Hey,

A marine engineer is someone who builds, tests, repairs boats, ships, offshore platforms, underwater crafts and drilling equipment.  They work to design everything from small yatchs to submarines. A bachelor degree is generally required for this position. A marine engineer receives 85,000 dollars per annum.

You can become a marine engineer by having done with your 12th with mathematics, physics, chemistry as the mandatory subjects. If you complete a 3 year diploma in marine engineering, you can apply for under graduation in marine engineering. Your age should be between 17-25.

It requires atleast a UG course to become a marine engineer which needs 4 year full time education to complete. Demand for marine engineers is expected to grown in coming decades.

For UG, you should write JEE mains and advanced for better placements.

Some top colleges in India which offer marine engineering are

• NIT, Suratkal
• Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam
• Satyabhama Institute of Technology, Chennai
• Wisdom school of management, Ahmedabad

By taking up marine engineering, you can work as being a cheif engineer to cheif security officer

Hope this helped

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Hi there,

B. Tech Marine Engineering is a 4-year undergraduate course. The minimum eligibility for this course is 10+2 with science subjects. The general admission mode is through different entrance exams or under the merit list.

Top Colleges offering this course are:

• Indian Maritime University, Chennai
• Cochin University of Science and Technology
• The Neotia College, Kolkata
• Chandigarh University
• BITS, Hyderabad

The range of average tuition fee for this course is INR 2 to 8 Lacs. Admissions to this program are done through various entrance tests conducted at national and state level.

In this course, the students are equipped with skills required to design, construct and maintain the structures around or on water. This branch of engineering is largely concerned with nautical architecture and science.

B. Tech Marine Engineering graduates can find various career options and jobs in marine facilities, warehousing and logistics sector, the transportation sector, shipping industry, shipyards, offshore drilling platforms, marine engineering service etc. Average entry level salary for marine engineers ranges from 3.6 to 6 lakhs per annum.