UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Centres - Check District-wise Test Centres List

Updated on Sep 30, 2025 20:48 IST

By Rachit Kumar Saxena, Manager-Editorial

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission released the UPPSC admit card 2025 on uppsc.up.nic.in. The Commission will conduct the PCS exam on October 12 across the state. The UPPSC released the list of PCS exam centres in the notification. The Commission will conduct the prelims exam in 75 districts. This is a major upgrade in terms of the number of exam centres.
The Commission conducted the UPPSC PCS exam in offline mode. The candidates will be required to reach their exam centres one hour before the exam starts. Uttar Pradesh is a big state in terms of geographical area and population. The exam was conducted all across the state and the candidates need to appear in the exam at the designated centres.

Table of contents

UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Centres - Prelims
UPPSC UPPCS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Centre – Main Exam
UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Centre FAQs

UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Centres - Prelims

The UPPSC PCS admit card 2025 has been released. The candidates can check their exam centre and they need to arrange for travel and other things to appear in the exam. Sometimes, the candidates need to book accommodation as well because of the distance.

See Here: UPPSC PCS Syllabus

The name of the districts in which the Preliminary Examination will be held are as follows -

(1) Agra	(2) Aligarh	(3) Ambedkar Nagar
(4) Ayodhya	(5) Azamgarh	(6) Banda
(7) Ballia	(8) Budaun	(9) Bareilly
(10) Basti	(11) Bijnor	(12) Bulandshahr
(13) Chandauli	(14) Deoria	(15) Fatehpur
(16) Firozabad	(17) Ghazipur,	(18) Ghaziabad
(19) Gorakhpur	(20) Greater Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar)	(21) Gonda
(22) Hapur	(23) Hardoi	(24) Etawah
(25) Jaunpur	(26) Jhansi	(27) Jyotibaphule Nagar
(28) Kanpur Nagar	(29) Kaushambi	(30) Kushinagar,
(31) Lakhimpur,	(32) Lalitpur	(33) Lucknow,
(34) Maharajganj	(35) Mainpuri	(36) Mathura
(37) Mau	(38) Meerut	(39) Mirzapur
(40) Moradabad	(41) Muzaffarnagar	(42) Prayagraj
(43) Pilibhit	(44) Raebareli	(45) Rampur
(46) Saharanpur	(47) Shahjahanpur	(48) Sitapur
(49) Sultanpur	(50) Varanasi	(51) Unnao

Commonly asked questions

Q: Can I get the exam centre of my choice in the UPPSC prelims exam 2025?

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission allot the UPPCS prelims exam centres based on the first apply first allot basis. In most cases, the applicant get the UPPSC exam centre of their choice. The Commission conduct the exam in 51 districts across the state but there are 76 disctricts in the state. Hence some candidates face the problem of travelling to the nearest exam centre from their place of residence.

For the main exam, there are only three cities where the exam is conducted. The UPPSC main exam is conducted in three districts namely - Prayagraj, Lucknow and Ghaziabad.

UPPSC UPPCS 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of UPPSC UPPCS 2025 exam

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
Jan ' 26 - Feb ' 26	UPPSC 2026 Application Dates TENTATIVE

Dates	Past Exam Dates
30 Sep ' 25 - 12 Oct ' 25	UPPSC 2025 Admit Card
29 Jun ' 25 - 02 Jul ' 25	UPPSC UPPCS Main Exam Dates 2024
19 Jun ' 25 - 02 Jul ' 25	UPPSC UPPCS Admit Card- Mains 2024
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UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Centre – Main Exam

This is another pain area for the candidates because there are only three exam centres in the state for the main exam. The candidate from any district needs to appear in the main exam at these centres only. The candidates need to carry all the important books and study material related to the exam. This is a difficult situation.

The UPPSC PCS main exam centres are

Lucknow
Prayagraj
Ghaziabad

So the candidates need to stay at accommodation, maybe a hotel or the like, because the main exam is conducted for four to five days.

See Here: UPPSC PCS Exam Pattern

Commonly asked questions

Q: Which documents are required with admit card to get entry to UPPSC UPPCS exam centre?

The applicants are suggested to carry the UPPSC admit card along with two photographs and a valid photo ID proof such as \

Adhar Card
Driving license
Passport
Pan Card
Voter Identity Card (Voter ID Card/EPIC)

or any of the ID cards issued by the central/state government. These documents are very important for verification and access in the examination centre.

Q: Can I choose the exam centre for UPPSC UPPCS main exam?

The candidates should note that the UPPSC PCS main exam is conducted in three exam centres only. These exam centres are

Lucknow
Prayagraj (Allahabad)
Ghaziabad

Candidates can choose their exam center for the UPPSC main exam and can easily get such exam centre.

UPPSC PCS 2025 Exam Centre FAQs

The candidates can see here the questions related to the UPPSC PCS exam centres.

Commonly asked questions

Q: How many exam centres are there in UPPSC Prelims exam 2024?

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission is planning to conduct the UPPSC Prelims exam 2024 in 41 districts of the state. There are 75 districts in the State. Last year, the UPPSC PCS prelims exam was conducted in 51 districts. Earlier the UPPSC prelims exam was conducted in around 25 cities in the state.

The UPPSC 2024 prelims exam will be conducted on December 7 & 8, 2024. The Commission is expected to release the UPPSC 2024 admit card on November 27, 2024 in its official website - uppsc.up.nic.in.

Q: How many exam centres are there for UPPCS main exam?

There are three exam centres for UPPSC main exam. The Commission conduct the UPPSC Main exam in three cities only. These cities are Prayagraj, Lucknow and Ghaziabad. The Ghaziabad is added lately after the demand of the candidates. The UPPSC main exam is a descriptive type exam conducted offline.

The UPPSC Prelims exam is conducted in 51 districts across the state.