Master of Computer Applications [MCA] From SCMS School of Technology and Management, Kochi

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.

Course Structure

MCA is three year course which is divided into six semesters. The course work includes classroom lectures, practical and project work. The project work is the most important part of MCA program. Sixth semester of the program is completely dedicated to project work and specialization is chosen as dissertation in this semester. 

Aspirants seeking admission to the Program should meet the following criteria as specified by the institute.

Academic Requirement:

• A candidate seeking admission to MCA course must have A pass with not less than 50% marks in any recognized regular bachelor's Degree course of minimum three years duration in any discipline with Mathematics at 10+2 level
  OR
  A pass with not less than 50% marks in any recognized Regular Bachelors Degree course of minimum three years duration in any discipline with Mathematics/Statistics/Business Mathematics/ Business Statistics as one of the Subjects.
  OR
  A pass with not less than 50% marks in BCA/BSc Computer Science/ BSc Information Technology/ B.Techdegree of a minimum three years duration from a recognized University.
• Subject to the regulation relating to prescribed minimum of the respective qualifying examination, the minimum marks of admission to the course of studies shall be a pass in the case of SC/ST candidates
• Candidates belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) referred to GO(P)208/66/Edn dated 2-5-96 and subsequent amendments to orders issued by the Government and University shall be given a relaxation of 3% marks in the prescribed minimum for admission
• A relaxation of 5% marks from the prescribed minimum shall be allowed in the case of OEC Candidates
• A relaxation of 5% marks from the prescribed minimum shall be allowed in the case of physically handicapped persons
• Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination in more than one chance in the subject (excluding languages) will have their percentage marks de-rated at the rate of 5% for every additional appearance for the purpose of ranking