
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India has released CMA June 2026 exam dates. Along with the CMA June 2026 exam dates, candidates can find the schedule for submitting the exam form. All active students aspiring to appear in the June 2026 term will have to fill out the CMA June 2026 exam form before the last date. ICMAI will conduct CMA June 2026 exam from June 11 to 18 for Inter and Final courses. CMA June 2026 exam for Foundation course will be held on June 14. Read this article further for more information on CMA exam dates for June 2026 sessions.
- CMA 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
- CMA Registration Date June 2026
- CMA Admit Card Date 2026
- CMA June 2026 Foundation Exam Dates
- CMA June 2026 Intermediate Exam Dates
- CMA June 2026 Final Exam Dates
- CMA Result Date 2026
- FAQs on CMA Exam Dates
CMA 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CMA 2026 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 17 Apr ' 26 | CMA June 2026 Inter & Final Application Ends (with late fee) ONGOING |
| 11 Jun ' 26 - 18 Jun ' 26 | CMA June 2026 Inter & Final Exam |
| 14 Jun ' 26 | CMA June 2026 Foundation Exam |
| Jul ' 26 | CMA June 2026 Foundation Result TENTATIVE |
| 31 Jul ' 26 | CMA Dec 2026: Last Date to Enroll in the Course |
| Aug ' 26 | CMA June 2026 Inter & Final Result TENTATIVE |
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 16 Apr ' 26 | CMA June 2026 Foundation Application Ends (with late fee) |
| 15 Apr ' 26 | CMA June 2026 Foundation Application Ends (without late fee) |
| 10 Apr ' 26 | CMA June 2026 Inter & Final Application Ends (without late fee) |
CMA Registration Date June 2026
CMA June 2026 application forms are available for Foundation, Inter and Final stages. Candidates can apply for Foundation course without late fee till April 15, 2026 and can apply for Inter & Final courses June 2026 till April 10.
| Events | Dates |
|---|---|
| CMA June 2026 Inter & Final Application Ends (without late fee) | 10-Apr-2026 |
| CMA June 2026 Inter & Final Application Ends (with late fee) | 17-Apr-2026 |
| CMA June 2026 Foundation Application Ends (without late fee) | 15-Apr-2026 |
| CMA June 2026 Foundation Application Ends (with late fee) | 16-Apr-2026 |
| Last Date to Enroll for CMA June 2026 Exam | 31-Jan-2026 |
Commonly asked questions
The CMA course fee varies for all three course levels, including Foundation, Intermediate and Final. Candidates can check this space for the CMA admission fee for all three courses along with the typical deadlines to pay the same.
CMA Foundation Course Fee
Candidates need to pay INR 6,000 as the CMA Foundation fee on or before January 31 if the candidate plans to take exam in June term. The fee is payable by July 31, if the candidate plans tro appear for the CMA December exam.
CMA Intermediate Course Fee
Candidates need to pay INR 23,100 as the CMA Intermediate fee on or before January 31 if the candidate plans to take exam in June term. The fee is payable by July 31, if the candidate plans tro appear for the CMA December exam.
CMA Final Course Fee
Candidates need to pay INR 25,000 as the CMA Final fee on or before January 31 if the candidate plans to take exam in June term. The fee is payable by July 31, if the candidate plans tro appear for the CMA December exam.
Candidates will have options to pay the Intermediate and Final course fee in two installments. However, candidates must complete the payment of complete fee before the final admission deadline.
CMA Foundation exam has four subject papers, namely
- Business Economics and Management (FBEM)
- Business Lawns and Business Communication (FBLC)
- Business Mathematics and Statistics (FBMS)
- Financial and Cost Accounting (FFCA)
The exact facilities may vary from centre to centre. Typically, ICMAI exam centres provide:
- Adequate seating arrangements
- Drinking water facilities
- Necessary invigilation and security measures
CMA Admit Card Date 2026
ICMAI releases CMA admit card for upcoming session, at least 10 days before the exam date. As CMA Foundation June 2026 exam will be held on June 14, the admit card is expected to be released on June 04. For CMA Inter and Final course, the hall ticket will tentatively release on June 01, 2026. Registered candidates can download their CMA admit card at icmai.in using their login credentials.
Commonly asked questions
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.
Yes, ICMAI has released exam dates for CMA June exam 2026. The CMA June 2026 Inter and Final exams will be conducted between June 11 and June 18, 2026. CMA June 2026 Foundation exam will be held on June 14.
