Tolani Maritime Institute is one of the largest maritime education centers in the country. It offers degree programs in Naval Engineering, Marine Engineering, and Nautical Science.

AMET University is deemed to be a university offering maritime education across UG, PG, Ph.D., Diploma, and other innovative programs.

The table below highlights the important points of the institutes.

Parameters	AMET	TMI
Popular Courses	BSc, BBA, BCom, BTech, BE, MTech, MSc, MBA	BTech Marine Engineering, BSc Nautical Science, PG Diploma
Entrance Exams	JEE, AIEEE, CAT/XAT/TANCET	IMU CET
Placement Percentage	60	90%
Campus size (acres)	20	100
Average Package LPA	INR 4.4	INR 15

Infrastructure and Facilities:

• TMI is built in a rural area but it has a power plant, a modern vapor absorption chiller, a water treatment plant, and an effluent treatment plant. There are three hostels on-campus as well.

• TMI also has a shopping complex, banking, laundry, and medical facilities available.

• AMET University has over 10 labs including the coastal modeling lab and the seamanship lab. A ship is present on-campus for training.

Faculty:

Both institutes have 20-30 faculty members with specializations in afloat training, Marine Auxiliary Machine, Equipment Drawing, etc.

Placement Data:

AMET:

• At AMET students were recruited largely by Maersk, Tanker Pacific, Shell, Selandia, Wallem, and DHL.

• The BE in Engineering program sees 100% placements from time to time.

• Maersk has recruited 70 students from the 2020 batch.

• The average salary paid was around 3.6 LPA to 5.7 LPA.

TMI:

• At TMI, students have been offered INR 24 LPA as the highest salary and 15 LPA as the average salary.

• BW Shipping, Maersk, Chellaram Shipping, Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, and Chevron have been the major recruiters.

Additional Information:

TMI:

• The institute has excellent practical training facilities which include seamanship training workshops and mock-ups for fire fighting. The campus also has scale models of various shipboard spaces where shipboard fires can be simulated for demonstration.

• It imparts both Basic Fire-Fighting and Advanced Fire-Fighting training, as required under mandatory IMO Modular courses.

• Life-saving techniques are taught as well, with a 25-meter long swimming pool and a 10-meter diving platform.

AMET:

AMET University has collaborations with the City of Glasgow College, South Tyneside College, University of Strathclyde, and the University of Plymouth.

Both TMI and AMET University are reputed for Maritime studies and offer good opportunities in terms of academics and placements. Students can decide based on the facts shared above.