A Bachelor’s degree with Second Class Honours Grade I (equivalent to 66‑74 % / GPA ~ 3.2/4.0 or 7.5/10.0 for India) in Computer Science or a closely related field, with at least 50% credits in CS/IT subjects including: Object‑oriented programming & problem solving, Data structures, Operating systems, Computer networks,Relational databases, Software engineering. successful completion of the Higher Diploma in Applied Computing Technology (UCC code CKo08) with First Class Honours (≥ 70 %) including the key programming module CS5222 with ≥ 70% grade.