TNEA

TNEA 2026 supplementary counselling will be held in September. 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 2026 counselling will have 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 2026 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: - Choice Filling - Allotment - Confirmation of Allotment - 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 a. Choice filling b. Seat allotment c. Choice confirmation option practice d. Reporting and confirmation of seat.

TNEA 2026 general counselling will start in July 2026 and will end in September 2026. 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 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. 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.

TNEA 2026 Random Number will be out in June 2026. 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 2026 through SMS. The random number will be a 10 digit number that will be allotted to the candidates randomly. Candidates have to verify their documents at TFCs as per their assigned TNEA random number.

How to check TNEA Random Number?

1. On the official website of TNEA 2026
2. Navigate to the candidate login page
3. On the login page, enter your email ID/login ID, password, and captcha code
4. The TNEA random number will be displayed on the screen
5. View your random number and save it for future references.

TNEA 2024 BArch registration begins on May 6, 2024. The BArch registration dates has not been notified yet. The Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu will start the BTech and BArch application process forTNEA 2024 in May tentatively. TNEA 2024 counselling process includes 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. To know complete details of TNEA 2024 counselling like how to apply, eligibility, dates, counselling process and more, read below. BE/BTech 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 was based on marks obtained by the candidates in the relevant subjects, namely, Maths, Physics and Chemistry which was reduced to 200 (Maths 100, Physics 50 and Chemistry 50).

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).