The Indian Maritime University shortly called as IMU is located in the city of Chennai and the university came into existence in the year 2008 on the 14th of November. The university was established through the Indian Maritime University Act 2008 and it is located in the region called Utthandi in Chennai and the campuses of the university are located in Cochin, Visakhapatnam, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

Institutes merged with Indian Maritime University:

The names of government and government aided maritime training and research institutions that are merged with Indian Maritime University are given below:

• National Ship Design & Research Centre, Visakhapatnam

• Indian Institute of Port Management, Kolkata

• National Maritime Academy, Chennai

• T.S. Chanakya, Navi Mumbai

• Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies and Research, Mumbai

• Marine Engineering and Research Institute, Mumbai

• Marine Engineering and Research Institute, Kolkata

Departments functioning in Indian Maritime University:

The following eight departments are functioning under Indian Maritime University:

• Indian Water Transport

• Naval Architecture & Ship Building

• Maritime Law

• Marine Sciences

• Transport & Logistics

• Marine Engineering

• Nautical Scienes

• Port Management

Courses offered:

The list of courses offered by the Indian Maritime University through its campuses is given below:

Courses offered at Cochin Campus:

• Master’s Program in Maritime Law

• Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Engineering

• Master of Business Administration in Port & Shipping Management

• Bachelor of Science in Ship Repair and Ship Building

• One-year Diploma in Nautical Science leading to B. Sc Nautical Science

Courses offered by T.S. Chanakya, Navi Mumbai:

• Basic Modular Courses for in-house cadets in

o Elementary First Aid

o Personal Survival Technique

o Personal Safety and Social Responsibility

o Fire prevention and fire fighting

• GMDSS Course of two-week duration

• Advanced Fire-fighting course of one-week duration

• One-year Diploma course in Nautical Science

• Three-year Bachelor of Science in Nautical Sciences

Port Courses:

Indian Maritime University offers training programme in all functional areas of port and shipping management for officials of ports and related sectors. The areas include the following:

• Computer Applications

• General Management

• Human Resource Management

• Engineering

• Finance

• Traffic Operations

Marine Course:

• Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Engineering

Nautical Course:

• Diploma in Nautical Science leading to B. Sc Degree

Indian Maritime University offers admission to the student to the B. Sc Nautical Science course based on the merit secured by the candidates in the Common Entrance Examination, which is normally conducted during the month of February every year.