The University of Hyderabad,(also referred to as Hyderabad Central University HCU) a premier institution of postgraduate teaching and research in the country, was established by an Act of Parliament (Act No. 39 of 1974) on 2nd October, 1974 as a Central University, wholly funded by the University Grants Commission.

The Department of Computer & Information Sciences (DCIS) offers programmes for post-graduate study like M.C.A., M.Tech. (Computer Science),M.Tech. (Artificial Intelligence), M.Tech. (Information Technology) with specialization in Banking Technology & Information Security, in collaboration with IDRBT and Ph.D. in Computer Science.

MCA course of UoH is rigorous and involves five semesters of course work and one semester of project work. The university has recently been ranked 3^rd in universities in India for the MCA programme.

Test pattern:

Duration of the exam - 2 hrs

Total marks - 100

Objective type questions in two parts with equal weightage.

Part 'A' deals with general mental ability (consisting of items on reasoning, analysis, comprehension and synthesis).

Part A consists of 25 objective type questions each for 2 marks

Marks for Part A - 50. There will be negative marking of 0.33 mark for every wrong answer.

Part 'B' deals with mathematical topics such as Sets, Relations, Integration, Differentiation, Analytical Geometry, Trigonometry, Vectors, Matrices, Determinants, Differential Equations, Elementary Probability and Statistics, Number Systems, Data Representation, Algorithms and Flowcharts.

Marks for Part B - 50 marks

Part B consists of 50 objective type questions each for one mark. There could be negative marking.

Intake - 60 students

Eligibility:

Bachelor’s degree with at least 60% marks in aggregate, in any discipline with mathematics as a main subject and studied as full papers in Higher Secondary (10+2) level is a mandatory prerequisite. For calculating the prescribed percentage of marks for admission to MCA course the marks obtained in the language papers of the qualifying degree will be excluded.

Important dates:

Download of Hall Tickets - 20^th January 2014

Date of Examination - 1^st Feb 2014 (10.00 a.m.)

Classes commence from - 15 July, 2014