which college i should choose for graduate marine engg course ? and whats the admission process ... do there is exam ..
The Graduate Marine Engineering (GME) course provides mechanical engineering graduates an opportunity to take up one year course and enter merchant navy by becoming a marine engineer.
Below are the colleges offering GME course
1. HIMT College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
2. Academy of Maritime Education & Training, Chennai
3. Coimbatore Marine Centre, Coimbatore
4. Chidamabarm Institute of Maritime Technology
5. Mangalore Marine College, Mangalore
6. Institute of Maritime Studies, Vasco-da-Gama,Goa
7. Cochin Shipyard Ltd.,Perumanoor,Kochi
8. Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies, Lonavala, Maharashtra
9. Vel’s Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai
10. Maritime Foundation, Chennai
Yes, there is entrance test in order to get admission Those who qualify in the first round will have to go through Psychometric Test round. In this round their suitability for a career in sea is evaluated. Those who clear these two rounds have to face the medical fitness round.
In this round evaluation of physical fitness of the aspirant is done. There will be only a limited number of seats in this course for most of the colleges. Aspirants who clear all these rounds successfully will get admission to this course.
All the Best!!
Admission process varies in all colleges. There is an entrance for this course mostly. Most of the colleges admit students on the basis of common entrance test known as IMU CET.
Some of the good colleges for marine engineering in India are:
Tolani Maritime Institute, Pune
Vels Academy of Maritime Studies, Chennai
Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Tamil Nadu
College of Engineering, Vizag
Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education and Training, Pune
Chennai School of Ship Management, Tamil Nadu
Marine Engineering and Research Institute, Kolkata
AMET University, Chennai
Mangalore Marine College and Technology, Mangalore
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai
There is Bsc (Maritime Science) course as well if interested than Btech course.
You can check details about IMUCET here.
Hope this helps.
Good luck!