CMA syllabus is far more in-depth when it is compared to BCom or MCom. Similarity in the syllabus of B.Com Honours and CMA depends on the major chosen by the candidate in the graduate degree course. CMA does not deal with selective/non-core subjects, including Economics, Marketing, Capital Markets, Statistics, etc. In contrast, CMA course has major accounting subjects, such as Financial Management, Taxation, Law among others. BCom syllabus can only be compared with the CMA Intermediate or CMA Foundation syllabus. On comparing CMA Final syllabus with any other Commerce course, the CMA syllabus is far more thorough.
Candidates choosing a major subject in BCom carefully can help them prepare for a CMA course.
CMA June 2026 Foundation Exam Dates
Refer to the table below for the updated schedule for CMA June 2026 Foundation exam date:
CMA Foundation June 2026 Dates
| CMA Foundation Exam Date |
Shift Time (10 AM to 12 Noon) |
Shift Time (2 PM to 4 PM) |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2026 (Sunday) | Paper – 1: Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication |
Paper – 3: Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics |
| Paper – 2: Fundamentals of Financial and Cost Accounting |
Paper – 4: Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management |
ICMAI will conduct CMA June 2026 Foundation exam through offline OMR centre based.
Commonly asked questions
The CMA Intermediate exam for June 2026 session will be conducted between June 11 and June 18, 2026. The exam is scheduled on each day. Check Shiksha page to get paper-wise schedule.
ICMAI will administer CMA Final exam June 2026 between June 11 and June 18, 2026. The mode of examination will be offline centre based.
No. CMA results are released within 3 months of the exam date. as per the CMA test structure, the CMA Foundation exam is held as an OMR based test. Therefore, candidates are evaluated only after they have submitted their OMR based answer sheets. On the contrary, CMA exams for Intermediate and Final courses have subjective questions. Therefore, evaluating the performance of each candidate can be done via a subject matter expert.
Therefore, candidates cannot check the CMA results immediately after the submitting their answer sheets.
CMA June 2026 Intermediate Exam Dates
The following table brings the updated schedule of the CMA Intermediate exams under the June 2026 session.
CMA Intermediate June 2026 Dates
| CMA Inter Exam Time (2 PM to 5 PM) | |
|---|---|
| CMA Intermediate Exam Date 2026 |
CMA Inter Subjects |
| 11-Jun-2026 (Thursday) | Business Laws and Ethics (P-05) |
| 12-Jun-2026 (Friday) | Operations Management and Strategic Management (P-09) |
| 13-Jun-2026 (Saturday) | Financial Accounting (P-06) |
| 14-Jun-2026 (Sunday) | Corporate Accounting & Auditing (P-10) |
| 15-Jun-2026 (Monday) | Direct and Indirect Taxation (P-07) |
| 16-Jun-2026 (Tuesday) | Financial Management and Business Data Analytics (P-11) |
| 17-Jun-2026 (Wednesday) | Cost Accounting (P-08) |
| 18-Jun-2026 (Thursday) | Management Accounting (P-12) |
The exam will be conducted in offline centre based mode.
Commonly asked questions
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, also known as ICMAI, conducts the CMA exam twice in one year. The two terms of the CMA exam are conducted in December and June sessions. CMA students need to fill the exam form until a specified date to participate in the examination process under a particular exam session.
Candidates who need a new admission in CMA course must fill the regisatration form to enrol themselves to the course. Candidates must enrol themselves until January 31 to appear for CMA exam in June session. On the contrary, to appear for CMA December term exams, candidates need to complete the admission process until July 31. The registration deadlines for the CMA enrolment may or may not extend in a particular exam session.
CMA exam is conducted twice a year - June and December. The Institute of Cost Accountants of India allows candidates to appear for the exam twice in a year, provided they fill and submit the exam form before last date for both sessions.
CMA June admit card will be releases around 10 days before the exam dates. ICAMI does not release the schedule for download of admit card. Therefore, candidates can stay tuned to Shiksha's CMA admit card page to get all updates.
CMA June 2026 Final Exam Dates
The following table brings the updated schedule of the CMA Final exams under the June 2026 session.
