IGNOU Distance Learning MCA Admission Date Form Eligibility

IGNOU Distance Education MCA Admission

IGNOU is known as Indira Gandhi National Open University. This is a nationalized open university in India. University was formed in 1985 under the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act which was approved in Indian Parliament in 1985. IGNOU is located at New Delhi. The University offers nearly 175 different programmes which are of Diploma, Degree level. IGNOU also has 21 schools in all over India. IGNOU also has 2600 study centers across the India and 52 centers in abroad countries. The aim of the IGNOU is to provide the education to the people from rural area.

University also offers MCA progrmme under the distance education mode. MCA is stands for the Master of Computer Applications.

Eligibility for MCA:

This is a master’s course. The duration of the course is three years or six semesters. To get the admission in the MCA programme of the IGNOU candidate must have to pass the bachelors degree with minimum of 50% marks in the final year from any recognized University in India. The eligible B. Sc. courses are Computer information science, Computer application, Computer science and Information technology. Students who belong from the non computer courses have to pass the entrance examination of the University for the admission in the MCA.

Admission Procedure:

The notifications for the admission are released in the month of May or June on the website of the IGNOU’s website. After getting the notifications interested candidate must have to fill up the admission from with followed by the instruction and have to submit with the documents before due date in the University office. After that University sort out the forms and depending upon the marks merit lists are displayed.

Contact Us:

Indira Gandhi National Open University 

Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068

City: New Delhi

Phone Number: 29535924-32, 29535062-65

Web site: www.ignou.ac.in/

IGNOU Distance Education MCA Admission Date Form Eligibility

Indira Gandhi National Open University IGNOU Distance Learning MCA Admission

The Indira Gandhi National Open University provides Distance Education in the MCA. The duration of the course is minimum 3 years and maximum 6 years. 

Eligibility : 

The applicants need to have Bachelors of Computer Applications / Information Technology / Information Science from any recognized or deemed university. Non-computer Science like B.Tech, M.Sc. or other graduates like applicants is requisite to complete the CIC in tandem with the MCA’s 1st semester

OR

The non-computer science M.Sc/B.Tech or other graduates like the applicants are necessary for pursuing the CIC along with MCA’s 1st semester

OR

Graduation with the PGDCA from any recognized or deemed university or equivalent of not under one year through the State Board of Technical Education or equivalent established by Central or State Government.

IGNOU MCA for Non-Computer Science Graduates: 

Various students from non-Computer Science-core streams (generally streams that does not have Computer Science as a paper through out the course but have Computer Science as a paper during a Semester / Year. Courses such as Arts (B.Com/B.A) with Computer Science come under this category) often ask about how to get admission for IGNOU MCA Program. IGNOU, through its Schematic Presentation of SOCIS Programmes that can be downloaded from IGNOU Website (generally given in the last few pages of the IGNOU Prospectus / MCA Program booklet) clarifies as follows:

Students with Maths at 10+2 Level and having done Bachelor in Computer Science/Applications/Information Sciences/Information Technology/PGDCA from a recognized/deemed University can take MCA Ist Semester directly.

Students with out Maths at 10+2 Level and having done Bachelor in Computer Science/Applications/Information Sciences/Information Technology/PGDCA from a recognized/deemed University should take CS60 along with MCA Ist Semester.

Students with Maths at 10+2 Level and having done other Graduation courses/B.Tech/M.Sc. in Non-Computers stream (including but not limited to Bcom with Computer Science) should take CIC along with MCA Ist Semester (Students are required to do CIC concurrently with MCA first semester and should successfully complete it before registering for the 5th semester of MCA)

Students with out Maths at 10+2 Level and having done other Graduation courses/B.Tech/M.Sc. in Non-Computers stream (including but not limited to Bcom with Computer Science) should take CIC, CS60 along with MCA Ist Semester (Students are required to do CIC concurrently with MCA first semester and should successfully complete it before registering for the 5th semester of MCA).

Important Note:

Please contact your nearest IGNOU Regional Center / Study Center for a complete clarification regarding the admission process before you take admission.

AICTE Recognition

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) wide its letter F No. AICTE/Academic/MOU-DEC/2005 dt. May 13, 2005 has specified that the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) are recognized by AICTE.

Min age as on 1st Jan. of the Academic Year

No bar

Contacting IGNOU for information on Master of Computer Applications(MCA)

For further information on this course, please email to mca@ignou.ac.in

For information on Student Registration & Evaluation, please email to sred@ignou.ac.in

For information on Material Production and Distribution, please email mpdd@ignou.ac.in

For other information, please email to ssc@ignou.ac.in

Information about the courses provided here is partial and should not be treated as comprehensive. i.e The institution would be offering other course than those mentioned here. Students are advised to check with the intitution for the latest information in regard to the course.

Indicative Fee Details

Fee Information

Rs. 6,700/- per semester + Rs. 800/- for CS-60 for non-Maths students and Rs. 3300/- for CIC

IGNOU has discontinued the Lateral Entry Scheme for MCA. Please read the last released MCA Lateral Entry Notification