AMIE: An Overview

What is AMIE?

AMIE stands for Associate Member of Institution of Engineers. Simply speaking, it is an engineering degree course recognized by all State Governments, Central Govt., UPSC etc as equivalent to B.E/B.Tech. That means, those who successfully complete AMIE will get equal opportunities for job as well as higher education, just like a B.E or B.Tech holder. The Institution of Engineers (India), the largest multidisciplinary body of engineers in the country is the body that prepares syllabus, conducts examination and issue certificates etc. of AMIE.

It is nonformal

The attraction with AMIE is that it is a nonformal course. Hence, anyone who meets the specified educational qualification and a keen desire to become a graduate engineer can do this course in the least possible time! This course is especially suitable for employed person, as they can study this course without being interfering their job, whether they are in India or abroad .

Who Can Study AMIE ?

Those who wish to do AMIE must passes any one of the following qualifications.

1. A recognized 3-year Polytechnic Diploma or its equivalent in any branch of engineering. (No marks restriction)

OR

2. +2/HSC/PDC with Physics, Chemistry& Maths with minimum 45% marks.

If you possess any qualification equivalent to the above, still then you are eligible to apply for AMIE.

Those who pursue AMIE after their Diploma course are usually known as Diploma Stream Students, and others are known as Non-Diploma Stream Students.

SYLLABUS OF AMIE

The syllabus of AMIE is more or less similar to B.E/B.Tech. But the number of subjects in AMIE is very less. The AMIE syllabus has two parts:- Section A and Section B (similar to First year , Second year etc. of any formal degree course). Those who join for AMIE should first study Section A subjects, and after passing Section A he should study Section B. In Section A we study some subjects which are fundamental to engineering. In section B, we make specialized study in our chosen branch of engineering. When a student clears all subjects in both sections A and B. he is said to have passed A.M.I.E examination and becomes a graduate engineer.

Based on ones qualification, the number of subjects that a student studies in Section A varies. A diploma holder need to study only 4 subjects in Section A, while a non-diploma/+2 holder studies 10 subjects in Section A.

Following are the subjects in Section A

1. Fundamentals of Design and Manufacturing

2. Material Science and Engineering

3. Computing and Informatics

4. Society and Environment

5. Mechanical science

6. Engineering Physics and Chemistry

7. Engineering Drawing and Graphics

8. Electronics and Instrumentation

9. Engineering Mathematics

10. Electrical Science.

On completion of section A, a student takes admission to Section B. In section B, student is asked to select a branch of engineering. Following are the engineering branches available.

1. Electronics and communication Engineering
2. Electrical Engineering
3. Computer Science and Engineering
4. Civil Engineering
5. Mechanical Engineering
6. Production Engineering
7. Chemical Engineering
8. Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
9. Mining Engineering
10. Production Engineering
11. Textile Engineering
12. Architectural Engineering.

Of the above engineering branches available, a student can choose ANY branch as he wishes, without any criteria. This is one of the attractions of AMIE. For example, a student studied Automobile engineering in Diploma level can choose Computer Science or Electronics etc in AMIE !!!!

Both Diploma and Non-diploma holders should study 9 subjects in Section B. In order to impart practical knowledge, the Institution of Engineers has included project work and lab experiments as part of section B syllabus.

In short, a +2 holder can complete AMIE by clearing just 10 + 9 = 19 subjects, whereas for a diploma holder, the total subject is 4 + 9 = 13 only.

The project work may be done in the same firm/company where the student is presently engaged in. For carrying out laboratory experiment, the Institution of Engineers will contact the authorities of some engineering college/similar technical institution nearest to the location of the student and make necessary arrangement. For this, a nominal fee of Rs 1000/- will be charged from the student.

DURATION

The attraction of AMIE is its flexibility in completion time. Apart from conventional courses, the AMIE doesn’t have a fixed ‘completion time’. Normally 6 years are available for clearing Section A subjects and another 6 years for completing Section B.

EXAMINATION

AMIE examinations are conducted in the first week of June and December every year. There are a lot of examination centers in India and Abroad. A student can appear for maximum 4 subjects at a time. Thus, a diploma holder can write all the 4 subjects of Section A in single appearance. Examination fee is Rs 1200/- per appearance (not per subject). The examination centre need be selected only at the time of submitting application form for examination.

HOW TO JOIN

For appearing AMIE examinations, one should get membership with Institution of Engineers. In order to get membership you should apply in the prescribed application form. Application form for membership registration can be had directly from any of the local centers of Institution of Engineers at a cost of 100/-.

