Candidates who have passed the 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 the 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. The duration of the 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. EXEMPTION FROM FOUNDATION EXAMINATION candidate possessing any of the following qualifications or any other qualifications recognized by the Council of the ICSI with the approval of the Central Government as equivalent thereto, is exempted from passing the Foundation examination 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 a 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.