TANCET 2026 MBA, MCA admission counselling registration starts, last date to apply June 30

3 min readNew DelhiJun 4, 2026 06:45 PM IST

TANCET 2926 Counselling Registration: The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Tamil Nadu, has opened the portal to register for the Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) counselling. The online counselling registration process began on June 4, and is for Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Applications (MCA). Candidates can fill up the form at their official website at tn.mbamca.com.

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To complete the process, candidates from general category have to pay an application fee of Rs 800, while candidates from the reserved category have to pay Rs 400. Candidates are required to submit their application at the time of the TANCET 2026 counselling process.

TANCET 2026: Important dates for the counselling

The table below consists of all the important dates for the TANCET counselling registration

Event

Date

Online registration and certificate uploading

June 4 to June 30, 2026

Publication of the rank list

July 15, 2026

Grievances redressal

July 16 to July 20, 2026 (by 5 PM)

Special reservation counselling (In-person)

July 23, 2026

Payment and choice filling for MCA general counselling

July 15 to July 27, 2026 (by 5 PM)

Tentative allotment publication for MCA general counselling

July 28, 2026

Confirmation of tentative allotment for MCA general counselling

July 29, 2026 (by 5 PM)

Provisional allotment publication for MCA general counselling

July 30, 2026

Payment and choice filling for MBA general counselling

July 30 to August 2, 2026

Tentative allotment publication for MBA general counselling

August 3, 2026

Confirmation of tentative allotment for MBA general counselling

August 4, 2026 (by 5 PM)

Provisional allotment publication for MBA general counselling

August 5, 2026

MCA supplementary counselling

August 6, 2026

MBA supplementary counselling

August 7 and 8, 2026

SCA to SC conversion counselling

August 10, 2026

End of counselling

August 10, 2026

As mentioned in the schedule, the registration window will close on June 30, 2026. The TANCET rank list for MBA and MCA will be released on July 15, 2026. The counselling process for TANCET will be conducted online, however, counselling for the differently-abled candidates who are under special reservation category, supplementary counselling, and SCA to SC conversion will happen offline.

When a candidate gets the option of seat allotment during the allotment process, four options are given (Accept and Join, Accept and Upward, Decline and Upward, and Decline and Quit). Candidates have to confirm their interest in the alloted seat, within two days of allotment. In case the seat in not confirmed, the seat alloted will be cancelled.