UPSC IAS Exam Centers 2025: City-wise Test Centers for Prelims Exam
Indian Administrative Services 2025 ( IAS )
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CSE (IAS) admit card. The UPSC 2025 exam will be conducted on May 25, 2025. Only few days are left
The Union Public Service Commission will mention the UPSC IAS exam centre 2024 in the UPSC CSE admit card only. The candidates will be required to download their admit card from the official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates will be required to carry their admit card and photo identity proof to establish their identity at the UPSC exam centre. The Commission conducted the UPSC IAS exam 2024 on June 16, 2024. The IAS 2024 exam (prelims) is expected to be conducted in 80 cities across the nation while the main exam is conducted in 26 to 28 cities only.
Also Read: UPSC Exam Timing 2024
Earlier, the Union Public Service Commission dropped the Imphal exam centre for the UPSC IAS prelims exam 2024. The Commission referred the Delhi High Court order for the Manipur candidates. The candidates who opted for the Imphal exam centre for the UPSC IAS prelims exam 2024 were asked to change their exam centre. The last date to request such a change was April 19, 2024.
Also Read: UPSC IAS Prelims Exam Analysis 2024
The IAS prelims exam is conducted offline in a pen and paper mode. The IAS prelims exam is conducted in two shifts on a single day. The candidates are required to appear in both the papers and clear both of them. The IAS prelims result is prepared based on the marks scored in the General Studies paper 1. The IAS prelims General Studies paper 2 is qualifying only.
The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the IAS 2026 exam on May 24, 2026. The Commission is expected to release the IAS admit card online in the last week of April 2026.
The Union Public Service Commission mention the number and names of the exam cities in the official notification. The IAS 2024 notificatin was released online on February 14, 2024. The Commission mention that the IAS 2024 prelims exam will be conducted in 80 cities across the nation.
The IAS prelims exam is conducted offline simultaneously across the nation. The candidates are required to opt for three exam centres in the IAS application and the Commission allots the exam centre on first apply first allot basis.
- UPSC IAS Exam Centres List - Prelims
- IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
- UPSC IAS Exam Centres List - Main Exam
- UPSC IAS Exam Centres 2024 FAQs
UPSC IAS Exam Centres List - Prelims
The number of UPSC IAS prelims exam centres are as follows.
| Agartala |
Gorakhpur |
Patna |
| Agra |
Gurgaon |
PortBlair |
| Ajmer |
Gwalior |
Puducherry |
| Ahmedabad |
Hyderabad |
Pune |
| Aizawl |
Imphal |
Prayagraj (Allahabad) |
| Aligarh |
Indore |
Raipur |
| ALMORA (UTTARAKHAND) |
Itanagar |
Rajkot |
| Anantpuru (Andhra Pradesh) |
Jabalpur |
Ranchi |
| Aurangabad |
Jaipur |
Sambalpur |
| Begaluru |
Jammu |
Shillong |
| Bareilly |
Jodhpur |
Shimla |
| Bhopal |
Jorhat |
Siliguri |
| Bilaspur |
Kochi |
Srinagar |
| Chandigarh |
Kohima |
Srinagar (Uttarakhand) |
| Chennai |
Kolkata |
Surat |
| Coimbatore |
Kozhikode (Calicut) |
Thane |
| Cuttack |
Leh | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Dehradun |
Lucknow |
Tiruchirapalli |
| Delhi |
Ludhiana |
Tirupati |
| Dharwad |
Madurai |
Udaipur |
| Dispur |
Mumbai |
Varanasi |
| Faridabad |
Mysuru |
Vellore |
| Gangtok |
Nagpur |
Vijayawada |
| Gaya |
Navi Mumbai |
Vishakhapatnam |
| Gautam Buddh Nagar | Nasik | Warangal |
| Ghaziabad | Panaji (Goa) |
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) |
| Mandi, (Himachal Pradesh) |
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IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IAS 2025 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 22 Aug ' 25 - 31 Aug ' 25 | IAS Main 2025 Exam Date |
| 25 May ' 25 | IAS Prelims 2025 Exam Date |
| 13 May ' 25 - 25 May ' 25 | IAS Prelims Admit Card 2025 Issue Date |
UPSC IAS Exam Centres List - Main Exam
The UPSC IAS main exam is conducted on weekends and most of the time it takes two weekends to complete. The candidates need to make accommodations or travel various times to the exam centre. So the candidates need to include the travelling time to the IAS exam centres in their UPSC IAS preparation plan to avoid the hassles of the last minute. The candidates can see the UPSC IAS exam centre list for the IAS main exam as notified by the UPSC.
