CFA® Level 1 Exam Centres 2021- Check Test Centre List, Dates
CFA® Level 1 Exam Centres 2021- CFA is having capacity issues at some exam centre locations of the February 2021 window due to COVID 19. The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute has announced the official list of Exam centres CFA® Level 1 2021. The CFA institute has CFA® test centre locations in 13 metropolitan locations across India and 400 centres around the world. CFA® exam centres 2021 are available on the website but the institute is consistently working towards adding more capacity to these centres. If the desired CFA® Level 1 Exam Centres 2021 is not available at any given time, the candidates are advised to keep checking back all through the scheduling process. As December 2020 is the last paper-based examination, there will be more number of CFA® Level 1 Exam Centres 2021 for the Computer-based exams for CFA® Level 1 exam 2021. The scheduling process of CFA® level 1 Feb 2021 and CFA® level 1 May 2021 is now open on the website. The available seating will keep on being updated during the scheduling process. To know more about the CFA® test centre locations 2021 and other important aspects of the exams, please go through this complete article.
Latest: CFA is having capacity issues for CFA Level 1 February exam. Click here to view the locations. Also, check out the CFA Level 1 Exam Dates 2021.

CFA® Level 1 Exam Centres 2021-
CFA® Institute has updated the Level 1 Exam Centres CFA 2021 in India and other global countries. The exam will be conducted across 400 countries including 13 major metropolitan cities in India. Candidates can enter and view their test centre preference during the scheduling process. Candidates can choose the CFA level 1 exam centres 2021 of their choice during the registration process. Registered candidates will be notified when their scheduling window opens. Some of the CFA test centres in the updated PDF for computer-based exams are mentioned below:
CFA® Level 1 Test centre locations
Country Name | City |
ARGENTINA | Buenos Aires |
ARMENIA | Yerevan |
AUSTRALIA | Brisbane |
Melbourne | |
Perth | |
Sydney | |
Ultimo | |
Crawley WA | |
AUSTRIA | Vienna |
AZERBAIJAN | Baku |
BAHAMAS | Nassau |
BAHRAIN | Manama |
BANGLADESH | Dhaka |
BARBADOS | Bridgetown |
BELGIUM | Brussels |
BERMUDA | Paget |
BOLIVIA | La Paz |
BOTSWANA | Gaborone |
BRAZIL | Bello Horizonte |
Brasilia | |
Curitiba | |
Recife | |
Rio de Janeiro | |
Sao Paulo | |
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | Bandar Seri Begawan |
Brunei | |
BULGARIA | Sofia |
CAMBODIA | Phnom Penh |
CANADA | Calgary, AB |
Dartmouth | |
Edmonton | |
Halifax | |
Hamilton | |
London | |
Mississauga | |
Montréal | |
Ottawa | |
Pointe-Claire | |
Quebec City | |
Regina | |
Saskatoon | |
Scarborough | |
St. John's | |
Toronto | |
Vancouver | |
Victoria | |
Winnipeg | |
CAYMAN ISLANDS | Grand Cayman |
CHILE | Las Condes |
CHINA | Beijing |
Changsha | |
Chengdu | |
Chongqing | |
Dalian | |
Guangzhou | |
Hangzhou | |
Jinan | |
Kunming | |
Nanjing | |
Qingdao | |
Shanghai | |
Shenyang | |
Shenzhen | |
Tianjin | |
Wuhan | |
Xi'an | |
FRANCE | Marseille |
Paris | |
GERMANY | Berlin |
Frankfurt | |
Hamburg | |
Munich | |
India | Bengaluru |
Bhopal | |
Chennai | |
Gandhinagar | |
Indore | |
Hyderabad | |
Jaipur | |
Kolkata | |
Lucknow | |
Mumbai | |
Navi Mumbai | |
New Delhi | |
Pune | |
Italy | Rome |
JAPAN | Osaka Tokyo |
LUXEMBOURG | Luxembourg |
MALAYSIA | Kuala Lumpur |
NEPAL | Kathmandu |
NETHERLANDS | Amsterdam |
NEW ZEALAND | Auckland |
