Top BCA Exams in India

Bachelor of Computer Applications which is abbreviated as BCA is an undergraduate academic course in Computer Applications for aspirants who wish to build their career in the field of Software & Information Technology. It requires a minimum of three years with six semesters, to get the Bachelors of Computer Applications degree.

A huge chunk of reputed colleges require students to qualify the entrance examination conducted by the colleges itself or the universities they have been granted affiliation from. Few of the colleges also grant admission under BCA course in their college on the basis of Higher Secondary Examinations' marks. Certain colleges even conduct a session of personal interview after the entrance examination, before commencing with the final admission procedure.

After successful completion of the course, the student will have complete knowledge on how to produce computer applications to gratify the user's need with the help of different programming languages such as C, C++, Python, Java and much more. With a sound academic knowledge of Computer Applications, one can easily land into large IT and software organisations as an entry-level computer applications software engineer. Companies like Microsoft, Oracle, Wipro, Infosys, Cisco, and Citibank etc. also hire BCA graduates allowing them to build their career as the following - Software Consultant, Network Engineer, Database Administrator, Test Engineer, System Analyst, Programmer and Quality Assurance Engineer.

Apart from the private sector, Government IT & Software organisations namely, BHEL, NSDL, MTNL and BSNL also hire BCA graduates for various posts as fresher and trainees. The Banking sector also provides good job opportunities to the BCA graduates. BCA course also bifurcates the opportunities to different post graduate programs which include MSc. I.T., PGDCA, MSc. CS and MCA.

Minimum Eligibility Criteria

The aspirants seeking admission to the Bachelors of Computer Application need to possess their High School Examination score card or Equivalent Diploma degree with mathematics as their main subject in the qualifying Exam. The candidate needs to score a minimum of 50% marks in order to meet the eligibility criteria. Some colleges have even increased the qualifying percentage from 50% - 60%.

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