Engineering Colleges accepting IMUCET for B.Tech in India

A good score in IMUCET is above 120-130 marks out of 200. This score helps secure a rank (under 1000-2000) for premier courses like B.Tech Marine Engineering.

The IMUCET application process for the 2026 session is already started. Students can visit the official website to apply.

No, they are not the same. There is a valley of difference between the paper pattern of both these exams. JEE Main Syllabus is strictly limited to 3 subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics). Every subject carries identical question weightage while the IMU CET Syllabus structure is distributed across 5 sections (PCM + English + General Aptitude/GK).

The difficulty level of the exam is of moderate level. Candidates who have studied properly during their 10 to 12, will be able to easily crack the exam.

Tolani Maritime Institute BTech admissions are entrance-based. Students have to meet the basic eligibility as given below:

• Class 12 with a minimum 60% in PCM subjects and 50% in English
• IMU CET + TMISAT + PI + Medical Examination

No the IMUCET eligibility is the same like previous years. It is not changed.

Anyone who is minimum 17 years of age and have obtained 10+2/equivalent PCM Average with minimum 60% and minimum of 50% marks in English subject in 10th or 12th Examination) can apply for UG course.

For PG course anyone with BSc / BTech degree in Mechanical, Civil, Naval can apply for various programme offered under PG courses.

The Neotia University offers various merit-based and need-based scholarships to students enrolled in its BTech programme. Candidates who fulfil the preset eligibility criteria can get a scholarship of up to 100% on the tuition fee. Some scholarships that students pursuing BTech can avail of are listed below:

• Chancellor Scholarship: For students with a family income less than INR 2.5 LPA on special recommendation of the Empowered Committee
• Mere Apne Scholarship: For AmbujaNeotia Group employees
• Sahodarya Scholarship: For siblings of all TNU students (present or passed out)
• Gramotthan Scholarship: For students from the Gram Panchayat area of South 24 Parganas with a family income of less than 5 LPA
• Special Hill Students Scholarship: For residents of GTA Area (West Bengal), North-East states, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nepal & Bhutan
• Sports Scholarship & Cultural Scholarship: For State/National-level participants/champions

About 80-90% students were placed per year at IMU Kolkata. The highest salary is 25000 Usd and the lowest salary is 600 usd. Top recruiting companies are chevron, NYK, MOL, anglo eastern torm etc.

IMU is one of the best colleges for marine engineering in India. Placement-wise, the college offers lots of good chances. Almost 90% of every batch gets placed within the 4 years of the course.

Candidates who want to take admission to BTech in HIMT College first need to appear in the IMU-CET (Indian Maritime University Common Entrance Test). It is a national-level common entrance test for admission to BTech and various courses at IMU campuses and affiliated colleges by the Indian Maritime University. 

Coimbatore Marine College and Academy of Maritime Education and Training both are renowned universities for B.E. / B.Tech. However, in terms of affordability, Coimbatore Marine College is a better option since the total tuition fee for Coimbatore Marine College is INR 297,000 and the total tuition fee for B.E. / B.Tech at Academy of Maritime Education and Training is INR 360,000 - INR 1,540,000. In the total fees that students generally end up paying the university or the college, various other components are also included, such as the exam fee, application fee, lab and other charges.

The course wise no. of companies visited and students placed during MANET Pune BTech placements 2019-23 and MANET Pune BSc Placements 2020-23 are presented below:

Course	No. of Companies (2023)	Students Placed (2023)
BTech  (Marine Engineering)	4	19

The course-wise trends with respect to the no. of companies visited and students placed witnessed over the past three years during MANET Pune placements are also presented below:

Course	Placement Rate (2021)	Placement Rate (2022)	Placement Rate (2023)
BTech Marine Engineering	Companies visited: 12 Students Placed: 40	Companies visited: 10 Students Placed: 43	Companies visited: 4 Students Placed: 19

Yes, IMI Noida does offers BTech course in Marine Engineering. The undergraduate-level course is approved by the Directorate General of Shipping and AICTE. The BTech course is spread across eight semesters and is inclusive of subjects such as Marine Machinery, Naval Architecture, Thermodynamics, etc. Admission to the BTech course is subject to a valid score in the last qualifying exam and the in-house entrance exam. 

Currently, the counselling process is going on for admission to the BTech course at IMU Chennai, which has been released. In this Chennai campus, candidates who qualify for IMU CET can register themselves for the counselling process after the release of the IMU CET list. The application form usually starts in the month of April/ May every academic year. For the academic batch of 2025, the last date to fill out the IMU CET Application form was 2 May 2025.