Eligibility

• Candidates who have passed Senior Secondary (10+2) examination of a Board/University constituted by law in India or any examination recognised by the Central Government as equivalent thereto are eligible. 
• Provisional admission is allowed to a candidate who has appeared or enrolled for appearing in Senior Secondary (10+2 or equivalent) examination , provided proof of passing the examination is produced within 6 months of making the application.
• Admission is open throughout the year by making an application in the prescribed Form FC-1 together with documentary evidence in support of date of birth and educational qualification.
• Duration of Foundation Programme is 8 months, excluding the months of admission and the examination.
• Foundation Programme students are required to pass the Foundation examination within 3 years from the date of their admission

Subjects:  

Exemption From Foundation Examination

A candidate possessing any of the following qualifications or any other qualifications recognised by the Council of the ICSI with the approval of the Central Government as equivalent thereto, is exempted from passing the Foundation examination

• A Degree or master's degree in Corporate Secretaryship
  or Commerce
• Pass in the Final examination of the Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India(ICWAI) or the Institute of Chartered Accountants(ICAI) of India or any other Accountancy Institution in India or abroad recognised as equivalent thereto by the Council: or
• A degree or master's degree in any discipline other than Fine Arts.

A candidate who is eligible for exemption from the Foundation examination under clause (iii) stated above can seek registration as student. Such a candidate before becoming eligible for undergoing coaching for the Intermediate examination is required to undergo satisfactorily a course of postal or oral tuition for those subjects of the Foundation examination which he had not studied at the graduate or post graduate level, after registration as a student.

Registration Period

• A Candidate who has passed the Foundation Programme or exempted there from is registered for a period of five years from the month in which his application, complete in all respects, is accepted for registration.

Time Limit for completing examination

A registered student is required to complete the Executive and the Professional examination within the registration period.

Subjects

Module I 

Module II

Exemption from individual paper(s)

Following paperwise exemptions are available on the basis of qualifications mentioned under each paper subject to the condition that the candidate should have obtained fifty per cent or more marks in the aggregate in the examination on the basis of which the exemption is claimed :-

1. General and Commercial Laws 

M.A./ M.B.A. (Company Secretaryship) or Degree in Law (three years or five years integrated) from a recognized University/ Institute either constituted under an Act of Parliament or approved by AICTE.

2. Company Accounts and Cost & Management Accounting 

M.A ( Corporate Secretaryship)/ M.Com./ M.B.A (with Accountancy as one of the subjects at graduation/ post-graduation level and with full paper in Cost Accounting/Management Accounting/Financial Management at M.A ( Corporate Secretaryship)/ M.Com./ M.B.A level having secured 50%marks in the subject concerned) from a recognized University/ Institute either constituted under an Act of Parliament or approved by AICTE

3. Tax Laws(ITL)

M.A/ M.B.A ( Corporate Secretary ship) from a recognized University/ Institute either constituted under an Act of Parliament or approved by AICTE

Exemption from Individual Paper(s)

A Candidate who has passed the Professional examination of the ICWAI is eligible to seek exemption from the following papers of Executive examination under a reciprocal arrangement existing at present between the two Institutes:

1. Company Accounts and Cost & Management Accounting a

2.Tax Laws

Subjects:

Module I

Module II

Module III