Hi Nitin

Chartered Accountancy is a professional course regulated by ICAI, a statutory body and no university/college can offer this course. Details about this course are elaborated below. It is a correspondence course regulated by a statutory professional body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Admission to the CA course is open throughout the year and examinations are held twice a year in May and November. It is a minimum 4 years course depending on how fast you clear your papers.

Over the years, the Chartered Accountancy profession has achieved rapid growth by virtue of quality professional services being rendered by its members, and has come to occupy a prominent role in our economy and society. The profession deals with main area of auditing in the corporates, be it statutory audit, cost audit, internal audit.

The ICAI allows the following candidates to enter directly to its Intermediate Course:

A. Commerce Graduates/Post-Graduates (with minimum 55% marks) or Other Graduates/Post-Graduates (with minimum 60% marks) and

B. Intermediate level passed candidates of Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost Accountants of India

C. Students who have passed 10+2 can enter into this course after qualifying CA  Foundation Programme.

If you want to join the course after 10+2 pass or equivalent you need to undergo THREE STAGES:

1.CA Foundation Programme

2. CA Intermediate Programme

3. CA Final Programme

There are 4 papers in CA Foundation Programme, 8 papers divided into two groups in CA Intermediate Programme and 8 papers divided into two groups in CA Final Programme. You need to clear all the papers of every stage to reach the next level.

In Foundation Programme you need to appear for all four papers at once. Whereas in Intermediate and Final programme you can appear for examination either for all modules together or for a single module at one time. Admission fee is nominal and has to be paid once when enrolling for a particular programme but examination fee has to be paid everytime you appear/re-appear for your examination.

Qualifying Marks:  A candidate is declared to have passed the Foundation/Intermediate/Final Programme, if he/she secures in one sitting atleast 40% in each paper and 50% in aggregate of all subjects.

• After entering the intermediate course, a student has to Undergo Four Weeks Integrated Course on Information Technology and Soft skills (ICITSS) consisting of Courses on Information Technology and Orientation Course at the earliest but these are to be completed compulsorily before commencement of their articleship.

• After clearing either of the Group or Both Groups of Intermediate Course and after successfully undergoing ICITSS, you have to go through Practical training/Articleship in a Corporate or with a Practising Chartered Accountancy Firm. Once you become a qualified Chartered Accountant, you can work with any Company or practise on your own.

• After entering the final course, a student has to successfully undergo Four Weeks Advanced Integrated Course on Information Technology and Soft skills (AICITSS) consisting of Courses on Advanced Information Technology and Management Communication Skills during the last two years of practical training but before appearing in the Final Examination.

• A student has to complete 3 years of practical training alonside preparing for his final exams.

As a professional student you need to put in a lot of hard work and dedication to complete this course. Keep immense patience and perseverance as it will motivate you to never give up.

Hope the above information will guide you enough to take a better decision for your career.

All the Best.

Hello Nitin. Can you please tell exactly which details you need. Please clear the question so that I can answer it correctly.