IMR Ghaziabad MCA : Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

Master of Computer Application (MCA) is a three year master degree course in computer applications. Any graduate student who has passed or appearing in final year exam is eligible for MCA course. BCA qualified students more preferably opt for this course. MCA is considered equivalent to engineering. MCA graduates are same as software engineers. MCA course is very popular after Computer Science in engineering. There are about 80000 seats available in about 1500 colleges offering MCA course across India.

 After earning an MCA degree from a reputed Institute, there is plethora of job opportunities available in the market. There is a wide scope for MCA graduates in government as well as private sector. As a fresher, an MCA professional can expect anything around 2.4 to 3.4 lakhs. Top companies hiring MCA graduates are Accenture, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Cognizant, IBM, American Express, HCL, HP etc.

The candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline with mathematics at (10+2) level or at graduation with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ST).

Admissions shall be through a combined entrance test UPSEE conducted by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow. Candidates appearing for the final year Bachelor's degree / equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirement and are awaiting results can also apply.