Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai

Perundurai, Erode District 638052

Private · Autonomous
Affiliated to AU

Established: 1984
Seats 2026: 1,900
Fees / year: –
CSE closing rank, TNEA 2025: 20,273
Programmes: 15
Median package: Not published

About KEC

Kongu Engineering College is a private institution in Perundurai, Tamil Nadu, established in 1984. It is affiliated to Anna University. It admits B.E. and B.Tech students through TNEA counselling on the rank of the Class 12 cut-off mark (there is no entrance test), into 15 programmes with 1,900 seats.

Admission through TNEA
1,900 seats in 15 programmes
Hostel on campus

Admission and fees

Admission and fees by degree

B.E./B.Tech

14 programmes

Entrance exam: TNEA
Counselling and seat allotment: TNEA
Hostel and mess for one year: ₹85,000

There is no entrance exam: B.E. and B.Tech seats are filled through TNEA, the single window online counselling of the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu, on a cut-off mark out of 200 from Class 12 Mathematics (100), Physics (50) and Chemistry (50). Seats follow the state's communal reservation (OC, BC, BC Muslim, MBC, SC, SC Arunthathiyar, ST), with 7.5% reserved for students who studied in government schools and separate counselling for the vocational stream, differently abled candidates, wards of ex-servicemen and sportspersons. Seats outside the government quota (management and NRI seats) are filled by the college itself.

Tuition fee as fixed by the Tamil Nadu fee committee for self-financing colleges (not printed by TNEA). Hostel: mess, room rent and electricity per year for boys, as given by the college to TNEA.

From the official B.Tech fee notice of KEC.

B.Arch

1 programme

Admission details for B.Arch at KEC are not published yet. Ask our counsellor how it works this year.

Aiming for KEC? A counsellor can tell you which programme is realistic for your rank and category, and plan your choices with you.

Courses and seats

Seats: intake 2026 · Closing rank: TNEA 2025, general merit

B.Tech (4 years)14 programmes · 1,860 seats

B.Tech (4 years) programmes at KEC: seats and closing rank
Programme	Seats	Closing rank
Computer Science and Engineering	360	20,273
Electronics and Communication Engineering	240	23,080
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	60	25,578
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science	180	26,400
Information Technology	180	28,943
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	120	32,996
Computer Science and Design	120	34,908
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering	120	39,278
Mechatronics Engineering	120	45,320
Chemical Engineering	60	49,437
Mechanical Engineering	120	50,412
Food Technology	60	54,052
Civil Engineering	60	57,585
Automobile Engineering	60	68,093

B.Arch1 programme · 40 seats

B.Arch programmes at KEC: seats and closing rank
Programme	Seats	Closing rank
Architecture	40	–

Closing rank = general merit seats, the highest closing rank of the year (each counselling round lists only its own allotments). Other categories, rounds and years are in the cut-offs section below.

Cut-offs: opening and closing ranks

TNEA · TNEA

YearTNEA round

KEC: TNEA closing ranks, TNEA 2025 round 1, State merit, Open competition (OC)
Programme	Opening rank	Closing rank
Computer Science and Engineering	893	20,273
Electronics and Communication Engineering	6,630	23,080
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	9,804	25,578
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science	14,010	26,400
Civil Engineering	13,120	27,098
Information Technology	11,637	28,943
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	18,792	32,996
Computer Science and Design	26,539	34,908
Food Technology	2,187	36,686
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering	25,371	37,900
Chemical Engineering	9,612	38,213
Mechanical Engineering	36,025	38,422
Mechatronics Engineering	33,109	38,673

Every category, round and year, 2024 to 2025

Closing rank is the TNEA rank of the last candidate who got a seat in that category in that TNEA round. Your rank has to be the same as or smaller than the closing rank to have a chance. Each round lists only the seats allotted in that round, so later rounds can show fewer programmes.

About this data

Collected and checked by Insight Mentors from official sources (TNEA, Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu and the institute). Last updated 31 October 2026.