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ICAI CA Foundation Exam 2025 ( CA Foundation )

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Exam On: 12 Jan '25

Vipra Shrivastava

Vipra ShrivastavaSenior Manager - Content

Updated on Oct 1, 2024 11:29 IST

CA Foundation is conducted in over 190 cities across India and in 8 cities abroad. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) conducts the CA exams at designated test centres in these cities in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. Candidates can select the city for test centre allotment for ICAI CA Foundation 2025 exams in the ICAI CA application forms online.

ICAI shares the list of CA test cities for every phase of Foundation, Intermediate and Final exams. Candidates can check below the list of test cities in which the CA Foundation exam January 2025 will be conducted.

Q:   In how many cities is ICAI CA exam held?

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CA exams are held in over 150 cities across India and in 8 overseas locations – Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Kampala, Kathmandu, Kuwait and Muscat. Candidates can choose their preferred test cities while filling the CA exam application form. If they wish to change the test city preference, they can do so only when the form correction window is open.

Indian cities where the CA exams are held include Port Blair, Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar and Tinsukia, Bilaspur, Durg, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Chandigarh, Delhi, Mapusa, Margao, Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara and Vapi, Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar, Shimla, Jammu, Srinagar, Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi, Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi, Vijayapura, Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhindwara Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain, Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nasik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal, Shillong, Balangir, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur, Puducherry, Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur, Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur, Gangtok, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram, Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal, Agartala, Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur, Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri.

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Q:   How can I choose my test city for CA exam?

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The option to select test city for CA exam is given in the application form. The ICAI CA exam is held in over 180 cities across India. Candidates can select up to 3 cities as their preferred location. They have to select the city/cities of their choice in the form in order of 1-3. The test centre will be allotted to candidates as per their first preference and availability of seat. If the seat is already filled in the test centre of the city of first preference, the candidate will be allotted a test centre in the second city of preference.

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Q:   Can I change my test city after submitting the CA exam form?

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Yes, candidates can change their test city preference after submitting the CA exam form but they can do so only when the examination authority opens the form correction window. The form correction facility is opened for 2-3 days in every exam phase. The form correction window usually opens a day after the last date of CA exam form submission. During the form correction window, candidates can change image, signature, test cities and exam medium.

CA form correction is a one-time activity and of you don’t make the changes in the form while the window is open, you will not be allowed to make any changes in the form later.

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Q:   What details will be mentioned in ICAI CA admit card?

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The ICAI CA admit card of every candidate will contain personal information and test centre details which include candidate’s name, candidate’s address, candidate’s roll number, exam group, test city, medium of examination, candidate’s registration number, candidate’s mobile phone number, test centre address, candidate’s photo and signature. Every candidate should check the information printed on the CA admit card for errors and misprint and in case of any, they must get it rectified by the testing agency before the commencement of the exam.

Incase, the photograph and signature of the candidate are not there on the ICAI CA admit card, they need to get their photograph & signature attested by a member of the Institute on his letterhead, indicating inter alia the name, registration number, exam, month and year of exam, roll number, medium, group, centre and postal address and carry the same to the examination centre, in duplicate, as proof of his/her identity.

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ICAI CA Foundation Exam Centers 2025

Following are the cities where the ICAI CA exams will be held for Foundation courses. Candidates are required to select exam cities in the ICAI CA application form 2024 for allotment of exam centre. The test centre address will be mentioned on the candidate's ICAI CA Foundation 2024 admit card. 

State

CA Exam Cities for 2025 exams

Andaman Nicobar

Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar and Tinsukia

Bihar

Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur,
Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Siwan

Chhattisgarh

Bilaspur, Durg, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Delhi / New Delhi

Delhi / New Delhi

Goa

Mapusa, Margao

Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar,
Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur,
Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara and Vapi

Haryana

Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram),
Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa,
Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu, Srinagar

Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and
Ranchi

Karnataka

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

Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam
(Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and
Thrissur

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhindwara Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa,
Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain

Maharashtra

Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhiwandi,
Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna,
Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nasik, Navi Mumbai,
Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara,
Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal

Meghalaya

Shillong

Manipur

Imphal

Mizoram

Aizawal

Odisha

Balangir, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda,
Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur

Puducherry

Puducherry

Punjab

Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patiala
and Sangrur

Rajasthan

Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi
Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali -
Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur

Sikkim

Gangtok

Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur,
Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam,
Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Theni, Tiruchirapalli,
Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram

Telangana

Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda,
Nizamabad and Warangal

 Tripura  Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad,
Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad,
Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi

Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur

West Bengal

Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri

ICAI Exam 2024 Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CA Foundation 2025 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates

12 Jan '25

CA Foundation Paper I Jan 2025

16 Jan '25

CA Foundation Paper 2 Jan 2025

18 Jan '25

CA Foundation Paper 3 Jan 2025

20 Jan '25

CA Foundation Paper 4 Jan 2025

DatesPast Exam Dates

04 Jan '25

CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 2 - Paper 4

03 Jan '25

CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 2 - Paper 3

02 Jan '25

CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 2 -Paper 2

ICAI CA Exam Centres (Overseas)

The CA examinations for Foundation, Intermediate and Final courses are also held overseas. This year the exams will be held in eight foreign cities. NRI/PIO or Foreign national candidates can select from the following test cities for ICAI CA exam:

  1. Abu Dhabi
  2. Bahrain
  3. Thimpu
  4. Doha
  5. Dubai
  6. Kathmandu
  7. Muscat
  8. Kuwait

Important Points Related to ICAI CA Exam Centres 2025

  • Candidates must select the CA Foundation test cities for centre allotment carefully and as per their residence at the time of exam.
  • The preferred test city can be changed only during the CA form correction process initiated by the ICAI.
  • Candidates will not be allowed to change their test city after ICAI CA admit cards are released.
  • In case, the ICAI changes any test centre, candidates will be informed well in advance.
  • At the ICAI CA exam centre, candidates must follow guidelines mentioned in their hal ticket.
  • No electronic item will be allowed inside the CA exam centre, thus candidates must avoid carrying mobile phone, iwatch, ipad, calculators, digital watch, etc.
  • No stationary apart from blue/black ball point pen will be allowed inside the CA exam centre for Foundation exam.

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