School of Maritime Studies, was established in 2005.

This college is affiliated to Vels University.

School of Maritime Studies is part of Vels University. The school is headed by a Captain Superintendent and amongst its faculty is highly proficient lecturers (who are ex-Mariners) and instructors, with years of experience on board ships and ashore, who take meticulous care to train the cadets to be future deck (navigating) officers.

The school has three sophisticated workshops, a state-of-the-art full-mission Navigation Simulator and three laboratories for providing cadets the necessary training. As a part of the curriculum, cadets are taken on board ships in Chennai harbor for shipboard familiarization.