Welcome to the Department of English at Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET) Deemed to be University. The Department of English, Academy of Maritime Education and Training had its inception in the year 2001. Since its inception, the Department of English plays a pivotal role among all other departments and serves as a diverse and supportive community characterised by curiosity, creativity, and academic excellence. We impart quality education by exploring a rich variety of subject areas with the objectives to equip, enhance and enrich the English language proficiency, communicative competence, interpersonal, social and life-skills of the cadets/students from various branches, courses and years of study. With our extensive resources, state-of-the art laboratory facilities and enthusiastic staff members, we strive to build a diverse and inclusive society of cadets/students with the required knowledge and skills to cater to the needs of the Industry, Academia and the Society at large. We blend research and practice, and explore an enormous range of areas including many interdisciplinary endeavours.

The faculty encourage students to participate in extra and co-curricular activities, club activities, outreach activities and social welfare activities and has nurtured student leaders to hold positions of leadership at the University and community levels. Students are trained to present papers in seminars and conferences. They are motivated to take part in literary festivals, debates, oratorical and public speaking contests etc. Besides teaching/laboratory practice hours, the department organizes a number of activities like debate, extempore, role-play, quiz, JAM, vocabulary and word games etc.

The Centre for Communication and Personality Development (CCPD) aims at enriching the language of the students and help them have an in depth knowledge in English language and make them the best communicator and its main intention is to help learners to develop language skills. The course is designed for the students who come from different cultures and speak different languages. “English for International Communication” Course helps the students to enhance LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing) skills and apply in everyday life.

An intensive IELTS exam coaching (by CCPD) is provided to the students who seek for the higher studies in UK as part of their twinning program with AMET, Edge Hill University, UK and City of Glasgow College, UK. Since its inception, the Centre for CCPD has catered to the international students of Angola, Nigeria, Yemen, Syria, Dubai, Iran, Djbouti, etc. The students are sponsored by companies like NIMASA, (Nigeria), Sonangol Shipping Ltd (Angola), NYK Ship Management Pvt. Ltd. TEEKAY Shipping Pvt. Ltd, SONATIDE Marine Ltd. and UASC. The courses and modules help the learners to learn the language at its best; it fetches them the best platform to enrich their skills with no interference of the native language and that experience help them to achieve a good score. The International English Language Testing System tests observes the student’s ability and knowledge in spoken and written communication. The students are being tested on four levels i.e. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (LSRW).

AMET Centre for CCPD has been certified as an IELTS Registration Centre by the British Council and is also a Gold member of the British council IELTS Partnership Programme 2014/2015.