TNEA Reservation Criteria 2025 (Out) - Check here List of Reserved Categories

TNEA Reservation Criteria 2025 (Out) - Check here List of Reserved Categories

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Team Careers360Updated on 29 Jul 2025, 06:19 PM IST

TNEA Reservation Criteria 2025 - DoTE, Tamil Nadu has published the TNEA 2025 reservation criteria on the official website, tneaonline.org. The category-wise reservation details for TNEA 2025 are also updated on this page. The TNEA reservation criteria apply to seven categories - OC, BC, BCM (BC Muslim), MBC & DNC, SC, SCA, and ST for admissions through TNEA 2025. In addition, the special category reservation criteria for TNEA 2025 is also published. These reservation criteria are applied during the admission process to B.E./B.Tech courses offered by TNEA participating institutes 2025. The authority has also published the TNEA 2025 rank list online. TNEA 2025 round 2 seat allotment was released on July 29, 2025.

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  1. TNEA 2025 Reservation Criteria
  2. TNEA Reservation 2025 - Community Certificates Issuing Authority
  3. TNEA 2025 Special Category Reservation
TNEA Reservation Criteria 2025 (Out) - Check here List of Reserved Categories
TNEA Reservation criteria

The authority is conducting the TNEA 2025 counselling from July 7 to August 26, 2025, in online mode as well. Read the article for detailed information on the reservation criteria of TNEA 2025.

TNEA 2025 Reservation Criteria

The authorities have specified the percentage of seats reserved during the TNEA counselling 2025 through the reservation criteria. Below is the TNEA reservation criteria 2025 for candidates from Tamil Nadu and other states. The reservation criteria are distributed into 7 categories i.e. OC, BC, BCM (BC Muslim), MBC & DNC, SC, SCA, and ST.

TNEA Reservation Criteria 2025

Category of Candidates

Percentage of TNEA Reservation

General

31%

Backward Classes (BC)

26.50%

Backward Class Muslim

3.50%

Most Backward Class & Denotified Communities

20%

Scheduled Castes

15%

Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyars)

3%

Scheduled Tribes

1%

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TNEA Reservation 2025 - Community Certificates Issuing Authority

Candidates belonging to reserved communities as per TNEA 2025 reservation criteria will have to produce relevant certificates for admissions. The table below shows the community and authorized entity to issue such community certificate:

Reserved Community

Certificate Issuing Authority

Scheduled Tribe

Revenue Divisional Officer / Sub Collector of their native place (except Chennai) or P.A. (General) to Collector of Chennai. The Community Certificate card issued by Tahsildars up to 11.11.1989 is valid.

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyars)

Tahsildar of Native Taluk of the candidate

Backward Class / Backward Class (Muslim) / Most Backward Class / Denotified Communities.

Headquarters Deputy Tahsildar / Zonal Deputy Tahsildar / Deputy Tahsildar (Certificates)

TNEA 2025 Special Category Reservation

The authorities have also specified special reservations under the TNEA reservation criteria 2025. It may be noted that only candidates belonging to the state of Tamil Nadu are eligible to apply under a special category reservation of TNEA 2025.

TNEA Special Category Reservation 2025

Category

Number of Seats

University Departments and Colleges

Govt. & Govt. Aided Colleges

self-financing Colleges

TOTAL

Sons / Daughter of Ex-Servicemen

8

34

108

150

Sons / Daughters of Freedom Fighters

22610

Persons with benchmark disabilities

Blindness and low vision

1%

Deaf and hard-hearing

1%

Locomotor disabilities including cerebral palsy, leprosy, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy

1%

Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness

1%

Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness in the programme identified for each disability

1%


University Departments

University Colleges / Govt. / Aided and Self-Financing Colleges


Eminent Sports Persons

12

488

500

TNEA Reservation 2025 - Eligibility Criteria for Various Categories of Differently Abled Persons

Candidates can refer to the TNEA eligibility criteria 2025 for various categories of differently-abled persons mentioned below-

Disability

Norms followed

Visual Impairment

Candidates with a low vision of 40% or above will be eligible to claim reservations. “Blindness” means a person having a total absence of sight or visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200. "Low-vision" means visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 up to 3/60 or up to 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with the best possible corrections

Hearing Impairment

Candidates with 40 db and above hearing ability only in the better ear with a speech discrimination score of 50 % and above will only be eligible to claim reservation. "Deaf" means persons having 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears. "Hard of hearing" means a person having 60 DB to 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears.

Locomotor Disability

Candidates with permanent physical impairment of 40 % and above will be eligible for the reservation

Multiple Disabilities

Candidates with multiple disabilities with permanent physical impairment of 40 % and above will be eligible for reservation

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Is there any reservation followed for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions?
A:

Yes, there is a reservation in TNEA 2025. The authorities have released the TNEA reservation criteria 2025 in the official notification.

Q: How many categories enjoy reservation as per TNEA 2025 reservation criteria?
A:

The authorities have released the TNEA reservation 2025 online at the official website.

Q: Is there any special reservation as well for TNEA 2025?
A:

Yes, there is a provision of special reservation for TNEA which is only applicable for candidates of Tamil Nadu.

Q: When are TNEA reservation documents required to be produced before the officials?
A:

While conducting the TNEA counselling 2025, the authorities will conduct a round of document verification. Candidates who apply under reserved categories will have to produce the documents of reservation.

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