Applications for admission in niche Marine Engineering and related Science / BBA courses in Indian Maritime University, a Central University under Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, are ongoing and shall close soon on 5 May 2024.

Course(s) offered : B.Tech (Marine Engineering), B.Tech (Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering), B.Tech (Navan Architecture & Ship Building), 3 Yr B.Sc (Nautical Science), 3 Yr BBA (Logistics, Retailing & E-Commerce), Apprenticeship embedded 3 Yr BBA – Maritime Logistics, BSc (Ship Building & Repair)

Admission test / criteria

Admission in BTech and BSc (NS) is on the basis of IMU CET. However, CUET students can take admission for residual seats pending after third list.

Admission in BBA is on the basis of CUET / Class 12 marks. CUET candidates will be given preferences.

For BSc (SBR), no registration in IMU-CET portal is required. Admission will be done by the institute concerned as per IMU’s eligibility criteria.

Campuses & Courses: In addition to 6 IMU campuses, there are 17 affiliated institutes and 28 DGS approved non-affiliated institutes In IMU campuses, courses offered are as below: 

i) B.Tech in Marine Engg is offered at Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai Port.

ii) Naval Arch & Ocean Engg is offered at Vishakhapatnam.

iii) Naval Architecture & Ship Building is offered at Visakhapatnam.

iv) BSc (Nautical Science) is offered at Chennai, Kochi and Navi Mumbai.

v) BBA (Maritime Logistics) is offered at Visakhapatnam.

(vi) BBA (Logistics, Retailing & E-Commerce) is offered at Chennai and Kochi.

BSc (Ship Building & Repair) is offered at affiliated institute College of Ship Technology, Palakkad.

Admission in institutes approved by DG Shipping but not affiliated to IMU: IMU has listed 28 such institutes in the prospectus and specified that for admission to DGS approved programmes (B.Tech(ME), B.Sc (NS) & DNS) in affiliated / non-affiliated institutes, IMU-CET rank is compulsory, hence the candidates desirous of taking admissions to these programmes need to register in IMU-CET registration portal to take IMU-CETand secure ranks.

After conduct of IMU-CET, IMU will issue Rank Certificate to qualified candidates in CET.

Key dates

Last date to apply online: 5 May 2025

Date of entrance test CET-IMU-Eng: 8 Jun 2024

About Indian Maritime University (IMU) : IMU was established on Nov 14, 2008 as a teaching and affiliating university under the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, with Chennai as headquarters. There were 7 renowned legacy teaching-cum-research institutes under the Ministry of Shipping, and these were subsumed under the Indian Maritime University in November 2008. Currently, IMU has 6 campuses in India:

1. IMU Navi Mumbai Campus

(Erstwhile Training Ship Chanakya, Navi Mumbai)

2. IMU Mumbai Port Campus

(Erstwhile the Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies & Research and the Marine Engineering Research Institute)

3. IMU Kolkata Campus

(Erstwhile Marine Engineering Research Institute and Indian Institute of Port Management)

4. IMU Visakhapatnam Campus

(Erstwhile The National Ship Design and Research Centre, Visakhapatnam)

5. IMU Chennai Campus

(Erstwhile National Maritime Academy, Chennai)

6. IMU Kochi Campus

Additionally, the University has 17 Affiliated Institutes.

Check CET-IMU-Eng for complete details about course-wise Eligibility, Test pattern, Test centres, Application procedure, Clashing entrance exams etc and also to download brochure and related documents.