IAS Exam Date 2025: Interviews From 8 December, Check Important UPSC Civil Service Dates Here
Indian Administrative Services 2026 ( IAS )
The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) notification 2026 on January 14. The Commission will provide 20 days for the application filling process. The last date for the UPSC IAS applications is February 3. The Commission will mention the number of vacancies, eligibility, number of attempts, syllabus, exam pattern and all the legalities of the exam.
The UPSC IAS exam dates 2026 are required for preparation strategy. The UPSC IAS application correction dates will be released in the official notification. The Commission will conduct the UPSC IAS 2026 exam on May 24.
The UPSC is conducting the IAS interviews 2025 in phases. The second phase of interviews will be conducted tilll February 26, 2026, ath UPSC Bhawan, New Delhi. The interviews were started on December 8, 2025.
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- About IAS Exam Dates 2026
- UPSC IAS Result 2025 Expected Dates
- UPSC IAS 2026 Application Dates
- UPSC IAS Admit Card Dates 2026
- IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
- IAS Exam Dates 2025 FAQs
About IAS Exam Dates 2026
The Union Public Service Commission releases its exam calendar one year in advance to notify the candidate and State Public Service Commissions about the exam dates. The candidates require the exam date to design their preparation plan. The candidates can see here UPSC IAS 2026 exam dates as mentioned below:
| UPSC IAS 2026 Event Name |
Date |
|---|---|
| Notification Date |
14-Jan-2026 |
| Last Date to Apply Online |
03-Feb-2026 |
| IAS 2026 Application Correction Dates |
To Be Announced |
| IAS 2026 Prelims Exam |
24-May-2026 |
| UPSC Main Admit Card Release Date |
01-Aug-2026 |
| UPSC CSE (IAS) Main Exam |
21-Aug-2026 to 30-Aug-2026 |
| UPSC CSE (IAS) Result Date |
To Be Announced |
| UPSC IAS Interview Phase I |
To Be Announced |
Commonly asked questions
The Union Public Service Commission releases the UPSC IAS result online on upsc.gov.in. The candidates can see below the steps to check their IAS result:
- Visit the official website of UPSC at upsc.gov.in.
- Go to the "What's New" section and click on the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) exam result link.
- Click on the "Civil Services Result" link that appears.
- Search for your roll number in the UPSC Result PDF.
- Download the UPSC IAS result PDF for future reference
UPSC IAS Result 2025 Expected Dates
The Union Public Service Commission is expected to release the Civil Service (IAS) result in April 2026. The Commission will release the names and the roll number of the UPSC Toppers. The Union Public Service Commission released the Civil Service (IAS) main exam result 2025 on November 11. The IAS interviews are commencing from December 8. It is expected that the UPSC personality test will be conducted till March/April 2026.
Commonly asked questions
The Union Public Service Commission is expected to conduct the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) interviews till March/April 2026. The Commission is expected to release the UPSC CSE (IAS) Final Result in April 2026.
UPSC IAS 2026 Application Dates
The Union Public Service Commission will release the Civil Service (IAS) notification on January 14, 2026. The Commission has preponed the IAS selection process by 1 month. In the earlier years, the Commission released the IAS notification in February only. The candidates can see the UPSC IAS 2026 application dates below:
| UPSC CSE (IAS) 2026 Highlights | |
|---|---|
| Notification Date |
14-Jan-2026 |
| Last Date to Apply Online |
03-Feb-2026 |
| IAS 2026 Application Correction Dates |
To Be Notified |
Commonly asked questions
UPSC CSE (IAS) 2026 application form will be released on January 14, 2026. The last date to fill the application form is February 3, 2026. UPSC CSE (IAS) exam 2026 will be conducted on May 24, 2026. The mains exam will be conducted on August 21, 2026.
UPSC IAS Admit Card Dates 2026
The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC IAS admit card on May 10, 2026.
IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IAS 2026 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Nov ' 25 - Apr ' 26 | UPSC IAS Main Result 2025 TENTATIVE |
| 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 |
IAS Exam Dates 2025 FAQs
The candidates can see here important FAQs related to IAS exam dates 2025.
Commonly asked questions
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 conduct the Civil Service Exam once in a year. The Commission releases the IAS notification in February. IAS prelims and main exam is conducted once every year. The IAS prelims exam is conducted on the last Sunday of May and the main exam starts on third Friday of September. The candidates who clear the prelims exam are allowed to appear in the main exam. The UPSC also releases the result of all the stages of the exam once in a year.
The IAS 2024 prelims exam will be conducted in May 26, 2024.
IAS Exam
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 days ago
Yes, the UPSC IAS previous year question papers are very important because they provide a clear picture of the exam. The UPSC IAS PYQs hints about the most frequently asked topics in the exam. It also provides the tentative weightage of the sections in the UPSC IAS syllabus.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 6 days ago
The candidates can cover the IAS prelims syllabus if in six months if they are appearing for it for the first time. In case, the candidate has cleared the prelims earlier, he or she can prepare it in three months.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 6 days ago
The Union Public Service Commission will notify the UPSC IAS Syllabus 2026 in its official notification. The Commission will release the Civil Service 2026 notification on January 14, 2026.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 6 days ago
The UPSC IAS Prelims and Main exam syllabus is different. The candidates can say that the Prelims syllabus is a subset of the main because it is very vast and extesive.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 weeks ago
No, the Commission do not mention any Minimum Qualifying Marks for the General Studies Paper 1. But there is a criteria of Minimum 33 % for the General Studies Paper 2 (Aptitude) paper.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 weeks ago
The IAS Prelims exam is conducted offline in the pen and paper mode. There is no sectional cutoff in the IAS prelims exam because the number of questions from a section is not fixed and they vary year to year.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 weeks ago
The Union Public Service Commission conduct the Civil Service (IAS) main (written) exam offline in pen and paper mode. This exam is a descriptive type exam where the candidates are required to breach this cutoff score to get a call for the interview phase.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 weeks ago
The IAS prelims cutoff means the minimum marks required to clear the prelims exam in the category of the candidate. The Union Public Service Commission conduct the IAS prelims exam to filter the candidates and limit the numbers for the main (written) exam. The Commission conduct the prelims in offli
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 3 weeks ago
No, the number of IAS vacancies is fixed to 180. Every year, the Commission recommend 180 candidates for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS). In case of any change, the Commission will notify.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
The Union Public Service Commission is expected to conduct the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) interviews till March/April 2026. The Commission is expected to release the UPSC CSE (IAS) Final Result in April 2026.
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Beginner-Level 5
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Are the UPSC IAS Previous Year Question paper important?