
IES 2025 Cutoff: The UPSC ESE (IES) cutoff 2025 will be released after the declaration of result. The Union Public Service Commission will release the Category-wise cutoff for all the Engineering Streams for which the IES Exam 2025 was conducted on June 8, 2025. The Commission will release the IES cutoff for all the stages of exam separately for each stream. In the IES Merit List pdf, the Commission mentioned the names and roll numbers of the selected candidates. The Commission will release the IES Result 2025 on its official website - upsc.gov.in.
The candidates will be required to compare their marks with their category cutoff. If they have more marks than their category cutoff, they must communicate this to the Commission (exam controller) if they are not selected for that phase of the exam. Candidates can check here the IES 2025 exam analysis.
Latest Updates
- UPSC ESE (IES) Prelims Cutoff 2025
- IES 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
- How to check UPSC ESE (IES) Cutoff 2025?
- UPSC ESE(IES) Tie Resolution Principle
- IES Cut of Previous Years
- UPSC ESE (IES) Cutoff 2025 FAQs
UPSC ESE (IES) Prelims Cutoff 2025
The Union Public Service Commission conducted the IES 2025 Prelims exam on June 8, 2025. The Commission will release the IES 2025 cutoff after the declaration of final result. Till then, The candidates can see below the IES Prelims Cutoff 2024:
Branch |
Category |
2024 [Out of 500] |
---|---|---|
Civil
|
General |
174 |
EWS |
167 | |
OBC |
172 |
|
SC |
151 |
|
ST |
160 |
|
Mechanical |
General |
217 |
EWS |
202 |
|
OBC |
217 |
|
SC |
184 |
|
ST |
153 |
|
Electrical |
General |
199 |
EWS |
180 |
|
OBC |
198 |
|
SC |
178 |
|
ST |
159 |
|
Electronics & Telecommunication |
General |
129 |
EWS |
082 |
|
OBC |
129 |
|
SC |
076 | |
ST |
076 |
The Commission also released the IES Main and IES Final Cutoff 2024. The candidates can download the Complete IES Cutoff 2024 below:
IES 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of IES 2025 exam
Dates | Past Exam Dates |
---|---|
20 Jun ' 25 | UPSC ESE (IES) 2025 Prelims Result |
28 Mar ' 24 | UPSC ESE (IES) 2024 Result |
How to check UPSC ESE (IES) Cutoff 2025?
The candidates can check the UPSC ESE Cutoff 2025 in the following manner:
- Go to the official website of UPSC – upsc.gov.in
- Click on the ‘Examination’ tab given at the top
- A drop list will appear, Click on the Cutoff link appearing on the list
- The ESE Cutoff PDF link will appear in the list
- Click on the link and get the ESE cutoff for all the categories and phases
The IES 2025 Cutoff PDF will be available here after its official release
UPSC ESE(IES) Tie Resolution Principle
Tie-principle will be implemented when two or more candidates secure the same marks. The UPSC ESE (IES) tie principle is explained below:
1. The candidates with more marks in subject/technical papers plus marks of Personality Test may be ranked higher;
2. In case the total marks in the subject/technical papers plus marks of Personality Test are equal, the candidate who is senior in age may be ranked higher.
IES Cut of Previous Years
The candidates can see here the IES cutoff of previous years
IES Cutoff 2021
The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC IES 2021 Cutoff on April 4, 2022. The Commission mentioned the category-wise cutoff for all the engineering streams. separately. The candidates can se and download the IES cutoff 2021 pdf as released by the Commission.
IES 2021 Prelims Cutoff
Though the IES cutoff is different every year it gives the idea of approximate marks required to clear the exam. The candidates can take the average of the last five years' cutoff and get an idea of the preparation required for each of the engineering streams. The IES cutoff for 2021 is given below:
Branch |
Category |
2020 [Out of 500] |
---|---|---|
Civil
|
General |
249 |
EWS |
246 |
|
OBC |
243 |
|
SC |
196 |
|
ST |
213 |
|
Mechanical |
General |
247 |
EWS |
247 |
|
OBC |
247 |
|
SC |
213 |
|
ST |
214 |
|
Electrical |
General |
235 |
EWS |
225 |
|
OBC |
235 |
|
SC |
199 |
|
ST |
230 |
|
Electronics & Telecommunication |
General |
208 |
EWS |
200 |
|
OBC |
208 |
|
SC |
205 |
|
ST |
202 |
See and Download here UPSC ESE 2021 Cutoff PDF
IES 2021 Main Cutoff
The candidates can see the marks required to clear the UPSC ESE (IES) main exam 2021 (Main and Interview)
UPSC ESE (IES) Civil Engineering Cutoff 2021
Following are the cut off marks for IES exam 2021 (Civil Engineering):
Category |
Main [Out of 1,100] |
Marks secured by last recommended candidate [Out of 1,300] |
---|---|---|
General |
617 |
804 |
EWS |
581 |
772 |
OBC |
582 |
762 |
SC |
484 |
642 |
ST |
519 |
667 |
UPSC ESE (IES) Mechanical Engineering Cutoff 2021
Following are the cut off marks for IES exam 2021 (Mechanical Engineering):
Category |
Main [Out of 1,100] |
Marks secured by last recommended candidate [Out of 1,300] |
---|---|---|
General |
597 |
761 |
EWS |
532 |
749 |
OBC |
555 |
739 |
SC |
477 |
688 |
ST |
563 |
719 |
UPSC ESE (IES) Electrical Engineering Cutoff 2021
Following are the cut off marks for IES exam 2021 (Electrical Engineering):
Category |
Main [Out of 1,100] |
Marks secured by last recommended candidate [Out of 1,300] |
---|---|---|
General |
567 |
746 |
EWS |
534 |
633 |
OBC |
522 |
717 |
SC |
484 |
651 |
ST |
508 |
684 |
UPSC ESE (IES) Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Cutoff 2021
Following are the cut off marks for IES exam 2021 (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering):
Category |
Main [Out of 1,100] |
Marks secured by last recommended candidate [Out of 1,300] |
---|---|---|
General |
449 |
617 |
EWS |
428 |
579 |
OBC |
449 |
606 |
SC |
403 |
553 |
ST |
358 |
482 |
IES Cutoff 2020
IES Cut off 2020 was released by UPSC on April 15. The IES cut off was released for all the groups separately. In addition to the engineering branch, the IES cutoff was released for all the categories separately. The IES cutoff 2020 was highest for the Civil Engineering branch. The lowest among them all was for Electronic and Tele-communication. The candidates should analyse the dynamics between the number of IES vacancies, the difficulty level of the paper and the IES cut off. This will help them to arrive at the quantum of preparation effort required for the selection in the IES exam. The Union Public Service Commission released the IES cut off for all the engineering branches and categories. We have summarised the IES Prelims cutoff 2020.
