MCA - Duration / Problem / Solution

A Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

1. A postgraduate degree in computer application awarded in India. It is a three year (6 semester) course. 
2. Students entering MCA must have a bachelor degree degree with Mathematics as one of the subjects at higher secondary or graduation. 

Master of Computer Application (MCA) course—84 colleges stopped offering the program this year; only 27 started MCA courses. 

1. For students who choose not to apply to an MCA college, the decision is a no-brainer: 
2. With many more engineering seats available now, an undergraduate would rather earn a BTech degree followed by a two-year master's than enrol for a bachelor's in computer application and back it up with a three-year MCA that would also eat up six years. 

Alive to the problem, the AICTE has decided to allow colleges to offer  

1. Five-year dual degree program ( UG (3 Years) + MCA (2Years) and also 
2. Permit graduates of science, BSc (computer science) and BSc (information technology) to jump to the second year of the MCA course.