Diploma holders should apply for senior Technician Membership, and +2 (or equivalent) holders should apply for Technician membership.

If you haven’t applied for registration so far, do it before August 2008, so that you may be eligible to appear for next examination in December 2008. Once you submitted the application form for registration, you must wait for at least 3 months for getting your registration confirmation letter. But if you have properly filled up the form and have remitted the correct amount of registration fee (Rs 3565/-), then definitely you will get the registration.

Documents Required

Along with the application form, you should attach the following.

1. Two passport size photographs to be affixed on the application form.

2. Attested copy of Matriculation/School leaving certificate to prove your age.

3. Attested copy of +2/HSC certificate (if applicable) to prove your educational qualification

4. Attested copy of you Diploma certificate and marks sheet (if applicable) to prove your educational qualification.

5. Demand draft of Rs 3565/- drawn in favour of ‘Institution of Engineers (India)’, Payable at Kolkota.

6. Write your name and address on the reverse of the Demand Draft.

7. Keep a Xerox copy of all that you send.

8. Get your qualification and identity verified by any AMIE/MIE/FIE holder. In order to do this you have to conduct any AMIE/MIE/FIE holder and he will attest your photograph on the application form, and on production of your certificate he will verify your qualification on the space provided on the application form. Regarding this attestation you can contact any local/State centre nearest to you.

9. Send this application form to IEI, Kolkota at the earliest. If the application form reaches there before August, you will be eligible to appear for December examination.

Once you send the application form to Kolkota, you may not get any correspondence from there for 2 to 3 months. This doesn’t mean that your application was not considered. Normally it takes 2 to 3 months to process your application form. During processing your application form, first your will get an acknowledgement letter mentioning your ‘RS number’. You can note this number for further enquiry regarding your membership (only if it gets delayed too much).

ADDRESS OF IEI CENTRES

Andhra pradesh Visvesvaraya Bhavan Khairatabad Hyderabad 500 004 Ph : (040) 2331 4969 Telefax : (040) 2331 4024 E-mail :hyd2_ieiapsc@sancharnet.in Web : http://www.ieiapsc.org	Assam Panbazar Overbridge East Lane Guwahati 781 001 Ph : (0361) 254 8742 / 260 7850 Fax : (0361) 263 0368 E-Mail :iei_guw@sify.com	Bihar 1942 Kranti Marg Patna 800 001 Ph : (0612) 222 2639 / 309 3203 E-Mail : ieibhrsc@sancharnet.in
Chhatisgarh Government Engineering College Campus Raipur 492 010 Ph : (0771) 225 4625	Delhi Engineers Bhawan Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi 110 002 Ph : (011) 2337 9948 / 2337 9052 Fax : (011) 2337 0489 E-Mail :ieidsc@del3.vsnl.net.in Web :www.ieidsc.org	Gujrat Bhaikaka Bhavan Law College Road Ahmedabad 380 006 Ph : (079) 2640 0811 Fax : (079) 2656 1825 E-Mail : ieigsc@icenet.net / secretary@ieigujarat.org Web : www.ieigujarat.org
Harayana 1620, Sector 9 Urban Estate Karnal 132 001 Ph : (0184) 223 1202 E-Mail :ieihry@yahoo.com	Himachal Pradesh Victoria Place Nigam Vihar Shimla 171 002 Ph : (0177) 262 3736	Jammu and Kashmir Near Amarsingh Club Sonwarbagh Srinagar 190 001 Telefax : (0194) 248 0556 Gram : ENJOIND
Jharkhand Engineer Bhawan Nepal Kothi Campus Ranchi 834 002 Ph : (0651) 249 1344 E-mail :ieiranchi@yahoo.co.in	Karnataka 3, Dr B R Ambedkar Veedhi Bangalore 560 001 Ph : (080) 2226 4698 / 2220 7402 (Direct) Fax : (080) 2225 6191 E-Mail : ieiksc@dataone.in	Kerala 12/33B, Observatory Hills Trivandrum 695 033 Ph : (0471) 232 2991 E-Mail :ietvm@vsnl.com Web : www.ietvm.org
Madhya Pradesh Dr M Visvesvaraya Marg PO : Habibganj Bhopal 462 024 Ph : (0755) 250 6387 Telefax : (0755) 247 4572 E-Mail :ieimpsc@sancharnet.in	Maharashtra 15 Haji Ali Park K Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi Mumbai 400 034 Ph : (022) 2494 2943 / 2492 3650 Fax : (022) 2494 2942 E-Mail : ieimsc@gmail.com Web : www.ieimaharashtra.org	Orissa Sachivalaya Marg Unit IV Bhubaneswar 751 001 Telefax : (0674) 239 0630 E-Mail : ieioscbb@sify.com
Punjab and Candigarh Madhya Marg Sector 19A Chandigarh 160 019 Ph : (0172) 277 5418 Fax : (0172) 254 0133 Gram : ENJOIND E-Mail : ieichd@yahoo.com	Tamil Nadu 19 Swami Sivananda Salai Chepauk Chennai 600 005 Ph : (044) 2536 0614 / 2536 0695 Fax : (044) 2536 9433 E-Mail :ieitn@vsnl.com Web : www.ieitn.com	Uttaranchal Opposite Officers' Club Yamuna Colony Chakrata Road Dehradun 248 001 Ph : (0135) 253 1122 E-Mail : iei_uasc@rediffmail.com
Uttar Pradesh Engineers' Bhawan River Bank Colony Lucknow 226 018 Telefax : (0522) 262 5322 E-Mail : ieisecylko@rediffmail.com	West Bengal 8 Gokhale Road Kolkata 700 020 Ph : (033) 2223 8914 Fax : (033) 2223 3140 Gram : ENJOIND E-Mail :ie_wbsc@vsnl.net

