Marine Engineering

Almost all of the colleges offering the B Tech Marine Engineering course release the application forms in the online mode with prior information in advance and enough time for everybody to fill out the form from the comfort of their homes, without having to commute to the college. You need to upload the scanned copy of all the important docs and submit the application fee to complete the procedure.

Having said that, a few colleges might still follow the old pattern of offline form filling, so you must confirm by visiting the website of your desired colleges to be on the safer side.

Well, yes. Almost all of the popular BTech Marine Engineering colleges in India offer some sort of marks relaxation to students belonging to reserved categories like SC/ST/OBC/PwD. Usually, the marks relaxation is of 5%, which may vary from college to college and on the basis of the course level.

You must go to the official college websites to read their reservation policies for admission to the BTech Marine Engineering course.

The syllabus for the B Tech Marine Engineering course lays emphasis on both theory-based learning in the classroom space and practical, hands-on training in labs and industrial settings like shipyards. This balanced approach is adopted by a majority of the top colleges so that they can give the best knowledge possible to the students about all the concepts of shipbuilding and operation, marine machinery & propulsion and make them job-ready for the future with good career prospects. 

The BTech Marine Engineering admission process can easily take around 4 to 5 months for you to get the final seat for the course at a decent college.

The admission formalities include college application, entrance exam, result announcement, cutoff release, college counseling, seat allotment, fee payment, and final confirmation. For merit-based admissions, you also need to appear for the GD or PI rounds in most cases.

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.

When it comes to pursuing Marine Engineering courses in India, several entrance exams can act as a doorway to some of the best colleges. You can find the number of colleges that accept specific exam scores and then decide the exam you would like to give accordingly:

Note: Some colleges accept multiple entrance exam scores.

The Marine Engg. course duration varies on the basis of the course level at which you plan on studying the course. For UG courses, the time span is generally 4 years, while for PG courses, you need to invest at least 2 years to get a strong hold over the advanced concepts of the maritime field.

You can even opt for a diploma in Marine Engineering that is usually 2-3 years long or certificate courses that may last a few months to 1 year. If you want to explore the maritime industry and love to research, you can also opt for a PhD degree in Marine Engineering or a related field which is mostly 3 to 6 years long.

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.