Sona College of Technology, Salem

No separate test is listed. The college selects B.E. and B.Tech. candidates on the Class 12 cut-off (Mathematics 100 plus Physics and Chemistry 100, out of 200) through TNEA counselling, and its counselling code is 2618. MBA uses MAT, TANCET or CET marks and MCA uses TANCET or CET marks. The 2027 schedule is not published (checked 20 October 2026).

The TNEA 2026 tentative schedule, marked as proposed dates subject to approval from AICTE, gave online registration from 3 May 2026, the rank list on 1 July 2026 and general academic counselling from 20 July to 30 August 2026. No 2027 schedule is published (checked 20 October 2026).

A NAAC certificate dated 16 May 2024 accredits the college at grade A++ with a CGPA of 3.65 on the four-point scale, valid up to 15 May 2029.

In the NIRF 2025 Engineering category the college was placed in the 151-200 band; NIRF prints a band, not a single rank, for institutions in that range.

For the 2025 batch, as on 9 April 2025, the college's placement poster reports 832 offers, 77% of the head count placed, an average CTC of 5.65 LPA, a highest domestic CTC of 21 LPA and 120 or more recruiters. Its NIRF 2025 data sheet shows 815 of 991 undergraduates placed in the batch that graduated in 2023-24, with a median salary of Rs 4,50,000.

The college lists 18 undergraduate programmes (14 B.E. and 4 B.Tech., each 4 years) and 10 postgraduate programmes (7 M.E., M.Tech. Information Technology, MBA and MCA, each 2 years). The B.E. list includes Computer Science and Design, CSE (Cyber Security), Electrical and Computer Engineering and Safety and Fire Engineering.

Its management schemes include a merit scholarship (tuition fee waiver) of Rs 10,000 to Rs 40,000 a year, a merit cum means scholarship of Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 a year (parent income not above Rs 1 lakh) and a sports scholarship of Rs 10,000 to Rs 40,000 a year. The Meenakshi Aachi Scholars Program gives Rs 1 lakh a year to BE/BTech students with a good GATE or TANCET score who join the master's programme.

The college's admission pages read on 20 October 2026 do not publish a tuition-fee table for 2025-26 or later, so no fee is listed here. The admission cell can be reached on 0427 4099998 or admission@sonatech.ac.in.

B.E. and B.Tech. admission at Sona College of Technology is through Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) counselling on Class 12 marks; the college's counselling code is 2618 and no entrance test is listed. MBA admission is on MAT, TANCET or CET marks and MCA admission on TANCET or CET marks. The 2027 schedule is not published (checked 20 October 2026).

Sona College of Technology, Salem is a private institution in Salem, Tamil Nadu. It is affiliated to Anna University.

Sona College of Technology, Salem lists approval or accreditation from AICTE, UGC, NAAC and NBA.

Sona College of Technology, Salem is also known as Sona Tech.