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CMA Intermediate

Cost and Management Accountancy Intermediate

Conducted by The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI)

Key facts

  • 3 hr

    Duration

  • 100

    Total marks

  • 13

    Sections

  • 8

    Questions

  • INR 1,500 - 23,100

    Application fee

  • Not announced yet

    Nearest upcoming date

  • Application feeINR 1,500 - 23,100
  • Nearest upcoming dateNot announced yet

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Courses this exam leads to

  • Cost and Management Accountancy (CMA) course -- Intermediate level, between CMA Foundation and CMA Final

Eligibility criteria

  • Passed the CMA Foundation examination, OR holds a relevant bachelor's degree (per ICMAI's direct-entry provisions) making them eligible for the CMA Intermediate course

Category-wise eligibility

Category-wise eligibility
CategoryEligibility / relaxation
GeneralCriteria listed above
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Application fee

Application fee
Application typeFee
Enrolment feeINR 23,100
Exam fee for one groupINR 1,500
Both groupsINR 2,800

Colleges accepting this exam

  • Not applicable in the traditional college-admission sense -- CMA Intermediate is a course-level exam administered directly by ICMAI rather than through individual colleges
  • Clearing both groups is required to progress to the CMA Final course
  • CMA Intermediate December 2025 exam was held with papers scheduled Dec 16-17, 2025 onward (e.g. Cost Accounting Paper 8 on Dec 16, Management Accounting Paper 12 on Dec 17)
  • CMA Intermediate June 2026 exam dates were yet to be announced as of the source page update (ICMAI to notify on icmai.in)
  • CMA Intermediate December 2025 result was declared on Feb 11, 2026, via candidate login on icmai.in
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How to register

  1. 1Enrol and apply online via ICMAI's student portal (icmai.in/studentswebsite/Student-index.php)
  2. 2Complete registration for the Intermediate course
  3. 3Separately fill the online examination form for a specific term (June/December) via the 'Examinations' tab closer to the exam date
  4. 4Paying the applicable exam fee

Application fee

Application fee
Application typeFee
Enrolment feeINR 23,100
Exam fee for one groupINR 1,500
Both groupsINR 2,800

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CMA Intermediate previous year question papers

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  • Under ICMAI's 2022 syllabus: Group I -- Paper 5 Business Laws and Ethics (BLE), Paper 6 Financial Accounting (FA), Paper 7 Direct and Indirect Taxation (DITX), Paper 8 Cost Accounting (CA)
  • Group II -- Paper 9 Operations Management and Strategic Management (OMSM), Paper 10 Corporate Accounting and Auditing (CAA), Paper 11 Financial Management and Business Data Analytics (FMDA), Paper 12 Management Accounting (MA)
  • ICMAI also publishes Model Question Papers (MQPs) with answers for each paper
Exam pattern
ParameterDetails
ModeOffline, from an exam centre
Duration3 hours (180 minutes) per paper
Total questions8 papers total across both groups (Group I and Group II, 4 papers each)
Total marks100 marks per paper
No ; Questions are descriptive in nature
SectionsGroup I: Business Laws and Ethics, Financial Accounting, Direct and Indirect Taxation, Cost Accounting; Group II: Operations Management and Strategic Management, Corporate Accounting and Auditing, Financial Management and Business Data Analytics, Management Accounting

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  • ICMAI's own official study material and Model Question Papers/Model Test Papers (MQPs/MTPs) with solutions for each of the 8 papers are the primary preparation resource, given the fully descriptive, bilingual (English/Hindi) exam format

Download process

  • Released online via candidate login on icmai.in (Students website > Examinations > )
  • A hard copy must be carried to the exam hall on exam day, containing subject-wise exam dates and centre details

Result date

  • CMA Intermediate December 2025 result was declared on Feb 11, 2026, via candidate login on icmai.in

After the result

  • ICMAI declares results for CMA Intermediate on icmai.in
  • Candidates log in with their enrollment/registration number to check results, and ICMAI separately publishes the pass list and pass percentage for each term (e.g. 5,491 candidates passed CMA Intermediate in a recent June term)
  1. 1No centralised -- CMA Intermediate is a qualifying course-level exam administered entirely by ICMAI
  2. 2Candidates who clear both groups become eligible to register for the CMA Final course and continue toward practical training requirements for the CMA designation
  • Passing criteria (not a competitive rank ): ICMAI-prescribed minimum marks per paper and aggregate percentage (broadly 40% per paper with an overall aggregate requirement, consistent with ICMAI's standard passing norms) to clear each group

Campus-wise and branch-wise cut-off figures are being added. Check the official website for the latest.

  • Not applicable in the traditional college-admission sense -- CMA Intermediate is a course-level exam administered directly by ICMAI rather than through individual colleges
  • Clearing both groups is required to progress to the CMA Final course
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Quick answers

No ; questions are descriptive in nature

3 hours (180 minutes) per paper

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