| Ahmedabad |
Dehradun |
Mumbai |
| Aizawl |
Delhi |
Patna |
| Prayagraj (Allahabad) |
Dispur (Guwahati) |
Raipur |
| Bangaluru |
Hyderabad |
Ranchi |
| Bhopal |
Jaipur |
Shillong |
| Chandigarh |
Jammu |
Shimla |
| Chennai |
Kolkata |
Thiruvananthapuram |
| Cuttack |
Lucknow |
Vijayawada |
Note: The official website informs that the exam centres (for both preliminary and mains) will be allotted on a first-apply-first allot basis. Once the capacity of a particular UPSC IAS exam centre is attained, the same will be frozen and applicants will have to choose a centre from the remaining options. Applicants are, therefore, advised to apply early so that they can get an exam centre of their choice.
UPSC IAS Exam Centres 2024 FAQs
The candidates can see here important questions related to UPSC IAS exam centre.
IAS Exam
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a week ago
The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the UPSC Civil Service (prelims) exam on May 24, 2026. The exam will be conducted in two sessions and the General Studies Paper 2 will be qualifying only.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 3 weeks ago
The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC IAS 2026 notification on January 14 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission will also activate the UPSC CSE (IAS) 2026 online application link on its website. The last date for the UPSC IAS application form is February 3, 2026.
Contributor-Level 9
Answered 3 weeks ago
The candidates should analyse the UPSC CSE previous year question papers to know the trend of the most asked topics. The Commission releases the UPSC question paper on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates can get the UPSC question paper of previous year here. The candidates can downloa
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) notification on January 14, 2026. With the release of official notification, the UPSC IAS Application form 2026 will also be activated for the candidates. The last date to apply online for the UPSC CSE (IAS) exam 2026 wil
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CSE notification 2025 on January 22, 2025. In the official notification, the Commission notified 979 vacancies for the UPSC CSE 2025 exam. But this is a tentative number and the final number of vacancies will be mentioned in the final Result of
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the UPSC CSE (IAS) Main exam (written) from August 22 to 31, 2025. The Commission will conduct the UPSC IAS main exam in offline mode at the designated exam centres. The candidates are informed about their exam centre through their UPSC admit card.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, the Union Public Service Commission has released the UPSC CSE (IAS) Main exam admit card 2025 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The candidates are required to log in with their UPSC OTR and password. The UPSC CSE admit card will inform the candidate about their UPSC exam centre.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
The Union Public Service Commission has released the UPSC CSE (IAS) main admit card 2025 on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission released the admit card for the candidates to download. The candidates are required to download the admit card from the official website by logging in with t
Contributor-Level 9
Answered 2 months ago
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CSE (IAS) Prelims cutoff 2024 after the declaration of final result. The candidates can see below the UPSC IAS Prelims Cutoff 2024
Category | IAS Prelims Cut off 2024 |
|---|---|
General | 87.98 |
EWS | 85.92 |
OBC | 87.28 |
SC | 79.03 |
ST | 74.23 |
PwBD1 | 69.42 |
PwBD2 | 65.30 |
PwBD3 | 40.56 |
PwBD5 | 40.56 |
Shiksha.com had predicted the UPSC CSE cutoff most accurately in some cases.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
The UPSC CSE (IAS) exam result 2024-25 was released on June 11. The Commission released the final UPSC CSE (IAS) 2024 cutoff for all the categories and stages of exam. The Commission released the UPSC Cutoff 2025 for all the stages of exam as given below:
| Category | CS (Prelim)* | CS (Main)# | CS (Final) |
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| General | 87.98 | 729 | 947 |
| EWS | 85.92 | 696 | 917 |
| OBC | 87.28 | 702 | 910 |
| SC | 79.03 | 685 | 880 |
| ST | 74.23 | 684 | 884 |
| PwBD-1 | 69.42 | 663 | 876 |
| PwBD-2 | 65.30 | 696 | 913 |
| PwBD-3 | 40.56 | 307 | 701 |
| PwBD-5 | 40.56 | 361 | 461 |
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