B.Tech. in Marine Engineering 

at IMU Kolkata, Taratala

1.) Lateral Entry for admission in 2nd Year:

3-years Engineering Diploma in Marine/ Mechanical / Electrical / Electrical & 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

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.

OR

1st year training from the Alternate Training Scheme, approved by D.G.Shipping (This will not be applicable to MERI).

2.) Relaxation:

For SC/ST candidates: There will be a 5% relaxation in eligibility marks of PCM; however, it will not apply to English Marks.

Relaxation of 5% in English marks will be applicable to candidates who are native of the Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and belong to recognized Scheduled Tribes of the islands and who & both of whose parents were born in these islands & belong to the Scheduled Tribes of those islands.

Age Limit:

Maximum age:

For Male: General-25 years, OBC (NCL) - 28 years, SC/ST-30 years.

For Female: General-27 years, OBC (NCL) - 30 years, SC/ST-32 years.

*The reference date for calculation of the age will be from the date of commencement of the Academic Session (01.08.2024).

3.) Medical Eligibility:

Physical Fitness:
Candidates seeking admission to this Marine Engineering Programme must be medically fit including eye sight and hearing as prescribed in the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Rules, 2000, as amended.

Eye sight:

There shall be no evidence of any morbid condition of either eye or of the lids of either eye which may be liable to risk of aggravation or recurrence. Candidates must possess good binocular vision (Fusion faculty and full field of vision in both eyes). Movement of the eyeballs must be full in all directions and the pupils should react normally to light and accommodation. Normal colour vision shall be tested by Ishihara Test Chart. Distance Vision unaided 0.5*(6/12) in each eye or 0.67*(6/9) in better eye and 0.33*(6/18) in another eye.