Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET) is a private Deemed university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The institute is dedicated for maritime education and training. It is one of its kind technology oriented institute of higher education in India dedicated for maritime Studies. It comes under the section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.[1]
Department of Naval Architecture & Offshore Engineering
Department of Harbour & Ocean Engineering
School of Energy Engineering
Department of Mining Engineering
Department of Petroleum Engineering
School of Engineering & Technology
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
AMET Business School
V. O. Chidambaram centre of Business Studies
School of Life Science
Department of Marine Biotechnology
Department of Food Processing Technology
National/international collaborations
AMET has collaborations with universities and academies in India and abroad. AMET conducts HND programs in collaboration with South Tyneside College (UK) and Glasgow College of Nautical Sciences (UK). The Department Naval architecture has collaboration with the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, UK. AMET conducts degrees in collaboration with the University of Plymouth, UK. The university has a tie-up with IIT Madras, DNV Academy India,.AMET has signed a Memorandum of understanding with World Maritime University on 22 February 2013.
As per International Association of Maritime universities AMET was ranked 3rd in worldwide overall bench marking 2019–20. AMET also came second in research Bench marking.[3]
Admissions process
Admissions for AMET are based on All India level online exams. The preliminary round of entrance examinations are done online, and the next round is held after shortlisting the candidates at the university campus .