CMA Exam Dates 2025 Dec Session (OUT): Get Complete Exam Schedule

ICMAI has defined the deadline to fill the CMA application form for admission. Candidates willing to appear for the CMA June exam term must complete the online registration and enrol to the course by July 31. Candidates aspiring to appear for the CMA exam in December session must be enrolled with ICMAI on or before July 31. ICMAI may or may not extend the cutoff date for enrolment; however, the institute will publish a fresh notification mentioning the extension to fill the admission form.

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India conducts CMA exam twice in one year. CMA students can appear for both the sessions. However, for every exam take, candidates need to fill and submit the exam form. The exam form releases along with the exam dates of a particular session. The exam fees is released along with the exam dates and form. Candidates need to pay the exam fees based on the course level and the exam centre (inland or overseas). Along with the release of the dates, candidates can find the available exam centres for the CMA test session.

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, also known as ICMAI, typically releases the CMA admit card a week before the exam date. CMA students appearing for any of the three levels of the CMA course will get the admit cards on the official examination website. Downloading the CMA admit card will require the candidates to provide their registration number as the login credential. CMA admit card for Intermediate and Final course exam releases on the same date. While the CMA Foundation admit card will release on a separate date.

Candidates aspiring to apear for CMA exam in December 2023 term must have enrol themselves to the CMA course before July 31. CMA admission forms date for exam to be conducted in December is extended to August 17. Once the candidates are enrolled to the CMA course, they need to fill and submit the CMA exam form for Foundation exam to be conducted under December 2023 term. Already enrolled students are also required to fill and submit the CMA Decvember 2023 exam form.

ICMAI releases the CMA exam form along with the exam dates. Candidates need to follow the steps mentioned below to complete the CMA exam registration for December 2023 exam term:

1. Visit the official website of ICMAI (Institute of Cost Accountants of India).
2. Click on the "Students" tab and select "Examination".
3. Click on the tab for "Online Exam Application Form" from the sidebar.
4. Fill details in the CMA exam form for Foundation course followed by payment of exam fees.
5. Submit the application form and take a printout of the confirmation page for future reference.

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)

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, also known as ICMAI, releases the CMA exam dates for all three levels, including Foundation. CMA exam is conducted across two sessions, namely June and December. ICMAI releases the CMA Foundation exam dates for June term in the month of January. Soon after the exam dates are released, ICMAI facilitates a window to fill the exam form.

All CMA students have to fill the exam form to appear for the exam as per the schedule notified.