IMU CET

The courses offered under UG are BTech, BSc, BBA and DNS. MTech, M.Sc and MBA programs are offered under PG programs at various IMU campuses or affiliated institutes, as well as DGS-approved pre-sea courses at Maritime Training Institutes.

For both UG and PG courses, the type of questions will be asked in exam are multiple choice questions.

There are three stages: the registration process, the IMU Common Entrance Test, and the online counselling process. After getting the Rank Certificate, candidates must apply for online counselling to seek admission to IMU campuses. For the Affiliated Institutes and other Maritime Training Institutes, they need to apply directly to the respective institutes using their IMU CET Rank Certificate.

To apply for UG BTech programme at IMU campuses or affiliated institutes, as well as DGS-approved pre-sea courses at Maritime Training Institutes, candidates must register. Candidates who qualify for IMU CET will receive a Rank Certificate. Admission to IMU campuses is based on CET ranks.

The Indian maritime university common entrance test is an annually conducted national level exam to shortlist candidates admission into undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the maritime colleges of India

Although AMET University provides B.Sc. in Nautical science, the IMU CET cutoff ranks are normally published by the Indian Maritime University (IMU) itself with respect to its own campuses. Since AMET is an affiliated institute, students would get admission depending on these IMU CET ranks though direct cut offs details of AMET are not necessarily provided annually in the same manner as IMU campuses. But in the case of IMU Chennai B.Sc. Nautical Science closing ranks of General Category have been 907 and 1462, in 2025 and 2024, respectively. The exact AMET cut off can be contacted with the university admissions office.