TANCET Eligibility Criteria 2025: Educational Qualification, Age Limit & More

TANCET Eligibility Criteria 2025

TANCET Eligibility Criteria 2025: Anna University prescribes the eligibility criteria to appear for the Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) exam. According to the latest TANCET eligibility criteria, to appear for the TANCET exam, candidates must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent from the relevant streams. However, there is no age limit to appear for the TANCET exam 2025. 

The TANCET eligibility criteria are released in the information brochure PDF, which will be released on the official website: tancet.annauniv.edu. Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria will be allowed to fill out the TANCET Application Form 2025. The candidates failing to meet the eligibility criteria not be allowed to fill out the application form, or their candidature can be lost at any point of the exam.

TANCET 2025 Eligibility Criteria PDF Download

Candidates who wish to register for TANCET 2025 must check if they meet the eligibility criteria of TANCET 2025. The criteria varies according to the course and it is important to examine if the candidate meets the requirements of his/her chosen course. Click on the link below to download the TANCET eligibility criteria PDF

Detailed Eligibility Criteria for TANCET 2025

Following is the eligibility norms for 2025 TANCET:

• Candidates appearing for last semester are also eligible but they may need to produce all the documents within the time limit given.

• Candidates who belong to another state can also apply but the eligibility will be determined by the respective authorities.

• Candidates with valid GATE scores with qualifying marks in relevant disciplines of Engineering /Technology, do not need to appear for TANCET 2025 exam.

• Candidates who have a valid GATE score with qualifying marks in Engineering Science (XE) and Life Science (XL), have to appear for TANCET 2025 exam also.

• This Bachelors degree should be under 10+2+3/ 10+2+4/ 10+2+2+1.

• The degree can be B.Tech/B.E/ MCA/ Sc./ B.Pharm. / B.Sc/ B Com or relevant degree from Science, Arts, Commerce.

• Candidates with a 10+2 + AMIE* (or) 10+3 years diploma (awarded by the State Board of Technical Education) + AMIE.* are eligible to appear for the entrance examination

Any decision on the eligibility norms for admission to colleges in Tamil Nadu, through TANCET, completely depends on the authority offering the courses

TANCET 2025 Reservation Criteria

According to the TANCET 2025 reservation policy, out of the total number of seats in the TANCET participating colleges 2025, a certain percentage of seats will be reserved for candidates belonging to SC/ST/SCA categories. Roughly 69% of the total seats will be reserved for candidates belonging to SC/ST/SCA categories while the remaining 31% of seats will be available for the admission of open category students as well as candidates belonging to other India states.

Provided below is the category-wise distribution of seats:

Candidates applying for admission in any of the TANCET 2025 participating colleges against any of the above-mentioned quota should keep the following pointers in mind:

• Only native Tamil Nadu candidates will be considered for communal reservations according to the rules and regulations laid down by the Government of Tamil Nadu

• All the candidates seeking admission against the above-mentioned categories must attach a photocopy of the social status certificate issued by the concerned authority along with the application form

• ST candidates must make sure that the community certificate which they need to produce must be issued by the Regional Division Officer only

• Candidates in possession of a community certificate issued by a competent authority from other states will not be considered for communal reservation

• It is mandatory for the candidates to obtain their community certificates from their respective districts

• Those candidates will be considered for Open Category admission who will fail to produce the permanent community card certificate

Note: Most Backward Class, Backward Class (Minority) and Denotified Communities candidates who have migrated to other districts of Tamil Nadu must produce their community certificates issued by a competent authority of the migrated district. 

What After Fulfilling TANCET 2025 Eligibility Criteria?

Once candidates have gone through and fulfilled the eligibility criteria, they are required to fill out and submit the TANCET 2025 application form to get themselves registered for the entrance examination. They will have to fill in their personal, academic and contact details as a part of the application form filling process. Once the candidates successfully submit the application form, he/she will receive the admit card of TANCET 2025 in online mode displaying all the details related to the examination.