CS Exams 2022 - The ICSI Executive Entrance Exam (CSEET) for January session is scheduled to be held in remote proctored mode, on January 07, 2023. However, CS December 2022 session admit cards for Executive and Professional exams are released on December 10, 2022. The CS December 2022 admit cards can be downloaded from the official examination portal of ICSI using 17 digit registration number.
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Candidates who wish to become a company secretary after completing class 12 should register for the ICSI exams. The complete course of CS has three levels - CSEET (earlier CS Foundation), CS Executive and CS Professional. ICSI Exams for Executive and Professional are conducted twice a year while, the CSEET which has replaced the CS Foundation is conducted four times a year, in remote proctored mode. Also, the new registrations for CS Foundation ceased to exist. Candidates can check the important exam dates for CSEET, CS Executive and CS Professional courses on this page below.
Overview of ICSI CS Exam 2022
Particulars | Details |
Name of the Examination | ICSI CS Exams |
Conducting Body | The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) |
Medium of ICSI Exam | English and Hindi |
Mode of Exam | Executive and Professional - Offline CSEET/CS Foundation - Online, remote proctored mode |
Frequency of Exam | CSEET - 4 times a year (January, May, July, November) CS Executive - 2 times (June, December) CS Professional - 2 times (June, December) |
Type of Questions | Objective and Descriptive |
Particulars | June 2022 | December 2022 |
Last date for CS registration (both modules) | November 30, 2021 | May 31, 2022 |
Last date for CS registration (single module) | January 31, 2022 | July 31, 2022 |
Release of exam form | February 26, 2022 | To be notified |
Last date to fill exam form | March 25, 2022 | September 25, 2022 |
Last date to fill exam form (with late fees) | April 9, 2022 | October 10, 2022 |
Availability of admit card | May 21, 2022 | December 10, 2022 |
CS exam date 2022 | CS Executive - June 1 to June 9, 2022 CS Professional - June 1 to June 10, 2022 | CS Executive - December 21 to December 29, 2022 CS Professional - December 21 to December 30, 2022 |
Declaration of result | August 25, 2022 | To be notified |
Events | January 2022 | May 2022 | July 2022 | November 2022 | January 2023 |
Commencement of registration | October 16, 2021 | December 16, 2021 | April 16, 2022 | June 16, 2022 | October 16, 2022 |
Last date to register for CSEET | December 15, 2021 | April 15, 2022 | June 15, 2022 | October 15, 2022 | December 15, 2022 |
Mock test | January 4-6, 2022 | May 3,4 & 5, 2022 | July 5-7, 2022 | November 9, 2022 | To be notified |
Release of CSEET admit card | December 29, 2021 | April 28, 2022 | June 29, 2022 | November 2, 2022 | To be notified |
CSEET exam date | January 8, 2022 January 10, 2022 (Re-test) | May 7, 2022 May 9, 2022 (Re-test) | July 9, 2022 | November 12, 2022 November 14, 2022 (Re-test) | January 7, 2023 |
Result declaration | January 19, 2022 | May 18, 2022 | July 9, 2022 July 11, 2022(Re-test) | November 21, 2022 at 4 pm | Fourth week of January 2023 |
Candidates who wish to appear in CS exams should meet the eligibility criteria as prescribed by the institute. The CS eligibility criteria changes for each level. Starting with CSEET or CS Foundation, candidates are required to pass Class 12 from a recognized board. Given below eligibility criteria can be checked by candidates:
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The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) keeps the CS registration open throughout the year. The registration of the ICSI 2022 exam can be done online from the official website of the institute - icsi.edu.
Candidates who want to enter the CS programme should register for CSEET 2022. The CS application remains active in online mode. The CSEET registration fee for general category candidates is Rs. 1,000. ICSI also provides fee concessions to a certain category of candidates.
This is the second stage of the CS examination. Candidates who have passed CSEET or CS Foundation can apply for CS Executive Programme. The registration fee for the CS Executive course is Rs. 8,000 and it can be paid in online mode.
The final stage of CS programmes is called CS Professional. Candidates who have passed the CS Executive are eligible to apply for the Profession programme. The registration fee for the CS Professional course is Rs. 12000.
Before appearing in any session, ICSI requires candidates to fill out the exam form in online mode. Only those candidates who fill the exam form are allowed to appear in the ICSI exam.
Once the last date of filling out the exam form is over, ICSI releases the admit card for the ICSI exam in online mode. The admit card for CS Foundation, CS Executive and CS professional for the June session exams is to be released by ICSI shortly.
Along with candidate details, complete exam day guidelines are provided by ICSI on the admit card. Once the ICSI 2021 admit card for the June session is released, candidates can download it using their login credentials. ICSI admit card includes all details such as exam centre code and address, date of exam, reporting time, candidates’ personal details as well as the guidelines to be followed on exam day. Also, the list of documents to be carried on the exam day is mentioned on the ICSI 2021 admit card.
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ICSI pre-decides the exam pattern for all the CS exams. The exam pattern refers to the overall structure of the exam; type/nature of questions asked, number of questions, mode of exam, medium, total marks and related. Candidates registered for different modules of ICSI exam 2021 are required to check beforehand the exam pattern.
Particulars | CSEET Exam Pattern | |||
Exam medium | English | English and Hindi | English and Hindi | English and Hindi |
Papers | Four | Four | old syllabus- 7 new syllabus- 8 | Nine |
Nature of questions | Objective | Objective | Objective and Subjective | Descriptive |
No. of questions asked | 120 total questions | 50 per paper | 50 per paper | 50 per paper |
Module | - | - | two | three |
Duration | 120 Minutes (overall) | 1.5 hours (each paper) | 3 hours | 3 hours |
To help candidates in preparing well for the exams, ICSI provides an official syllabus on its website. Candidates enrolled for the ICSI exam 2021 can download the course wise syllabus online mode. The syllabus of ICSI CS contains complete subject wise topics to be covered for the exams.
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Apart from the official syllabus, ICSI also provides study material to candidates in both online and offline modes. The study material is updated regularly according to the syllabus. Candidates can easily download the study material in from the official website in PDF format.
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The institute declares CSEET results within 10 days of the exams. Whereas, the CS result for Professional and Executive programmes are announced a few weeks after the conduct of the exam. Along with the result, the institute also releases details such as pass percentage, merit list and result analysis.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
CS programme comprises of three levels namely - CS Foundation (now CSEET), CS Executive, and CS Professional.
CSEET July session exam will be conducted on July 09, 2022.
ICSI provides the official study material to help candidates in their preparation.
Yes, after passing CSEET, you become eligible for CS Executive. You can register for CS Executive online at icsi.edu.