Masters Degree in Computer Application (MCA) 2-year Full Time Course is an attempt to synchronize the newest developments in Information Technology with the current Industry Requirements. The Course is affiliated to Dibrugarh University and is approved by AICTE, MHRD,Govt. of India.

MCA is a course exclusively designed to meet the IT requirements of IT trained students for various organization. The programme is extremely balanced with lot of emphasis given on planning, designing and building of complex commercial application software and system software,with equal importance given to functional knowledge in various areas. The two year full time MCA course is not just a post graduate course, it is a complete professional grooming of the students for successful career in IT industry. The programme is intended to have the following objectives :

1. To appreciate the role of Computers and Information Technology in the present world, with its potential for development in the future.
2. To enable a proven level of mastery in the Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools, and application package that are in extensive use in the industry.
3. To develop analytical, problem solving and decision making skills that are demanded by Information Technological applications.
4. To develop all round personality and communicative traits to meet the expectations of employees in both public and private sectors.

The 2 year full time MCA programme at NERIM School of Computer Science is conducted as per the prescribed regulations and syllabi of Dibrugarh University. The course is also approved by the All India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE), MHRD, Govt. of India.

As per the regulation and course syllabi of Dibrugarh University, the 2-year Full Time MCA Programme consists of 4 semesters each of 6 months duration, having 2 semesters per year. In addition to compulsory papers, the students are offered to select electives in 1st semester to 3rd semester. A student has to carry out one major Project in the 4th Semester.

Any Graduate with Mathematics in 10+2 or BCA from any recognized University with at least 50% marks (45% for SC/ ST/OBC) in aggregate, is eligible to apply for admission into the two year MCA programme. Or Any Graduate with 50% marks can take admission in MCA course but their course duration will be 1+2= 3 years

Selection for Admission into 2 year full time MCA programme shall be made on the basis of NERIM Entrance Test (NET) for MCA. The entrance test of 100 marks shall comprise of questions from Mathematics, English, Reasoning, Computer Science and General Awareness. N.B. : Eligibility criteria and procedure for Admission is subject to change from time to time as per the notification of the University.

A student of MCA (2 Year Programme) shall have to attend minimum 80% of total classes to be eligible to appear in each End Semester examination conducted by Dibrugarh University.

There shall be 4 examinations at the end of each semester, namely semester I, semester II, semester III and semester IV to be conducted by the University at such dates and times as may be fixed by the University. Each paper shall be of 100 marks of which 60 marks will be End semester examination and 40 marks will be for Internal. There shall be project work presentation/ Viva Voce in semester IV Examination.

Successful candidates shall be awarded the degree of Master of Computer Application (MCA) by Dibrugarh University. Their result is declared on the basis of CGPA System.