Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC), Chennai

The 2025-26 mandatory disclosure lists a government-quota tuition fee of Rs 55,000 a year for accredited B.E./B.Tech courses and Rs 50,000 for non-accredited ones, and Rs 1,45,000 and Rs 1,40,000 under the management quota, plus Rs 15,000 for placement and training and Rs 5,000 for development. M.E./M.Tech. is Rs 25,000 a semester (Rs 30,000 for accredited courses) and the MBA Rs 17,500 a semester. No 2026-27 table was found (checked 20 October 2026).

B.E. and B.Tech. admission is through TNEA counselling on Class 12 marks (mathematics 100 plus physics and chemistry 100, reduced to 200), so no entrance exam is needed; management-quota seats go through the Tamil Nadu self-financing colleges' consortium. M.E. and M.Tech. admission is based on TANCET or GATE scores. No test is named for the MBA, and no 2027 dates are published (checked 20 October 2026).

The 2025-26 mandatory disclosure lists admission cut-off marks out of 200: 200 for computer science and engineering, 197 for electronics and communication, information technology and AI and data science, 196.5 for cyber security, 196 for AI and machine learning, 192 for mechanical and 186 for civil engineering. The disclosure does not say which quota the figures cover.

NIRF 2026 data for the batch that graduated in 2024-25 shows 1,677 of 1,904 undergraduates placed, with a median salary of Rs 6,00,000. The college's placement page lists recruiters such as Larsen & Toubro, Bosch, TCS, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, Amazon, Zoho, Deloitte and HDFC Bank. Its headline offer figures carry no batch year, so they are not quoted here.

NAAC re-accredited the college in its third cycle at A++ with a CGPA of 3.62; the certificate is dated 11 April 2023 and valid up to 10 April 2028. The 2025-26 disclosure lists 14 undergraduate programmes and the M.Tech. in biotechnology as NBA accredited. In the NIRF 2025 engineering ranking the college is in the 101-150 band.

The college lists 19 undergraduate programmes (12 B.E. and 7 B.Tech., including cyber security, computer science and design, robotics and automation, and food technology), eight M.E./M.Tech. programmes and an MBA. The 2025-26 disclosure shows intakes of 720 for computer science and engineering, 480 for electronics and communication, 360 for AI and data science and 300 for information technology.

Yes. The 2025-26 mandatory disclosure lists three boys hostels with capacities of 345, 2,352 and 143 and three girls hostels with capacities of 796, 532 and 356. It gives no hostel fee, so none is quoted here.

No. Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology and the Rajalakshmi schools of architecture and business are separate institutions with their own approvals. This page covers Rajalakshmi Engineering College at Thandalam, Chennai, only.

Admission to B.E. and B.Tech. programmes at Rajalakshmi Engineering College is through Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) counselling on Class 12 marks in mathematics, physics and chemistry, with no separate entrance test; M.E. and M.Tech. admission is based on TANCET or GATE scores.

Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC), Chennai offers 28 programmes in Engineering and Management, including Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Technology, Master of Engineering, Master of Technology and Master of Business Administration.

Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC), Chennai is a private institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, established in 1997. It is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai.

Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC), Chennai lists approval or accreditation from AICTE, UGC, NAAC and NBA.

Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC), Chennai is also known as Rajalakshmi Engineering College, REC Chennai and Rajalakshmi Engineering College Thandalam.