Summary: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has announced that its next Information Systems Audit (ISA) Course Assessment Test under the 3.0 Syllabus will be held on 28 November 2026 (Saturday), from 9 AM to 1 PM (IST), in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. The test is open only to ICAI members who are registered for the ISA course and meet the prescribed eligibility criteria. It will be held at the listed examination cities if sufficient candidates opt for those locations; ICAI may withdraw a centre at any stage. The examination fee is ₹2,000. Eligible members must apply online at https://isaat.icai.org between 8 October and 21 October 2026 and pay the fee online using an accepted card, net banking or BHIM UPI. The list includes nine cities each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Members seeking background on the qualification may read TaxGuru’s guide to the ISA 3.0 course.
THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
[Set up by an Act of Parliament]
23rd September 2026
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Subject: Information Systems Audit – Assessment Test (ISA – AT), 28th November 2026
Members are hereby informed that the next Information Systems Audit (ISA) Course Assessment Test (3.0 Syllabus) which is open to the members of the Institute will be held on 28th November 2026 (Saturday) from 9 AM to 1 PM (IST) through Computer Based Test (CBT) Mode only at the following cities provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear there from.
| Name of the State | No. of Cities | Name of the Examination City |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 4 | Guntur, Rajamahendravaram, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam |
| Assam | 1 | Guwahati |
| Bihar | 1 | Patna |
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | Bilaspur and Raipur |
| Chandigarh | 1 | Chandigarh |
| Delhi / New Delhi | 1 | Delhi / New Delhi |
| Goa | 1 | Goa |
| Gujarat | 4 | Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara |
| Haryana | 2 | Gurgaon (Gurugram) and Hisar |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | Shimla |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 1 | Jammu |
| Karnataka | 3 | Belgaum, Bengaluru and Mangalore |
| Kerala | 1 | Ernakulam |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore and Jabalpur |
| Maharashtra | 9 | Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune and Solapur |
| Odisha | 1 | Bhubaneswar |
| Punjab | 1 | Ludhiana |
| Rajasthan | 4 | Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur and Jodhpur |
| Sikkim | 1 | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | Chennai, Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli |
| Telangana | 1 | Hyderabad |
| Uttar Pradesh | 9 | Agra, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | 1 | Dehradun |
| West Bengal | 1 | Kolkata |
The Council reserves the right to withdraw any centre at any stage without assigning any reason. The above Test is open only to the Members of the Institute who are already registered with the Institute for the ISA course and fulfill the eligibility criteria laid down. The fee payable for the above Assessment Test is ₹ 2000/-.
An application for admission to the Information Systems Audit (ISA) Course – Assessment Test is required to be made on-line at https://isaat.icai.org from 8th October 2026 (Thursday) to 21st October 2026 (Wednesday) and remit the examination fee of ₹ 2000/- on-line by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO Credit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking / Bhim UPI.
(CA. Anand Kumar Chaturvedi)
Joint Secretary (Examinations)
