The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has announced the schedule for its Foundation, Intermediate, and Final Course Examinations to be held in September 2025. Final Course exams are set for September 3, 6, 8 (Group-I) and 10, 12, 14 (Group-II). Intermediate Course exams will take place on September 4, 7, 9 (Group-I) and 11, 13, 15 (Group-II). The Foundation Course examination is scheduled for September 16, 18, 20, and 22. No examinations are scheduled on September 5, 2025, due to Milad-un-Nabi. Most papers will be three hours long, with specific timings for Foundation Papers 3 & 4 (two hours) and Final Paper 6 (four hours), commencing at 2 PM IST. An advance reading time of 15 minutes will be provided for most papers, except for Foundation Papers 3 & 4 and the MCQ portion of composite papers. Exams will be conducted in numerous cities across India and nine overseas locations. Online application forms will be available on the ICAI e-services portal from July 5, 2025, with a deadline of July 18, 2025, without a late fee, and July 21, 2025, with a late fee. Examination fees vary by course and location. Candidates have the option to answer papers in English or Hindi.
THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
(Set Up by an Act of Parliament)
Examination Department
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
30th May 2025
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 13-CA (EXAM)/SEPTEMBER/2025: In pursuance of Regulation 22 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is pleased to announce that the next Chartered Accountants Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations will be held on the dates and places which are given below provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each of the below mentioned places.
FINAL COURSE EXAMINATION
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 31 of the Chartered
Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| Group-I: 3rd, 6th & 8th September 2025 |
| Group-II: 10th, 12th & 14th September 2025 |
INTERMEDIATE COURSE EXAMINATION
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 F of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| Group -I: 4th, 7th & 9th September 2025 |
| Group -II: 11th, 13th & 15th September 2025 |
FOUNDATION COURSE EXAMINATION
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 25 F of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| 16th, 18th, 20th & 22nd September 2025 |
No examination is scheduled on 5th September 2025 (Friday) on account of Milad – un – Nabi, being a compulsory (gazetted) Central Government holiday as per F. No. 12/2/2023-JCA dated 9.7.2024 issued by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Government of India.
It may be emphasized that there would be no change in the examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination schedule being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government / Local Bodies.
Paper(s) 3 & 4 of Foundation Examination are of 2 hours duration. Similarly, Paper – 6 of Final Examination is of 4 hours duration. However, all other examinations are of 3 hours duration, and the examination wise timing(s) are given below:
| Examination | Paper(s) | Exam. Timings (IST) | Duration |
| Foundation | Paper 1 & 2 | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| Paper 3 & 4* | 2 PM to 4 PM | 2 Hours | |
| Intermediate | All Papers | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| Final | Paper 1 to 5 | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| Paper 6 | 2 PM to 6 PM | 4 Hours |
*In Paper 3 and 4 of Foundation Examination there will not be any advance reading time, whereas in all other papers / exams mentioned above, an advance reading time of 15 minutes will be given from 1.45 PM (IST) to 2 PM (IST).
Further, in case of composite papers having both MCQs based & Descriptive Question Papers, seal of MCQs based Question Paper shall be opened at 2 PM (IST), in other words there will be no advance reading time for MCQs based Question Papers.
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CITIES:
The Chartered Accountants Examinations for September 2025 will be held in the following Indian cities:
| Name of the State |
(No. of Cities) |
Name of the Examination City |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
1 | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh | 14 | Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram |
| Assam | 6 | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur and Tinsukia |
| Bihar | 12 | Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Siwan |
| Chattisgarh | 6 | Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon |
| Chandigarh | 1 | Chandigarh |
| Delhi / New Delhi | 1 | Delhi / New Delhi |
| Goa | 2 | Mapusa and Margao |
| Gujarat | 23 | Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Morbi, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad and Vapi |
| Haryana | 18 | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | Shimla |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | Jammu and Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | 7 | Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi |
| Karnataka | 23 | Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura |
| Kerala | 14 | Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur |
| Madhya Pradesh | 16 | Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain |
| Maharashtra | 36 | Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal |
| Manipur | 1 | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | 1 | Shillong |
| Mizoram | 1 | Aizawal |
| Nagaland | 1 | Dimapur |
| Odisha | 10 | Balangir, Balasore, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | 1 | Puducherry |
| Punjab | 8 | Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patiala and Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | 23 | Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali – Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur |
| Sikkim | 1 | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | 28 | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram |
| Telangana | 8 | Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal |
| Tripura | 1 | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh |
19 | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Hapur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | 4 | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur |
| West Bengal | 7 | Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri |
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CITIES OVERSEAS:
[FOR FOUNDATION, INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS ONLY]
The September 2025 Examinations will also be held at 9 (Nine) overseas examination cities, namely:
| Overseas | Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Thimpu (Bhutan), Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu (Nepal), Kuwait, Muscat and Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) |
The Examination commencement timing at Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat Centres will be 12.30 PM i.e., Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM. (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait and Riyadh Centres will be 11.30 AM i.e., Bahrain / Doha / Kuwait / Riyadh local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement Timing at Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre will be 2.15 PM Nepal local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Thimpu (Bhutan) Centre will be 2.30 PM Bhutan local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST).