NORWAY Oslo | |
OMAN | OMAN |
MUSCAT | MUSCAT |
PAKISTAN | Islamabad Karachi Lahore |
PORTUGAL | Lisbon |
PUERTO RICO | Guaynabo |
SOUTH AFRICA | Capetown Johannesburg |
SPAIN | Barcelona Madrid |
SRI LANKA | Colombo |
SWEDEN | Stockholm |
SWITZERLAND | Geneva Zurich |
UNITED KINGDOM | Basildon Belfast Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Cardiff Edinburgh Glasgow Isle Of Man Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle Upon Tyne Peterborough Southampton |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Abu Dhabi Dubai |
UNITED STATES | Abilene TX Akron OH Albany GA Albany NY Albuquerque NM Alexandria LA Allentown PA Amarillo TX Anchorage AK Ann Arbor MI Arkadelphia AR Asheville NC Athens GA Atlanta GA Auburn AL Augusta GA Austin TX |
Baker City OR Bakersfield CA Baltimore MD Bangor ME Baton Rouge LA Beaumont TX Bend OR Billings MT Binghamton NY Birmingham AL Bismarck ND Boise ID Boston MA Boulder CO Bristol VA Buffalo NY Burlington VT | |
Carbondale IL Casper WY Cedar Rapids IA Central New Jersey NJ Champaign IL Charleston SC Charleston WV Charlotte NC Chattanooga TN Chicago IL Chico CA Cincinnati OH Clarksville TN Cleveland OH College Station TX Colorado Springs CO Columbia MO Columbia SC Columbus GA Columbus OH Concord NH Corpus Christi TX | |
Dallas TX Davenport IA Dayton OH Daytona FL De Kalb IL Denver CO Des Moines IA Detroit MI Dothan AL Duluth MN | |
El Paso TX Erie PA Eugene OR Evansville IN | |
Fargo ND Farmington NM Flagstaff AZ Florence SC Fort Lauderdale FL Fort Myers FL Fort Smith AR Fort Wayne IN Fresno CA | |
Gainesville FL Gainesville GA Grand Forks ND Grand Junction CO Grand Rapids MI Green Bay WI Greensboro NC Greenville NC Greenville SC | |
Hampton Roads VA Harrisburg PA Hartford CT Hattiesburg MS Hays KS Helena MT Honolulu HI Houston TX Huntsville AL Idaho Falls ID Indianapolis IN Jackson MS Jacksonville FL Kansas City MO Kearney NE Knoxville TN | |
La Crosse WI Lafayette IN Lake Charles LA Lansing MI Las Cruces NM Las Vegas NV Lawton OK Lexington KY Lincoln NE Little Rock AR Los Angeles CA Louisville KY Lubbock TX Lynchburg VA | |
Macon GA Madison WI Marquette MI Mcalester OK Mcallen TX Medford OR Memphis TN Merrillville IN Miami FL Midland TX Milwaukee WI Minneapolis MN Mobile AL Montgomery AL Morgantown WV Nashville TN New Haven CT New Orleans LA North Platte NE NYC - Connecticut NYC - Long Island NYC - New Jersey NYC - North NYC - Proper | |
Oklahoma City OK Omaha NE Orange County CA Orem UT Orlando FL Peoria IL Philadelphia PA Phoenix AZ Pittsburg KS Pittsburgh PA Portland ME Portland OR Portsmouth NH Poughkeepsie NY Providence RI | |
Raleigh NC Rapid City SD Redding CA Reno NV Richmond VA Roanoke VA Rochester MN Rochester NY Roswell NM | |
Sacramento CA Salisbury MD Salt Lake City UT San Antonio TX San Bernardino CA San Diego CA San Francisco CA San Jose CA Santa Fe NM Santa Maria CA Santa Rosa CA Sarasota FL Sault Ste Marie Mi Savannah GA Scottsbluff NE Scranton PA Seattle WA Shreveport LA Sioux City IA Sioux Falls SD South Bend IN South New Jersey NJ Spokane WA Springfield IL Springfield MA Springfield MO St George UT St Louis MO State College PA Stockton CA Syracuse NY | |
Tacoma WA Tallahassee FL Tampa FL Terre Haute IN Texarkana TX Toledo OH Topeka KS Tucson AZ Tulsa OK Tyler TX | |
Valdosta GA Ventura CA Waco TX Washington DC West Palm Beach FL Wichita Falls TX Wichita KS Wilmington DE Wilmington NC Woodward OK Worcester MA | |
Yakima WA York PA Youngstown OH Yuma AZ |
How to change the exam centre in CFA Level 1 Registration 2021?
