About Tamilnadu Agricultural University

Tamilnadu Agricultural University is a leading agrotechnology provider of India and its graduates are recognized throughout the world. Though the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) came into being on June 1, 1971, it had its genesis from establishment of an Agricultural School at Saidapet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India as early as 1868 which was later relocated at Coimbatore during 1906.

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Courses offered in TNAU

Courses offered in TNAU

The University is offering 12 Undergraduate Degree Programs and 29 Postgraduate Degree Programs in 10 Colleges distributed in seven campuses all over Tamil Nadu. Besides, the University has 36 Research Stations for agrotechnology development and 14 Farm Science Centers for outreach.

New Courses in Agriculture Engineering and Technology

A new degree program B.Tech. in Energy & Environmental Engineering was started during 2004 & B.Tech. in Bioinformatics during 2006. 2 new courses B.S. in Agribusiness Management  & B.Tech. in Agricultural Information Technology introduced from the academic Year 2007 - 2008.

Contact Information

Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 641003. Ph : 0422 - 6611210 / 322 / 328

Reservation of Seats in TNAU

The selection will be made on merit basis and by Counselling applying the rule of reservation by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

The expected counselling schedule of TamilNadu medical admissions 2016.

A. Eligible Groups for UG Programmes in TNAU

B. Minimum Eligible Percentage of Marks for TNAU

The minimum percentage of marks eligibility for each category is listed below .

C. Age Limit

Candidates should not have completed the age of 21 years on the first day of July of the admission year (i.e. as on 1.7.2016) for all the courses. However, for Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes there is no age limit.

D. Nativity

Candidates belonging to Tamil Nadu only will be considered for admission. Candidates who have studied X, XI, XII Standard in Tamil Nadu need not enclose Nativity certificate. The candidates who have not studied X, XI and XII standards in Tamil Nadu should produce the certificate of permanent residence in Tamil Nadu in the prescribed proforma (Certificate – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University/2016-1 enclosed) issued by the competent authorities.

E. Number of attempts to pass

The maximum number of permissible attempts to pass in the qualifying examination is as follows: Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes : Three. All other Communities : Two

HSC Vocational Stream

Five per cent of seats are exclusively reserved for candidates who qualified under Vocational Stream and therefore they shall not be considered under general merit and any other reservation categories. Vocational group candidates are eligible only for the degree programs indicated below:

Candidates who passed HSC under vocational stream and studied any one of the subjects, namely, Biology or Chemistry or Economics or Home Science and vocational subjects including theory and practical indicated in the table below are eligible to apply for the degrees, B. Sc. (Agriculture), B. Sc. (Horticulture) and B. Sc. (Forestry).

Candidates who passed HSC under vocational stream and studied any one of the subjects, namely, Mathematics or Physics and vocational subjects including theory and practical indicated in the table below are eligible to apply for the degree B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering).