The Indian Maritime University (IMU) is located in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

. It was established on 14.11.2008 by the Indian Maritime University Act, 2008 (22 of 2008) It located in Utthandi in Chennai with campuses at Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Cochin.

The following existing seven government and government aided maritime training and research institutes has been merged with IMU.

• Marine Engineering and Research Institute
  Marine Engineering and Research Institute
  The Marine Engineering and Research Institute , formerly known as the Directorate of Marine Engineering Training , is India's national institute for the training of marine engineers....
  
  , Kolkata
• Marine Engineering and Research Institute
  Marine Engineering and Research Institute
  The Marine Engineering and Research Institute , formerly known as the Directorate of Marine Engineering Training , is India's national institute for the training of marine engineers....
  
  , Mumbai
• Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies and Research, Mumbai
• T.S. Chanakya, Navi Mumbai
• National Maritime Academy, Chennai
• Indian Institute of Port Management
  Indian Institute of Port Management
  Indian Institute of Ports Management, IIPM, is an educational institution set up as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860 by the Major Ports of India, a government of India body. IIPM was initially set up with an objective to undertake training programmes,...
  
  , Kolkata
• National Ship Design and Research Centre, Visakhapatnam