A marine engineer is someone who designs, builds, tests and repairs ships, boats, underwater craft, offshore platforms, and drilling equipment. They often work closely with naval architects to design everything from small yachts and fishing boats to submarines and aircraft carriers.
A Marine Engineer gets an average salary that can range from 64000 to 96000 depending on experience and domain knowledge.
B.E. Marine Engineering is a full-time undergraduate Engineering course. The duration of this course is 4 years divided into 8 semesters. Candidates who have completed 10+2 or an equivalent examination with 55% of marks in physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects from a recognized board are eligible for B.E
Top Entrance Exams for Marine Engineering
Admissions to Marine engineering programmes at the UG and as well PG level is based on entrance exams. However, admissions to some institutes may also be based on merit.
The selection process might vary from college to college. But typically, the selection process for admissions to Marine engineering courses involves two steps:
Admissions solely based on the aspirant’s entrance exam or/and
Releasing merit list based on candidate’s performance in entrance exam and their qualifying exam
This is followed by GD (Group discussion), PI (Personal Interview), psychometric test or medical examination depending on the institute one is applying for. Some colleges also offer admissions via direct entry.
Some of the popular marine engineering exams are:
UG level:
IMUCET
JEE Main
JEE Advanced
TMISAT
HIMT Entrance exam
Generally, the syllabus for the above given exams include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Logical Reasoning and English.
PG level:
GATE is one of the most popular entrance exams for admissions to marine engineering programmes at the PG level. Even though there is no separate paper for ME in GATE, interested applicants can opt for GATE papers like Electrical Sciences or Mechanical engineering.
All the papers in GATE will have a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks. Out of which 10 questions carrying a total of 15 marks are in General Aptitude (GA). The paper comprises Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) carrying 1 or 2 marks each as well as Numerical Answer Questions of 1 or 2 marks each in all papers and sections.
Top marine colleges which provide marine engineering (private ) :
Tolani Maritime Institute : Excellent infrastructure and labs, probably the best hostel and food facilities. Also the best institute in terms of placement numbers.
Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education & Training (MANET):
Hindustan Institute of Maritime Training (HIMT)
Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering (SVCE)
Samundra Insitute of Maritime Studies
Top Marine colleges for (Govt.)
Indian Maritime University -Kolkata
Indian Maritime University - Mumbai
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