Welcome to the family of distance learners and IGNOU's Master of Computer Applications Programme. It is a 3-year programme during which you will study a wide range of topics in computer science and applications. You will receive support from IGNOU through the regional centre, study centre to which you will be allotted and also from IGNOU's website.

The broad objective of the MCA programme is to prepare graduate students for productive careers in software industry and academia by providing an outstanding environment for teaching and research in the core and emerging areas of the discipline. The programme's thrust is on giving the students a thorough and sound background in theoretical and application-oriented courses relevant to the latest computer software development. The programme emphasizes the application of software technology to solve mathematical, computing, communications / networking and commercial problems.

This Master's Degree Programme has been designed with a semester approach in mind. The first year courses are aimed at skills development in computers using various technologies, the second year is more focussed on core courses providing conceptual framework and the third year provides the specialization and the project work. MCA programme consists of 31 courses worth 108 credits.

We wish you all the success in pursuing the MCA programme.