CMA Final June 2026 Dates
| CMA Final Exam Time (10 AM to 1 PM) |
|
|---|---|
| CMA Final Exam Date 2026 |
CMA Final Subjects |
| 11-Jun-2026 (Thursday) | Corporate and Economic Laws (P-13) |
| 12-Jun-2026 (Friday) | Cost and Management Audit (P-17) |
| 13-Jun-2026 (Saturday) | Strategic Financial Management (P-14) |
| 14-Jun-2026 (Sunday) | Corporate Financial Reporting (P-18) |
| 15-Jun-2026 (Monday) | Direct Tax Laws and International Taxation (P-15) |
| 16-Jun-2026 (Tuesday) | Indirect Tax Laws and Practice (P-19) |
| 17-Jun-2026 (Wednesday) | Strategic Cost Management (P-16) |
| 18-Jun-2026 (Thursday) | Electives (Any one of three papers) - Strategic Performance Management and Business Valuation (P-20A) - Risk Management in Banking and Insurance (P-20B) - Entrepreneurship and Start up (P-20C) |
The mode of examination will be offline centre based.
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Commonly asked questions
Release date for CMA Inter result for June 2026 exam is August 05, 2026. Candidates who will appear for CMA Inter exam between June 11 and June 18, will be able to check their scores.
Yes, ICMAI has announced release date for CMA Final exam to be conducted between June 11 and June 18 on its official website. As per the notice, the result will be announced the latest by August 05, 2026.
According to official notice released by ICMAI, the CMA Foundation result for June 2026 exam will be released the latest by July 09, 2026.
CMA Result Date 2026
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India will likely release the CMA result 2026 in July. Usually, the institute releases result for CMA Inter and Final on same day, and CMA Foundation on different day. The release date for the same will be shared by ICMAI on official website. Candidates who appear for the exam can download their scorecard by entering their login details. ICMAI also releases pass percentage and toppers' list with names and marks/percentage of students.
Commonly asked questions
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.
The CMA June 2026 exam for Foundation course will be conducted for all four papers on June 14, 2026 (Sunday). According to official notice, ICMAI will conduct this exam through offline OMR centre based.
No, CMA syllabus does not change every year. CMA syllabus was changed in 2016 after 2012. The Institute of Cost Accountants, also known as ICMAI, has recently changed the CMA syllabus in 2022. CMA syllabus goes through a change after every four to five years to move forward with the market trends. For example, GST was not included in the CMA syllabus 2012; however, it is included under inderect taxation of CMA 2022 syllabus.
CMA students need to prepare using the new CMA syllabus prescribed by the ICMAI.
FAQs on CMA Exam Dates
Check some important FAQs related to CMA exam dates below:
If the preparation is right, CMA is not as hard as students complaint about the same. If the pass percentages is compared with ICAI CA exam, CMA pass percentage is comparatively less. However, the number of candidates appearing in CA Final if compared with CMA Final course is huge. The pass percentage of CMA Final course in one of the past session was 17.77% for candidates who only appeared for Group IV exam.
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)
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Student Forum
Answered 8 hours ago
CA is usually considered tougher than CMA if we consider the volume of syllabus and study. Also, the pass rate for CA exam is lower than that for CMA exam.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 8 hours ago
Students must give at least 8-10 hours daily for each group of CMA exam for about 3 months to prepare well of the exam.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 8 hours ago
To clear CMA Foundation, Inter or Final exam in first attempt, candidates must strengthen their basics, cover syllabus, practice as much as possible, stay away from distraction, attempt full-length mock tests, use smart revision techniques and evaluate their progess weekly or monthly.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 8 hours ago
CMA exam is usually considered difficult to crack in one attempt. However, if a candidate is diligent with his/her preparation and practices mock exams, past papers and sample papers thoroughly before exam, their chances of passing the exam increases.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 8 hours ago
Candidates have to pay INR 25,000 as CMA Final course registration fee. ICMAI allows candidates to pay this amount in two installments as follows:
- 1st Installement: INR 15,000 (at the time of registration)
- 2nd Installment: INR 10,000 (before January 31 and July 31 for June and December term exams)
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 8 hours ago
The CMA Intermediate course registration fee is INR 23,100. Candidates can pay this amoung in two installments - INR 12,000 at the time of registration, and INR 11,100 before January 31 and July 31 for June and December term exams.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 8 hours ago
The registration fee for ICMAI CMA foundation course is INR 6,000.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 days ago
CMA June admit card will be releases around 10 days before the exam dates. ICAMI does not release the schedule for download of admit card. Therefore, candidates can stay tuned to Shiksha's CMA admit card page to get all updates.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 weeks ago
Release date for CMA Inter result for June 2026 exam is August 05, 2026. Candidates who will appear for CMA Inter exam between June 11 and June 18, will be able to check their scores.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 4 weeks ago
Yes, ICMAI has announced release date for CMA Final exam to be conducted between June 11 and June 18 on its official website. As per the notice, the result will be announced the latest by August 05, 2026.
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Contributor-Level 6
Result - 17 Apr '26
Is CMA more difficult than CA?