This year, a large number seats were allotted through the single window counselling conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE) for seats in engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. As many as 65.08% seats were filled, as compared to last year when only 59.90% sets were taken. Of the 1,44,630 seats that were available for counselling by DoTE, a total of 94,122 were filled. This is an indication that engineering courses continue to remain a favourite among students.
There were not, however, too many surprises during the counselling process this year. As has been the case over the past decade, computer science and engineering (CSE) is the most preferred course. At Anna University’s College of Engineering, as many as 30 candidates in the Backward Class (BC) and Open Category (OC) with full marks, have chosen CSE.
Similarly, the cut-off for electronics and communications engineering (ECE) in the OC category has been 200. A total of 102 candidates obtained the full cut off mark of 200, as per data released by the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) 2023 committee.
