IES

To apply for the IES exam, candidates must meet the following nationality requirements:
The candidate must be either:

1. A citizen of India.
2. A subject of Nepal or Bhutan.
3. A Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India.
4. A person of Indian origin who migrated from specific countries with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Candidates falling under categories (2), (3), and (4) need to produce a certificate of eligibility issued by the Government of India at the time of final allotment

The Union Public Service Commissionwill release the Engineering Service Exam Notification 2026 on September 17, 2025. The Commission will provide around 20 days to fill out the IES applications. The last date to fill out the IES 2026 application form is October 7, 2025. Candidates must complete the application process within this deadline to be considered for the exam.

The Commission will conduct the IES 2026 prelims exam on February 8, 2026 as per the exam pattern and rules provided in the official exam pattern.

The IES notification released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) contains comprehensive details about the exam, including key information such as the exam pattern, eligibility criteria, number of vacancies, syllabus, and more. Candidates can find the following details in the IES notification:

• Exam Pattern
• Eligibility Criteria
• Number of Vacancies
• Syllabus
• Application Process
• Important Dates
• Salary Structure
  
  

The notification serves as a guide for candidates interested in applying for the IES exam, providing them with all the necessary information to understand the exam requirements and prepare effectively

The candidates should note that as per the feedback of the candidates appeared in the IES prelims 2025 Shift 1 the overall difficulty level is moderate. Maths was scoring and easy. In Biology, questions asked was of class 12 level and easy. Some candidates felt that ethics section was challenging. 

Based on the exam's difficulty level, the IES 2025 prelims cutoff is expected to remain high based on the difficulty level of the question paper. 

The Union Public Service Commission releases the IES result PDF on its official website - upsc.gov.in. But the Commission removes the previous year result pdf from the official website. The candidates can download the previous year question papers here.

The candidates can check out our IES result page to download the previous year IES result pdf.

The number of IES selected each year is different and based on the number of IES vacancies mentioned in the official notification. The Commission can increase or decrease the official number of vacancies even after the release of official notification. Besides this, the Commission also maintain a consolidated reserve list to send additional candidates to the services in case of additional requirement.

The Commission mention the number of vacancies in the official notification.

The Union Public Service Commission releases the UPSC exam calendar (exam dates) one year in advance. The Commission released the IES 2025 exam dates with its UPSC 2025 exam calendar. The Commisson mentioned that the Commission will conduct the IES 2025 prelims exam on June 8, 2025. The Commission is expected to release the IES 2025 result in July on its official website- upsc.gov.in. The Commission will conduct the IES 2025 mains exam on August 10, 2025.

The Union Public Service Commission will conducte the IES 2025 exam on June 8, 2025. The Commission will release the prelims results on its official website - upsc.gov.in. The Commission will mention the names and roll numbers of the qualified candidates in the result pdf. The candidates who qualifies in the prelims exam will be allowed to appear in the IES main exam 2025. The Commission will conduct the IES main exam 2025 on August 10, 2025 at the designated exam centres.