With the Round 3 of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) counselling coming to an end, the data released by the TNEA showed the number of seats allotted to students this year went up by around 13% compared to last year. Despite this increase, over one-third of the available seats were still lying vacant.
An analysis of branch-wise data indicated that the increase in uptake was driven to a considerable extent by the demand for artificial intelligence and related courses among students.
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (AD) branch ranked fourth, only next to Computer Science and Engineering (CS), Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) and Information Technology (IT), in terms of the number of seats opted by the students. The branch accounted for 10% of the total seats taken by the students, a significant increase compared to two years when it accounted for less than half of this year’s uptake.
