Marine Engineering & Research Institute Entrance Exam (MERI entrance exam)

(1)About MERI Entrance Exam

The full name of MERI is Marine Engineering & Research Institute, and it was established in 1947 to meet the growing demand for marine engineers in India. The organization that was previously known as the Directorate of Marine Engineering Training had its main office in Calcutta and a branch in Mumbai that was part of the Ministry of Shipping (Government of India). In 1994, the institute changed its name to Marine Engineering and Research Institute.

The entrance exam offered by the Marine Engineering and Research Institute actually serves as an admissions procedure for T.S. Chanakya. Marine Engineering & Research Institute (MERI) Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Marine Engineering & Research Institute (MERI) Kolkata These institutes accept students for a three-year program leading to a B.Sc. Nautical Sciences) at T.S. Chanakya in Navi Mumbai, a four-year degree in marine engineering from the Marine Engineering & Research Institute (MERI) in Kolkata, and a three-year polyvalent B.Sc. Students who want to earn a degree in Maritime Sciences at the Marine Engineering & Research Institute (MERI) in Mumbai take the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE (Advanced) that IITs administer annually.

For admission to the aforementioned training facilities, there is no separate entrance exam, and only applicants who have passed the JEE (Advanced) are invited to counseling in July or August.

The Application Form, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, and Important Dates for the 2017 MERI Entrance Exam are all available to candidates in this post.

MERI 2022 Highlights

(2) Eligibility Criteria for MERI exam

To clear MERI exam candidates must complete some eligibility criteria given below:

• Candidates must be born after October 1, 1987. Candidates for SC/ST must have been born on or after January 1, 1998.

• When I was born: General and OBC candidates must have been born on or after October 1, 1987, while SC and ST candidates must have been born on or after October 1, 1998.

(3) Courses provided

Various courses provided by different colleges for MERI exam are given below:

3-year course leading to B.Sc. (Nautical Sciences)
4-year Marine Engineering Degree
3-year Polyvalent B.Sc. (Maritime Sciences)

Application Fee

How to Apply

Offline mode:

applicants can obtain an application form and a brochure outlining the training program at the three above-mentioned institutions, medical standards, and other pertinent information.

a) West Region:

(Ashram Road Branch) Ahrnedabad Bhopal, Bhilai Mumbai's Fort Gwalior. Nagpur (Gandhi Bagh Main Branch), Jaipur (M.I. Raod Branch), and Indore (Main Rajwada Chowk). North Zone: Pune (Laxmi Road Branch), Thane (Naupada Branch), and Udaipur (b)

Bargilly (Civil Lines Branch), Allahabad (Cantonment), and Amritsar Chandigarh. Dehradun. Jammu (Csntonr Gurgaon). Kanpur. Main Lucknow (Ammabad). New Delhi's Meerut (Main) (Nehru Place Branch). Main, Patiala (Main) Varanasi

c) East Region:

Bhubaneswar (Main), Kolkata (N. S. Road), and Bokaro Steel City Dhanbad. Jamshedpur. Muzaffarpur. Port Blair is Patna. Ranchi. Rourkela.

d) South Region:

Bangalore's Anantapur (Gandhinagar) Kochi (Kochi-Kotinukulam Road Main Branch), Chennai (Mount Road). By sending a self-addressed envelope 11'x5" in size with a stamp worth Rs.35 and a Demand Draft for Rs.1000 (General / OBC) and 800/- (SC/ST), drawn in favor of Indian Institute of Maritime Studies and payable at Mumbai, by the due date, the application form as well as the information brochure can also be obtained from the Indian Institute of Maritime Studies.

Mode on line:

The MERI 2013 information brochure and application form can be downloaded from the IMU website at www.imu.tn.nic.in. These downloaded application forms should be submitted with a Demand Draft (DD) for 1000 rupees for the General and OBC categories and 600 rupees for the SC and ST categories, both payable in Mumbai.

(5) MERI Exam Pattern        

MERI doesn't have any separate Entrance Examination, It follows the score of JEE (Advanced) Score for giving an admission. The Exam pattern of JEE (Advanced) is following :

JEE (Main) 2017 shall have two papers,
Paper-1 (B.E. / B. Tech.) and Paper-2(B. Arch./ B. Planning). Depending upon on the course (s) candidates are seeking admission, may take Paper-1 B.E. / B. Tech.), or Paper-2 B. Arch./ B. Planning), or both. Subject combination for each paper, type of questions in each paper and mode of examination available is given in the table below.

• There are two papers, each lasting three hours.

• Papers for English and Hindi are printed separately; the language chosen when registering for JEE (Advance) determines which paper is given.

• There are three main topics on the exam paper: • There are multiple-choice, analytical, reasoning, and reasoning questions on the exam in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Students will carefully complete the option, and they should carefully read all exam instructions.

(8) MERI entrance exam 2023 Admit Card

Admit Card for the MERI entrance exam in 2023

·         The following information about the admit card is provided for the applicant's reference:

·         The admit card must be downloaded and printed by applicants. Without a hall ticket, applicants will not be permitted to take the exam.

·         For verification, the hall ticket and an additional government ID must be carried. At the time of counseling, you will need to bring a copy of the admission card. If the application was submitted successfully, the admit card will only be accessible.

(9) Meri entrance exam 2023 Results & Score Card

• The student awaits their admissions decision. The conducting department hasn't decided yet when the result will be announced. As soon as the board releases the result, we will update it. The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE (Advanced)) that IITs administer annually selects applicants.

• Meri and aieee are combined. As a result, exam centers across India are tense. Visit the website www.cbse.nic.in for a list of exam centers.

(10) MERI exam Contact Information

Indian Institute of Maritime Studies
T.S.Chanakya Campus
Karave, Nerul
Navi Mumbai - 400 706
Phone No: 91 22 27706803 / 6804
Fax No: 91 22 27716805
Email: [email protected]

(11) MERI entrance exam counselling

·         Those applicants have been shortlisted on the merit list; They will be called out for the counseling session, and candidates must show up at the scheduled time with the necessary documents for verification.

·         It is requested that all students arrive at the counseling center on time.

·         There will be seat allocation, selection, and verification of documents.

·         After completing this admissions process, candidates will receive seats in various institutes.

These documents will be required at the time of counseling

10th Certificate

12th Certificate

Hardcopy of the Application Form

Date of Birth Certificate

Medical Fitness Certificate

Migration Certificate

Income Certificate

JEE Main Admit Card

JEE Main Score Card