TNEA Counselling 2026: Over 3 lakh students register for engineering admission

Chennai: Over three lakh students enrolled for Tamil Nadu engineering admission counselling, with the online registration concluded, officials said. A senior official from the Directorate of Technical Education (DOTE) under the Higher Education Department on Saturday said that a total of 3,01,519 students have registered for the engineering admissions till June 5, the closing date for enrollment.

All the processes of the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2026 (TNEA 2026), like registration, fee payment, choice filling, allotment, and confirmation, are done online. "After certificate verification, the rank list will be published on June 29", he said, adding, "counselling dates will be updated after the approval from the AICTE".

The official also claimed that due to the postponement of NEET after irregularities, the number of students enrolling for engineering admissions had crossed three lakh, which would be high compared to the previous year.

The DOTE official said the counselling should start in the second week of July so that first-year students will start their academic year from September 2026. In Tamil Nadu, there are no entrance exams for engineering admission. Engineering admissions in the state are conducted purely based on the Class 12 board exam marks.