Anna University Cutoff 2026: Check Previous Year TNEA Round Wise Cutoff Ranks

Directorate of Technical Education, Chennai, the conducting body of TANCET Counselling conducts the process online. The TANCET counseling process involves several steps with a physical document verification round. Step-wise process for TANCET counseling is as follows:

• Counselling Registration
• Publication of TANCET rank list
• Choice filling
• Publication of tentative allotment
• Confirming tentative allotment
• Publication of provisional allotment
• Supplementary counseling round
• SCA to SC counseling

No, you can not join Anna University without appearing for an entrance exam if you want admission to the MBA/PGDM course. Students can either take the CAT or MAT exam, attain a valid percentile and then proceed to the next round.

Or they can take the TANCET entrance examination, attain valid ranks and then take part in the counselling process to avail a seat at this institution. 

To get into Anna University for the MBA/PGDM course, students would need to appear in the accepted exam, like CAT, MAT, and TANCET. 

Students who appear in the CAT or MAT exam would need to attain a valid percentile, and only then are they eligible for the next round of admission, which involves GD, PI, and WAT. 

For the TANCET exam, valid ranks are needed, and then participants have to take part in the counselling process to get a seat. 

To check the merit list for Anna University, students can go to the official site of the Andhra Pradesh EAMCET entrance exam and click on either the rank list or merit list available on the site. 

Only those students whose names are in the merit list are qualified to participate in the counselling process. 

Anna University cutoff 2025 was released for admission to the BE courses based on the Andhra Pradesh EAMCET entrance exam. For the General AI category, the maximum cutoff required for admission was 40009 for the B.E. in Mechanical Engineering course. 

Students can see the list of pointers below to know category-wise cutoff. For more information, click here.

• SC AI - 146035
• ST AI - 47969
• EWS AI - 52227

No, you cannot get into Anna University with a rank of 70000 if you belong to the General AI category. The highest cutoff rank for this category was 40009 for the B.E. in Mechanical Engineering course. 

General AI category candidates need to secure ranks between 11767 and 40009 to be considered eligible for admission. 

Note - Candidates should keep in mind that this is the cutoff for the General AI category; other categories will have different cutoffs. 

The lowest rank to get into this university would depend on the category. For the General AI category, the Anna University cutoff was 11767 for the B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering course. 

Students can refer to the list of pointers below to know the lowest rank for other All India categories. 

• SC - 33093
• ST - 32543
• EWS - 7289

How much cutoff required for Anna University would depend on the category you belong to and the course chosen. According to the Anna University TNEA cutoff 2025, General AI category students need a rank of at least 239138 if they want admission to the CSE course.

Students can refer to the table below to know the maximum rank required for other AI categories for the CSE branch. 

Note -  This is the last round cutoff for the CSE course; other courses, rounds, etc, 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. 

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, 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. 

Anna University BArch admission through various affiliated colleges is based on TANATA scores followed by the counselling. As per Anna University cutoff 2022, the closing rank based on TANATA exam (General All India Category) for various colleges are tabulated below: