General counselling for admission to engineering colleges in the State through the single window system will begin on July 9.

Nearly 86,000 applications were sold on day one just 2,770 lesser than the 88,770 applications sold on the first day in 2011 of the sale of forms for admissions to 1.6 lakh seats in about 525 colleges in the State, revealing the continuing popularity of engineering education.

General counselling for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA 2012) would begin on July 9 and last till August 12. Random numbers would be assigned on June 20 and rank list published on June 24.

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