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Engineering ServicesExamination

TheEngineeringServicesExaminationisconductedtocatertherequirementofEngineersinfour
streams of engineering viz. Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering for various posts/services to the Govt. of India. The
Examinationhasthreestages.(i)EngineeringServices(Preliminary)Examination,(ii)EngineeringServices
(Main)Examinationand(iii)PersonalityTest(Interview).

(A)TentativeSchedule:
(i)NotificationofExamination

September/Octoberofprecedingyearofexamination

(ii)PreliminaryExamination

January/Februaryoftheyearofexamination

(iii)MainExamination

July/Augustoftheyearofexamination

(B)Agelimits:
2130 years on 1stJanuary of the year of Examination. Certain categories of persons including
departmentalcandidatesasspecifiedintheCommission'sNoticeuploadedontheCommissionswebsite
(www.upsc.gov.in)areeligibleforagerelaxation.

(C)EducationalQualification:
AdegreeinEngineeringfromarecognizedUniversityorequivalent.M.Sc.degreeoritsequivalentwith
WirelessCommunications,Electronics,RadioPhysicsorRadioEngineeringasspecialsubjectsalso
acceptableforcertainServices/postsonly.
Candidatesappearingattheirengineeringdegreeorequivalentexaminationarealsoeligibletocompete.
CandidatesqualifyingonthePreliminaryExaminationwillberequiredtosubmittheproofofpassingthe
requisiteexaminationalongwiththeirdetailedapplicationformtobefilledupatthatstage.

(D)SchemeofExamination
PreliminaryExamination(Objectivetypemultiplechoicepaper)
PaperI(GeneralStudiesandEngineeringAptitude)
200Marks2Hrs.duration
(Commonforallcandidates)
PaperII(Engineeringdisciplinespecific)

300Marks3Hrs.duration

MainExamination(Conventionaltypepaper)
PaperI(Engineeringdisciplinespecific)

300Marks3Hrs.duration

PaperII(Engineeringdisciplinespecific)

300Marks3Hrs.duration

PersonalityTest(Interview)

200Marks

Total

1300Marks

N.B.MarkssecuredinPreliminaryExamination,MainExaminationandPersonalityTestwillbe
countedformerit.
NOTE:For further details, please refer to the Commissions Notice for the Examination when it is
uploadedonthecommissionswebsite(www.upsc.gov.in).

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