IGNOU MCA Admission 2024
IGNOU MCA Admission 2024 – The Indira Gandhi National Open University has designed and developed the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programme with the broad objective to provide the graduate students the facility to pursue higher education in the field of computers and information technology. Ignou MCA Admission is offered by the university in January and July academic cycle.
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The students can make their productive careers in the software industry and academia by pursuing this discipline. They can also become the successful teachers as well. It also emphasizes the use of software technology to solve mathematical, computing, communications/ networking and commercial problems.
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IGNOU MCA Programme Detail
The Indira Gandhi National Open University has applied the semester system approach.The Ignou MCA has been divided into two semesters per year i.e from January-June and July-December.
Therefore, the examinations will be conducted twice every year – i.e. in the month of June for the January to June Semester courses and the other is December for the July to December semester courses.
The university has provided the freedom to students to appear in any of the examinations conducted by it during the year subject to completing the minimum time frame and other formalities prescribed for the programme.
The MCA program aims to equip graduate students for successful careers in both the software industry and academia. It creates an excellent learning and research environment for core and emerging areas of the discipline. The program focuses on providing a strong foundation in theoretical and application-oriented courses related to the latest developments in computer software.
Structured with a semester-based approach, the first year concentrates on building theoretical knowledge and practical skills in fundamental computer science subjects. In the second year, the program becomes more specialized with advanced courses that offer a conceptual framework and a significant project component.
The details about IGNOU MCA admission has been mentioned below:
Medium of Instructions: English
Admission Cycle: This discipline has been offered in both January & July cycle of admissions
Eligibility Criteria:
(a) For admission to the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) program, candidates must meet one of the following criteria:
(i) Successfully completed B.C.A/B.Sc (Computer Science)/ B.Sc. (IT)/ B.E.(CSE)/ B.Tech. (CSE)/B.E. (IT)/B.Tech. (IT) or an equivalent degree.
OR
(ii) Successfully completed any Graduation Degree (e.g., B.E./B.Tech./B.Sc/B.Com./ B.A./B.Voc./etc.), preferably with Mathematics at the 10+2 level or at the Graduation level.
(b) Attained a minimum of 50% marks (45% marks for candidates belonging to reserved categories) in the qualifying examination.
Candidates falling under category (a) (ii) are required to register for and successfully complete the following compulsory Bridge courses offered by IGNOU, in addition to the Master of Computer Applications program:
For students WITH Mathematics at 10+2 level or at Graduation level:
- MCS-201 (Programming in C and Python)
- MCS-208 (Data Structures and Algorithm)
For students WITHOUT Mathematics at 10+2 level or at Graduation level:
- BCS-012 (Basic Mathematics)
- MCS-201 (Programming in C and Python)
- MCS-208 (Data Structures and Algorithm)
Candidates who have already successfully completed any of these Bridge courses (BCS-012, MCS-201, MCS-208) from IGNOU are only required to register for and successfully complete the remaining bridge courses.
Duration: The candidates need to complete the programme in a minimum duration of 2 years and within the maximum duration of 4 years.
Fee Structure: The candidate seeking admission to Master of Computer Application need to pay Rs.49,200/- for the complete programme which is required to be paid semester wise @Rs.12,300/- per semester. Please Contact Regional Centre or check prospectus for latest fee details as it may vary with the fee mentioned on this website.
Age: There is no minimum or maximum age bar for admission
The interested candidates can visit their nearest Ignou Regional Centre or Study Centre to obtain the prospectus and get more detailed information about it. The information related to this discipline and admission prospectus can also be found on the university official website at www.ignou.ac.in.
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