S A Engineering College, Chennai
Thiruverkadu, Chennai 600077- Private · Autonomous
- Affiliated to AU
- Established
- 1998
- Seats 2026
- 1,170
- Fees / year
- –
- CSE closing rank, TNEA 2025
- 67,643
- Programmes
- 11
- Median package
- Not published
About SAEC
S A Engineering College is a private institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, established in 1998. 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 11 programmes with 1,170 seats.
- Admission through TNEA
- 1,170 seats in 11 programmes
How to get in
- Entrance exam
- TNEA
- Counselling and seat allotment
- TNEA
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.
Fees
- B.Tech fee for one year
- Not published
- Tuition and compulsory institute fees for a general-category student. Hostel and mess are extra.
- Hostel and mess for one year
- ₹1,20,000
- Typical shared room, as published by the institute.
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 fee notice of SAEC. Fees can change each year, so confirm the amount before you pay.
Courses and seats
Seats: intake 2026 · Closing rank: TNEA 2025, general merit| Programme | Seats | Closing rank |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Engineering | 300 | 67,643 |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 120 | 69,393 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) | 60 | 73,674 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (Cyber Security) | 60 | 78,903 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | 180 | 80,161 |
| Computer Science and Business Systems | 60 | 81,679 |
| Information Technology | 120 | 85,632 |
| Electronics Engineering ( VLSI Design and Technology) | 60 | 1,09,015 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 120 | 1,17,896 |
| Civil Engineering | 30 | 1,35,216 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 60 | 1,45,360 |
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| Programme | Opening rank | Closing rank |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science and Business Systems | 28,411 | 37,853 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 29,976 | 38,756 |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 35,699 | 38,939 |
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.