(DISCONTINUED JULY 2023)B.Sc. in Agriculture 

at TNAU, Coimbatore

TNAU offers various specialisations spread across different fields of agriculture and allied sciences. At the time of application, students must indicate their choice of specialisation. Mentioned below are the specialisations offered by the university:

• Agri-Business Management
• Forestry
• Horticulture
• Food, Nutrition and Dietetics
• Sericulture

Tabulated below is a comparison between the BSc courses at TNAU and PGPCAS based on fees, number of seats, and Shiksha rating:

Note: The above information is taken from various official sources. Hence, it is indicative.

TNAU has a dedicated placement cell that is responsible for maintaining good relations with prominent organisations. Some of the eminent companies that visited the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University campus in recent years are listed below:

Note: The above mentioned information is not course-specific.

As per the TNAU Overall NIRF Report 2024, a total of 312 UG (4-year) students were placed during recent 2023 placements. Moreover, The median package offered to UG (4-year) students stood at INR 3.70 LPA. In addition to this, some of the reputed recruiters who participated in the recent placements included Shrishti BioScience, Mahindra and Mahindra, IDFC Bank, and many others.

TNAU has over 20+ colleges offering BSc courses. This amounts to an intake of 3,000+ seats for the BSc programme. Some of the colleges with prominent seat intakes include Forest College and Research Institute, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Vallanad, and more. Out of all the affiliated colleges and institutes, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Vallanad, has the highest intake with 445 seats.

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Application Process is conducted online for all the courses. Online application is a compulsion for TNAU Counselling, entrance exam and admission. Candidates are required to follow the step-by-step process as follows for the PG and PhD courses:

Step one: Visit the visit the official website.

Step two: Click on the Apply Now button against the PG or PhD course.

Step three: Register by filling in the required details. Provide the correct mobile number and email ID.

Step four: Once the ID and password are generated fill out the online application form.

Step five: Pay the application fee.

Step six: Upload scanned documents.

Step seven: Recheck and submit the form.

Note: Mentioned above is the application process for PG and PhD courses. 

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) offers several courses across multiple specialisations. As there are a limited number of seats, and ever rising competition, it can be quite a challenge to secure a seat at the university. However, practice and persistance is the key. Students can certainly secure their spot at TNAU with right amount of strategic prepartion. Since admissions for native Tamil students are mostly merit-based, students must focus on their academic performance beforehand. Those applying via entrance tests must score well in the accepted entrance exam. It can be a difficult task, however it is certainly attainable.

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is a good university for Agriculture and Allied subjects. Here are some reasons:

• The university is the state agricultural university of Tamil Nadu and has a long history of providing quality education in agriculture and allied subjects
• The curriculum is quite good, and the students have good exposure to field visits and practical laboratories
• The university has an internal quality assurance cell to ensure timely, efficient, and progressive performance of academic, administrative, and financial tasks
• The university provides housing facilities for its students
• The university offers undergraduate programmes in agriculture and allied subjects, and applicants who have studied in regular, full-time, or formal education are eligible to apply
• The university has been ranked 44 by NIRF in 2019 and 105 among BRICS nations by the QS World University Rankings of 2018
• The university provides various scholarships to its students, which are both need-based and merit-based

Candidates, who have applied for various courses at the TNAU, can check their admission results in the form of merit lists online on this page or on the official website of the university. Follow the steps below to check the merit list through the official website:

• Visit the official website page of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University admission (tnau.ac.in)
• Click on the Academics tab and then on Admissions followed by Undergraduate.
• On the next page, the menu will open to display a list of notifications related to UG programmes.
• Click on the 'UG Ranklist 2022' option. On the next page a dropdown table containing various lists appears.
• Select from the menu of the provisional lists for UG and Diploma programmes to display it in PDF format.

The cutoff of TNAU varies for different categories and programmes. There are various key factors that plays an important role in deciding the TNAU cut off marks. The cutoff for the TNAU is determined on the basis of the previous year's cutoff, the total number of participants for admission to the university, the total number of seats available for admission, and the difficulty level of the entrance exam.