselling dates. The counselling rounds will include steps like Choice Filling, Allotment, Confirmation of Allotment, and Reporting to the College/TFC and payment of fees.
10+2 passed/appearing candidates can apply for TNEA counselling. Admission will be 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).
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The Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu will release the TNEA 2026 counselling process dates for registration, assignment of random numbers, Certificate verifications, rank list publication, and finally, the counselling. The counselling rounds will include steps like Choice Filling, Allotment, Confirmation of Allotment, and Reporting to the College/TFC and payment of fees depending upon their confirmation.
BE/B.Tech admission in Tamil Nadu is done based on the online counselling process called TNEA. There is no state-level entrance exam for admission in Tamil Nadu. Candidates have to register and appear for the online Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions TNEA counselling held every year. 10+2 passed/appearing candidates can apply for TNEA counselling. Admission will be 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).