The ICAI reserves the right to withdraw any city / centre at any stage without assigning any reason.
Online filling Up of Examination Forms:
All candidates in respect of Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations will be required to apply online at https://eservices.icai.org (Self Service Portal – SSP) for September 2025 Examination and also pay the requisite examination fee online. These forms are based on your eligibility of your course based on announcements and regulations. These forms will be available on SSP, and you are requested to login with your credentials (Username <SRN@icai.org> and password). These Exam forms will be available in SSP effective designated dates as announced on www.icai.org.
Kindly Note: If you have never registered as a user in SSP, kindly open the following URL: https://eservices.icai.org Please use forgot password option in case you have forgotten or lost your password. Students are also requested to Create Username, Register Course, Convert Course, Revalidate, Update Photo, Signature and Address on SSP only.
OPENING & CLOSING OF ONLINE WINDOW FOR SUBMISSION OF EXAMINATION APPLICATION FORMS.
The Following date(s) may be noted: –
| Details | Dates |
| Commencement of submission of online examination application forms | 5th July 2025 [Saturday] |
| Last date for submission of online examination application forms (without late fees) | 18th July 2025 [Friday] |
| Last date for submission of online examination application forms (with late fees of ` 600/- or US $ 10) | 21st July 2025 [Monday] |
| Students seeking change of examination city /medium, the correction window for the examination forms already filled will be available during the dates mentioned | 22nd July 2025 [Tuesday]To |
| 24th July 2025 [Thursday] |
Examination fee
The examination fee(s) for various courses are as under: —
| Intermediate Course Examination | |
| For Indian Centre(s) | |
| Single Group / Unit (All except 2) | ₹ 1500/- |
| Both Groups / Unit 2 | ₹ 2700/- |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre | |
| Single Group / Unit (All except 2) | US$ 325 |
| Both Groups / Unit 2 | US$ 500 |
| For Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) | |
| Single Group / Unit (All except 2) | INR ₹ 2200 |
| Both Groups / Unit 2 | INR ₹ 3400 |
| Final Course Examination | |
| For Indian Centre(s) | |
| Single Group | ₹ 1800/- |
| Both Groups | ₹ 3300/- |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre | |
| Single Group | US$ 325 |
| Both Groups | US$ 550 |
| For Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) | |
| Single Group | INR ₹ 2200 |
| Both Groups | INR ₹ 4000 |
| Foundation Course Examination | |
| For Indian Centre(s) | ₹ 1500/- |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) | US$ 325 |
| For Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) | INR ₹ 2200 |
The late fee for submission of examination application form after the scheduled last date would be ` 600/- (for Indian / Bhutan / Kathmandu Centres) and US $ 10 (for Abroad Centres) as decided by the Council.
Examination fee can be remitted on-line by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO Credit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking / Bhim UPI.
OPTION TO ANSWER PAPERS IN HINDI:
Candidates of Foundation, Intermediate & Final Examinations will be allowed to opt for English / Hindi medium for answering papers. Detailed information will be found in guidance notes hosted at https://eservices.icai.org
The Candidates are advised to note the above and stay in touch with the website of the Institute, www.icai.org
(CA. ANAND KUMAR CHATURVEDI)
JOINT SECRETARY (EXAMINATIONS)
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