The CFA exam has now moved to computer-based testing so all the students won’t have to sit for the exam on one single day. They will have an exam window of around 10 days and they can self schedule their CFA Level 1 exam date on the official website as per their preference. The exact length of the scheduling window will vary as per the number of CFA® Level 1 Exam Centres 2021.
In CBT or computer-based exams, candidates have to follow the given steps for scheduling:
Step 1 - Register for your exam
Step 2- Schedule the exam appointment.
Step 3- View the test centre options along with available seating
Step 4- Choose your preferred test centre location as per the planned CBT test centre locations PDF.
Step 5- Once the location is confirmed keep checking daily for new appointments that could be added.
New appointments might take up to 10 business days. Candidates must note that the seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
CFA® Level 1 Exam 2021 Registration
The students whose June 2020 exams got postponed can choose to take one of the 2021 computer-based exams. The CFA level 1 registration is available on the official website. The students can choose any of the dates free of charge. Candidates who chose to postpone their December 2020 exams will also be able to register free of charge for 2021 examinations.
There will be 4 exam windows for the level 1 exam i.e. February, May, August, and November. The registration window is open for all the windows.
For any latest updates on the CFA® Level 1 Exam 2021, the candidates should keep on visiting the CFA Exam Updates page.
Note: Candidates who scheduled their February 2021 exam but could not get their desired location can postpone their exam to the new March 2021 window at no additional cost. CFA Institute is having capacity issues at the following locations for the February 2021 exam.
- Belgrade, Serbia
- Bengaluru, India
- Bhopal, India
- Cairo, Egypt
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Chennai, India
- Gandhinagar, India
- Hyderabad, India
- Indore, India
- Jaipur, India
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Kolkata, India
- Lima, Peru
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Lucknow, India
- Milan, Italy
- Nairobi, Kenya
- New Delhi, India
- Pune, India
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Santiago, Chile
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Victoria, BC
- Vienna, Austria
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Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - CFA® Level 1 Exam Centres 2021- Check Test Centre List, Dates
Question: Can I change my CFA Test centre location?
Answer:
Yes, before Admit card release, the test centre can be changed. To request to select “Change my Test center” on the official CFA website after logging in.
Question: Can I reschedule my CFA Level 1 exam to 2021?
Answer:
Due to COVID 19, the people whose exams were scheduled in June 2020 or December 2020 can reschedule their exams for next year.
Question: Will December 2020 CFA be cancelled?
Answer:
December 2020 will be the last paper-based exam. Because of the coronavirus, CFA Institute postponed the June 2020 exam to December 2020. Select exam centres have been removed due to Covid19 requirements and regulations.
Question: Will there be a June 2021 CFA exam?
Answer:
No, all exams in 2021 will be computer-based. Level 1 exam will be conducted 4 times in Feb, May, August and November.
Question: Is the computer-based exam going to be more difficult?
Answer:
The exam will be different but the difficulty will not be affected much. There will be a lesser number of questions and the time will be reduced as well.
Question: What are the new test centers for Feb 2021?
Answer:
There will be 400 centers all around the globe. There will be many new centers and 13 centers will be in India.