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ICSI CS Executive exam duration for each paper is three hours. CS Executive examination is divided into two groups. Gorup 1 consist of four papers whereas, group 2 consists of three papers. ICSI conducts each paper of each group on different days.

CSEET exam is conducted in remote proctored mode. The exam is not held at exam centres. Hence, ICSI has not updated or released the CSEET exam centres list. Candidates can take CSEET exam from their home.

ICSI will now conduct CSEET three times in a year- February, June and October. The dates for next session have been released by ICSI on official website.

CSEET exam is conducted in online proctored mode. In this mode of examination candidates will be able to take the exam form their own laptops/desktops. In such a case, no candidate shall be allowed to keep with him/her any book, study material, handwritten or printed notes, mobile phone, headphone, earphone, pager, digital diary, calculator, blue tooth device, laptop, palmtop, smart watch, health band or any other electronic device or gadget. Also, candidates are also not allowed to use pencil/ pen and Paper for the online test. No person, other than the CSEET registered candidate, shall be present for the test. Candidate should not talk to any one during the test or read questions / answers aloud. If found, such candidates will be disqualified.

If candidates are found to be violating the guidelines during the test or trying to practice unfair means, the data will be collected automatically and will automatically notify the live proctor under the following circumstances:

1. Focus changed to another window: candidate is on other tab than test window.
2. Candidate using older version of browser
3. Webcam is disabled
4. Candidate's face is not visible
5. Faces other than of candidate Infront of the camera
6. Face not matching the candidate's profile
7. Microphone is on mute or volume is low and several background noises can be heard
8. Screen activities are not shared
9. Second display is used; additional monitor
10. Full screen mode is disabled.

CS Executive Entrance Test CSEET pass percentage refers the percentage of students who have cleared the CSEET exam for the particular session. ICSI releases the CSEET pass percentage for each session soon after the declaration of results. Earlier authorities released the CSEET January 2025 pass percentage soon after the declaration of results. The pass percentage for CSEET 2025 January session is 72.58%. 

CSEET exam centres refer to the centre where the entrance exam is conducted in offline mode. As ICSI now conducts CSEET exam in offline mode, the list of exam centres where CSEET will be conducted is available on the official website.

Candidates willing to appear for CSEET 2026 examination, can check the table below to know the complete schedule:

Events	Dates
CSEET January 2026 registration	16-Oct-2025 to 15-Dec-2025
CSEET January 2026 exam date	10-Jan-2026
CSEET June 2026 registration	16-Dec-2025 to 28-Feb-2026
CSEET June 2026 exam date	01-Jun to 04-Jun-2026
CSEET October 2026 registration	01-Mar to 31-May-2026
CSEET October 2026 exam date	First week of October 2026

Students who are registered under CS Executive new syllabus and CS Professional new syllabus shall have to appear for the Pre examination test to become eligible to enroll and appear for the CS Executive or CS Professional examination. The exam will be conducted by ICSI. the exam will be served as an eligibility criteria to appear for the main examinations. Candidates will be required to pay the pre examination test fee of INR 1000 online. Once the payment is realised, candidates will be sent invitation along with the login ID and password.

Candidates will be able to check the CSEET allotted exam centre upon release of CSEET admit card. Only candidates who have filled the CSEET application form along with the successful application fee payment will be able to download the admit card when released.

Yes, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India has released the exam dates for CSEET October 2026 exam. ICSI will hold the October session between October 01 and October 06, 2026, in offline mode.

Yes, CS Executive Entrance Test will now be held on offline mode. ICSI conducted the last examination in remote proctored mode in January. ICSI introduced the revised CSEET exam pattern, which is applicable from the June examination. As per the latest update, the CSEET exam will now be held in offline mode over a period of four days.