IAS Exam Date 2025: UPSC Civil Services Prelims, Mains & Interview Schedule
Indian Administrative Services 2025 ( IAS )
The UPSC Civil Service 2025 Result is expected to be released in December. The Commission conducted the UPSC CSE (IAS) main exam 2025 in September. The Commission will mention the roll numbers of the qualified candidates in the UPSC result PDF. The qualified candidates will be called for the UPSC CSE interviews at the UPSC Bhawan in New Delhi. The Commission will release the interview schedule on its official website - upsc.gov.in.
The UPSC CSE 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 CSE 2026 will be February 3, 2026.
Also Read: UPSC 2024 Interview Questions
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC Exam Calendar 2025 on April 25, 2024. The Commission released the notification, application and the exam dates in the official exam calendar. The IAS 2025 prelims exam will be conducted on May 25, 2025. The Commission preponed the IAS main exam by one month to August. The IAS main 2025 exam will be conducted from August 22, 2025.
The Commission do not mention the dates for the UPSC admit card in the official exam calendar.
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC IAS 2024 interview schedule on its official website - upsc.gov.in on December 20, 2024. The Commission selected 2,845 candidates to appear in the UPSC IAS interviews. The Commission will conudct the IAS interviews from January 7, 2025 to April 17, 2025.
The Commission is expected to release the UPSC IAS result 2024 in the last week of April 2025.
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC IAS 2025 prelims and main exam date. The Commission released the IAS 2025 notification online on January 22, 2025. The last date for the IAS 2025 application was February 21, 2025. The Commission will conduct the IAS 2025 prelims exam on May 25, 2025.
The IAS main exam 2025 will be conducted from August 22, 2025. The Commission preponed the main exam by one month.
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About IAS Exam Dates 2025
IAS exam dates are an essential 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. In chalking out a plan, IAS aspirants require the list of events of the 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 the UPSC CSE 2025 exam dates as mentioned in the official calendar. The state administrative machinery is engaged in conducting the exam and hence all the functionaries are prepared for the dates.
Commonly asked questions
The Union Public Service Commission released the IAS 2024 notification online on February 14, 2024. The Commission is expected to release the IAS 2024 admit card online on May 1, 2024. The UPSC will conduct the IAS 2024 exam on May 26, 2024. The Commission will conduct the IAS 2024 exam in online mode in the pen and paper mode. The exam will be conducted at the designated exam centres.
IAS 2024 notification was released online on February 14, 2024 mentioning that there will be 1056 vacancies for the exam.
The UPSC IAS admit card 2024 was released on June 7, 2024. The Commission conducted the IAS 2024 exam(Prelims) on June 16. The Commission has a standard time line of releasing the admit card, three weeks before the exam date. But this year, the Commission released the IAS admit card only ten days before the exam.
UPSC conducted the UPSC 2024 exam on June 16, 2024. Earlier, the Commission postponed the IAS prelims 2024 exam from May 26 because of the General Elections in the country. The Commission also released the IAS prelims result 2024 on June 28, 2024. The Commission will conduct the IAS main exam 2024 from September 20.
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 |
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 3 days 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 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 2 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 a month 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 a month 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 a month 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 a month 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 a month 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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