UPSC IES Dates

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 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 releases its UPSC exam calendar one year in advance and follow it in letter and spirit. The Commission mention the notification and exam dates for all of its exam in the calendar. The UPSC exam calendar 2024 was released online on May 10, 2023.

The Commission will also release the UPSC exam calendar 2025 in the first fortnight of May.

The last date to apply for the IES 2026 exam is October 16, 2025. The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC ESE (IES) 2025 notification on September 26, 2025. With the release of official notification, the Commission also activated the IES 2026 applications. 

The UPSC will conduct the IES 2026 prelims exam on February 8, 2026 at the designated exam centres.