Chennai: The first phase of engineering admissions counselling under Anna University has concluded, leaving 54,530 BE and BTech seats vacant.
A total of 422 engineering colleges function under Anna University, offering 1,98,825 undergraduate BE/BTech seats. For the current academic year, application registration was held from May 5 to June 5.
The rank list for 2,36,017 eligible students was released on July 1. Phase 1 counselling began on July 13 and was conducted for both special category and general category candidates.
At the end of the first phase, seats were allotted to 1,29,364 students in the general category and 14,931 students under the 7.5% internal reservation, taking the total allotments to 1,44,295.
Overall, 72.57% of the available seats—1,44,295 out of 1,98,825—have been filled so far, while 54,530 seats remain vacant after phase 1.
