Online Counselling 2024

for admissions to IMU Campuses

UG (B.Tech, B.Sc and DNS) Programmes

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

● Each one of the following instructions given below is very important.

Candidates are advised to go through them carefully. A few instructions
may get modified in due course.
● Candidates should visit this link periodically to keep themselves abreast of
changes, if any.
● Candidates shall be solely responsible for any hardship caused to them or
losses sustained by them owing to their action of not reading the
instructions properly or not keeping themselves abreast of changes, if any.
● The candidate is requested to visit IMU's website (https://www.imu.edu.in)
periodically to keep track of new announcements and changes if any.
● This site is best viewed with screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels or higher,
using latest versions of standard Desktop Browsers such as, Microsoft Edge,
Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox on a Desktop or Laptop. Kindly refrain from
filling up the Application on a mobile phone.
● If you have any difficulty in filling the online application form, please send
an email to cet24@imu.ac.in mentioning your Application Number and
details of the problem faced.

General

1. Online Counselling is for seeking admissions to IMU Campuses located at

Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai Port, Navi Mumbai and Visakhapatnam.

2. All the candidates who have qualified for admissions to IMU with the Rank
Certificates issued by IMU in June 2024 are eligible to participate in the Online
Counselling.

3. The details of the various UG (B.Tech, B.Sc. and DNS) Programmes offered by
IMU Campuses for Online Counselling are as follows :
 Sl. Duration (In IMU Campus where
UG Programmes
No. Years) Courses are offered

1 B.Tech -Marine Engineering 4 Chennai, Kolkata & Mumbai

Port
B.Tech - Naval Architecture & Ocean
2 4 Visakhapatnam
Engineering
Chennai, Kochi & Navi
3 B.Sc - Nautical Science 3
Mumbai
Chennai &
4 DNS (Diploma in Nautical Science) 1
Navi Mumbai
B.Tech (Naval Architecture & Ship
5 4 Visakhapatnam
Building)

N.B: The Online Counselling is restricted to admission to IMU Campuses

only. Affiliated Institutes or DGS approved MTIs not affiliated to IMU shall
admit students directly from the candidates who have qualified in
CET24 with the Rank Certificates issued by IMU in June 2024 and
fulfilling the various Eligibility Criteria.

4. For details of the various Eligibility Criteria (Age Criteria, Educational

Qualifications) for various UG Programmes - please CLICK HERE. For details of
the Physical Fitness requirements - please CLICK HERE.

5. For details of the Fee Structure for various Programmes of IMU – please CLICK
HERE.

Online Counselling Process

After qualifying in CET24 for admissions to IMU with the Rank Certificates issued
by IMU in June 2024, the candidates who are willing to join UG Programmes at
IMU Campuses will have to register for Online Counselling. The names of the
candidates who have been allotted seats through Online Counselling will be
notified through the Admission Lists. The process to be followed from registration
for Online Counselling till confirming the allotted seat is divided into three stages
which are described below. The candidate will be admitted only if they clear all
three stages.

Stage I - (Registration for Online Counselling):

1. Candidates will be required to register for Online Counselling for admission to

IMU Campuses, which will include the following:

a. Choose the Programme(s) and the IMU Campus (es) that you would like
to join in the order of your preference. For e.g. If your first choice is to join
 the B.Tech (Marine Engineering) programme in IMU Kolkata Campus and
second choice is to join B.Sc (Nautical Science) in IMU Navi Mumbai
Campus, then the First Preference should be selected as B.Tech (ME) in
IMU Kolkata Campus and Second Preference should be selected as B.Sc
(NS) in IMU Navi Mumbai Campus.

Note: Candidates are advised to choose multiple preferences

(Programmes and IMU Campus combinations) based on the eligibility
criteria that they fulfill. All preferences have to be submitted at this
stage. Once the application is submitted, no changes will be
entertained during that round of Counselling.

2. For Registering to the Online Counselling, a candidate will have to make

Online Payment of the Counselling Fee of Rs. 10,000/- to IMU. No other
mode of payment will be entertained.

