# Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Engineering (GME) — Mumbai Port Campus at Indian Maritime University

> Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Engineering (GME) — Mumbai Port Campus (PG Diploma Marine Engineering) at Indian Maritime University, Chennai, India.

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- Last reviewed: 2026-10-25
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## Key facts

- University: [Indian Maritime University](https://www.studentstraffic.com/university/indian-maritime-university) (Public, Chennai, [India](https://www.studentstraffic.com/countries/india))
- Course family: [Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Engineering](https://www.studentstraffic.com/courses/postgraduate-diploma-marine-engineering)
- Duration: 1 year
- Teaching language: English
- Language note: IMU statutory ordinances specify English as the medium for its schools and affiliated institutions. The 2026-27 prospectus also explicitly confirms English instruction.
- Tuition per year: Fee plan on request
- Fee verified: 2026-10-25
- Intake: August
- Official programme page: https://www.imu.edu.in/imunew/uploads/files/admissions/2026/Prospectus_2026-27_19032026.pdf

Fee notes: Request a current component-wise tuition and full cost quotation for the chosen campus and admission category. Include programme and registration fees, deposits, hostel and mess where applicable, and other compulsory charges. Foreign applicants should request a written quotation for their exact nationality classification and programme. Confirm tuition separately from accommodation, mess and other charges before paying.

## Who can apply

- Availability: restricted
- Eligible: Indian applicants meeting the domestic qualification, age, entrance and medical conditions
- Restriction: Admission is tied to the named university-owned campus and verified entry route; affiliated colleges apply their own admissions.
- Restriction: Foreign/NRI/OCI routes are not verified for this campus offering here; request a programme-specific eligibility assessment. DASA and direct admission have separate rules.

Domestic requirements and the separate direct overseas requirements must be read as different routes. No general international eligibility is inferred from the university’s status.

## Admissions

Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Engineering (GME) at the Mumbai Port Campus is a 1-year regular English programme. One-year residential graduate marine-engineering conversion programme. Subsequent sea service and professional competency certification are separate from this diploma.

The domestic entry requirements below apply to this campus programme. Foreign and other overseas categories need a separate programme-specific assessment.

- B.E. Mechanical or Naval Architecture, or a non-DGS-approved B.E. Marine degree, with 50% in the final year; English at least 50% at Class 10, Class 12 or degree level.
- Full-time engineering combinations with Mechanical Engineering or Naval Architecture as the first named specialisation are also listed, with 50% final-year marks.
- Maximum age on 1 August 2026: men General 28, OBC-NCL 31, SC/ST 33; women General 30, OBC-NCL 33, SC/ST 35.
- SC/ST: qualifying academic marks relax by 5 points. English relaxes by 5 only for native Lakshadweep/Andaman-Nicobar ST applicants where both parents also meet the specified island tribal birth/belonging conditions.
- Apply through the separately notified Mumbai Port Campus admission route using undergraduate marks; this is not the standard IMU-CET undergraduate counselling route.
- Obtain physical fitness certification, including the prescribed vision and hearing assessment, from a DG Shipping-approved doctor. This is a residential programme.

Steps:

1. Read the current programme and campus requirements on imu.edu.in and use the separately notified admission portal for your eligible route.
2. Domestic applicants: apply through the separate Mumbai Port Campus graduate marine-engineering notice.
3. Choose the named campus and course; follow allotment, original-certificate verification, medical certification and fee-confirmation instructions.
4. Obtain the complete fee, residential or optional hostel budget, and the next cycle’s schedule before committing; the published dates describe 2026.

- Document: Class 10 and 12 certificates and mark sheets.
- Document: Qualifying bachelor’s degree or permitted alternative qualification and full mark sheets/transcripts.
- Application document: Recent photograph and the admission portal’s original-document checklist.
- Application document: Required physical fitness certificate and category documents where claiming a relaxation.
- Application document: Date-of-birth evidence for the programme’s age assessment.
The 2026-27 regular programme calendar specifies 1 August 2026 commencement. This is a dated 2026 baseline, not an announcement of a future intake or open application window.


## Teaching phases

- 1-year regular programme at Mumbai Port (English): One-year residential graduate marine-engineering conversion programme. Subsequent sea service and professional competency certification are separate from this diploma.

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