TNEA Counselling

Top colleges (CEG, PSG, MIT Chennai): Require very high marks and ranks (cutoff 198+ out of 200; ranks below 1,500).

Mid-tier colleges: Cutoffs around 192–197; ranks between 3,000 to 10,000+.

Other colleges: Lower cutoffs (170–190) and ranks from 10,000 up to 80,000+ offer seats in many private/self-financing colleges.

Now choice is yours choose accordingly and best of luck for your future 

With a cutoff of 195.5 with BC category you have a good chances of getting via TNEA counselling are Anna University, PSG College of Technology, Thiagarajar college of engineering, RMK engineering college, Velammal engineering college etc.

At Anna University TNEA counselling is needed to get admission in BTech. It is the single medium by which students can get inducted into BTech/BE programs. Scores given in 12th PCM are taken into consideration in the process of counselling. The reservation of seats is only done on merit and category.

Tuition Fees
All cost of tuition (4 year course): Rs 2.20 lakh
-Well applicable across all braches of B.Tech and BE (such as CSE, ECE, IT, Mechanical, Civil etc.).

Year by breakdown:

This will be on average Rs 55,000 per annum (Rs 2.2 L / 4).

What is Required on TNEA Counselling
Tuition fee structure (4years) total Rs 2.2 Lacs Copy

Knowledge of cycle of annual payment (=Rs 55,000/year)

Accommodation fee (hostel) in case an accommodation is sought

Students willing to enroll into Thiagarajar College of Engineering BTech courses must apply for TNEA counselling. It is a Unified Single Window Admission System for Indian Nationals only. The exact TNEA counselling dates are not available. The application dates have been released by Anna University. The TNEA 2025 registration last date for BTech courses was in June, 2025.

TNEA category wise Cutoff in 2024 was 

OC : 199 – 200

BC : 198 – 199

MBC : 196 – 198

SC : 190 – 195

For CSE Branch your rank should be under 200.

Note: These data changes per year. I will suggest to check the latest cutoff before taking admission.