UPSC ESE (IES) 2025 Vacancies : Check Posts and Vacancy List Here

Indian Engineering Services Exam 2026 ( IES )

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Shikha Goyal
Updated on Sep 19, 2024 16:14 IST

By Shikha Goyal, Assistant Manager

The Union Public Service Commission released 232 vacancies for the IES 2025 exam. The Commission did not mention the post-wise vacancies in the official notification. The Commission also did not release the category-wise vacancies in the notification. The candidates should note that the number of IES vacancies is tentative because the Commission will accept the requisition from the departments till the prelims exam. The Commission will conduct the IES 2025 prelims exam on June 8, 2025.

The IES 2025 application form was also activated with the release of official notification. The last date to apply online for the IES 2025 exam was October 8, 2024. The candidates should refer to the official IES notification 2025 to get all the details related to the IES 2025 applications.

Table of content
  • IES 2025 Vacancies
  • IES 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
  • UPSC ESE (IES) Previous Years' Vacancies
  • UPSC ESE (IES) 2024 Vacancies FAQs
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IES 2025 Vacancies

The Union Public Service Commission mentioned 232 vacancies in the official notification. The Commission did not release the service -wise vacancies in the IES 2025 exam. The candidates can see below the number of posts notified this year for the exam:

CATEGORY I—CIVIL ENGINEERING

Group-A Services/Posts

  1. Central Engineering Service (Civil)
  2. Central Engineering Service (Roads), Group-A (Civil Engineering Posts).
  3. Survey of India Group 'A' Service
  4. *AEE (Civil) in Border Roads Engineering Service.
  5. Indian Defence Service of Engineers.
  6. AEE (QS&C) in MES Surveyor Cadre.
  7. Indian Skill Development Service.
  8. Central Water Engineering (Group ‘A’) Service.

CATEGORY II—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Group-A/B Services/Posts

  1. Indian Defence Service of Engineers.
  2. Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
  3. Central Power Engineering Service Gr 'A'(Mechanical Engineering Posts)
  4. Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service/SSO-II (Mechanical).
  5. AEE ( Elect & Mech) in Border Roads Engineering Service.
  6. Indian Naval Material Management Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)
  7. Indian Skill Development Service 

CATEGORY III—ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Group-A/B Services/Posts

  1. Indian Defence Service of Engineers.
  2. Indian Naval Material Management Service (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  3. Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  4. Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service/SSO-II (Electrical).
  5. Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘A’ (Electrical Engineering Posts).
  6. Indian Skill Development Service.
  7. IEDS/Assistant Director Grade-I (IEDS) Electrical Trade
  8. IEDS/Assistant Director Grade-II (IEDS) Electrical Trade

CATEGORY IV—ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Group-A/B Services/Posts

  1. Indian Telecommunication Service Gr ‘A’.
  2. Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘A’ (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Posts).
  3. (Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts).
  4. Indian Naval Material Management Service (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts)
  5. Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service/SSO-II (Electronics & Tele).
  6. Indian Skill Development Service.
  7. Indian Radio Regulatory Service Gr ‘A’
  8. IEDS/Assistant Director Grade-I(IEDS) Electronics Trade.
  9. IEDS/Assistant Director Grade-II(IEDS) Electronics Trade

IES 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IES 2026 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates
08 Feb ' 26

UPSC ESE (IES) 2026 Prelims Exam Date

21 Jun ' 26

UPSC ESE (IES) 2026 Mains Exam Date

DatesPast Exam Dates
26 Sep ' 25

UPSC ESE (IES) 2026 Prelims Notification

26 Sep ' 25 - 16 Oct ' 25

UPSC ESE (IES) 2026 Prelims Application Form

10 Aug ' 25

UPSC ESE (IES) 2025 Main Exam Day

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UPSC ESE (IES) Previous Years' Vacancies

The candidates can see here the number of vacancies notified by UPSC in ESE (IES) exam.

UPSC ESE (IES) Exam Year Number of Vacancies
2025 232
2024 167
2023 327
2022 247
2021 215

The candidates can see here the number of vacancies are increasing year after year.

IES 2024 Vacancies

The candidates should note that there were 167 vacancies notified in the official notification but these numbers are tentative only and the Commission release the final number of vacancies in the official final result only.

IES 2023 Vacancies

The number of vacancies notified in the exam notification is 327. It is highest in recent years. Union Public Service Commission did not release the post-wise vacancies. However, the details of the posts are released as follows.