Local Centres Addresses:-

Agartala Post Box No. 139, Pandit Nehru Complex Near Tripura Housing Board P. O. Kunjaban Agartala 799 006 Ph : (0381) 230 4700 E-Mail :iei_agt@engineer.com	Ahmednagar Irrigation Compound Aurangabad Road Ahmednagar 414 001 Ph : (0241) 232 3359 Telefax : (0241) 277 7267 E-Mail : ieialc@rediffmail.com	Aligarh Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 202 002
Allahabad Teliarganj Allahabad 211 004 Ph : (0532) 254 5539 E-Mail : ieicha_ald@yahoo.co.in	Amravati Workshop Building Government Polytechnic Gadge Nagar Amravati 444 603 Ph : (0721) 2553493 Fax : (0271) 2660188 E-Mail : ieiamt@rediffmail.com Website : www.ieiamt.org	Anpara 2-Room Field Hostel ATPS, PO : Anpara Sonebhadra 231 225 Ph : (05446) 274 888 Extn 654
Angul NALCO Smelter and Power Training Institute Post Box No. 30 P. O. NALCO Nagar Angul 759 145 Ph : (06764) 223463	Asansol L W Office Campus IISCO Limited Burnpur Road Burnpur 713 325 Ph : (0341) 223 0809 Fax : (0341) 224 0704 E-Mail : iei_asn@rediffmail.com	Aurangabad Railway Station Road Osmanpura Aurangabad 431 005 Telefax : (0240) 232 5621
Barauni Auditorium Complex Barauni Thermal Power Station P.O. Barauni Thermal Power Station Begusarai 851 116 Ph : (06243) 205 523	Belapur Plot No 106 Sector 15, C B D, Belapur Navi Mumbai 400 614 Ph : (022) 2757 9935	Belgaum Double Road Shivabasavanagar Belgaum 590 010 Ph : (0831) 247 0258
Berhampur UCP Engineering School Campus Berhampur 760 010 E-Mail : iei-blc@yahoo.co.in Website: www.iei-bam.8m.com	Bhatinda Kartar Colony Behind Deaf & Dumb School Goniana Road Bhatinda 151 003 Ph : (0164) 3093900 E-Mail : ieibti@rediffmail.com	Bhilai Indira Place Civic Centre Bhilai 490 006 Ph : (0788) 289 8287 Telefax : (0788) 226 1559 E-Mail : ieiblc123@sancharnet.in ieiblc@yahoo.com Website: www.ieibhilai.org
Bokaro Steel City Abhiyanta Bhavan Sector 5A Bokaro Steel City 827006 Ph : (06542) 276227 / 298972 E-Mail : ieibsclc@yahoo.co.in	Calicut Orion Engineers 2nd Floor, Anand Buildings Pavamani Road Calicut 673 004	Cochin St Benedict Road Cochin 682 018 Ph : (0484) 239 0286 / 239 2661 E-Mail : ieikochi@vsnl.com
Coimbatore PSG College of Technology Campus Peelamedu, Coimbatore 641 004 Ph : (0422) 257 8733 E-Mail : ieicbe@vsnl.net	Kadapa Prakash Nagar Kadapa 516 004 Ph : (08562) 245 808	Davangere University B D T College of Engineering Davangere 577 004
Dhanbad Veena Engineers’ Building Golf Ground Dhanbad 826 001 Ph : (0326) 220 3626	Dharwad Balekundry Bhavan Sir M Visvesvaraya Road Dharwad 580 001 Ph : (0836) 274 2979 E-Mail : ieidlc@sancharnet.in	Durgapur Nehru Avenue, 'B' Zone Durgapur 713 205 Telefax : (0343) 256 4770 E-Mail :dgp_ieidgp@sancharnet.in
