At Bharathidasan University, the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) degree is offered in a semester-wise system. The course comprises of 6 semesters and the duration of the program is three years.

In India as well as abroad, there are plenty of jobs available for candidates with an MCA degree. Most jobs are available in the software and IT sector. Companies all over the world are recruiting candidates with MCA qualification regularly. This is a huge acknowledgement to the importance and value of the course and its students.

An MCA graduate can get a job as a junior programmer and rapidly get promoted to a systems analyst or a project leader. If the course is further more designed towards the research part, there is a tremendous scope for students to pursue higher studies. The application of MCA in various areas include banking sector, order processing in stock and share market, e-commerce, networking and communication, embedded  technologies and many more.