Programmes Offered by IMU & Eligibility Criteria for Admissions

Undergraduate Courses

S.No.	UG Course
1	B.Tech - Marine Engineering
2	B.Tech - Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering
3	B.Sc - Nautical Science
4	B.Sc (Ship Building & Repair) – (offered at one Affiliated Institute only)
5	Diploma in Nautical Science (DNS)
6	BBA - Logistics, Retailing and E-Commerce

(i) Eligibility

10+2/equivalent (PCM Average - Minimum 60% and minimum of 50% marks in English subject in 10th or 12th Examination).

Marital status – Unmarried.

(ii) Age Criteria

Minimum age: 17 years

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 (The date of commencement may change due to pandemic).

(iii) Relaxations 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 their Scheduled Tribes and who & both of whose parents were born in those islands & belong to the Scheduled Tribes of those islands.

(iv) Eligibility Medical

Candidates seeking admission to this Programme must be medically fit including eyesight 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 other eye.

At the time of admission, candidates will be required to produce a certificate of medical fitness issued by doctors approved by the Directorate General of Shipping.

Details can be seen at: https://www.dgshipping.gov.in/Content/MaritimeHealthBranch.aspx

(vii) Lateral Entry Scheme

There is a Lateral Entry into 2nd year of B.Tech (Marine Engineering). The admissions through Lateral Entry may be done on the basis of a separate entrance exam / mechanism, depending on the available number of vacant seats. The information regarding Lateral Entry eligibility and other details for admissions will be released separately shortly on the IMU website.