Indian Maritime University - Kolkata Campus

About Indian Maritime University - Kolkata Campus

Indian Maritime University, Kolkata is one of the Regional Campuses of the IM University, the others being - IMU Chennai, IMU Mumbai, IMU Kochi, IMU Visakhapatnam and IMU Kandla. IMU, Kolkata specialises in providing marine or maritime education. Directorate of Marine Engineering Training (DMET) was established by Government of India in 1949 with its head office at Kolkata and a branch at Mumbai. In 1995 DMET was rechristened Marine Engineering and Research Institute (MERI). With the formation Indian Maritime University on 14^th November 2008, the institute (erstwhile MERI), subsumed into IMU and is presently known as IMU Kolkata Campus.

The Indian Maritime University, Kolkata Campus comprises two premier institutions

1. Marine Engineering and Research Institute (MERI, Kolkata)

2. Indian Institute of Port Management (IIPM, Kolkata)