The Kavery Engineering College, Salem
M Kalipatti Post, Mecheri, Salem District 636453- Private · Autonomous
- Affiliated to AU
- Established
- 2006
- Seats 2026
- 780
- Fees / year
- –
- CSE closing rank, TNEA 2025
- 1,52,616
- Programmes
- 10
- Median package
- Not published
About KEC
The Kavery Engineering College is a private institution in Salem, Tamil Nadu, established in 2006. 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 10 programmes with 780 seats.
- Admission through TNEA
- 780 seats in 10 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
- ₹58,000
- 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 KEC. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | 60 | 1,34,015 |
| Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 120 | 1,35,396 |
| Bio Medical Engineering | 60 | 1,42,673 |
| Chemical Engineering | 30 | 1,45,394 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 180 | 1,52,616 |
| Information Technology | 120 | 1,56,961 |
| Civil Engineering | 30 | 1,60,323 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 60 | 1,63,549 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 60 | 1,97,680 |
| Agricultural Engineering | 60 | 1,99,197 |
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: closing ranks
TNEA · TNEANo seat was allotted for this combination in this round. Try another round or category.
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.