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I am a student of class 12th having Commerce steam. Can I apply for BCA course after 12th examination? If yes, then what would be the criteria for applying into this course?

The eligibility criteria varies with the institutions. So, it is not possible to give you the exact information.

For some of the universities required 12th std discipline is PCM, for some of them it is 12th with Mathematics as main paper where as in few of them candidates passed 12th in any stream are eligible.

So, kindly visit the university official website to get the complete details for the admission in three year Bachelor of Computer Application course.

BCA stands for Bachelor of Computer Application. The eligibility criteria for this professional course is:

>>Candidate must have done 10+2 or its equivalent from a recognized board. Board appearing candidates can also apply for this course.

>>Most of top institutes which take admission in BCA course prefer science stream candidates with PCM subjects. But it does not mean that commerce stream candidates are not eligible for BCA course.

Commerce stream candidates with 50% marks and English as compulsory subjects can apply for BCA course. Admission in BCA course is either based on percentage of marks or entrance test conducted by institute. You can visit official website of institute in which you are interested to take admission.

Yes. You are eligible to apply for BCA course at your Graduation level after completion of 12th class with Commerce stream.

BCA stands for Bachelor of Computer Applications. This is 3 year course being offered by many of the colleges in India.

Candidates who have completed 12th class with any stream are eligible to join this course.

You can get direct admission in many of the colleges.

However some colleges will put a criteria of scoring 50% of marks in 12th class in order to give admission.

So, collect the list of colleges in and around you offering this course and choose the top college among them.

Since you are from Commerce background, it would be little tough for you to understand the subject in the initial days. But, put your best efforts, then you can easily understand the subject.

Also join in outside coaching institutions to learn the basics of Computer like Operating System, MS-Office and browsing knowledge as well.

There are good number of job opportunities for the candidates in the IT sector. So, there is a scope for you to get a good job with top salary. Make most out of your Graduation course.

Yes, you are eligible to get admission in the BCA ( Bachelor of Computer Application ) course but only in some of the universities such as :-

CBS Delhi university.

Kurushetra university.

Madurai university.

To get the admission you have to qualify in admission entrance test.

But in most of the other universities the minimum required qualification is 12th with PCM or Mathematics as main paper.

As per the eligibility criteria to join BCA course a candidate must have completed 12th from recognised board with minimum 50% marks and relaxation of 5% is given to SC and ST categories moreover you must have passed your class 12th with mathematics as a compulsory subject. As you have passed your commerce stream and now you want to join BCA so make sure that you must have studied mathematics in Airtel standard in order to join BCA because it is the basic requirement and you have to appear in the entrance exam if you want to take admission in government college of your state.

Being a Commerce student you can join BCA 3 year degree course after passing your 12th standard with commerce stream but you have to make sure that you must have studied mathematics in your 12th standard because only do students are eligible to join this course who studied mathematics in their intermediate and have passed their 12th with minimum 50% marks.
The top institutes of our country recruit entrance exam in order to take students to the score so you have to appear in the entrance exam otherwise money donation admission is also given in private management seats.

Originally Posted by Divisha Sethi

I am a student of class 12th having Commerce steam. Can I apply for BCA course after 12th examination? If yes, then what would be the criteria for applying into this course?

No, you are not eligible for BCA course.

Candidate should have completed 12th in any stream preferably Science stream with at least 50% marks with Mathematics as one of the subject of studies from a recognized Board are eligible for BCA course.

BCA stands for Bachelor of Computer Application course and it is three year undergraduate vocational course.

For the admission in course candidates have to qualify in entrance examination conducted by various universities.

The eligibility to appear for entrance examination to get admission in course is :-

Candidate must have passed 12th from a recognised board.

Candidate must have minimum 50% in 12th.

You are eligible for admission in only some of the universities as for most of the university the required education qualification is 12th with PCM.

For BCA course candidate must have passed 12th with Mathematics from a recognized board. If you have studied Mathematics in your 12th class then you are eligible for BCA course other wise not.

The selection of candidate for BCA course will be done on the basis of Entrance examination or on the basis of Merit list. So you can appear in entrance examination which is conducted by the University for BCA course. The Tentative dates for entrance examination will be uploaded on the official website.

BCA stands for Bachelor of Computer Application and same is a bachelor degree course of three years including six semesters which is a professional degree course having good career opportunities in software world.

The basic educational requirement for pursuing the same course is a higher secondary school degree in any discipline with Mathematics as main subject with at least 50% aggregate from a recognized board.

So being a commerce stream you are eligible for pursuing the same course only if you have studied Mathematics in your Class 12th.

Further as far as you are concerned about entrance examination for getting admission in same course then there is no national level entrance examination like JEE for admission B.tech, NEET for MBBS etc. rather top institutes conduct their respective entrance examinations and hence you will have to visit the official link of your desired college for knowing its admission procedure.

Some of the top colleges/universities in India for pursuing BCA degree course are as below :-

i) Presidency College, Bangalore.

ii) Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

iii) Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi.

iv) Christ University.

v) Commerce College, Jaipur, etc. .

BCA is the short form of Bachelor of Computer Applications. It is a full time computers course that is of duration 3 years and each year is further broken into two semesters each.

The Eligibility Conditions for BCA are:

1. It can be done by anybody that is 12th pass from a recognised school / college with a minimum of 45% marks.

2. There should be no backlogs at the time of admission

3. The fees for this course generally varies between 1.5 - 6 years depending on the college / university one is doing this from

4. Thus, a person with Commerce (with Mathematics) CAN take up BCA as his / her graduation. And make a career in the IT domain.

5. People with BCA background get jobs in the top IT companies such as Accenture, Cognizant, IBM, Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Syntel, Tech Mahindra, MindTree etc.

Also note that the average monthly salary of BCAs these days ranges from 20000 - 35000 per month. It may depend on your level of experience, knowledge, which college you have done your BCA from and various other factors.

Some of the top BCA colleges in India are:

Christ University, Bangalore
Presidency College, Bangalore
DAV College, Chandigarh
Madras Christian College, Chennai
Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Pune

Thus, with all the above info you should be well on your way to becoming a BCA in the coming years.

Yes, you are eligible to get admission in BCA course after 12th with commerce stream.

Candidates passed 12th from recognised board are eligible for the admission in course.

But, for admission in some of the universities it is necessary that candidate must have passed 12th with science stream.

So, visit the official website of university for details about admission.

Yes, you are eligible for BCA candidates who have passed 12th from any recognized board in any stream are eligible for this.

Colleges for BCA
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Cybotech
SMU
Amity university
Symbiosis institute
Delhi university