MCA (Master of Computer Applications) is a 3 year post graduate program offered by Universities in India. The MCA course is a very good option for those who want to pursue a career in software. MCA courses offer very good job opportunities for graduates in Multinational as well as other software firms with an attractive pay packet.

The classical dilemma faced by those among you who are interested in a career in software would be whether to go for an MCA or an MBA in systems.

This dilemma according to us should simply be converted into a question, which you should ask yourself, do I want a technical career path or a managerial one? The answer to this question would be the answer to your dilemma.

The MBA systems graduate would be actively involved in implementing the top and middle managements IT initiatives, he would translate the management’s growth objectives into a plan for system requirements that need to be put in place in order to enable the above objectives .He would then pass on these requirements to the MCA who would implement the plan for system requirements.

Thus one can see that the career path for the MBA systems graduate is managerial while the career path of the MCA graduate is technical.

Eligibility for admission to an MCA Course :

Most of the Colleges/Institutes offering MCA course needs the candidates to be a graduate in any stream with Mathematics as a subject at the plus two level.The final year students or graduates in any discipline having studied Mathematics as one of the major subjects in Higher Secondary classes ( +1 & +2 ) can apply except few universities like PTU etc. Generally there is no minimum percentage required in graduation.
M.C.A ( Master of Computer Application ) is generally a 3-year post graduate degree/diploma in Computer Applications. In some institutes it is called PGDCA, PGDIT etc.

Admission procedure for MCA:

Generally, the students has to take an entrance test for admission to an MCA program. Selection will be based on the performance of the student in the written entrance test/interview/group discussion.

Different Universities conduct Entrance tests separately for MCA. The mcapapers.info/category/mca-entrance-exam" title='Read more about MCA entrance exam'>MCA entrance examinations are generally based on Mathematics and reasoning. Most of these tests are purely objective in nature. The test is generally of 2-3 hours duration. Some tests will have the system of negative marking for wrong answers.

The number of seats for the MCA Programme is very limited in all the Universities. Different colleges have different syllabi for the MCA Entrance, hence it is difficult to have an integrated approach while preparing for it. The aspirants needs to be good at Mathematics (some will be upto B.Sc level) as most of the MCA entrance papers will have questions from Mathematics and Statistics. A knowledge of computers will be also beneficial.

mcapapers.info/category/all-india-mca-common-entrance-test" title='Read more about All India MCA Common Entrance Test'>All India MCA Common Entrance Test (mcapapers.info/category/aimcet" title='Read more about AIMCET'>AIMCET):

There is an mcapapers.info/category/all-india-mca-common-entrance-test" title='Read more about All India MCA Common Entrance Test'>All India MCA Common Entrance Test organized by IIT, Roorkee. mcapapers.info/category/aimcet" title='Read more about AIMCET'>AIMCET is intended for admission on an all India basis or have seats earmarked for candidates from other states. Certain state governments (for state quota seats) and institutes (for management quota seats) have also indicated that admission to their MCA programmes will be based on the mcapapers.info/category/aimcet" title='Read more about AIMCET'>AIMCET Score.

mcapapers.info/category/career" title='Read more about Career'>Career Opportunities for an MCA graduate:

As today is an age of computers, a candidate with an MCA degree will have great job opportunities in top level IT companies and consultancy firms like TCS, Wipro, IBM, Oracle etc. They will have opportunities in large corporations having an in-house systems department. An MCA graduate can work for any IT company big or small as a system developer and various other roles.Today’s is an age of computers.
As an M.C.A you can work-
(a) In a consultancy firm such as TCS
(b) In a large corporation having an in-house systems department such as TUL
(c) As an entrepreneur providing complete (or specific) solutions to problems of your
(d) As systems developer in any organization big or small.

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