TNEA 2025 Registration & Application Form: Dates, Fees, Documents, Process

Sakunth Kumar

Updated On: May 08, 2025 03:26 PM

TNEA 2025 registration has commenced from May 7, 2025. You can fill out the TNEA 2025 application form till June 6, 2025. The last date to upload TNEA certificates is June 9, 2025. The TNEA rank list 2025 will be released on June 27, 2025. TNEA counselling dates will be announced soon.

TNEA Application Form

TNEA 2024 Counselling- The registration process for TNEA counselling 2025 has been started. You can fill out the TNEA application form from the official website, tneaonline.org. The last date to complete TNEA 2025 registration is June 6, 2025. The exam authority will allow you to upload all the required certificates till June 9, 2025. The Document verification process for TNEA counselling 2025 will be conducted between June 10, 2025, to June 20, 2025. The TNEA rank list 2025 will be released on June 27, 2025. The exam authority will resolve all the grievances between June 28, 202,5 to July 2, 2025. The schedule for the centralized TNEA 2025 counselling will be released soon on the official website.
If you have passed the 10+2 exam or appeared in the Class 10+2, you can register for TNEA counselling. Admission will be based on the marks in the relevant subjects, which will be lowered to 200 (Mathematics - 100, Physics - 50, and Chemistry - 50). The TNEA 2025 counselling procedure involves registration, random number assignment, certificate verification, rank list publishing, and counselling. The TNEA 2025 counselling rounds will include processes such as choice filling, allotment, confirmation of allotment, reporting to the College/TFC, and payment of fees based on confirmation. You can check the direct link to TNEA counselling registration here:

TNEA (Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions) is a centralized counselling process conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Tamil Nadu for admission in B.E/ B.Tech courses offered in various government and private engineering colleges across the state. In this article, the detailed application form-filling process for TNEA has been explained.

TNEA 2025 Highlights

Some of the major highlights of TNEA 2025 can be checked below -

Particulars Details
Name of the Admission Process TNEA (Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission)
TNEA Official Website tneaonline.org
Courses B.Tech, B.Pharma, B.Arch
Admission Mode Online
Registration Dates May 7, 2025 to June 6, 2025
Is TNEA an Entrance Exam? TNEA is an online admission process. It is not an entrance exam.
Admission Criteria On the basis of Class 12th marks.

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TNEA Counselling 2025 Dates for BTech

TNEA 2025 counselling registration dates has been released. TNEA 2025 counselling registration has begun on May 7, 2025. DTE Tamil Nadu released the TNEA counselling 2025 dates for BTech/BE admission on its official website. You can check details below:

Event

Date

TNEA 2025 registration commencement

May 7, 2025 (Started)

Last date to submit the online application form for TNEA

June 6, 2025

Last date to upload orginal certificates June 9, 2025

Issue of Random Number

June 11, 2025
Certificate Verfiication at TFCs June 10 to 20, 2025
TNEA Rank List 2025 June 27, 2025
TNEA Grievances Redressal 2025 June 28 to July 2, 2025
Round 1
Commencement of TNEA Choice Filing To Be Notified
Last date of Choice Filling To Be Notified
Release of Tentative Allotment To Be Notified
Tentative Seat Allotment Confirmation To Be Notified
Round 2
Commencement of TNEA Choice Filing To Be Notified
Last date of Choice Filling To Be Notified
Release of Tentative Allotment To Be Notified
Tentative Seat Allotment Confirmation To Be Notified
Round 3
TNEA Choice Filing To Be Notified
Release of Tentative Allotment To Be Notified
Tentative Seat Allotment Confirmation To Be Notified

TNEA 2025 Eligibility Criteria

TNEA 2025 eligibility requirements indicate that you will be eligible for admission provided you meet the following eligibility criteria:

Nativity: You may apply for admission through TNEA if you are:

  • Tamil Nadu students who completed their Class VIII to Class XII education in Tamil Nadu.

  • Children of Central Government Employees, regardless of nativity, are eligible if their parents or guardians (only if both parents are deceased) have been consistently serving in Tamil Nadu for the last five years at the time of TNEA application submission.

  • Sons and daughters of All India Service Tamil Nadu cadre officers.

  • Children of employees in the public sector or government-recognized institutions who have been working for their organizations for the previous five years at the time of TNEA 2024 application form submission are also eligible to apply, regardless of residence.

  • Other state applicants who have completed classes VIII through XII in Tamil Nadu are eligible to register for the TNEA 2024 exam.

  • Tamil Nadu native applicants who have completed any of the VIII, IX, X, XI, or XII levels or comparable examinations from schools outside of Tamil Nadu are also eligible to apply for TNEA.

Qualifying Exams: You are eligible to apply for TNEA if you have passed your HSC (Academic) or its equivalent with a minimum average percentage in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry combined as given below.

