CMA Exam Dates 2026: June Result Date & Dec Exam Schedule

CMA exam is highly competitive and is tough to pass. The pass percentage in CMA exam typically remains below 20 per cent.

Ths institute of Cost Accountants of India, commonly known as ICMAI, releases the CMA results in two to three months of the exam dates for Intermediare and Final courses. CMA Foundation results are released comparatively early. Owing to a MCQ based question pattern in CMA Foundation exam, the results for CMA foundation are typically released within a month of the exam date.

CMA Intermediate results and CMA Final results are released on a  same date. However, the link to check the CMA Intermediate results and CMA Final results are hosted on the separate windows.

Candidates cannot change the CMA exam centre once they submit the exam form. However, change in the centre preference may be allowed if ICMAI hosts a form correction window.

CMA Intermediate Course Group - I

• PAPER 5: Business Lawns and Ethics (BLE)
• PAPER 6: Financial Accounting (FA)
• PAPER 7: Direct and Indirect Taxation (DITX)
• PAPER 8: Cost Accounting (CA)

CMA Intermediate Course Group - II

• PAPER 9: Operations Management and Strategic Management (OMSM) 
• PAPER 10: Corporate Accounting and Auditing (CAA)
• PAPER 11: Financial Management and Business Data Analytics (FMDA) 
• PAPER 12: Management Accounting (MA)

Candidates can find the CMA syllabus on the official website. Candidates can also find the CMA syllabus on the shiksha's CMA syllabus webpage (https://www.shiksha.com/accounting-commerce/accounting/cma-exam-syllabus)

Candidates filling the CMA examination form for Foundation course must pay the exam fee on or before the deadline. The exam fee varies based on the choice of exam centre, i.e. inland or overseas exam centres. Candidates choosing an inland exam centre need to pay INR 1200 as the exam application fee. Whereas, candidates choosing a overseas exam centre preference have to pay USD 60.

The examination fee is to be paid online by the candidates choosing an inland exam centre. While the candidates choosing an overseas exam centre must send a demand draft along with the form.

No, ICMAI releasea a common CMA admit card for all subjects under each exam level. Candidates appearing for CMA Final exam will be issued one admit card for all subject paper he/she has to appear for. Candidates who apply for both groups of CMA Final exam will have to carry the same admit card to all eight subject papers conducted on eight different days. Similarly, a common admit card will be issued for CMA intermediate subject papers.

CMA admit card download process requires the candidates to provide the login credentials generated at the time of exam form submission.

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, also known as ICMAI, releases CMA admit card. Candidates have to download CMA admit card from the official website.

CMA Foundation results release within a month of the exam date. Candidates can check the CMA Foundation results on the official student website of ICMAI. The prediction of release of CMA Foundation results within month has been based on the previous year trends.

However, in some of the past session, CMA Foundation exam was conducted as an online proctored test where the results were out within 15 days of the exam date. In the current session, the CMA Foundation exam is being conducted as an OMR based offline test. Therefore, evaluating the CMA Foundation answer sheets may become a bit tough. For the latest updates on CMA Foundation dates, refer to shiksha's CMA dates article (https://www.shiksha.com/accounting-commerce/accounting/cma-exam-dates)