SASTRA University, Thanjavur

Through two streams. Stream 1 combines the JEE Main score and the normalised Class XII aggregate with 50% weight each, for 50% of seats in the 2024 and 2025 FAQs; Stream 2 uses Class XII marks alone for the other 50%. In the 2026 cycle the rank list came out on 5 June 2026, with branch choices from 5 to 8 June and round 1 allotment on 8 June. Eligibility needs at least 60% in Class XII with Mathematics and Physics.

No. The 2025 admission FAQ says JEE is not mandatory: a student who has not written JEE Main gets no weightage for that part in Stream 1, and the rank rests on Class XII scores alone, while Stream 2 uses Class XII marks only.

The fee structure page for the Thanjavur campus lists Rs 85,000 a semester for B.Tech. and integrated M.Tech., rising 5% a year from the second year, plus Rs 1,000 a year for sports and unit tests, a one-time development fee of Rs 10,000 and one-time special fees of Rs 6,000. MBA is Rs 70,000 a semester, MCA Rs 50,000, M.Tech. Rs 70,000 and M.Sc. Rs 20,000. The page does not name a session, so confirm with the admissions office.

For 2026-27 the counselling page gives Rs 16,000 a year for first-year students in shared rooms, with mess charges collected monthly at actuals (about Rs 4,000 a month in the 2025 FAQ). The hostel fee page, which names no session, lists non-AC rooms at Rs 16,000 to Rs 30,000 a year and AC rooms at Rs 55,000 to Rs 90,000. Hostel is for students living more than 75 km away; the SRC campus has no hostel.

NIRF 2025 data for the 2023-24 graduating batch show 1,684 of 1,920 four-year undergraduates placed (87.71%) with a median salary of Rs 7,60,000. The same data give a median of Rs 4,00,000 for two-year postgraduates. The placement page lists no highest or average package.

NAAC fourth-cycle grade A++ with a score of 3.76 out of 4.00, announced on 8 March 2022; the pages checked print no validity date. NIRF 2025 ranks: 51 Overall, 29 University, 40 Engineering and 11 Law.

SASTRA is a deemed-to-be-university, recognised by the UGC under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 in 2001. The main campus is at Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur. The Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre at Kumbakonam is an MHRD-notified off-campus and there is a campus in Chennai; applications are made separately for each campus.

BA LLB, BBA LLB and B.Com LLB (five years) are admitted on CLAT score and Class XII aggregate with 50% weight each (2025 FAQ), with at least 50% in Class XII and English as a subject. In 2026 the law rank list and round 1 allotment were on 5 June, with round 1 fee payment until 11 June.

MBA uses qualifying degree scores, an entrance exam and an interview, with preference for CAT, XAT, AIMAT, CMAT or AIMCAT scores. MCA uses qualifying degree scores and an entrance exam conducted by SASTRA (2025 FAQ). M.Tech. uses marks in the qualifying degree, with GATE preferred; admissions are rolling.

Admission to B.Tech. and five-year integrated M.Tech. at SASTRA goes through two streams that use Class XII marks with or without a JEE Main score. Law uses CLAT and Class XII marks, and M.Tech., MBA, MCA and other programmes are admitted on qualifying-degree marks, with GATE or CAT-type scores preferred for some. The 2027 schedule is not published (checked 15 October 2026); the dates below are from the 2026 cycle.

SASTRA University, Thanjavur offers 69 programmes in Engineering, Management, Science, Commerce, Arts & Humanities, Law, Education, Computer Applications and Paramedical, including Bachelor of Technology, Integrated M.Tech, Master of Technology, Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science.

SASTRA University, Thanjavur lists approval or accreditation from UGC, AICTE and NAAC.

In 2023–24, 3,160 of its 11,847 students had their full tuition fee reimbursed: 173 through state and central government schemes, 2,954 by the institution and 33 by private bodies (NIRF 2025 data). The college lists M.Tech. stipend for GATE-qualified candidates.

11,847 students were enrolled across its programmes in 2023–24, 51.4% of them women (NIRF 2025 data).

SASTRA University, Thanjavur is also known as SASTRA, SASTRA University and Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy.