IES 2025 Cut off (Expected)– Check Category Wise Prelims & Mains Cut Off Marks Here

Indian Engineering Services Exam 2025 ( IES )

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Shikha Goyal
Updated on Jun 10, 2025 15:16 IST

By Shikha Goyal, Assistant Manager

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.

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UPSC IES 2025 Prelims Exam Analysis

Q:   When will the IES 2025 cut off marks be released?
Table of content
  • 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
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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 Cutoff 2024

IES 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

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

DatesPast Exam Dates
20 Jun ' 25

UPSC ESE (IES) 2025 Prelims Result

28 Mar ' 24

UPSC ESE (IES) 2024 Result

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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

 

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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.

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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

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UPSC ESE (IES) Cutoff 2025 FAQs

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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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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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