Community

Pass Percentage needed in 10+2

Backward Class, including Backward Class Muslim

40%

General Category

45%

MBC and DNC

40%

SC/ST/SCA

40%

Aside from the above-mentioned eligibility criteria, you will be eligible for admission if you have passed any of the HSC (Vocational Subject) as listed below, along with one of the Engineering-related subjects, namely Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry, with a minimum average percentage as shown below:

Community

Pass Percentage needed in 10+2

Backward Class including Backward Class Muslim

40%

General Category

45%

MBC and DNC

40%

SC/ST/SCA

40%

Documents Required to Fill TNEA Application Form 2025

Before filling out the application form for TNEA 2025, you are advised to be ready with the following documents -

E-Mail ID

Mobile Phone Number

Class 10 Mark Sheet

Class 12 Hall Ticket/ Mark Sheet

School Details (Class 8 to 12)

Caste/ Community Details

Aadhaar Card Details

Parent’s Annual Income Details

Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Internet Banking details for Application Fee Payment

Special Category Preference

Preference for Scholarship Scheme

-

TNEA Registration Fee 2025

The category-wise registration fee for TNEA 2025 is as follows -

Name of the Category

Registration Fee

General Category

Rs. 500

SC. ST/ SCA

Rs. 250

Addition Fee for Each Special Reservation Opted by You

Rs. 100

Steps to Fill TNEA Application Form 2025

The step-by-step instructions to fill out the application form for TNEA could be checked below -

tnea 2020 application form steps image

Step 1 - Registration

The first step in the registration process for TNEA is online registration. You will have to visit the official website of TNEA, i.e., www.tneaonline.org to complete the registration. After opening the website, click on ‘New User Registration’.

Details to be Filled for New User Registration

The following details have to be filled in for the New User Registration -

Name (To be entered as per Class 10 Mark Sheet)

Class 12 Registration Number

Mobile Number

Year in which the you has passed Class 12

E-Mail ID

Login ID (Automatically Created) - The E-Mail ID of the Students will be the Login ID

Password (Self-Created)

Date of Birth

After submitting all the details, you will have to click on ‘Submit’.

Step 2 - Generation of OTP

After submitting all the details mentioned above, you will receive an OTP (One-Time Password) via SMS on their mobile, and you will also receive an e-mail. Only after entering the OTP, your details will be confirmed.

Step 3 - Login & Form Filling

You will have to log in to the TNEA website by using their Login ID (E-Mail) and Password. The registration form for TNEA will be displayed on the screen. You will have to enter all the details carefully.

Details to be Filled in TNEA Application Form

You will have to fill in the following details in the TNEA application form -

Name of the Parent/ Guardian

Communication Address

Permanent Address

District

State

Pin Code

Gender

Nationality

Nativity

Regional

Community

Caste Name

Aadhaar Number (Optional)

Special Category Details

After filling in all the details above, you will have to click on ‘Save and Proceed’.

Step 4 - Application Fee Payment

The next step in the application process for TNEA is registration fee payment. After completing step 3, you will see three options -

  1. Payment Gateway (IOB)
  2. Payment Gateway (Indian Bank)
  3. Payment Gateway (Option 3 - Skip)

Students choosing anyone among the first two options will have to pay the application fee digitally, u.e., by using a credit card/ debit card/ internet banking facility. If you are choosing Option 3, you will have to pay the registration fee at the Facilitation Centre. You will receive a confirmation message after paying the registration fee.

Step 5 - Filling Scholarship Information

If you wish to avail of various scholarship schemes through TNEA, you will have to fill his/her preference. You will have to fill the following details -

Annual Income of Family

First Graduate Tuition Fee Concession (Yes/ No)

Availed First Graduate Tuition Fee Concession (Yes/ No)

AICTE Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) Scheme

Post Matric Scholarship - SC/ ST/ SCA/ Converted Christians (Yes/ No)

-

After filling in all the details, you will have to click on ‘Save and Proceed’.

Stage 6 - School of Study Information

The next stage in the application process is that you need to fill in the information pertaining to the School of Study (Class 8th to 12th). You will have to fill in the following details here -

Class

Year of Passing

Name of the School

District

State

Stage 7 - Filling Academic Information

In this stage, you will have to fill in the academic information such as -

Qualifying Examination

Class 12 Registration Number

Name of the Board (HSC/ Any other board)

Qualified Year

HSC Group (Academic/ Vocational)

Group Code (Automatically Generated)

Marks Obtained in Class 12

-

After entering all the above details, click on ‘Save and Proceed’.

Stage 8 - Filling Additional Information

Here, you can fill in other details such as -

Center for Certificate Verification (TFC)

Preference for Choice Entry at TFC (Yes/ No)

Mother Tongue

Civil Native

Medium of Instruction

Civil School

Parent Occupation

Native District

You will have to click on ‘Save and Proceed’ after filling in the above details.

Stage 9 - Edit/ Save Application

You have already entered all the details in the application, you can edit the same if any changes are required. If all the information is correct, you can click on ‘Submit Application'. You will receive a confirmation pop-up. Click on ‘OK’.

Stage 10 - Printout of Application Form

Finally, you can take the print out of the application form. You must note that the printout of the application form should be submitted at the Facilitation Centre (TFC) along with all the relevant documents.

We hope that the above explanation of the TNEA application form 2024 helped you understand the detailed procedure.

If you are looking for direct admission to the B.Tech course in Tamil Nadu, you can also fill out the Common Application Form on our website.

Top Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu (Course Wise)

You can click on the link below to check the course-wise list of top engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu -

Region/City-Wise Top Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu

You can click on the links below to check the region-wise list of top engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu -

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FAQs

Can I modify the details entered in the TNEA new user registration?

Yes. You can modify the details entered in the new user registration.

What are the instructions to set TNEA password?

The candidates must note that the password should have a minimum of 8 characters. The password should have at least one capital, one numerical, and one special character (@, ! &, *, %).

What are various scholarship schemes available for B.Tech admission in Tamil Nadu through TNEA?

The scholarship schemes that are available for B.Tech admission in Tamil Nadu through TNEA are  AICTE Tuition Fee Waiver, Post-Matric Scholarship and First Graduation Fee Concession.

What is Special Category Preference in TNEA Application Form?

The special category preferences in the TNEA application are Son/ Daughter of Ex-Serviceman, Differently-Able Persons and Eminent Sports Person.

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