Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering (SACOE) offers a four-year B.E and B.Tech program in 6 disciplines. Admissions are based on TNEA counselling procedure. Candidates must have scored 50% aggregate marks in 10+2 with Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects. The candidates belonging to backward communities are eligible for relaxation of 5% in the minimum qualifying marks.

B.Sc candidates who have taken Mathematics at 10+2 level or studied Mathematics as core subjects or ancillary subjects at B.Sc level alone are eligible to apply for B.E/ B.Tech courses through Lateral Entry mode. The candidates with Diploma in Engineering & Technology can also apply for Lateral Entry admissions.

User Facts:

• Reserved category benefit will apply only to the candidates who hold Tamil Nadu state domicile. Other state candidates will be considered as General.
• Rounding off of minimum eligibility marks is not permitted.
• Improvement examination marks will not be considered for evaluation of the minimum eligibility marks.
• For HSC (Vocational) students, marks will be evaluated only on the basis of Vocational subjects.
• Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee candidates are treated as General Category and will be admitted only after verification of Refugee Certificate.

SACOE offers at M.E, M.Tech and MBA courses at postgraduate level. It admits students to PG courses through the state level entrance exam conducted by Anna University i.e. TANCET. 

For admission to the M.E and M.Tech programs, the candidates must hold a B.Tech/ B.E degree with at least 50% marks. Relaxation of 5% will be given to the candidates of the reserved categories. Minimum qualification for MBA program is a pass in a relevant Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3-year duration and obtained at least 50% marks (45% in case of reserved categories).

The entrance exam will be conducted in offline mode for the duration of 2-hour. Applications have to be submitted offline. Forms can be downloaded from the official web portal. Merit list after the entrance exam will be available at the campus and on the official website.

User Facts:

• The Applicants who have a valid GATE score need to apply through the separate forms available for GATE qualified candidates.
• GATE qualified candidates will not have to appear for the written entrance exam.
• TANCET rank will be deduced after normalization of marks obtained by the candidates in the entrance test.
• Counselling of the shortlisted candidates will be conducted through Tamil Nadu Common Admissions (TANCA).
• After counseling schedule is announced, candidates will have to attend TANCA process for the verification of documents, seat allotment and confirmation of admission process.