Hello,

IMU CET 2019 examination will be organized by the Indian Maritime University (IMU). Indian Maritime University Common Entrance Test (IMU CET) is all India level examination. This university offers various UG, PG, PG diploma & research courses in the field of marine engineering.

The university will release the application only through online mode.

Candidates will fill the IMU CET 2019 online application form from the fourth week of March 2019.

It will be available till the second week of May 2019 except BBA course.

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• B.Sc. Nautical Science
• B.E. Marine Engineering
• B.E. Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering
• B.E. Petroleum Engineering
• B.E. Mechanical Engineering
• B.E. Harbour & Ocean Engineering
• B.E. Civil Engineering
• B.E. Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• B.Sc. Marine Catering
• Electro Technical Officer Course

Hello,

Yes, there is a physical test.

Admission is through an entrance followed by a screening test and a main written examination.

After clearing the test, there is an interview and a medical test.

The eligibility for joining merchant navy is finishing class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. 

Other eligibility criteria are as follows:

Candidates have to be unmarried Indian citizens.

Normal vision is required but glasses up to plus or minus 2.5 may be allowed.

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Merchant navy officers are employed by commercial shipping companies to work on all kinds of seagoing vessels, such as cruise liners, cargo ships, tankers and hovercraft. In order to get admission in Merchant Navy you can apply the entrance exams like IMU CET conducted by Indian Maritime University, CUSAT CAT etc. for Merchant Navy. You can check the eligibility of the exams with given below links.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/imu-cet

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/cusat-cat-eligibility-criteria

Top institute for Merchant Navy are:
Marine Engineering and Research Institute, MERI Kolkata
Marine Engineering and Research Institute, MERI Mumbai
Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies and Research, Mumbai
T.S. Chanakya, Mumbai
National Maritime Academy, Chennai
Indian Institute of Port Management, Kolkata


Good Luck!

Hi Hardik,

It is good that you have completed your diploma in electrical engineering it may help you. Follow the below-mentioned link for better knowledge:-

https://university.careers360.com/articles/merchant-navy