IAS Exam Date 2025: Interviews From 8 December, Check Important UPSC Civil Service Dates Here
Indian Administrative Services 2025 ( IAS )
The Union Public Service Commission has relased the UPSC IAS interview schedule on its portal - upsc.gov.in. The Commission released the personality test schedule for 649 candidates only. The interview schedule for rest of the candidates will be released later. The candidates should note that the Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC Civil Service (IAS) main result 2025 online on November 11. For the interview stage, the Commission selected 2,736 candidates. In the first phase, the UPSC interview 2025 will commence from December 8 and will finish on December 19, 2025.
The UPSC Civil Service Exam 2026 notification will be released on January 14. The candidates will get 20 days to fill out the UPSC Civil Service application form and the last date to apply online for the UPSC IAS 2026 will be February 3, 2026.
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- About IAS Exam Dates 2025
- UPSC IAS Result 2025 Expected Dates
- UPSC IAS 2026 Dates
- IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
- IAS Exam Dates 2025 FAQs
About IAS Exam Dates 2025
The Civil Service Exam dates are the compulsory part of the IAS preparation plan because it takes more than one year to prepare for IAS. Even after preparing for more than a year and appearing in the IAS prelims exam, the IAS aspirants are not sure about their preparation and have to chalk out an IAS preparation plan again. For preparing a study plan, IAS aspirants require the list of events of the UPSC IAS exam process. IAS exam dates help the candidates in planning the IAS preparation and the intensity of their efforts for special occasions such as the times of IAS exams.
The candidates can see here UPSC IAS 2025 exam dates as mentioned below:
| UPSC IAS 2025 Event Name |
Date |
|---|---|
| Notification Date |
22-Jan-2025 |
| Last Date to Apply Online |
11-Feb-2025 21-Feb-2025 |
| IAS 2025 Application Correction Dates |
22-Feb-2025 to 28-Feb-2025 |
| IAS 2025 Prelims Exam |
25-May-2025 |
| UPSC Main Admit Card Release Date |
14-Aug-2025 |
| UPSC CSE (IAS) Main Exam |
22-Aug-2025 to 31-Aug-25 |
| UPSC CSE (IAS) Result Date |
11-Nov-2025 |
| UPSC IAS Interview Phase I |
8-Dec-2025 to 19-Dec-2025 |
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 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 and the UPSC IAS Result 2025 (final) will be released in 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 Dates
The Union Public Service Commission will release the Civil Service (IAS) exam 2026 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 dates below:
| UPSC CSE (IAS) 2026 Highlights | |
|---|---|
| Conducting body |
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
| Exam Purpose |
To recruit the candidates for All India Services and Central Civil Services |
| Exam level |
National |
| Notification Date |
14-Jan-2026 |
| Last Date to Apply Online |
03-Feb-2026 |
| IAS 2026 Application Correction Dates |
To Be Notified |
| IAS 2026 Prelims Exam |
24-May-2026 |
| UPSC CSE (IAS) Main Exam |
21-Aug-2026 |
| Exam frequency |
Once a year |
| Exam Duration |
Prelims - 2 hours for each paper Mains - 3 hours for each paper Personality Test - not fixed (25 to 45 minutes) |
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.
IAS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IAS 2025 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.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 4 days 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 week 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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A: BEL 2022 recruitment applications were started on February 22, 2022.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 3 weeks ago
A: BEL accepted the applications till March 16, 2022, only.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a month ago
The Union Public Service Commission released the Civil Service (IAS) Main result 2025 on its portal - upsc.gov.in. The Commission selected 2,736 candidates for the interview stage. The Commission will start conducting the interviews in December 2025.
Contributor-Level 9
Answered 2 months ago
The Union Public Service Commission conduct the Civil Service Exam every year to recruit the candidates for the All India Services and Central Civil Services. There are around 25 Central Civil Services whose exam is combinedly conducted as Civil Service Exam.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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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Do the number of IAS vacancies changes every year?