Over 11,600 engineering seats vacant in Telangana

After TG EAPCET 2025 final phase allotment, 11,638 engineering seats remain vacant in Telangana, with private colleges worst affected. Computer Science courses saw high demand, while mechanical and civil branches lagged. Kosgi government college recorded just 28.2 per cent admissions

Hyderabad: A staggering 11,638 undergraduate seats in the engineering colleges have no takers after the Telangana Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (TG EAPCET) 2025 final phase seat allotment released on Sunday.

While a total of 91,649 seats were up for grabs in 180 engineering colleges, including 156 private, 21 university and two private universities, 80,011 seats, including 4,720 new allocations, were allotted to students.

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At 9,696, the highest number of vacant seats were in the private engineering colleges, followed by 1,793 seats in university colleges, which saw 72.2 per cent seat allotments. As many as 51 colleges, including five universities and 46 private colleges, have recorded 100 per cent seat allocation.

The government engineering college in Kosgi, which was established in Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s Kodangal constituency as the first engineering college under Commissioner of Technical Education, has failed to attract students. Only 28.2 per cent of 198 seats in this institution were allotted.

As for engineering branch-wise admissions, Computer Science and IT-related programmes saw 92 per cent seat allotment out of 65,080 seats. Similarly, 3,636 seats in electrical and electronics engineering branches were vacant. The mechanical and civil engineering branches have failed to attract students, with 68.22 per cent seats being allotted out of 7,675.

Candidates who received seat allotment must self-report online and pay tuition fee on the website https://tgeapcet.nic.in/ on or before July 12, else their provisional seat allotment stands cancelled.

They should also report in person at the allotted college between July 11 and 13 and hand over a set of photocopies of certificates and the original transfer certificate.

All candidates who have reported in person at the allotted college can participate in the centralised internal sliding for change of branch within the college, if desired, on August 18 and 19. The fee reimbursement will be applicable to such eligible candidates.