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Published 10:56 IST, July 16th 2020

TNEA 2020: Tamil Nadu rolls out engineering admission schedule; online application starts

For students who aspire to get into the state program of TNEA 2020 for engineering, here is everything you need to know about the process of admissions.

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Higher education minister K P Anbalagan of Tamil Nadu announced on Wednesday about the start of admission for the state-affiliated engineering programs. The minister released the admission schedule for the programs that students wish to apply for. Students can log in to the official website of TNEA any day from now until August 16. Soon after the registration, the online dates for counselling and further guidelines will be given.

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TNEA 2020 forms out now 

According to the announcements made by minister K P Anbalagan the certificate verification, special counselling for specially-abled candidates followed by supplementary counselling will all follow the online route for TNEA 2020. The students applying will have to follow through the conditions mentioned in the application forms thoroughly to avoid any last-minute hassles as the entire process is online for TNEA 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only delayed the admissions but also affected the academic classes. After the admission, the classes might only begin during late October or early November.  However, the minister has not confirmed the dates of the starting of classes after the engineering admission. 

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TNEA 2020 detailed engineering admission schedule for aspirants- 

Process 

Dates 

Online application begins for TNEA admission

July 15

The final date for applying for engineering admission 2020

August 16

Final date to upload documents

August 20

Random number details

August 21

Certificate verification of students 

Between August 24 to September 1

The rank list of aspirants of TNEA admission

September 7

Special counselling for candidates  for TNEA admission

September 10 to September 14 

General counselling for candidates 

September 17 to October 6

Supplementary counselling for candidates

October 8 to October 12 

Engineering admission 2020 for TNEA to have greater turnout?

Students will have to follow the link to gain access to the form. Students are urged to keep a scanned photograph and the signature ready. The forms will have several credentials to be filled, all of which are compulsory. Last year alone, over 61.2% seats or 83,396 students were admitted to TNEA out of the lakhs of students who applied through the online counselling method. The state engineering admission expects more turn out this year.

Students must log in to the site. The link is https://www.tneaonline.org/. Once logged in, the aspirant must complete all form filling requirements under the tab ' Here for Registration'. Once ed, the page will lead you to fill personal credentials for TNEA 2020. Fill everything with correct spellings and details. Save data and complete the next form. You will also get your unique user ID and password after the registration for future use. 

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10:56 IST, July 16th 2020