IMU switches over to computer based CET

Chennai:

Students seeking admission to Indian Maritime University in Chennai will have to undertake computer based common entrance test (CET) for the 2014 academic year.

The Computer-based CETs 2014 will be held on June 14 between 2 pm and 5 pm in a single shift across 34 cities. Till 2013, the CET used to be in the pen-and-paper mode.

Vice-chancellor of IMU Ashok Vardhan Shetty told Express that on the lines of IIT-JEE, IIM-CAT and others, Indian Maritime University, Chennai has also decided to switch over to Computer-based Common Entrance Test.

Admissions to the various under graduate and post graduate courses taught in seven campuses of the Indian Maritime University, Chennai and its 36 affiliated institutions are made through  Common Entrance Tests  (CETs) conducted usually in the month of June every year. 

Shetty said IMU, Chennai has selected Tata Consultancy Services, as the service provider who will provide end-to-end services for the successful conduct of the computer-based CETs 2014, except for the setting up of Question Papers which will be done by the University itself.

There will be one common CET for all the UG Courses viz. B.Tech (Marine Engineering), B.Tech (Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering), B.Sc (Ship Building & Repair), B.Sc (Maritime Science), B.Sc (Nautical Science), Diploma in Nautical Science (DNS) leading to B.Sc (Nautical Science). 

There will be one CET for the two MBA courses viz.  MBA (Port & Shipping Management) and MBA (International Transportation & Logistics Management),  another CET for the two M Tech courses viz. M.Tech (Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering), M.Tech (Dredging & Harbour Engineering), and yet another  CET for LLM (Maritime Law) course.