IGNOU Online MCA Course, Fees, Admission 2024, Eligibility & Syllabus

IGNOU Online mca course

IGNOU Online MCA: IGNOU offers 2-year duration Online MCA program. It is divided into four equal semesters. Online MCA program offers students an outstanding learning and research environment that will prepare them to be successful in the software industry and academia. IGNOU offers admission to the online MCA program in two academic sessions, January and July.

Currently, IGNOU closed its admission window for the Online MCA course, so those students who are keen to enroll in the Online Master of Computer Application program can apply in the January session. It would help if you have an undergraduate degree in BCA or a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a minimum of 50% marks from any recognized university, and the medium of this online course will be in English.

Online MCA course admission can be made by reaching the official portal of the IGNOU IOP @ignouiop.samarth.edu.in.

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Online MCA course admission can be obtained in any desired session of IGNOU by learning the following details in the upcoming section.

  • Admission 
  • Eligibility
  • Fee:
  • Documents To Upload
  • How To Apply

IGNOU Online MCA Admission 2024-25

IGNOU will commence the admission process for the Online MCA course in the second week of November for the January 2025 session. IGNOU Online MCA admission last date will be 31 January 2024*. Candidates can visit the official portal of the university @ignouiop.samarth.edu.in to complete the admission procedure. IGNOU doesn’t conduct any entrance examination for admission. Applicants who cannot get a regular degree in MCA course can go for the IGNOU Online MCA program. It is advanced in many aspects because here, students would study flexibly through the digital content available and share with themselves, and it’s downloadable. 

IGNOU Online MCA Course Eligibility Criteria:

  • Students have a BCA or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent.
  • Applicants passed BSc, BCom, BA with Mathematics at 10+2 level or graduation level bridge courses below.
        • MCS-201 (Programming in C and Python)
        • MCS-208 (Data Structures and Algorithm)
  • 5% reservation is for those who belong to the reserved categories OBC, SC, and ST.

IGNOU Online MCA Course Fees:

We mentioned the IGNOU Online MCA course fees for National and International applicants before applying for admission.

  • The fee is INR 12,700 per semester + INR 2,000 per course for MCS-201 and MCS-208. It is only for Indian students.
  • If you belong to a SAARC country, the semester fee is INR 19,000, and students need to pay INR 2,000 extra per course for MCS 201 and MCS 208.
  • Students from non-SAARC countries need to pay USD 1,300 per semester and USD 100 extra per course, MCS 201 and MCS 208.
  • Note: In this fee university doesn’t mentioned the exam fee, it will be decided by the university.

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Documents required for IGNOU Online MCA admission

Documents which have been mentioned below for admission in the MCA online course should be originally scanned:

  • Students have a colorful passport-size photograph and age proof like birth certificate, educational qualification certificates, signature, experience letter, BPL, or category certificate (if applicable). Don’t forget that the signature and passport-size photo size should not be more than 100kb, and that of the other documents should not be more than 200kb

How to Apply for IGNOU Online MCA Course Admission

  • First, students need to visit the university’s official portal, @ignouiop.samarth.edu.in, to fill out the registration form for Online MCA admission.
  • Create your username by entering basic information, such as your email or mobile number.
  • Now, your login credentials will be sent instantly to your mobile number.
  • Log in with your credentials, submit all the required details, and upload your documents, such as Academic and personal documents. Your passport-size photograph should be originally scanned.
  • Now, pay the registration and course fee using UPI, credit and debit card, or net banking.

IGNOU Online MCA Syllabus

I Semester

Course Code Title of the Course
MCS 211 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
MCS 212 Discrete Mathematics
MCS 213 Software Engineering
MCS 214 Professional Skills and Ethics
MCS 215 Security and Cyber Laws
MCSL 216 DAA and Web Design Lab
MCSL 217 Software Engineering Lab

II Semester

MCS 218 Data Communication and Computer Networks
MCS 219 Object Oriented Analysis and Design
MCS 220 Web Technologies
MCS 221 Data Warehousing and Data Mining
MCSL 222 OOAD and Web Technologies Lab
MCSL 223 Computer Network and Data Mining Lab

III Semester

MCS 224 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
MCS 225 Accountancy and Financial Management
MCS 226 Data Science and Big Data
MCS 227 Cloud Computing and IoT
MCSL 228 AI and Machine Learning Lab
MCSL 229 Cloud and Data Science Lab

IV Semester

MCS 230 Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision
MCS 231 Mobile Computing
MCSP 232 Project