TANCET (Tamil Nadu Common Entrance test)

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TANCET Overview

What is TANCET Exam?

TANCET (Tamil Nadu Common Entrance test) which is organized by Anna University, Chennai. It is State Level Exam conducted once in a year for offering admission in various PG courses like MBA, M.Tech, MCA, M.Arch, M.Plan, Masters in Engineering (ME), and so on.

More than 200 colleges in Tamil Nadu accept TANCET scores for admission in various MBA colleges in Tamil Nadu. Almost 18k seats are available under the MBA program is going to be filled according to the marks obtained in TANCET MBA exam. All the qualifying aspirants will get admission in various Government and Private University/Institute in India.

The TANCET Counseling has been started in May, and Counseling registration is going to be started soon. Authority will notify about this on the official website.

TANCET Exam Highlights

Features	Details
Exam Name	TANCET (Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test)
Conducting Body	Anna University
Exam Level	State Level Exams
Language	English Language
Course Offered	MBA, MCA, M.Tech, M.Arch, Masters in Engineering (ME), M.Plan
Exam Frequency	Once in a year
Exam Helpdesk No.	044-22358574/75/76
Exam Website	https://tancet.annauniv.edu/tancet/

TANCET Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who are in the final year of their graduation are eligible to apply for TANCET exam.
Indian citizen candidates are eligible to apply for TANCET.

Given below course wise eligibility criteria for various offered courses under TANCET examination:-

Courses	Eligibility Criteria
MBA	Candidates must have done graduation in any stream with minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for SC, ST category candidates)
MCA	Candidates must have done graduation in any stream or equivalent with minimum 50% aggregate
M.Tech./ M.Plan/ M.Arch/ ME (Masters in Engineering)	Candidates must have done graduation with minimum 55% aggregate (45% aggregate for SC, ST category candidates)

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TANCET Important Dates

You can check below TANCET Exam important dates:-

Events	Dates
Registrations start	January,
Registrations end date	February
Last Date to Check TANCET Application Status	February
Admit card issue	March
Exam Date	March
Declaration of result	April
Score Card Download	April
Counseling starts	May
Last date for Counseling registration	To be announced

TANCET Registration

You can register easily for the TENCET exam through given below steps:-

Firstly go to the official website – https://tancet.annauniv.edu/tancet/
Click on the link “Online registration”
Fill in all the details in the given space
You will get a confirmation mail or SMS on the registered mail ID & mobile number
Click on the “Register” tab
Now log in with the user ID & password
Read all the instructions carefully and that tick mark the “I Agree” declaration and proceed
Now the registration form will appear, fill in all the details in the form
After completing the form recheck all the details and click on submit
After the completion of the form take a print out and keep it safe with you till admission procedure.

TANCET Application Fee:

Category	Fees
General category candidates	Rs. 600/-
SCA/ ST/ SC category candidates	Rs. 300/-

How to pay TANCET Application Fee?

Candidates can pay TENCET registration fee via online mode using debit card/ credit card / net banking
And also remember that application fee is non-refundable.

TANCET Exam Pattern

Sections	There will be 3 sections in the paper and Section I is compulsory, but Section II will depend on the program selected by the candidates. Given below 3 sections:- Section I – Engineering Mathematics Section II – Basic Engineering & Sciences Section III – Course Selected by Candidates
Duration of exam	Total 2 hours (120 minutes)
Exam mode	Offline Mode
Total number of questions	100 Questions
Section-wise number of questions	Section I – 20 Questions Section II – 20 Questions Section III – 60 Questions
Total marks	100 Marks
Language of question paper	English and Tamil Language
Type of questions	MCQs (Objective Type)
Marking Scheme	You will get +1 marks for every correct answer 1/3 marks will deducted for every wrong answer

TANCET Cut Off

Following are the factors determine the TANCET exam Cut-Off:-

Total number of candidates appeared for the TANCET exam
Level of difficulty of the TANCET exam
Number of available seats in colleges affiliated to Anna University
Previous year cutoff trends for the various branches

The cut-off percentage marks in TANCET exam category wise given below:-

Category	Expected TANCET MBA Cut off
General	37.5
OBC	35.25
SC	25.5
ST	22.5

Expected TANCET Cutoff:-

Marks Obtained (Rank Range)	Expected TANCET Cutoff
70-55	1-10
54-52	11-30
51-47	31-60
46-43	61-100
42-34	101-500
33-30	501-1000
30-27	1001-1500
27-25	1501-2000
25-23	2001-2500
23-22	2501-3000