Marine Engineering Entrance Exam

To score excellent marks, you should ideally start preparing for the BTech Marine Engineering entrance exam at least 8 to 10 months before the final exam is supposed to take place so that you can cover the maximum chunk of the exam syllabus and have a good amount of time for revision at the end. You should also practice previous-year question papers and mock tests to increase your chances of getting excellent marks and being shortlisted for admission.

For the Gen Ews ranks, cutoffs are not available in public domain, but cutoffs are available for IMUCET for General category . Here are the details:

1)For IMU Kolkata, The Round 2 closing rank for 2024 was 897 for general category.

2) For IMU Mumbai, The Round 2 closing rank for 2024 was 898 for general category.

It is almost same for both colleges. For General EWS with 5131 rank, it may not be possible but you should once try it. 

The 3rd list of  candidates who have been selected will be released in July 2025 for IMU CET. List of candidates and other detail will be available on the official website of IMU.

The 3rd list is supposed to be released by the last week of July on the basis of last year schedule.

Having an IMU CET 2024 ranking of 9,000 under the general category, finding admission in Marine Engineering at leading institutions such as IMU Kolkata or IMU Chennai might prove tough, considering that their earlier closing ranks were well under 1,000.
But you may also look at other good institutions whose cutoff ranks are higher.  For example, some of the affiliated colleges and private maritime institutions have had closing ranks ranging beyond 9,000 in previous years.

IMU CET or CUSAT both universities are great at their places selection of university depends on the your goal and future plans.

If you prefer a specialised focus on maritime studies and want to immerse yourself in the maritime industry, IMU may be the better choice.

If you value a broader engineering education with a strong reputation and good infrastructure, CUSAT could be a great fit.

You can log in to the IMU CET website using your applicant ID and password. You can download your admit card from the website using your login credentials: 

Go to imu.edu.in

Click on the admit card link

Enter your applicant ID and password

Click on "Log In"

Your admit card will be displayed on the screen in PDF format

Download and keep the admit card safe

If you forgot your password, you can request a password reset by entering your registered email address and clicking on the "Send" button. 

With a rank of 9,000 in the IMU CET and belonging to the general category, securing admission to the B.Tech in Marine Engineering programme at the Indian Maritime University (IMU) may be challenging. Based on previous years' cutoffs, the closing ranks for general category candidates have been:

• 2024: 897
• 2023: 1,000
• 2022: 1,330

• Here's a list of alternative marine universities you can consider for the B.Tech programme with a rank of 9000 in IMU CET:

  1. AMET University, Chennai
  2. Tolani Maritime Institute, Pune
  3. Vels University, Chennai
  4. MIT Pune
  5. Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune

IMUCET is Indian Maritime University Common Entrance Test (IMU CET) is a national-level entrance exam conducted annually by the Indian Maritime University (IMU) for admission to its undergraduate and postgraduate maritime programs. 

Only citizens of India are eligible to write this exam. Hence if you are a citizen of Nepal, you cannot attempt to write this exam.