TNAU Admissions 2024 – Online Counselling and Selection Procedure
The candidates has to fill their choice of degree program and college at the time of online application filling based on which admission will be allotted.
ONLINE COUNSELING
- Selection process for general reservation candidates is done only through online counseling.
- During online counseling, the candidates will be allotted the Degree and College, based on their rank, community, and choice preferences made by them at time of application filling, as per the procedure.
- Online counseling system will be followed for all Degree programs.
- After the release of rank list, candidates shortlisted will be informed through SMS and e-mail. The ratio of ‘number of vacant seats (seats to be filled)’: ‘number of candidates shortlisted for counseling’ will be normally 1:5. CALLING FOR ONLINE COUNSELING DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SEAT.
- Shortlisted candidates must pay a non-refundable counseling fee of Rs.3000/- (Rs. 1500/- for SC / SCA / ST categories) through their individual login credentials (www.tnau.ucanapply.com). Those who fail to pay counseling fee will not be considered for online counseling.
- During online counseling, the candidate is permitted to change the order of preference for Degree and College ONLY ONCE. An SMS and e-mail will be sent to the candidates in this regard. No modification is possible in subsequent counseling / sliding sessions. If no modification is done, in the choice of College and Degree program, the preferences exercised while filing the application will be considered for seat allotment.
- On expiry of online counseling date of the respective phase, the degree and college allotment will be done based on the choice exercised by the candidate, merit and communal reservations. The allotment will be informed to the candidates through SMS and e-mail. The detailed instructions on Admission fee payment, downloading of Allotment letter and documents required for verification will be informed through registered email.
- The candidates registered (Counseling fee paid) for online counseling and did not get any seat allotment, will be considered for subsequent sliding process, if vacancy arises.
- After the online counseling, candidates will be called for certificate / document verification. After certificate / document verification, the candidates have to submit their original certificates to confirm their seat allotted to them.
- Before appearing for certificate verification, the candidates are required to pay an amount of Rs. 20,000/- towards admission fee by online mode before coming for certificate / document verification at TNAU, Coimbatore. Only on successful payment of admission fee, the allotment letter can be downloaded. This amount will be adjusted in their first semester fee. Paying the admission fee does not guarantee the confirmation of seat. Confirmation will be done only after the verification of certificates / documents. Provisional admission card will be issued after successful verification.
- The admission fee (Rs.20,000/-) is REFUNDABLE if the candidate has not registered the first semester of the degree program.
- If any information (Marks and qualification, Community, Date of Birth, Nativity etc.,) is found incorrect, the candidature will summarily be rejected. Delay or absence for submission of certificates / documents and payment of fees will result in cancellation of seat.
- Separate IN-PERSON counseling will be conducted at TNAU Coimbatore for special reservations (Differently abled, Eminent Sportsperson, Ex-servicemen, NRI, and Industrial Sponsorship quotas).
- Candidates of Tamil Nadu nativity, who have applied for any one of the special reservations, are also eligible for general counseling.
Sliding System
- When vacancy arises, based on the choice exercised and willingness expressed for sliding, at the time of document verification, candidates will be moved to their best preferred upward choice of Degree and College based on merit and communal reservation.
- Sliding system will be followed for all counseling based on vacancy.
OFFLINE COUNSELING
Offline counseling will be conducted for Special reservations (Differently abled, Eminent Sportsperson, and Ex-servicemen), NRI, and Industrial Sponsorship quota. Offline Counseling for Differently abled, Eminent Sportsperson, and Ex-servicemen will be conducted ahead of general counseling. Counseling for NRI and Industrial Quota will be conducted after one or two phases of general counseling.
Candidates attending special reservation counseling have to bring the necessary original document / certificate pertaining to their special reservation. If necessary valid / original documents are not produced by the candidates during the counseling, they will not be allowed to attend the counseling process.
Offline Counseling Process
Candidates can choose the Degree and College, based on their rank during OFFLINE counseling. Attendance of candidates will be marked both at the entry and exit. Candidates have to opt for a degree and college available at the time of counseling. DEGREE AND COLLEGE CHOICE ONCE MADE IS FINAL AND CANNOT BE CHANGED. Sliding options will be obtained in paper form during the counseling. Candidates who have attended counseling and did not select any choice will be not considered for future counseling phase in the
academic year. CALLING FOR COUNSELING DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SEAT. TA and DA will not be given for attending counseling.
Option |
Implication |
Remarks |
| Selection | A candidate selects a seat in any of the degree in a constituent college of their choice | He can either opt for sliding or not |
| Not opted | A candidate is not interested in any of the available seat at the time of counseling | Not considered for further counseling |
| Not got chance | A candidate has no seats to select in any of the degree/ college at the time of counseling. | The candidate will be called for subsequent counseling, if vacancy arises. |
Note: THERE IS NO WAIT LIST OPTION IN THE COUNSELING PROCESS
Candidates who fail to attend the counseling at the specified date and time will forfeit their right to admission. However, due to unforeseen and unavoidable reasons, if a candidate is unable to attend the counseling on the specified date and time, the candidate can authorize their parent / guardian on their behalf and the parent’s /guardian’s decision will be binding and final. Such authorization letter should bear photographs of the candidate and authorized person (candidate’s parent / guardian) and signed by both the candidate and authorized person. The authorized person attending the counseling on behalf of the candidate should carry the counseling letter and photo ID proof.
SPOT ADMISSION
As per the directions of the Hon’ble Justice Prabha Sridevan Committee (G.O.Ms.No.3 Agriculture (AU) Dept. dated 07.01.2020), Spot Admission will be conducted for the vacant seats of affiliated colleges after opening of the colleges. Spot admission is an offline counseling process. Spot admission is applicable only for affiliated colleges. The vacancy in the constituent colleges will be kept vacant. No sliding will be followed. For spot admission counselling fee will be collected only from the candidates who avail seat. After selection the candidate must pay the counseling fee as prescribed above.
The announcement of Spot admission will be done ten days before the closure of admission. The vacancy position, college wise and community wise will be published in the TNAU website on that day and also given as press release for larger reach. Candidates will be called in the ratio of 1: 10 or more depending on the situation. Applied candidates who have not attended the counseling earlier or those have called for the spot admission can attend the counseling. TA and DA will not be given for attending counseling. Spot admission will be conducted on the 5th day from the date of announcement. Attendance will be marked and ranking of attended candidates will be done. Candidates will be called based on their rank for choosing the college and seat.
Selected candidates must join in the college immediately by submitting the educational certificates and by paying an admission fee of Rs. 20,000 which will be facilitated in the university campus itself on the day of spot admission. Calling for Spot Admission does not necessarily GUARANTEE a seat. No candidate will be admitted after the announcement of “Completion of Admission” for the academic year.
Any management seat fallen vacant due to migration of students from management quota seat to counseling quota, the management is at liberty to fill up such vacancies within five days of closure of TNAU admission.
