Greetings,
The answer to your question in 'no'. You could enroll yourself either on the basis of high school or you can opt for b.tech in marine engineering or you can also go with nautical science either diploma or degree. If you are determined towards it, then go for it.
All the best.

Hello

Yes, a civil engineering graduate can become a merchant navy. There are two options

1)GME

2)ETO

For going through GME(graduate marine engineer) one should have done their engineering in any of these fields-

Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Harbour & Ocean Engineering

Petroleum Engineering

Civil Engineering

Preference is majorly given to the people from the mechanical engineering background as marine engineering is a purely mechanical field.

After completing the GME or marine engineering course one joins the merchant vessel as a TME( Trainee Marine Engineer) or 5th engineer.

For ETO (Electro Technical Officer) you need to complete your graduation as a electrical engineer and then apply for the ETO courses.

For GME or ETO courses, the age should not be more than 28 years.

The eye sight in any of the courses mentioned above should not be more than 6/12 before correction and 6/6 after correction in both the eyes and the individual should not be colour blind.

The individual should be unmarried if one wants to apply for any course.

For the GME or ETO course the btech done by the aspirant should be from an AICTE or UGC apporved institute and the aggregate passing percentage should be more than 60% and English(10+2) should be 50%.

Generally the post graduate courses are a sponsored programme so I would recommend the aspirant to get a sponsorship first and get the medical checkup done from a DG Shipping doctor before stepping into the marine field.

Merchant Navy is an ever growing field and will always welcome an aspirant with open arms.

Hope this helps.

JNEC Aurangabad

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