Note: The Counselling Fee of Rs. 10,000/- is non-refundable for those

candidates whose names have been selected and published in the Admission
List(s) of IMU. However, if any candidate who has registered for Online
Counselling and whose name has not been reflected in any of the Admission
List(s) published by IMU, such candidate will be eligible for refund of
Rs.9,000/- after deducting Rs.1,000/- towards processing fees.
3. For the Candidates admitted to IMU Campuses, the Counselling Fee paid is
adjusted towards Admission Registration Fee of Rs.10,000/-.
4. In Online Counselling, the allotment of seat to the candidates to a
Programme/Campus will be done automatically by a software based on
(i) IMU CET Rank
(ii) Category,
(iii) Choices of Programmes and Campuses, and
(iv) the availability of seats.

The Online Counselling Software will choose the Programme-Campus

combination in the order of preference selected by the candidate for allotment
of a seat. Candidates should note that unless they register for Online
Counselling with multiple preferences, they may lose out on their chances of
upgradation in the Second List.
5. The Last Date for registering to the Online Counselling process is
26.06.2024. The First Admission List will be published on 01.07.2024
(tentatively).
Stage II - (Confirmation of Seat Allotted) Applicable for all Admission
Lists:

1. All candidates who have been allotted seat in the First Admission List will be
intimated through Email. They can download the Provisional Allotment Letter
after logging in.

2. A candidate issued with the ‘Provisional Allotment Letter’ will be required to

make Online Payment of the Programme Fee of Rs. 30,000/- (non-
refundable) before the prescribed date mentioned in the Provisional
Allotment Letter in order to:
a. Confirm acceptance of the Seat Allotted
b. To become eligible for upgradation of preference in the subsequent
Admission List, if applicable.
3. If the Programme Fee is not paid before the prescribed date, then the
candidate shall be treated as a ‘drop out’ and shall forgo the allotted
seat, forfeit the Counselling Fee and will not be considered for
upgradation of preference in subsequent Admission Lists. That is, the
allotted seat to the candidate will be cancelled, and the candidate cannot lay
any claim over the seat at a later date, will not be considered for upgradation
nor can claim refund for the Online Counselling Fee of Rs. 10,000/-.
4. On successful online payment of the Programme Fee of Rs.30,000/-, the
Candidates will be informed through a ‘Provisional Seat Confirmation
Letter’ the period during which they should report before the Director of the
Campus allotted, for
 Verification of original documents,
 Confirmation of medical fitness &
(Important: Please refer eligibility criteria for medical fitness details carefully.
The candidate is required to be in possession of Medical Certificate during
verification)
 Payment of the first Semester Fees in full together with Caution Deposit .
Certificate Verification will be held tentatively between 05.07.2024 and
08.07.2024 (Exact dates will be informed through provisional seat
confirmation letter) for the candidates selected through First Admission
List.
Kindly make the travel arrangements well in advance to reach to the
designated campus. The certificate verification details for subsequent list
candidates will be released as per further schedule.

5. It is likely that a Candidate may not get his/her First Preference in the First
 Admission List. However, he/she may get upgraded on the basis of availability
of seat in subsequent Admission List. In order to get upgraded, the Candidate
should first accept the seat allotted as per the First Admission List by
successfully

paying Programme Fee of Rs. 30,000/-; Otherwise, they will be treated as

‘Drop- out’. All candidates who wish to confirm the seat allotted and do not
wish to get upgraded should respond by selecting NO to the question “DO YOU
WISH TO BE FURTHER UPGRADED? “ The seat allotted will then be frozen and
there would be no up-gradation thereafter.
6. IMU will draw up the subsequent Admission List(s) of selected candidates in
order to fill up f the vacancies created due to ‘dropouts’. Among the candidates
who opted for up-gradation, some of them may get upgraded in the
subsequent Admission List(s) i.e. they may get a higher Preference (as per
their order of preference) or candidates whose names did not appear in the
previous Admission list will be allotted a seat. A candidate once upgraded
cannot demand his previous allotment and will need to accept the new
allotment.
7. For Candidates whose names did not appear in the previous list and have been
allotted a seat in the subsequent Admission list, such candidates have to follow
the similar steps as given at Stage II - para 1 and 2 above.

8. The Candidates who have been upgraded as per the subsequent Admission list,
will not be required to pay the Programme Fee of Rs. 30,000/- again, as they
have already paid the Programme Fee vide para 2 above.

