( A CENTRAL UNIVERSITY )

The University has 7 schools, 25 departments, 2 centres and 1 chair. There are two off-campus centres functioning in Mahe and Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands). The University is offering 27 Ph.D. programmes, 19 M.Phil., 29 PG, M.Tech. in one discipline, One Advanced PG Diploma, one PG Diploma and 3 five-year Integrated PG courses.

Department of Computer Science is offering M.Sc Computer Science, M.C.A (Master of Computer Application), M.Tech Computer Science & Engg., Ph.D Computer Science & Engg. Part-time (Internal & External).

The Department aims at imparting quality education in Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology through various post-graduate programmes. It also offers an atmosphere conducive for research scholars for pursuing research in various advanced areas of Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology.

Eligibility(MCA):Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Applications / Commerce / Economics / Corporate Secretaryship / Business Administration with Mathematics / Business Mathematics / Statistics / Computer Applications as one of the subjects or Bachelors degree in science with Mathematics/Science as one of the subjects with a minimum of 55% marks.

Number of Seats: 46 in puducherry and 31 in karikal

Type of paper:Multiple choice objective type questions.

No. of questions: 100 ( 2010 paper ).Each question carries 4 marks    

Duration of Test: 2 hours

Negative marking: 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer

Test centres:Ahmedabad,Bangalore,Bhopal,Bhubaneshwar,chandigarh,Chennai,  coimbatore,Goa,Guwhati,Hyderabad,Jammu,Jhalander,Karaikkal,Kochi,Kolkata,kozhikode,Lucknow,Madurai,Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysore, New Delhi,Pune, Patna,Pondicherry,Port Blair,Ranchi,Shillong,Srinagar,Trichy, Tiruvananthapuram,Vijayawada,Vizag

Syllabus:There is no section wise break up in the question paper. The question paper covers the questions from areas like Comprehension and Verbal ability (Verbal analogies, Fill in the blanks etc.), Logical reasoning (Coding Decoding, Series etc.), Analytical Ability, Mathematics (Intermediate level i.e. +2 level) and Computer Awareness.

Paper pattern of 2010 Entrance:The 2010 entrance paper had 100 questions. The weightage of various test areas in the 2010 entrance, when compared to that of previous years is given below.

There was one thing which was unusual about the 2007,2008 2009 & 2010 entrances – there were no questions from +2 Mathematics. Generally 15 – 20 questions appear from Maths(+2 level) every year.

Selection process: The Selection of the candidate will be based on the marks obtained in the entrance examination only.

Important Dates:

Website: www.pondiuni.edu

 e-mail: prodesk@pu.pon.nic.in

Phone: 0413 – 2655991 – 98 (8 lines), 2655179

Fax: 0413- 2655734

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 The above information is obtained from the notifications / websites / information brochures of various institutes / universities and also from the students who have appeared for these entrance exams.