79,891 seats allotted in EAPCET 2026 first phase
The Commissioner of Technical Education in India has released the first phase of seat allotments for the TG EAPCET 2026 engineering counselling. Out of 88,053 available seats, 79,891 have been filled, with computer science and engineering courses seeing the highest demand.
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This data reflects current trends in higher education preferences and the capacity of technical institutions to meet the demand for engineering graduates.
Following modification of web options after the mock allotment, which ended on July 7, the Commissioner of Technical Education released the final allotment of seats under the first phase of TG EAPCET 2026 counselling on Friday.
A total of 79,891 seats (90.7%) across 176 institutions, including 152 private engineering colleges, were filled. Out of the total 88,053 seats, 8,162 seats remained vacant after the exercise.
A difference in the mock allotment and final allotment saw differences in change of college and branch in 35,402 cases. And although 8,691 candidates exercised options, they could not get an allotment. Under the economically weaker section quota, 6,335 candidates secured seats. It was reported that 87 colleges, eight universities and 79 private colleges, saw 100% admissions.
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