Admission to undergraduate courses: TNAU extends last date to submit online applications

COIMBATORE:

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

(TNAU), Coimbatore, has extended the last date to file online application for admission to undergraduate courses till October 18.

The university is offering 12 undergraduate degree courses through its 18 constituent and 28 affiliated colleges. While online applications were invited from September 8, the university has received over 40,000 applications so far.

October 7 was fixed as the last date to submit the online applications for admission. The same has been extended till October 18. The university will release the merit list on November 2.

Dean (agriculture) and chairman (admissions)

M Kalyanasundaram

said that they had received many requests seeking extension of the last date to submit online applications for admission.

“There was an increase in the interest of parents to get their wards admitted to TNAU following the 7.5% reservation in professional courses for students from government schools from this year,” he said.

Many parents who came to know about the reservation were keen on admitting their wards to agriculture colleges after learning about the reservation only recently. Many parents also showed an interest in their children joining the

Tamil

medium courses to be introduced this year, he said.