TNEA

With a TNEA cutoff of 165.5, your best options will be reputed Tier-2 and Tier-3 institutions.

Check the previous few years' TNEA cutoff ranks for Rajalakshmi Engineering College:

You are eligible for TNEA counselling and have a good chance of securing a B.Tech IT seat. While top-tier Anna University campuses require 190+ cutoffs, a cutoff of 136 opens up many reputable mid-tier and affiliated engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu.

TNEA has domicile-based eligibility. You are eligible if you or your parents are Tamil Nadu residents, you studied in a TN school for a specified period, or your parents are central/state government employees posted in Tamil Nadu. Children of Central Government Employees are eligible regardless of home state if their parents have worked in TN for the past 5 years.

Pure out-of-state students who don't meet any eligibility conditions cannot participate in TNEA. 

 Anna University TNEA cutoff 2025 for the OBC AI category ranged from 140 to 39121 in the first round for the BE CSE course. By the final round, the cutoff for the same course varied between 140 and 91013. 

For the BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering course, the overall cutoff ranged from 375 to 107647. To know the Anna University last round cutoff range for different engineering programmes for the OBC AI category, students can refer to the table below. 

For more information about other courses, click here.

Yes, TNEA counselling is important for the students who want to take admission in BTech at Jayalakshmi Institute of Technology. The final selection is merit-based for BTech admissions, followed by TNEA counselling. Students must participate in counselling to complete the admission process and pay fees to confirm admission.

For students with average cutoffs, TNEA counselling colleges in Kanyakumari 2026 still offer good chances if you choose wisely.TNEA is based on your 12th marks, and you'll get a rank. During choice filling, pick a mix of top, moderate, and safe colleges. Even if you don't get top colleges in the first round, you can still get good options and upgrade later.For example, Rohini College of Engineering and Technology is often chosen by students with average cutoffs as it offers multiple courses and placement support.

Yes, you can get a seat at this university if you belong to the General AI category. This university had the last round cutoff ranging from 28 to 239138 for the BE CSE course. Hence, the General AI category can avail admission to the BE CSE course with a TNEA rank of 20000. 

For the BE ECE course, the last round's the highest cutoff was 234786. Hence, the attained rank could grant admission to this course as well. 

Note -  This is the cutoff for the General AI category and 2 courses, other courses and categories will have different cutoffs. 

For Anna University admission to the BE courses via TNEA, a good rank would depend on the category. For the General AI, the cutoff ranged from 28 to 239138 for the BE CSE course. Hence, a rank below 239138 would be considered good enough for a seat in various affiliated colleges under this university for this course. 

Note -  This is the cutoff for the General AI category; other categories, courses will have different cutoffs. 

Yes, Anna University does accept the TNEA counselling results for admission to various BE course and its branches. The TNEA counselling process is based on the class 12th marks for admissions to Government and Government-aided engineering colleges. 

Colleges affiliated with this university also accept the TNEA results. The counselling result is published in various rounds, in the form of opening and closing ranks for different All India categories, like General, OBC, SC, etc.