Branch |
Category |
2020 [Out of 500] |
---|---|---|
Civil
|
General |
238 |
EWS |
238 |
|
OBC |
238 |
|
SC |
202 |
|
ST |
227 |
|
Mechanical |
General |
262 |
EWS |
255 |
|
OBC |
250 |
|
SC |
214 |
|
ST |
202 |
|
Electrical |
General |
238 |
EWS |
226 |
|
OBC |
229 |
|
SC |
187 |
|
ST |
194 |
|
Electronics & Telecomm. |
General |
245 |
EWS |
226 |
|
OBC |
245 |
|
SC |
205 |
|
ST |
202 |
Download here: Official UPSC IES 2020 Cut-off PDF
UPSC IES main exam 2020 was conducted across the nation in two sessions. After both sessions, the candidates shared their experience with the IES main exam. The IES 2020 question papers were conceptual and lengthy. The candidates found paper I conceptual and paper II as lengthy. So the overall IES 2020 cutoff will increase because the number of vacancies is less in comparison to the previous year. The IES main exam was conducted amid the coronavirus pandemic and it will have an impact on the absent ratio of the IES main exam 2020. See here the student reaction video for the IES 2020 main exam paper I. Also, the candidates were expecting the lower cutoff this year because the paper was a bit tough and lengthy.
IES 2019 Cutoff Details
UPSC has released the IES Exam cut-off for the prelims and main exam. The IES cut-off is declining in recent years. The IES Prelims cut-off (max marks 500) is going down for all the Engineering branches. The IES Prelims Cut-off trend is visible from the following details:
IES Prelims Cut-offs
Branch |
Category |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Civil |
General |
188 |
207 |
202 |
OBC |
185 |
194 |
177 |
|
SC |
143 |
169 |
148 |
|
ST |
159 |
188 |
151 |
|
Mechanical |
General |
187 |
256 |
231 |
OBC |
187 |
255 |
207 |
|
SC |
166 |
220 |
165 |
|
ST |
169 |
223 |
147 |
|
Electrical |
General |
221 |
230 |
257 |
OBC |
211 |
218 |
241 |
|
SC |
191 |
190 |
210 |
|
ST |
172 |
191 |
208 |
|
Electronics & Telecomm. |
General |
226 |
213 |
221 |
OBC |
221 |
206 |
205 |
|
SC |
176 |
173 |
167 |
|
ST |
165 |
155 |
171 |
IES 2019 Main Cutoff Details
As seen above, the IES Main cut-off is also showing the same trends. The maximum marks in the IES Main exam are 1100 marks. The following table will give you the comparative analysis of the IES Main cut-off :
Branch |
Category |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Civil |
General |
541 |
546 |
520 |
OBC |
500 |
502 |
459 |
|
SC |
453 |
467 |
415 |
|
ST |
482 |
513 |
439 |
|
Mechanical |
General |
539 |
611 |
553 |
OBC |
529 |
611 |
485 |
|
SC |
450 |
542 |
428 |
|
ST |
487 |
564 |
399 |
|
Electrical |
General |
547 |
541 |
618 |
OBC |
481 |
488 |
562 |
|
SC |
466 |
452 |
511 |
|
ST |
417 |
481 |
530 |
|
Electronics &Telecomm. |
General |
539 |
504 |
549 |
OBC |
502 |
476 |
508 |
|
SC |
458 |
405 |
447 |
|
ST |
427 |
403 |
479 |
UPSC ESE (IES) Cutoff 2025 FAQs
The candidates can see here important questions related to IES cutoff.
IES Exam
Student Forum
Answered a week 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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Contributor-Level 6
Answered a month 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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Contributor-Level 6
Is the UPSC IES 2026 application process started?