The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has released the CA Intermediate exam centre list for the May 2026 session along with the official exam notification. The CA Inter May 2026 will be conducted in offline mode as per the new scheme. The CA Inter exam centres are the designated cities/places where ICAI conducts the CA Intermediate exams. As per a latest ICAI notification, it has introduced a new system for candidates to select preferred exam centre rather than just city/zone. ICAI has already announced the CA Inter exam dates on its official website.
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The CA Inter exam centres will be allotted according to the preference made by the candidates while filling out the CA Intermediate exam forms. Along with Indian exam centre locations, aspiring chartered accountant from countries other than India can also choose from 9 overseas exam centres. CA Intermediate exam centres 2026 are allotted by ICAI keeping in mind certain factors. ICAI does not charge any additional fee from candidates for allotting the exam centres.
| Particulars | Dates |
|---|---|
Availability of CA Intermediate exam form | March 3, 2026 |
Last date to fill the exam form without late fee | March 16, 2026 |
Exam form with late fee | March 19, 2026 |
Group 1: May 2, 4, 6, 2026 Group 2: May 8, 10, 12, 2026 |
Candidates will be able to select their preferred CA Intermediate exam centres while filling the exam forms. Candidates can select up to three exam centres locations according to their preferences.
The option of choosing the exam centres allows candidates to select nearest centres to their place of residence. Any changes in the list of CA Intermediate 2026 exam centres will be updated here.
Name of the State | (No. of Cities) | Name of the Examination City |
|---|---|---|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 | Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh | 14 | Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram |
Assam | 5 | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar and Tinsukia |
Bihar | 12 | Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Siwan |
Chhattisgarh | 6 | Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon |
Chandigarh | 1 | Chandigarh |
Delhi / New Delhi | 1 | Delhi / New Delhi |
Goa | 2 | Mapusa and Margao |
Gujarat | 23 | Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Morbi, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad and Vapi |
Haryana | 18 | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar |
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | Shimla |
Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | Jammu and Srinagar |
Jharkhand | 7 | Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi |
Karnataka | 23 | Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura |
Kerala | 14 | Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur |
Madhya Pradesh | 16 | Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain |
Maharashtra | 36 | Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal |
Manipur | 1 | Imphal |
Meghalaya | 1 | Shillong |
Mizoram | 1 | Aizawl |
Nagaland | 1 | Dimapur |
Odisha | 10 | Balangir, Balasore, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur |
Puducherry | 1 | Puducherry |
Punjab | 8 | Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patiala and Sangrur |
Rajasthan | 23 | Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali - Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur |
Sikkim | 1 | Gangtok |
Tamil Nadu | 28 | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram |
Telangana | 8 | Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal |
Tripura | 1 | Agartala |
Uttar Pradesh | 19 | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Hapur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi |
Uttarakhand | 4 | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur |
West Bengal | 7 | Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri |
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ICAI will also conduct the CA Inter exam 2026 in 9 overseas exam centres. Candidates living abroad can choose the following cities to appear for the exam.
| Overseas Exam Centres | |
|---|---|
Abu Dhabi | Dubai |
Bahrain | Kathmandu |
Doha | Muscat |
| Thimpu | Kuwait |
| Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) | - |
ICAI notified the window to submit the CA Intermediate exam form for 2026 sessions on its official website. Candidates would be able to submit their CA Inter exam preferences at the time of submission of CA Inter exam form. The form must be submitted within the specified deadline to successfully appear in the CA Inter 2026 exams.
It has been witnessed over the years, that while filling the exam forms, candidates do not exercise reasonable care and commit error. Sometimes, it also happens that after submitting the exam form, candidates wish to make changes in the selected exam centre. This can be corrected within the correction window at a later date. The facility of CA Intermediate correction window will be free of charge and available only once. There will be no second opportunity called “corrections with fee-window”.
During the correction window, candidates seeking a change of Centre/Group/Medium/Elective/ Syllabus (Old to New) will be able to do it within the correction window. The online window for seeking change will be available at - icaiexam.icai.org under the dashboard.
Certain factors like candidate preference, availability of seats, safety of candidates and related are considered by ICAI while allotting the exam centres to candidates. Final allotted exam centre will be mentioned in the CA Intermediate admit card which will be available around two weeks before the exam.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Yes and ICAI releases the CA Inter exam centre list along with its official exam notification.
Yes, you can change your preferred exam centre under the correction window without paying any additional fees.
The exam centre of CA Inter will be mentioned in the admit card of the exam.
Yes, candidates will have the option to change their city.
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