Ghaziabad 15 Shopping Complex A L T T Centre Raj Nagar Ghaziabad 201002 Ph : (0120) 2728699 E-Mail : iei_glc@yahoo.com	Goa 2nd Floor, Chimulker House Near Sonali Apartments Tonca, Caranzalem Goa 403002 Ph : (0832) 2463746 E-Mail : ieigoa@sify.com	Gulbarga Court Road Gulbarga 585 102 Ph : (08472) 429 704
Indore SGSITS Campus 23 Visvesvaraya Marg ( Park Road) Indore 452003 Ph : (0731) 2434057 E-Mail : ieindor@sancharnet.in	Jabalpur Visvesvaraya Marg Civil Lines Jabalpur 482 001 Ph : (0761) 267 8929 Fax : (0761) 254 5219 E-Mail : ieijlcmp@sancharnet.in	Jammu Institution Building Gandhi Nagar, Jammu 180 004 Ph : (0191) 243 9830 E-Mail : ieijammu@rediffmail.com
Jamshedpur Subarnarekha Link, Sakshi Jamshedpur 831 001 Ph : (0657) 242 7982 Fax : (0657) 243 7159 E-Mail : ieijlc@rediffmail.com	Jodhpur Residency Road Jodhpur 342 001 Ph : (0291) 243 2708 E-Mail : ieijdp@del2.vsnl.net.in	Kakinada J N T U College of Engineering Campus N F C L Road Kakinada 533 003
Kalpakkam 4th Avenue DAE Township Kalpakkam 603 102 Telefax : (04114) 480 068 E-Mail : ieiklc@igcar.ernet.in	Kanpur Engineers Bhawan HBTI Campus Nawabganj Kanpur 208002 Telefax : (0512) 256 0034 E-Mail : ieikanpur@hotmail.com Web : www.ieikanpur.org	Kharagpur IIT Campus Kharagpur 721302 Ph : (03222) 255221 to 224 / 277390 to 393 Extn 8047 Fax : (03222) 282700/282210
Kolhapur C/o Executive Engineer Minor Irrigation Division Sinchan Bhawan Tarabai Park Kolhapur 416 003 Ph : (0231) 265 0263 Fax : (0231) 265 3233	Kota Near ESI Hospital Jhalawar Road Kota 324 005 Ph : (0744) 242 8250 E-Mail : klc_kota@sify.com	Ludhiana Dugri Road Ludhiana 141 003
Madurai T M Jambulingam Bhavan 1 Vivekanandha Nagar, 100 Feet Road Surveyor Colony, K Pudur Madurai 625 007 Ph : (0452) 256 1783 E-Mail : iei-mlc@eth.net	Mangalore Opp NMPT Central Warehouse Post Box 23 Panambur Mangalore 575010 Ph : (0824) 2400112	Munirabad Sir M Visvesvaraya Centenary Hall Munirabad 583 233
Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Muzaffarpur 842 003	Mysore Jhansi Lakshmibai Road Mysore 570005 Ph : (0821) 242 1168 Fax : (0821) 242 1894 E-Mail : ieimysore@eth.net Web : www.ieimysore.org	Nagpur North Ambazari Road Nagpur 440010 Ph : (0712) 255 6231/255 4387 Fax : (0712) 252 5617 Gram : ENJOIND E-Mail : ieingp_ngp@sancharnet.in Web : www.ngp.org
Nashik PWD (Stores) Campus Bharat Ratna Sir Visvesvaraya Road Nashik 422 002 Ph : (0253) 231 7701 Telefax : (0253) 258 2500 E-Mail : iei_nsk@sancharnet.in Web : www.iei-nashik.org.in	Neyveli Institution Building Block 17, Neyveli 607 801 Ph : (04142) 252 597 E-Mail : ieineyveli@rediffmail.com

