Hello Sankar,

To pursue a career in merchant navy it is necessary to have a good vision. The careers are primarily distributed in two departments namely Deck and Engine departments. In deck department it is mandatory to have a 6/6 vision. Although in the Engine department you can have 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. You should not have any colour blindness. Laser operated eyes are also acceptable here. You can also get your  operated during the course.

Dear Sankar,

Here are the specifications for the admissions in Marine Engineering but you can also go for LASIK after getting admission.

Engine side: 6/12 in both eyes or 6/9 in better eye and 6/18 in the other eye.

6/15:- aided for engine side in both eyes.

Hello Aspirant,

A Merchant Navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country. You can go for IMU CET Entrance Exam conducted by Indian Maritime University for the admission to the programme Merchant Navy.

IMU CET Eligibility: As per the Eligibility you must have passed their Class XII with an aggregate marks of 60% in Mathematics, Physics and chemistry. To check the complete information you can go throguh with given below link.

IMU CET Eligibility

You can check the exam syllabus with the given below link.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/imu-cet-exam-pattern-syllabus

Good Luck!

Hello,

Merchant Navy deals with transportation of goods, cruise ships, and is basically for International Trade.

To be eligible for Merchant Navy, you need to qualify your class 12th with Physics, Chemistry and Maths as core subjects. You also need to be unmarried. You have to appear for admission test as well as medical test for vision.

After clearing entrance test like Indian Maritime University Common Entrance Test  or the All India Merchant Navy Entrance Exam and medical you can study courses like B.Sc Nautical Science or B.tech Marine Engineering and many more at different colleges in India.

Some of the top merchant navy colleges are -

• Indian Maritime University, Kolkata
• Indian Maritime College, Chennai
• CMC Maritime Academy, Chennai
• Coimbatore Marine College, Coimbatore
• Anglo Eastern Maritime Training Centre, Mumbai

Click at this link to know more about Merchant Navy - https://university.careers360.com/articles/merchant-navy

Hope this was helpful

Hello Aspirant,

You can appear the entrance exam like IMU CET conducted by Indian Maritime University, CUSAT CAT etc. for Merchant Navy. You can check the eligibility of the exams & Syllabus with given below links.

IMU CET Eligibility

CUSAT CAT Eligibility

Top institute for Merchant Navy you can prefer:

Marine Engineering and Research Institute, MERI Kolkata
Marine Engineering and Research Institute, MERI Mumbai
Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies and Research, Mumbai
T.S. Chanakya, Mumbai
National Maritime Academy, Chennai
Indian Institute of Port Management, Kolkata

Good Luck!

Hello Aspirant,

Are you asking for IMUCET Entrance exam previous year papers? I would suggest you to go through with the given below link to download the previous year papers.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/imu-cet-sample-papers-question-paper

Good Luck!

Hello Aspirant

You can choose between two post :Officer for deck dept or a Engineer officer

You have  ways to enter here,after class 12 you can apply for any of the course

1.BSc in Nautical Science(deck cadet)

2.Marine Engineering(engine cadet)

3. BE NAVAL ENGINEERING

4.BE CIVIL ENGINEERING

5.BE ELECTRONICA ENGINEERING

Some national level entrance exam for entering into Merchant navy are:TIMSAT,IMUCET,MERI ENTRANCE EXAM,JEE

For aspirant to be a deck cadet you should have 6/6 vision in both eyes.

Hi Ankit,

Bobby career options after 12th are best and good. Both the career options pilot and Merchant Navy are among the most highly paid job. Merchant Navy is one of the best child because it place a good amount of salary to the officer for or the cadet. Pilots work is the work in which one needs to see and manage to fly the plane or the ships to move. Merchant Navy Officer has a work all over the country. He or she needs to make the movement from one country to another in for export and import of the products.

I Hope your question has been answered properly.

All the best for your future!