NDA Application Form

As of now, the application process for the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2025, has concluded. The examination is scheduled for April 13, 2025. 

For those interested in future opportunities, the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II), 2025, is scheduled as follows:

Date of Notification: May 28, 2025

Last Date for Receipt of Applications: June 17, 2025

Date of Examination: September The official notification, detailing eligibility criteria, application procedures, and examination syllabi, will be released on May 28, 2025. Interested candidates should regularly check the Union Public Service Commission's (UPSC) official website for updates and to access the application form once it becomes available. 

To fill the NDA application form, it is a general guideline for the names below four characters.

Full Name: Generally, you are expected to use your full and complete legal name as per official documents, including first name, middle name (if applicable), and last name. It may ask for name as per your high school mark sheets or government id in application form.

Padding with Extra Characters: In such cases that your first name is not long enough, you may have to punch it up with a space, period, or letters according to what's allowed by the application portal.

Contact the Authorities: If the portal does not permit such modifications and has allowed a minimum of 4 characters, it would be best to contact the examination authorities directly or the helpline given on the official NDA website for further clarification.

For more specifics regarding the application or notification, please refer to the official NDA notification or the application guidelines on the UPSC website or the NDA portal.

UPSC releases the list of test cities along with the notification. Candidates are required to choose one test city as per their preferences while filling the application form. One test city can have multiple exam centres. The details regarding the NDA exam centres are mentioned on the admit card.Allotment of exam centres for NDA exam will be on the first-apply-first-allot basis and once the capacity of a particular centre is attained, the same will be frozen. Applicants, who cannot get a centre of their choice due to ceiling, will be required to choose a centre from the remaining ones,   the aspirants have to choose the preferences for Indian Army, Air Force and Navy. Mark the preferences in numbers from 1 to 4. Mark '0' in that field for which candidates don't want to give any preference