Chennai engineering colleges witness good admission season

After four rounds of online counselling, 59 per cent seats have been filled, which is 13 per cent more compared to previous year.  

As per a report published in Times of India, after five years of downward trend, engineering colleges witnessed a good admission season this year. After four rounds of online counselling, 89,187 seats (59 per cent) have been filled, which is 13 per cent more compared to the previous year. The number of vacant seats also came down by more than 21,000 to 62,683. 

However, of the 440 colleges, only 10 government institutions were able to fill 100 per cent of their intake. These include College of Engineering, Guindy, and Madras Institute of Technology. And 113 colleges filled more than 80 per cent seats compared to 59 last year while 223 colleges filled more than 50 per cent seats compared to 139 the previous year. 

6 colleges could not attract even a single student  

The report said six colleges could not attract a single student this year, 92 colleges could fill less than 20 per cent seats and 56 colleges could fill less than 10 per cent. 

The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) committee conducted the general online counselling from September 27 to October 17 in four rounds. “With supplementary counselling yet to be conducted, we expect a few hundred more seats to be filled. Despite several challenges, including many students getting identical scores, the online counselling process went off smoothly this year,” TNEA secretary T Purushothaman said. 

Under the 7.5 per cent quota for government school students, 7,324 seats were filled and 473 seats were filled under special categories such as differently abled. 
Career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi said the number of vacant seats may come down to 55,000 after supplementary counselling. 
Computer science engineering, electronics and communication engineering and information technology are the most preferred by students. “Mechanical and civil were the least preferred courses. More than 100 colleges have only single digit admissions in mechanical engineering this year,” Gandhi added. 

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