Instructions about Upgradation for candidates

 Candidates are to carefully read the “Upgradation” instructions.

 It should be noted that upgradation will be done only if it is “opted” for.
 Once upgradation is done, one cannot get the previous allotted seat.
 In case the candidate does not answer the upgradation question, it will be
considered that there is no need for further upgradation and the seat allotted
will be confirmed as the final allotment.
 Please note that the upgradation will happen only for first and second list
candidates, if opted for. It will not be applicable to third list candidates. Hence
the allocation in the third list will be final.

Upgradation process and cycle:

 i. Release of CET Rank list
ii. Opening of counselling portal
iii. Candidates register for counselling by registering their preferences of
Programmes / Campuses and making online payment of Rs. 10,000 towards
Counselling Registration Fee.
iv. Publication of First Admission List
v. Candidates selected through First List have to confirm the acceptance of the
allotted seat by making online payment of Rs.30,000.
vi. If the allotted seat is confirmed with no further upgradation then the allotted
seat will be final. If the allotted seat is confirmed with the request to further
upgrade, the candidate will be considered for possible upgradation in
subsequent Admission Lists. However he/she may or may not get upgraded.
vii. Once upgraded, the previous seat cannot be claimed.
viii. The confirmation letter or the upgradation letter is to be downloaded after
giving the choice for upgradation or no upgradation.
ix. If there is no choice given, the allotment will be considered final and no more
upgradation will happen.

Stage III - (Certificate Verification):

1. As per the ‘Provisional Seat Confirmation Letter’ received after successful

online payment of the Programme Fee of Rs. 30,000/-, the Candidate is
required to report to the Director of the Campus in which the seat is allotted
between the prescribed dates for the following
(i) Verification of original documents;
(ii) Confirmation of medical fitness and
(iii) Payment of the First Semester Fees and Caution Deposit
2. Only after these formalities are completed, the ‘Provisional Seat
Confirmation Letter’ will be affixed as “Admission Confirmed”.
3. If any candidate fails in any of the above processes, they will face the following
consequences:
a. Treated as a ‘drop out’ and shall forgo seat allotment i.e., the seat allotted
will be cancelled and the candidate cannot lay any claim over the seat at a
later date,
b. Become ineligible for upgradation, in subsequent Admission Lists, if any
c. Counselling Fee of Rs. 10,000/- and Programme Fee of Rs. 30,000/- will be
forfeited, i.e. cannot claim refund for these amounts later.
4. If a candidate after completing the formalities in Stage III para 1 above, does
not report to the IMU Campus on the course commencement date, will forfeit
all the fees paid including the first Semester Fees. He shall not be entitled to
refund of any fees paid (except Caution Deposit), under any circumstances.

Reservation of Seats
1. IMU has made provision for Reservation of seats in U.G courses in IMU
Campuses for candidates from the ‘Special States’ of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands, Eight North Eastern States
(including Sikkim) and Jammu & Kashmir/Ladakh.

2. Candidates should note that while registering for the Online Counselling if
you belong to any of these “Special States’, and you have been allotted seats
reserved for these ‘Special States’, you would be required to produce the ‘Domicile
Certificate’ duly certified by the Tehsildar/ Competent Authority of that State.
3. Maximum number of seats reserved for candidates from the ‘Special States’
in a given Academic Year for the U.G Programmes put together in all IMU
Campuses shall be as follows:
(i) Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 07 seats
(ii) Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands - 10 seats
(iii) Eight North Eastern States (including Sikkim) - 40 seats
(iv) Jammu and Kashmir / Ladakh - 10 seats

Miscellaneous

1. IMU reserves the right to, not allot candidates to any Programme in any of its
Campuses if sufficient number of candidates are not forthcoming to make the
running of the Programme in that Campus a viable proposition or for any
other administrative / academic reason.

2. The decisions of IMU in respect of Counselling and Admissions shall be final.

3. Legal disputes, if any, pertaining to Counselling and Admission matters shall

fall within the jurisdiction of Chennai Courts only.

Disclaimer: It is understood that the candidate has read and followed the
instructions mentioned above and the candidate agrees to abide by the above
instructions. IMU shall not be responsible for any hardship caused due to not
reading of these instructions.