TNEA Counselling Dates 2025: Detailed Round-wise Schedule (Out), Choice Filling, Seat Allotment Dates

The detailed TNEA counselling dates 2025 have been published by the Directorate of Technical Education (DoTE), Tamil Nadu. You can visit the official website to download the complete schedule for TNEA counselling 2025 in a PDF format. The TNEA round 2 tentative allotment has been released in the official website at tneaonline.org on Jul 29, 2025. Students must login and confirm the allotment before Jul 30, 2025. The TNEA Round 2 seat allotment letter can be downloaded from July 31, 2025. TNEA round 1 tentative seat allotment was released on Jul 17, 2025. 

The TNEA choice filling 2025 for academic and vocational special reservation categories, Govt. school studied students will began on Jul 07, 2025. Those willing to get admission to engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu need to stay updated about the TNEA counselling dates 2025.  TNEA is conducted by DoTE (Directorate of Technical Education). The TNEA 2025 registration last date was June 06, 2025. 

 TNEA Counselling Dates: Registration Dates and Schedule 

The official notice for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2025 has been released by the authorities on the TNEA official website. You must check the TNEA eligibility criteria 2025 before registering. You can check the official TNEA counselling 2025 dates here and follow the schedule to participate in the TNEA counselling process. You should take note of the TNEA counselling 2025 dates.

The important dates for counselling are as follows:

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Detailed Round-wise TNEA Counselling Dates 2025

The TNEA counselling will take place across multiple rounds for different categories. Each round takes up candidates with a different range of ranks. With every passing round, the seats get filled and the remaining seats are taken up by the candidates in the next round.

Thus, you must stay updated on the TNEA round-wise schedule 2025 to ensure that you do not miss any important event during the TNEA counselling 2025. The detailed schedule is provided below:

TNEA Counselling Dates 2025 for Special Reservation Categories (Academic and Vocational)

Here's the detailed TNEA counselling schedule 2025 for special reservation category candidates in Tamil Nadu:

TNEA Counselling Dates 2025 for Academic and General Categories

The TNEA counselling dates 2025 for the academic and general category candidates are based on their ranks. These are divided across 3 rounds, as shown below:

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TNEA Counselling Dates 2025 for Vocational Categories

You can find the TNEA counselling schedule 2025 for vocational courses from the image shown below:

What is the TNEA Counselling Process 2025?

TNEA counselling process 2025 includes many important steps such as document verification, choice filling, choice locking, seat allotment, and reporting.  Following the details to go through these steps can help you get into their institute.

Each step plays an important role in the counselling process. Making a mistake, or not following the instructions and details properly, can result in losing your seat in your respective institute, according to the rank.

The TNEA counselling process steps include the following:

TNEA Document Verification  

After the registration process concludes, the online TNEA document verification process starts.  In this process, candidates are assigned random numbers and are requested to submit scanned copies of the required documents. Candidates should also keep the original documents with them.

The documents required for the document verification process of the TNEA Counselling 2025 process are:

• Class 10 & 12 mark sheets
  
  
• Transfer certificate
  
  
• Nativity certificate (if applicable)
  
  
• Caste/community certificate (for reserved categories)

Once the documents and verified by the conducting authorities, candidates are allowed to move forward to the next step, i.e. Choice filling.

TNEA Choice Filling and Locking

For this step, you are provided with a list of colleges with courses and their expected ranks. You must check the list carefully and fill in their preferred colleges with their priority institutes at the top.

After choosing the institutes, you must lock the choices made during the choice filling process. The locking process allows you to finalise their list of college choices of colleges. 

Note: Not locking the choices made by the candidates can cause the automatic locking of the choices. This can change the preference list of candidates.

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TNEA Seat Allotment 2025

After the choice filling and locking process, the TNEA seat allotment 2025 result is released. The seat allotment result is released on the basis of ranks, categories, and choice preference. 

The seat allotment result is published on the TNEA official portal. After the seat allotment result is released, you can opt for any of these 3 options:

•  Accept the allotted seat
  
  
• Opt for upward movement in the next round
  
  
• Decline and exit counselling

Reporting to Colleges

After accepting the seats, you are provided with the provisional allotment letter. You should report to the allotted college within the given timeline with the provisional allotment letter.

Reporting after the timeline or not reporting to the college at all can result in candidates losing the seat, and the cancellation of the seat.

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For a smooth counselling process, you should follow the step-by-step process, and that too in the given timeline. Understanding the detailed schedule and being up to date with the official TNEA important dates, and notices can help you to go for a smooth and stress-free admission process.