North Bengal Local Centre :-

Palghat VIII/373 BPL Building N H Bye Pass Chandranagar Palakkad 678007 Ph : (0491) 257 3137 E-Mail : ieipalghat@rediffmail.com	Pantnagar Post-harvest Technology Building College of Technology (Old) Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar 263 145 Telefax : (05944) 235 582 E-Mail : iei.plc@gbpuat-tech.ac.in	Port Blair APWD Complex Post Box No. 161 Port Blair 744 101 Ph : (03192) 238 725
Pune 1332 Shivajinagar J M Road Pune 411005 Ph : (020) 2553 3376 Fax : (020) 2553 0150 E-Mail : ieiplc@vsnl.com Web : www.engineerspune.org	Ranipet C-35 BHEL Township Ranipet 632 406 Ph : (04172) 254 827 / 241 247 Web : www.ieiranipet.tk	Roorkee IIT Campus Roorkee 247667 Ph : (01332) 284 416 Telefax : (01332) 272 589 E-Mail : hsieirlc@sancharnet.in
Rourkela National Institute of Technology Campus Rourkela 769 008 Telefax : (0661) 247 2709 E-Mail : rkl_ieirlc@sancharnet.in	Salem Thiagarajar Polytechnic College Campus Salem 636 005 Ph : (0427) 244 7552 Fax : (0427) 244 4845 E-Mail : slm_tpt@sancharnet.in	Saurashtra 312 Madhav Complex Dr Yagnik Road Rajkot 360 001 Ph : (0281) 552 3322
Shillong Barik Point Shillong 793 001 Telefax : (0364) 222 4981 E-Mail : ieislcm@yahoo.com	Silchar Trunk Road Silchar 788 003 Ph : (03842) 238 945 Fax : (03842) 234 743 E-Mail : ieislc@yahoo.co.in	South Gujarat Mahida Bhavan, Ichchhanath Surat 395 007 Ph : (0261) 222 7340 E-Mail : ieisurat@yahoo.com Web : www.ieisurat.org
Sunabeda Post Box No. 11 Sunabeda 763 002 Office : General Manager, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Engine Division, Sunabeda 763002 Ph : (06853) 220 200 Fax : (06853) 220 004 E-Mail : gmed.koraput@hal-india.com	Tiruchirapalli BHEL Main Office Road Tiruchirapalli 620014 Ph : (0431) 255 4285 Fax : (0431) 252 0380 / 252 0775 Gram : ENJOIND E-Mail : ieitlc@sify.com	Tirupati S V U College of Engineering Campus Tirupati 517 502 Ph : (0877) 224 8594 Fax : (0877) 2248 499
Trichur Local Centre XXIX / 675 Vrindavan Shornur Road Trichur 680 001 Ph : (0487) 339 322 Fax : (0487) 335 882 E-Mail :ieitsr@hotmail.com	Tuticorin 52 First Street Meenakshipuram West Tuticorin 628 002	Udaipur 128, Hiran Magri Sector 11 Opposite Central Excise Udaipur 313 002 Ph : (0294) 258 3702 E-Mail : insti_of_eng@yahoo.co.in
Upper Assam P.O. Parbatpur 786 623 District Dibrugarh ( Assam) Ph : (0374) 2500421	Vadodara Race Course Circle Opp GERI Vadodara 390 007 Ph : (0265) 231 0800 / 558 6873 Gram : ENJOIND E-Mail : ieiv@iqara.net iei.vadodara@gmail.com	Vallabh Vidyanagar C/o B V Mahavidyalaya ( Engg College) Post Box No. 20 Vallabh Vidyanagar 388 120 District Anand, Gujarat Ph : (02692) 230 104 / 230 762 Fax : (02692) 236 672
Varanasi Above Room No. G-14, Second Floor Institute of Technology Benaras Hindu University Varanasi 221 005 Ph : (0542) 230 7086	Vijayawada Dr K L Rao Bhavan D No. 29-33-14 Irrigation Offices Compound Governorpet Vijayawada 520 002 Telefax : (0866) 257 6822 E -Mail : ieivjlc@yahoo.co.in	Visakhapatnam Visvesvaraya Bhavan Station Road, Visakhapatnam 530 016 Telefax : (0891) 274 7460 E -Mail : ieivisakha@rediffmail.com
Warangal D-7/2, Staff Quarters National Institute of Technology Warangal 506 004