TNEA Counselling 2023: Starts on 22 July, schedule, dates and process explained here
TNEA Counselling 2023 in connection with undergraduate engineering admissions in Tamil Nadu will start on 22 July 2023 and end on 11 September 2023 as per the new schedule.
The schedule was changed, as per the earlier schedule, TNEA Counselling 2023 was to start on 2 July 2023. This was postponed to avoid vacant seats in engineering colleges.
Notification in connection with TNEA Counselling 2023 was out on 5 May 2023. The registration process was open from 5 May to 4 June 2023. The last date to upload documents was 9 June 2023.
Assigning random number was done on 6 June 2023. The certificates verification at TFCs was taken up from 5 to 20 June 2023. The rank list in connection with TNEA Counselling 2023 was released on 26 June 2023.
Grievance redressal was done from 26 to 30 June 2023. The basic registration process is over now, the counselling process is to begin now, candidates who have completed their basic registration will be able to take part in the counselling process. The schedule for TNEA Counselling 2023 is given below for the sake of the students:
| S. No. | Event | Proposed Dates |
| 1 | 1) Issue of notification 2) Commencement of Online Registration  3) Filling of Applications 4) Uploading of original certificates |
05.05.2023 |
| 2 | 1) Last date for Registration of Online Applications 2) Last date for uploading documents |
04.06.2023
 09.06.2023 |
| 3 | Assigning Random Number | 06.06.2023 |
| 4 | Certificates verification at TFC’s (Online) | 05.06.2023 to 20.06.2023 |
| 5 | Publication of Rank list | 26.06.2023 |
| 6 | Grievances Redressal | 26.06.2023 to 30.06.2023 |
| 7 | Counseling for Government (7.5%) Special Reservation categories (Online) i. Differently Abled ii. Ex-Servicemen iii. Sports |
22.07.2023 to 23.07.2023 |
| 8 | Counseling for General Special Reservation categories (Online) i. Differently Abled ii. Ex-Servicemen iii. Sports |
24.07.2023 to 26.07.2023 |
| 9 | General Counseling (Online) 1) Academic 2) Govt. School 7.5% category 3) Vocational |
28.07.2023 to 03.09.2023 |
| 10 | Supplementary Counseling (Online) | 06.09.2023 to 08.09.2023 |
| 11 | SCA to SC counseling (Online) | 10.09.2023 to 11.09.2023 |
| 12 | End of counseling | 11.09.2023 |
More details about the schedule for TNEA Counselling 2023 are available here
Point to remember
Students who have found their name in the rank list released recently will be eligible to take part in TNEA Counselling 2023. They must also have with them TNEA Random Number too.
The Random Number will be used to break the tie in case two students have the same aggregate marks. The allotment of seat will be done based on marks of the students in plus-two.
Candidates for TNEA Counselling 2023 must remember that they will be given three days for choice filling wherein the, candidate will
have to exercise their choices of colleges and branches based on their preferences. The order of choices is important and a candidate can exercise any number of choices.
The allotment will be based on the preferential order of choices according to their rank, community and availability of seats.
At the allotment stage of TNEA Counselling 2023, if the candidate gets a seat, then the following six options will be shown. The candidate must confirm the seat within 2 days from the date of allotment. Non-confirmation of the allotted seat by the candidate will lead to loss of his or her seat and the candidate will be moved to the next round.
Options
Accept and Join
Candidate who is satisfied with the seat allotted, need to download the provisional allotment order and report to the college on or before the date specified in the allotment order for admission.
Non-reporting and non-payment of fees, will be considered as not willing to join and the
allotment order will be cancelled. Such candidates will lose the allotted seat and will not be considered for further rounds of counselling.
Accept and Upward
Candidate who is satisfied with the seat allotted but wishes to wait for allotment in the higher order of his/her choice in the ensuing upward movement will be given a tentative allotment order.
They must report to the nearest TFC, on or before the date specified in the allotment order and pay the necessary fees for upward movement and confirmation of previous allotment.
Non-reporting and non-payment of fees, will be considered as not willing to join and the allotment order will be cancelled. Such candidates will lose allotted seat and will not be considered for further rounds of counselling.
Decline and Upward
Candidate is not satisfied with the allotted seat therefore he/she declines the allotment, but prefers to wait for allotment in the higher order of his/her choice in the ensuing upward movement. If he/she is unable to get his/her preferred allotment in upward movement, then the candidate will be moved to the next round.
Decline and move to next round
Candidate of TNEA Counselling 2023 is not satisfied with the allotted seat. Also, candidate do not wish to wait for upward movement and he or she is willing to participate in the next round.
Decline and Quit
This one in TNEA Counselling 2023 is an option when the candidate is not satisfied with the allotted seat and he/she do not wish to participate in subsequent rounds also.
Upward or move to next round
If ‘no seat’ is allotted to the candidate based on all the choices, then this option will be shown. Such candidates can opt for upward movement.
In case if seat is available during upward movement, it will be allotted. If no seats are available during upward movement, then the candidate will be moved to the next round.
Point to remember
In this TNEA Counselling 2023, seats of candidates not reported to colleges and seats of candidates not reported to TFCs will be pooled as vacant seats and considered for upward movement in subsequent round.
The residual seat matrix at the end of each round will be given as the input for the subsequent rounds.
All the colleges should process the admission procedure or formalities in the TNEA Admission Portal. This portal will act as a single window for admission approval, remission of student fees from TFCs, First Generation Graduate Scholarship and 7.5% fee waiver.
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