B.Tech In Marine Engineering.

About The Course :-
The four year B.Tech Marine Engineering course is a course leading to Class IV Marine Engineer Officer Certificateof Competency, awarded by the Directorate General of Shipping, Government of India, after 6 months of sea service, enabling the cadets to become Marine Engineers on board Merchant ships anywhere in the world. This course is strictly residential.
Educational Qualifications :-
  • Pass in (10+2) or equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English as separate subjects with a PCM average of not less than 60%.
                                                       OR
  • Candidate can join 2nd year of 4-Year Marine Engineering Degree Course provided he has passed 1st year training from the Alternate Training Scheme, approved by D.G. Shipping (This will not be applicable to MERI.)
                                                       OR
  • Candidates can join 2nd year of 4-Year Marine Engineering Degree Course who have passed 1st year from the Engineering College in other streams like Mechanical or Electrical approved by AICTE with minimum 60% average marks.
                                                       OR
  • Candidates can join 2nd year of 4-Year Marine Engineering Degree Course who have passed 3 years Diploma Course in Mechanical / Marine / Electrical / Electrical and Electronics,  from the colleges approved by AICTE or State Board of Technical Education with minimum 55% of aggregate marks in the last year of Diploma Course.
                                                        OR
  • Candidates can join 2nd year of 4-Year Marine Engineering Degree Course who have passed 3 years Diploma Course, in addition to the three years regular Diploma Course in Mechanical/ Electrical /Electrical & Electronics Engineering, in following categories, from the colleges approved by AICTE or State Board of Technical Education with minimum 55% of aggregate marks in the last year of Diploma Course ;-Electrical Engineering Stream :  Electrical Power System ;Electrical and Electronics Engineering Stream :  Digital Electronics / Electronics and Communications/ Electronics & Telecommunication / Industrial electronics / Electronics / Electronics Production  & Maintenance /Instrumentation /Instrumentation & Control Mechanical Engineering Stream : Automobile /Machine Tools and Maintenance /Plant Engineering / Production Technology /Production Engineering /Advanced Diploma in Tool and Die Making[Note :  The candidates in this category are not eligible for exemption in the examination of Applied Mechanics and Heat Engine subject of Part ‘A’ MEO Class IV and Class II of Certificate of Competency Examinations.]
                                                          OR
  • A candidate can join 2nd year of 4 Year’s Marine Engineering Degree course who have passed 4 years Diploma in Shipbuilding Engineering from the colleges approved by AICTE or State Board of Technical Education with minimum 55% aggregate marks in the last year of diploma course 
  • [AND The candidates should have obtained with minimum of 50% marks in English language at 10th or 12th Std or in the Degree / Diploma course conducted by recognized Board or University.]
    [NOTE :-Part Time or Distance Learning or Correspondence Course or any combination of these will not be considered]
Age Limit :-
Minimum Age Of 17 Years On The Date Of  Joining The Course And Not Exceeding 25 years.SC/ST : relaxable as per Government guidelines
Physical and Medical Standards :-
Medically fit as per the standards set by Merchant Shipping Medical Examination Rules, 2000 as amended from time to time.
Eye-sight :-
Distance vision (unaided) 0.5 (values given in Snellen Decimal Notation) (6/12) in each eye or 0.67 (values given in Snellen Decimal Notation). (6/9) in better eye and 0.33 (Values given in Snellen Decimal Notation) and (6/18) in other eye. Normal colour vision.
Career Prospects :-
Colleges Conducting The Course :-
  • CV Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar
  • Institute of  Technology & Marine Engineering, West Bengal
  • Marine Engineering & Research Institute [IMU kolkata Campus], Kolkata [admission is through IIT-GEE]
  • International Maritime  Institute Ltd., Greater Noida
  • Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai
  • Coimbatore Marine College, Coimbatore
  • Mohamed Sathak Engineering College, Kilakarai, TamilNadu
  • PSN College of Engineering & Technology, Tirunelveli
  • R.L. Institute of Nautical Science, Madurai
  • Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Sriperumbadur
  • Vel’s Academy of Maritime Education and Training, Chennai
  • M/s. GKM College of Engineering & Technology Chennai                
  • Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education and Training, Pune
  • Tolani Maritime Institute,Pune
  • The Praveenya Institute of Marine Engineering & Maritime Studies, Visakhapatnam,
  • SAMS College of Engineering and  Technology, Thiruvallur
  • International Maritime Academy,Chennai
  • Euro Tech Maritime Academy, Cochin
  • Sri Nandanam College of Engineering, Chennai
  • Narool Islam college of engineering
  • Cochin University of Science & Technolgy, Cochin
  • Park Maritime Academy, Coimbatore
  • Secom Engineering College, Kolkatta.
  • Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies, Lonavla.
  • Mangalore Marine College, Mangalore
  • HIMT College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
  • Indian Maritime University [Chennai Campus]
  • U.V. Patel college of  Engineering, Mahsana, Gujarat.
  • Vishwakarma Maritime Institute, Pune
How To Apply :-
Currently the admission to the above course for February Batch is over pls refer to this site for further updates