AMET VARSITY: MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN MARITIME EDUCATION

Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET) University has been making great strides in higher education for 31 years.

Globally, AMET University has been recognised as one of the top three universities in the Performance Indicators in Maritime Education and Training (PIMET) ranking list published by the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU), Japan.

AMET’s founder-chancellor

Dr J Ramachandran received the ‘Award of Excellence’ instituted by the National Maritime Day Committee, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India from TK Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways at the Global Maritime India Summit held in Mumbai in December 2023.

Formed in 1993 as India’s pioneer maritime educational institution, AMET University, which was upgraded to a university status in 2007, has expanded into a multidisciplinary university.

Keeping in mind the employability and knowledge enhancement of the students, all the courses offered at AMET University are offered as courses linked to companies.

According to MOUs with the world’s largest shipping companies like AP Moller Maersk, Goodwood, NYK, Sonangol, V.Ships, Wallems, Shell, Chevron, Stena Bil, B.Sc Nautical Science, BE, and other courses are being offered so that deserving students who can enrol in courses like Marine Engineering can be given job appointment orders at the time of admission.

Also, all computer-related courses are offered as industry-linked courses with specialised training in collaboration with reputed companies like IBM, C.Doc, Red Hat.

B.Com in association with leading institutes like Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and JK Shah-Veranda and Special degree programs are also offered.

MBA in association with Kaveri Hospital and Higher education in Hospital Administration is also offered. As such, all courses at AMET University are directly linked to industry, semester abroad programs at foreign universities, and the opportunity to conduct research at a junior level, making students eligible for higher positions in multinational companies.

To expand its educational activities, centres of excellence of various companies are being created in the AMET Knowledge Park complex, which is being constructed in an area of about 140 acres, in Mugaiyur Thenpattinam village, Chengalpattu district.

As part of that, the Maersk Centre of Excellence offers placements to approximately 240 students per year upon enrollment.

AMET Knowledge Park is to be developed as an off-campus of AMET University as an integrated campus comprising many such centres of excellence that cannot be found anywhere else.