What is the duration of CA course?



 

What is the duration of CA course? What is the duration of CA course? How many years does it take to do a CA course? Such questions definitely come in the mind of especially those commerce students who want to become a Chartered Accountant in the future.

 

After 10th we have to choose the subject according to which profession we want to go, many of the students who choose commerce stream dream of becoming a CA in future.

 

Many students have many questions related to CA course in their mind.

 

Today here in this article we will talk about CA course only, mainly about how many years it takes to do CA course.

 

There is confusion in the minds of some students regarding this. Along with the duration of the CA course, here we will discuss about what is a CA course, how to do it, what are the qualifications required for it, how much is its fee, etc.

 

What is CA?

The full name of CA is Chartered Accountant, whose job is to prepare financial accounts, give financial advice, analyze audit accounts and do tax related work.

 

The account of payment of tax is also the responsibility of the CA. This is a very good post. The status of any accountant is equal to that of a successful doctor or engineer.

 

The only thing CA course is a prestigious career option, many students dream of becoming a CA, but many students have this thing in their mind that it is a very big and difficult course which takes a long time to do. .

 

But in reality it is not that it will take more time to pass the CA course than any other professional course.

 

Yes, being tough, the time to crack CA increases when you have to attempt more than once.

 

What is the duration of CA course?

Actually, how much time will take you to complete the CA course, it depends on when you do the CA course.

 

Meaning you can do CA course even after completing 12th or you can do CA course even after completing graduation.

 

If you do CA after 12th, then you take more time, while doing it after graduation reduces the time duration.

 

During CA course comes CA foundation then CA intermediate followed by articleship training and then CA final.

 

Their duration changes during CA after 12th and then after graduation.

 

Overall, after 12th, CA is a 5 year course and after graduation it is usually 3 years or somewhere 4 years.

 

Duration of CA Course after 12th

After 12th if you want to do CA course, then you first take 4 months for CA foundation, while it will take 2 months after the exam to get the result of CA foundation.

 

It takes you 8 months to study for CA Intermediate, after that the time between Intermediate exam and result also takes 2-3 months including the time of ITT and OT.

 

After that articleship training has to be taken in this course for 3 years.

 

You can apply for CA final with 6 months remaining of articleship. In this way after adding full time it takes 4.5-5 years for CA after 12th.

 

This is the time when you clear the Foundation Intermediate and Final exam in a single attempt.

 

For students who are unable to clear these exams in a single attempt, the duration of the CA course increases by 6 months for each attempt.

 

Duration of CA Course after Graduation

If you want to study CA course after completing graduation then you will definitely take less time than after 12th.

 

After graduation, in CA course, students take 4 weeks i.e. 1 month for ITT and OT program.

 

Those students who have cleared the Intermediate exam of ICWA and ICSI can directly apply for CA Intermediate without clearing the CA Foundation exam.

 

8 months for Intermediate and after that for all students coming by direct recruitment the process remains same as for normal students.

 

Before the CA Intermediate exam, students have to undergo 9 months of articleship training, and with 6 months of articleship remaining, they can appear for the CA final exam.

 

Overall it takes 3 years for this. In this way, if you are successful in all the important exams in one go, then after graduation you can complete your CA course in 3 years also.

 

Eligibility for CA Course

In eligibility for CA course, if you want to do it after 12th then you must have passed with at least 50% marks from commerce stream, if not commerce stream then you should have at least 60% marks.

 

After graduation, the qualification for this should be at least 55% marks from commerce stream (any subject of commerce) and at least 60% marks after graduation in any other subject.