Civil Engineering Branch

Group-A Services/Posts

  1. Central Engineering Service
  2. Central Engineering Service (Roads), Group-A (Civil Engineering Posts).
  3. Survey of India Group ‘A’ Service.
  4. AEE(Civil) in Border Road Engineering Service.
  5. Indian Defence Service of Engineers.
  6. AEE(QS&C) in MES Surveyor Cadre.
  7. Central Water Engineering (Group ‘A’) Service

Mechanical Engineering

Group-A/B Services/Posts

  1. AEE in GSI Engineering Service Gr ‘A’.
  2. Indian Defence Service of Engineers.
  3. Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
  4. Indian Naval Material Management Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)
  5. Central Water Engineering (Group ‘A’) Service.
  6. Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Services/SSO-II (Mechanical).
  7. Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engg.)
  8. Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘A’ (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
  9. AEE (Electrical and Mechanical) in Border Roads Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)
  10. Assistant Development Officer (Engineering).
  11. Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘B’ (Mechanical Engineering Posts)

Electrical Engineering

Group-A/B Services/Posts

  1. Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
  2. Indian Defence Service of Engineers.
  3. Indian Naval Material Management Service (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  4. Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘A’ (Electrical Engineering Posts).
  5. Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  6. Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service/SSO-II (Electrical).
  7. Assistant Development Officer (Engineering).
  8. Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘B’ (Electrical Engineering Posts).

Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Group-A/B Services/Posts

  • Indian Telecommunication Service Gr ‘A’.
  • Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts).
  • Indian Naval Material Management Service (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts)
  • Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service/SSO-II (Electronics & Tele).
  • Central Power Engineering Gr ‘A’ (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Posts).
  • Assistant Development Officer (Engineering).
  • Central Power Engineering Gr ‘B’ (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Posts).
  • Junior Telecom Officer Gr ‘

There are 34 posts for which the recruitment will be made through UPSC ESE (IES) 2023 exam.

IES 2022 Vacancies

There were 247 vacancies in the IES exam 2022. IES vacancies were advertised by UPSC in the official notification. The stream-wise vacancies were not mentioned in the notification. It will be mentioned in the result notice. Candidates can see from the trend that the number of vacancies increased during the exam process and the number final result will release the actual number of vacancies. The category-wise reservation will also be applicable to these vacancies. The specific detail as given in the official notification is as follows.

Seven vacancies will be reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities(PwBD)  (03 vacancies for Locomotor Disability including Leprosy cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack victims and Muscular Dystrophy & 04 vacancies for Hard of Hearing). The number of vacancies is liable to alteration. 

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UPSC ESE (IES) 2024 Vacancies FAQs

The candidates can see here important questions related to IES vacancies.

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Answered a week ago

The last date to apply for the UPSC ESE 2026 exam was October 16, 2025 (6:00 PM). It was started on September 26, 2025. 

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Manisha Singh

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a week ago

Yes the examination centre lis was released for the UPSC ESE 2026 in the official notification. Therefore, candidates can go through the official notification for the list of exam centres. It is also provided on our Shiksha page.

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Satyendra Garg

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a week ago

No. A candidate can not change the examination centre. There is no such provision. Therefore, it is recommended to choose carefully the exam centre. Also, check the official notification for the same.

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Chanchal Shekhar

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a week ago

The UPSC ESE/IES cut off will be released on the official website of the exam conducting authority. 

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Ishita Kaur

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a week ago

Yes. In the UPSC IES prelims exam, there is a negative marking of 1/3 for each incorrect answer.

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Shikha Goyal

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a week ago

The UPSC IES exam pattern for prelims exam consists of two papers namely Paper 1 and Paper 2. Objective type questions are asked in the examination. It is conducted in offline mode (pen and paper based). In Paper 1, 100 questions are asked of maximum 200 marks and duration is two hours. In Paper 2,

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Virajita Shukla

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a week ago

In the UPSC ESE/IES Mains exam, descriptive and subjective questions are asked. The exam consists of two papers from specific engineering stream. Maximum marks of each paper is 300 and the duration of each paper is three hours. 

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Gunjan Majumder

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a week ago

In the IES Prelims exam, subjects covered are General Studies and Engineering Aptitude and concerned Engineering Stream.

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Nitesh Pruthi

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

The authority activated the UPSC IES 2026 application apply link on the official website at upsconline.nic.in. Candidates can apply via direct link provided on this page as well.

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Manisha Singh

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 2 months ago

The UPSC IES 2025 Mains exam result is expected to be released in September 2025 or October first week. The commission has not yet announced the release date for the Mains result. The UPSC IES 2025 Mains exam was conducted on August 10. 

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Chanchal Shekhar

Contributor-Level 6

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