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Estd. 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929) · Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Estd. 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929)
From application to enrolment — six stages, and exactly what happens at each one.
Admissions office, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram. Mon–Sat, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm.
+91 4144 238 248Annamalai selects on merit. There is no management quota, no donation seat and no discretionary list. Where a programme requires an entrance test, the test score and the qualifying examination marks are combined in a ratio published with the admission notice; where it does not, the qualifying examination marks alone determine the rank.
Reservation follows Tamil Nadu State policy and is applied at the point of ranking, not afterwards. A reserved-category candidate who would also qualify on the open list is counted on the open list first, so that reserved seats are not silently consumed by candidates who do not need them.
Step 01
1 April – 30 June 2026. Online only. One application per programme, with a separate fee for each.
Step 02
12–18 July 2026, for MBA, BA LLB, the university-quota B.Tech seats and PhD. Other programmes admit on qualifying marks.
Step 03
22 July 2026. Published here and on faculty notice boards, with a waiting list for each programme.
Step 04
27–31 July 2026 at the faculty concerned. Bring originals and two attested copies of every document.
Step 05
By 1 August 2026. A seat not confirmed by payment is released to the waiting list the next morning.
Step 06
3 August 2026. Roll number, identity card and orientation; classes begin the same day.
Stage
Dates
Applications open
1 April 2026
Applications close
30 June 2026, 11:59 pm
Late applications accepted
1–10 July 2026, with ₹800 fee
Entrance tests
12–18 July 2026
Merit list published
22 July 2026
First waiting list
25 July 2026
Document verification
27–31 July 2026
Fee payment and seat confirmation
27 July – 1 August 2026
Classes begin and orientation
3 August 2026
Spot admissions against vacant seats
5–8 August 2026
Verification is not a formality. Officers check that the marksheet presented matches the marks entered in the application, that the caste or income certificate was issued in Tamil Nadu, and that the qualifying examination is one the university recognises. A mismatch is referred to the Dean and resolved in writing, usually within two working days.
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Class 10 and Class 12 marksheets, with two attested copies of each.
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Transfer certificate, and a migration certificate if you studied outside Tamil Nadu.
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Caste certificate issued in Tamil Nadu, and income certificate if claiming a fee waiver.
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Aadhaar card and four passport photographs.
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Entrance test scorecard, where the programme requires one.
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Medical fitness certificate for Nursing, Pharmacy and Agriculture.
Originals are returned the same day. The university retains only the attested copies.
Can I apply to more than one programme?
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Yes, but each programme needs a separate application and a separate fee. You may hold only one confirmed seat at a time; if you are offered two, you must surrender one before paying the second fee.
Which programmes require an entrance test?
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MBA, BA LLB, PhD, and the 20 per cent university quota in B.Tech. All other programmes admit on qualifying examination marks alone. The syllabus for each test is published with the admission notice in April.
What happens if I miss the fee deadline?
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Your seat is released to the waiting list at 10 am the next working day. You may still be considered against a later vacancy, but you lose the rank you had earned.
How is reservation applied?
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Under Tamil Nadu policy: 18 per cent SC, 1 per cent ST, 30 per cent OBC (BC and MBC) and 10 per cent EWS. The certificate must have been issued in Tamil Nadu. Reserved-category candidates who qualify on the open list are counted there first.
Can I change my programme after admission?
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Only through a formal transfer, approved by the Boards of Studies of both programmes and subject to seat availability and eligibility. Transfers are considered once, in the first two weeks of the second semester.
Ready to apply? The online form takes about twenty minutes.
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