Agricultural College and Research Institute - [ACRI], Thoothukudi Courses & Fees 2024-2025

Years	year 1	year 2	year 3	year 4
Tution fees	₹4500	₹4500	₹4500	₹4500	₹4500	₹4500	₹4500	₹4500
Other fees	₹25125	₹16100	₹16100	₹16100	₹16100	₹16100	₹16100	₹16100
Total Year Wise fees	₹50,225	₹41,200	₹41,200	₹41,200

Years

year 1

year 2

year 3

year 4

Semester

Tution fees

₹4500

Other fees

₹25125

₹16100

Total Year Wise fees

₹50,225

₹41,200

Course Details

ACRI provides a UG degree in B.Sc under the following departments for a duration of three years-

Department of Agronomy
Department of Plant breeding and Genetics
Department of Soil science and Agricultural Chemistry
Department of Horticulture
Department of Agriculture Entomology
Department of Social Sciences
Department of Plant Pathology
Department of Farm Management

Duration	3 Years
Type	Full-time
No. of Departments	7
No. of Attempts to Pass	Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes: Three
No. of Attempts to Pass	All other Communities: Two
Basic Eligibility Criteria	10+2 Qualification
Basic Admission Criteria	Merit-based

Under the Department of Social Sciences, the institute provides Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Rural Management, Agricultural Statistics, Mathematics and Languages (both English and Tamil).

ACRI Killikulam B.Sc.Eligibility Criteria

Candidates should have passed all the subjects in an academic stream of the qualifying examination with 10+2 years of schooling under Board of Higher Secondary Education of Government of Tamil Nadu / Central Board of Secondary Education / Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations / other State Government Boards / other International Boards that are recognized.

Different category has some difference in eligibility criteria:

Category	Criteria
Open Competition (OC)	55 % aggregate of all the four required subjects
Backward Class (BC) and Backward Class Muslim (BCM)	50 % aggregate of all the four required subjects
Most Backward Class and Denotified Communities (MBC)	45 % aggregate of all the four required subjects
Scheduled Caste (SC / SCA)	A pass in qualifying examination with four required subjects
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	A pass in qualifying examination with four required subjects

ACRI Killikulam B.Sc. Selection Criteria

Admission for B.Sc Agriculture is given the basis of ranking procedure on aggregate marks. Aggregate Mark is calculated as follows:

Aggregate Mark = Sum of ((marks obtained in each subject /maximum mark for that subject) X 50) all the four subjects considered.

In cases where more than one student has got the same aggregate marks in the common merit list, the inter se merit among such students shall be determined in the order of priority as specified below:

Marks out of 50 in Mathematics. If a student has not studied Mathematics marks out of 50 in Biology or (Botany + Zoology)
Marks out of 50 in Physics
Marks out of 50 in Chemistry
Date of Birth – Eldest first

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