CA Eligibility

Hi Guru,
All students aspiring to become Chartered Accountants must register for Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Chartered Accountancy can be pursued after Class 10+2 or graduation.
On passing Class 10 examination students may register for Common Proficiency Test ,which is held in Common Proficiency Test examinations are held in June & December every year.
A student who has passed Common Proficiency Test (CPT) and Senior Secondary Examination (10+2 examination may join the Professional Competence Course (PCC).
Simultaneously, the student must register for articled training of a period of three and half years.
After 3 months of article ship student has to register and undergo 100 Hours Information Technology Training.
A student can appear in Professional Competence Examination (PCE) after successful completion of 100 Hours of Information Technology Training and also completion of 15 months of articled training three months.
This must end prior to the first day of the month in which Professional Competence Examination (PCE) is to be held i.e. after completion of 15 months of articled training as on 1st February/1st August for appearing in May/November Examination or 18 months of articled training as on 1st May/November.
Graduate & Post graduate entry- From August 2012 graduates and Postgraduates can enroll directly for the Integrated Professional Competency Course(IPCC).
After registering for the program, aspirants undergo three years of training under a practicing chartered accountant.
On the successful completion of nine months training, they can appear for the IPCC exam.
They will also have to complete the 100 hours of Information Technology Training Course and 35 hours of orientation course.
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Hi,
If you mean Chartered Accountant (CA) then please remember all students aspiring to become Chartered Accountants must register for Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Chartered Accountancy can be pursued after completing class 10+2 or after completing graduation.
On passing Class 10 examination students may register for Common Proficiency Test ,which is held in June & December every year.
A student who has passed Common Proficiency Test (CPT) and Senior Secondary Examination (10+2 examination may join the Professional Competence Course (PCC). Simultaneously, the student must register for articled training of a period of three and half years.
After 3 months of article ship student has to register and undergo 100 Hours Information Technology Training.
A student can appear in Professional Competence Examination (PCE) after successful completion of 100 Hours of Information Technology Training and also completion of 15 months of articled training three months. This must end prior to the first day of the month in which Professional Competence Examination (PCE) is to be held i.e. after completion of 15 months of articled training as on 1st February/1st August for appearing in May/November Examination or 18 months of articled training as on 1st May/November.
Graduate & Post graduate entry -From August 2012 graduates and Postgraduates can enroll directly for the Integrated Professional Competency Course(IPCC).
After registering for the program, aspirants undergo three years of training under a practicing chartered accountant. On the successful completion of nine months training, they can appear for the IPCC exam.
They will also have to complete the 100 hours of Information Technology Training Course and 35 hours of orientation course.
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Hi,
If you mean Chartered Accountant (CA) then please remember all students aspiring to become Chartered Accountants must register for Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Chartered Accountancy can be pursued after Class 10+2 or graduation.
On passing Class 10 examination students may register for Common Proficiency Test ,which is held in June & December every year.
A student who has passed Common Proficiency Test (CPT) and Senior Secondary Examination (10+2 examination may join the Professional Competence Course (PCC).
Simultaneously, the student must register for articled training of a period of three and half years.
After 3 months of article ship student has to register and undergo 100 Hours Information Technology Training.
A student can appear in Professional Competence Examination (PCE) after successful completion of 100 Hours of Information Technology Training and also completion of 15 months of articled training three months.
This must end prior to the first day of the month in which Professional Competence Examination (PCE) is to be held i.e. after completion of 15 months of articled training as on 1st February/1st August for appearing in May/November Examination or 18 months of articled training as on 1st May/November.
Graduate & Post graduate entry:
From August 2012 graduates and Postgraduates can enroll directly for the Integrated Professional Competency Course(IPCC).
After registering for the program, aspirants undergo three years of training under a practicing chartered accountant. On the successful completion of nine months training, they can appear for the IPCC exam. They will also have to complete the 100 hours of Information Technology Training Course and 35 hours of orientation course.
Feel free to raise more questions. Appreciate by giving it thumbs up or marking as best.
All the Best.

Hi,
Since you are a graduate, you can avail exemptions from the first stage of CA program, i.e. CPT (Common Proficiency Test).
Commerce graduates with 50% marks, non-commerce graduates with subjects other than Mathematics with an aggregate of 55% marks and non-commerce graduates with Maths with an aggregate of 60% marks are exempted from the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) and are permitted to register for Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC).
You can follow the procedure mentioned below-
* Register/Enroll for Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC)
* Complete 9 months of Study Course.
* Complete 100 hours of Information Technology Training (ITT).
* Complete Orientation Course (35 hours spread over one week).
* Pass Group I or both Groups of Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE).
* Register as Articled Assistant for a period of 3 years.
* Pass Group II of IPCC if not already passed.
* Appear in Final Examination during last 6 months of 3 years of articled training.
* Pass both the Groups of Final examination.
* Get Final Examination Certificate.
* Complete remaining period of articled training, if applicable
* Complete Course on General Management and Communication Skill
* Enroll as a member of ICAI and designate as "Chartered Accountant"
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Hi Niraj,
No, it is not necessary to do graduation. You just need to clear both groups of IPCC and complete 2.5 years of articleship training before appearing in CA final exams. However students generally go for graduation along with CA because of the following reasons :
- it acts as a protection when students are not sure about clearing their CA exams.
- it also adds a degree to their C.V
You can do your graduation from IGNOU, NSOU, University of Madras and Bharthiar University. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ( ICAI ) has entered into MOUs with these universities because of which students doing CA will be exempted from giving certain papers of graduation.
For updates, go to ICAI website.
All the best. Hope u make it big. :)