Eligibility for MCA engineering and MCA Management

I have completed B. Sc IT and now want to do MCA so please tell me that is there any difference between MCA engineering and MCA Management? Also tell me about eligibility for taking admission in MCA?

[Quick Sam]

MCA (Masters of Computer Applications) is a postgraduate course. As you have completed B. Sc IT then you have interest in computer application so MCA is best courses for you and the duration of course is 3 years.

You are asking about the difference between MCA engineering and MCA Management but according to my knowledge and available information of Internet the name of courses is MCA and course includes computer science and business skills. So you do not have to confuse between MCA engineering and MCA Management.

Followings are specializations in MCA course; students have to opt this in final year.
• Application Software
• Development
• Engineering
• Hardware Technology
• Internet
• Software Development Networking
• System Management
• Trouble Shooting


Eligibility Criteria for MCA Course:
• B. Sc IT, BCA, BBA, B. Tech graduation in science with at least 60 percent marks
• Must have studied Mathematics as a subject in class 12th


Best institutions in India that offer MCA courses are following:
• Banaras Hindu University
• Bharathiar University -Coimbatore
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)
• Calicut University
• Delhi University
• Goa University
• Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
• Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Kerala University
• Madurai Kamaraj University
• Mahatma Gandhi University
• MN National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Allahabad
• Nagpur University
• National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut
• Pondicherry Central University
• Pune University
• Punjab University
• Vellore Institute Of Technology


After M.C.A. Employment Areas are following:
• Banking
• Consultancies
• Database Management
• Desktop Publishing
• Design Support and Data Communications
• E-Commerce
• Embedded Technologies
• Government Agencies
• Networking
• Schools and Colleges
• Simulation
• Software Development Companies
• Security and Surveillance Companies
• Stock Exchange
• System Maintenance
• Technical Support
• Traffic Light Management

Hello Sir, I head about the MCA engineering and MCA Management. Will you please tell me about the eligibility to get into the MCA engineering and MCA Management?

[Kiran Chandar]

As per as my knowledge, both MCA engineering and MCA Management are same courses, both are master degree course which offers the skills in area of computer.

Eligibility Criteria:

Applicant need to pass bachelors degree in computer application or equivalent with at least 50% marks form recognized university.
Applicant need to have Maths as one of the subject either in class 12th or in bachelors degree.

Here, I am giving you basic Structure of the MCA course:

MCA-Semester-1
Problem Solving using C
Discrete Mathematics Structure
Fundamentals of Computer Organization
Introduction to Unix
Introduction to Web Technologies
C Programming Laboratory
Unix Programming Laboratory
Web Programming Laboratory

MCA-Semester-2
Data Structures Using C
Object Oriented Programming using C++
Operating Systems
System Programming
Database Management Systems
Data Structures Using C Laboratory
Database Laboratory
OOP Using C++ Laboratory

MCA-Semester-3
Computer Networks
Programming using Java
Software Engineering
Computer Graphics with Open GL
Java Programming Laboratory
CG Laboratory using Open GL
Computer Network Laboratory

MCA-Semester-4
Analysis and Design of Algorithms
Advanced Java Programming
Advanced Web Programming
ADA Laboratory
Advanced Java Programming Lab
Mini Project –I

MCA-Semester-5
Object-Oriented Modeling and Design Patterns
System Simulation and Modeling
Programming using C#.NET
Software Design Laboratory
.Net Laboratory
Mini Project –II

MCA-Semester-6
Project