The Union Public Service Commission allots the IES exam centre based on the first apply first serve basis. The candidates are suggested to apply for the IES exam as soon as possible to get the exam centre of their choice. The Union Public Service Commission conducts the IES exam 2025 in offline mode. The candidates will be required to carry the IES 2025 admit card to the exam centre. The candidates are suggested to follow the exam day instructions mentioned in the UPSC e-admit card.
See here: IES Syllabus
The IES exam centre list is notified in the IES notification every year. The number of UPSC exam centres remains the same for all the large exams of UPSC. In IES the number of IES prelims exam centres are the standard ones but the list seems different for the IES main exam.
See here: IES exam pattern
- IES Exam Centre – Prelims exam
- IES 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
- IES Exam Centre – Main Exam
IES Exam Centre – Prelims exam
The IES prelims exam centre list is the standard exam list of UPSC comprising districts.
| Agartala | Ahmedabad | Aizawl |
| Bangalore | Bareilly | Bhopal |
| Chandigarh | Chennai | Cuttack |
| Dehradun | Delhi | Dharwad |
| Dispur | Gangtok | Hyderabad |
| Imphal | Itanagar | Jaipur |
| Jammu | Jorhat | Kochi |
| Kohima | Kolkata | Lucknow |
| Madurai | Mumbai | Nagpur |
| Panaji (Goa) | Patna | Port Blair |
| Prayagraj (Allahabad) | Raipur | Ranchi |
| Sambalpur | Shillong | Shimla |
| Srinagar | Thiruvananthapuram | Tirupati |
| Udaipur | Vishakhapatnam |
IES 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IES 2026 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 21 Jun ' 26 | UPSC ESE (IES) 2026 Mains Exam Date |
| 08 Feb ' 26 | UPSC ESE (IES) 2026 Prelims Exam Date |
| 26 Sep ' 25 | UPSC ESE (IES) 2026 Prelims Notification |
IES Exam Centre – Main Exam
The IES main exam is the second stage of the IES exam as mentioned in the IES exam pattern. The number of candidates in the IES main exam is very fewer and hence the number of IES main exam centre is less.
| Ahmedabad | Aizawl | Bangalore |
| Bhopal | Chandigarh | Chennai |
| Cuttack | Dehradun | Delhi |
| Dispur(Guwahati) | Hyderabad | Jaipur |
| Jammu | Kolkata | Lucknow |
| Mumbai | Patna | Prayagraj (Allahabad) |
| Raipur | Ranchi | Shimla |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Vishakhapatnam |
See here: IES exam dates 2025
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