Chennai Institute of Technology Admission Process

To get a seat at Chennai Institute of Technology (CIT) for the 2024 academic year, you need to follow these steps:

• Determine your eligibility based on the course you want to pursue. For BTech, you need to have completed 10+2 with a minimum of 50% marks. For MTech, you need to have a relevant UG degree.
• Apply for the applicable entrance exam based on your course. For BTech, you need to apply for TNEA 2024. For MTech, you need to apply for GATE or CEETA PG exam.
• Once you have your entrance exam score, fill out the application form with your personal details, academic qualifications, and entrance exam scores. Pay the application fee.
• Admission to CIT is based on your performance in the entrance exam and subsequent counseling. For BTech, it is based on TNEA rank. For MTech, it is based on GATE/CEETA PG rank followed by single window counseling.
• CIT also offers scholarships based on merit. The top 25 students in the CIT Scholarship Test get a 100% tuition fee waiver

Candidates willing to pursue BTech at CIT need to appear for TNEA counselling to be eligible. The TNEA application form is released in online mode only and eligible candidates can register for the online state-level counselling at tneaonline.org. Apart from the online application form available on the website, candidates can also visit the TNEA Facilitation Centers (TFC) established in selected cities and fill out the application form.

Step 1: Application Process

Interested students seeking the steps to fill out the TNEA application form can check out the detailed process 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 seven 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.

The TNEA 2023 application fee can be checked in the table below:

Read more details on TNEA and its counselling process here. 

Step 2: Selection/ Shortlisting of Candidates

All the candidates seeking admission to BTech are required to go through TNEA counselling and that becomes the basis of the final selection done by the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu. 

Step 3: Payment of Admission Fee & Admission Confirmation

Candidates selected for BTech need to pay the admission fee of the course at CIT to confirm their admission at the institute. 

Candidates willing to pursue BTech at CIT need to appear for TNEA counselling to be eligible. The TNEA application form is released in online mode only and eligible candidates can register for the online state-level counselling at tneaonline.org. Apart from the online application form available on the website, candidates can also visit the TNEA Facilitation Centers (TFC) established in selected cities and fill out the application form. Interested students seeking the steps to fill out the TNEA application form can check out the detailed process below: 

Step 1: Registration: Provide the details asked and register for counselling.

Step 2: Login: Candidates who register successfully are issued login details that include a username and password.

Step 3: Fill out the online application form: Candidates have to complete the online application form which has seven parts. One part of them is the application fee payment.

Step 4: Preview and submit the online form: Candidates can preview the form carefully once before final submission.

Step 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.