Schedule of Intermediate & Foundation Examinations, January 2027.

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CA. Priya Tanvi   |   Published on: 24-09-2026 | 22 min read

Examination Department

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

23rd September 2026

 

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

No. 13-CA (EXAM)/JANUARY/2027: 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 and Intermediate 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.

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:    2nd, 4th & 6th January 2027

Group -II: 8th, 10th & 12th January 2027

FOUNDATION COURSE EXAMINATION

[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 25 F of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]

 
   

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. 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

*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).

PLACES OF EXAMINATION CITIES:

The Chartered Accountants Examinations, January 2027 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

Chhattisgarh

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

19

Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Palwal, 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

17

Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar,

Satna and Ujjain

Maharashtra

37

Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Badlapur, Baramati, 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

Aizawl

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

25

Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi, Bikaner,                    Bundi,  Chittorgarh,     Churu,              Hanumangarh,  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, Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal

Tripura

1

Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

21

Agra,   Aligarh,   Ayodhya,   Bareilly,   Bulandshahr,   Firozabad,          Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Hapur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Modinagar,

Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Prayagraj, 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 AND INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS ONLY]

The January 2027 Examinations will also be held at 3 (Three) overseas examination cities, namely:

Overseas

Bahrain, Dubai (UAE) and Kathmandu (Nepal)

The Examination commencement timing at Dubai Centre will be 12.30 PM i.e., Dubai local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Bahrain Centre will be 11.30 AM i.e., Bahrain 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 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 and Intermediate Examinations will be required to apply online at https://eservices.icai.org (Self Service Portal - SSP) for January 2027 Examination and also pay the requisite examination fee online. These forms are based on the eligibility of the course based on announcements and regulations. These forms will be available on SSP, the students be requested to login with their 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 the students had never registered as a user in SSP, they have to open the following URL: https://eservices.icai.org. They have to use forgot password option in case they have forgotten or lost the 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 dates(s) may be noted: -

Details

Dates

Commencement of submission of online examination application forms

3rd November 2026

[Tuesday]

Last date for submission of online examination application forms (without late fee)

16th November 2026

[Monday]

Last date for submission of online examination application forms (with late fee of ₹ 600/- or US $ 10)

19th November 2026

[Thursday]

Students seeking change of examination city / medium, the correction window for the examination forms already filled will be available during the dates mentioned

20th November 2026

[Friday]

To

22nd November 2026

[Sunday]

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 Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre(s)

Single Group / Unit (All except 2)

US$ 325

Both Groups / Unit 2

US$ 500

For Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre(s)

Single Group / Unit (All except 2)

INR ₹ 2200

Both Groups / Unit 2

INR ₹ 3400

Foundation Course Examination

For Indian Centre(s)

₹ 1500/-

For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre(s)

US$ 325

For Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre(s)

INR ₹ 2200

The late fee for submission of examination application form after the scheduled last date would be ₹ 600/- (for Indian / Kathmandu (Nepal) Centres) and US $ 10 (for Abroad Centres) as decided by the Council.

Examination fee can be remitted online 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 and Intermediate 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)


About the Author

Written by CA. Priya Tanvi • 24-09-2026

CA. Priya Tanvi specializes in accounting compliance, GST advisory, and business reporting for small and growing enterprises. She works with business owners to improve record-keeping and financial clarity. Her articles focus on practical compliance solutions and operational discipline.

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