Pondicherry engineering college offers admission to B.Tech programs under two categories which are conducted through CENTAC (Centralised Admission Committee).

Puducherry State Students:

• The first category is for Puducherry state students which include students from the Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe districts of the state.
• The admissions are given based on the marks scored in the 12th boards. A merit list is released by the college which includes the names of all the qualified students with their rankings.

Other State Students:

The admissions are given on the marks scored in JEE Main. A merit list will be released by the college based on the rankings of students in JEE mains and CENTAC will also conduct the interview or counseling of those students for the seat distribution process.

There are around 46 seats available across 8 engineering departments for other state students which accounts for 15% of the total seats available in Pondicherry engineering college.