UPSC ESE (IES) Notification 2026 OUT: Download Official Notification PDF

Nationality

Candidates should be:

• A citizen of India/ A subject of Nepal, Bhutan or Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962.
• A person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Ethiopia or Vietnam, intending to stay in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age Limit

Aspirants must have attained an age of 21 years and must not have attained an age of 30 years on January 1, 2026. Candidates should not be born earlier than January 2, 1996, and not later than January 1, 2005.

Physical Examination

Candidates must be physically fit for the admission to Engineering Service Examination as per the guidelines mentioned 

Educational Qualification

A candidate must possess:

• Degree in Engineering from a recognised university
• Passed Sections A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India)
• Obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University college which is recognised in India
• Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
• Passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II & III or Sections A & B of the Aeronautical Society of India
• Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics & Radio Engineers, London held after November 1959

For Naval Armament Service – MSc degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject.

For Indian Radio Regulatory Service – MSc degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject or MSc with Physics and Radio Communication or Electronics or Telecommunication as a special subject.

  Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)

 IRSE /IRSME /IRSEE /IRSSE /IRSS

  Directorate General Ordnance Factories

 IOFS Group ‘A’

  Central Electricity Authority

CPES  Gr ‘A’ & CPES  Gr ‘B’

  Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Central Engineering Service (Roads) Gr. ‘A’ 

  Ministry of Telecommunication and

  Information Technology, Deptt. of Telecommunication 

Engineer in Indian Radio Regulatory Service  Gr ‘A’ Indian  Telecommunication Service Group ‘A’,  J.T.O. (G.C.S. Gr. ‘B’)

 Central Water Commission

 Central Water Engineering Service Gr ‘A’

 Border Roads Organisation

 BRES Gr. ‘A’

 Military Engineer Services

Indian Defence Service of Engineers (lDSE) Group ‘A’

 The Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Min of Defence.

AEE Gr ‘A’(Elect. Engg. Posts) in Corps of EME, Min of Defence. 

 Min of Defence, Deptt. of Defence Production, Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance

Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service(DAQAS) Gr ‘A’

 Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Indian Skill Development Services

 Indian Navy         

Indian Naval Armament Service, Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade-I

SC/ST

Upto 5 years

OBC

Upto 3 years

Jammu and Kashmir domicile during

Upto 5 years

Defence Services personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area, and released as a consequence thereof

Upto 3 years

ECOs/SSCOs served for 5 years in Military services (Completed the assignment or assignment has been extended and the Ministry of Defence has permitted him to apply for Civil Services)

Upto 5 years

Deaf/Mute and Orthopedically handicapped person

Upto 10 years