Chemical Engineering (Chemical) was offered by 23 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu in TNEA 2025. The General (OC) closing cutoff ran from 195 at University Departments of Anna University Chennai - Act down to 120 at Arunai Engineering College (Autonomous). The full table below is ranked by OC cutoff and shows every community, so you can find the colleges your own cutoff can reach.
How to use this: find your community column, scan down to your cutoff, and everything from that row upward closed above your mark — those are your "reach" colleges; the rows below are safer choices. Or let the finder do it for you →
In TNEA 2025 the General (OC) closing cutoff for Chemical Engineering ranged from 195 at University Departments of Anna University Chennai - Act Campus Sardar Patel Road Guindy Chennai 600 025 to 120 at Arunai Engineering College (Autonomous), Chittor-Cuddalore Raod, Mathur, Tiruvannamalai-606603. across 23 colleges. Reserved-category cutoffs (BC, MBC, SC, ST) are lower at every college.
How many colleges in Tamil Nadu offer Chemical?
23 engineering colleges in 13 districts admitted students to Chemical Engineering through TNEA 2025.
Is a 158 cutoff enough for Chemical?
Yes — roughly 14 of the 23 colleges closed at or below 158 for OC in 2025, and more for reserved categories. Check the full table for the exact list.
Are these the 2026 cutoffs?
These are the published TNEA 2025 closing marks — the reference for 2026 counselling. 2026 closing marks appear round by round on the official TNEA portal.
Source: TNEA 2025 closing marks as published by the Directorate of Technical Education. College Path is an independent guidance platform, not affiliated with Anna University or DoTE.
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