The process of getting admission into a good college offering BCA can be both exciting and tedious at the same time. Not only do candidates have to appear for the BCA entrance exam, but they also need to go through a selection process that includes counselling. BCA entrance counselling is matching the candidates’ preferences with the available seats in the colleges and universities. It is a centralised system where students must register themselves first. 

In India, there are over 4,200 colleges that provide BCA programmes in full-time, part-time, and online formats. The admission requirements for each institution providing the BCA course vary among universities or institutions. Most institutions will consider the BCA entrance exam score followed by a counselling session, or admission will be granted based on 12th-grade performance. Read on to find more details on BCA Entrance counselling.

BCA Entrance Counselling: Selection Process

The BCA Entrance tests are conducted at the national and state levels. You can get admission to the BCA program on the basis of the BCA admission cutoff and counselling outcome. 

Some of the best colleges and universities, like GGSIPU, KIIT, SIU, GITAM, and others, hold their own entrance tests to choose applicants for the BCA degree. All these universities release their BCA cutoff and conduct counselling after the declaration of the results.

Below is a list of the various stages included in BCA Entrance counselling:

• Registration
• Choice Filling and Locking
• Seat Allotment
• Seat Acceptance
• Reporting at the Allotted College

BCA Entrance Counselling: Documents Required

Candidates who get a seat allocation need to report at the designated college before or on the stipulated date and time. Additionally, it is essential to carry the following documents for verification purposes:

S.No.	Documents
1	Mark Sheets of Class 10th and 12th
2	Transfer and Migration Certificates
3	Category Certificate (If Applicable)
4	Gap Certificate (If Applicable)
5	Passport Size Photographs
6	Admission Fee Slip or Demand Draft
7	Character Certificate
8	Documents Supporting Date of Birth, i.e. High School Certificate, etc.
9	Counselling Letter
10	Photocopy of Each Document: Self-Attested (In case the candidates are unable to produce the original documents)

BCA Entrance Counselling: Deemed Universities

If you wish to pursue BCA at a deemed university, you should know that some of the best colleges, such as LPU, Amity, and Jain University, take admission through the BCA entrance test. In these institutes, the seats are allotted depending on the performance in the entrance test, Class 12 performance, and BCA Entrance counselling.

On the other hand, some deemed universities directly allow admissions based on academic performance in Class 12. We recommend you check the respective university’s official website for entrance test eligibility before applying for admission. 

BCA Entrance Counselling: Government Colleges

Many top government institutions in India provide BCA courses through the entrance test conducted at the central level. Admission to these BCA colleges depends on merit or the scores obtained by candidates in the entrance exam. These universities release a cut-off list based on which candidates are called for centralised counselling.

Top Government Colleges Offering BCA in India

Some of the top government colleges offering BCA courses are listed below:

Colleges	Location
BAOU Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad
Nizam College	Hyderabad
Calicut University	Calicut
Lucknow University	Lucknow
GGSIPU – Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University	New Delhi
IGNOU – Indira Gandhi National Open University	New Delhi
Mahatma Gandhi University	Delhi
Jamia Hamdard University	Delhi
University of Mumbai	Mumbai
Nalanda College	Patna
North Bengal University – NBU	Kolkata
Gujarat University	Vadodara
Ness Wadia College of Commerce	Pune
Tamil Nadu Open University – TNOU	Chennai
MAKAUT – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology	Kolkata

FAQs on BCA Entrance Counselling

Some of the most frequent questions on BCA counselling are discussed below:

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