Particular | Dates |
Notification of Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination by UPSC | 27 September, 2017 |
Last Date for Receipt of Application | 23 October, 2017 |
Commencement of Prelims | 01 January, 2018 (Sunday) |
Commencement of Main Exam | 01 July, 2018 (Sunday) |
Subject (Prelims) | Duration | Marks |
Paper-1(General studies and Engineering Aptitude) | 2hours | 200 |
Paper-2. Specific engineering subject chosen by the candidate- Civil Engineering/Electrical Engineering/ Electronic and Tele-Communication/ Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. | 3 hours | 300 |
Total | 500 |
Subjects (Main) | Marks | Duration of exam |
Paper-1- – The subject selected by the candidate from any one of the Branch-Civil Engineering/ Electrical Engineering/ Electronic and Tele-Communication/ Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. |
Eligibility Parameters:
- The Applicant must be a citizen of Indian origin. However, applicants from Nepal, Bhutan and refugees of Tibet who have migrated to India before 1st January 1962, can also apply for the exam.
- Age: Applicant must not be less than 21 years of age and should not be more than 30 years of age. He or she must be born between January 2 1987 and January 1, 1996. Age relaxation is given to the special category students:
Category | Age of relaxation |
SC/ST | 5 years. |
OBC | 3 years. |
J & K candidates | 5 years. |
Defence service Personnel | 3 years. |
Ex-servicemen including commissioned officers | 5 years. |
- Applicants are also given age relaxation if they are employed under any government office or state government in the public sector undertakings.
- Education qualification: The Applicant should have a B.E/ B.Tech. Also if he or she has any diploma/degree from any foreign University/ Institution/College recognized by the Government of India, they become eligible.
- The Applicant if has passed as the membership of the following institutions: Electronics and Telecommunication of India, Aeronautical Society of India and Electronics and Radio Engineers.
- Applicants appearing in their final year examination can also apply.
- Applicants can visit the official website www.upsc.gov.in. The Application Form link will be generated after the release of official notification from the Commission. One has to open it and carefully start filling the details.
- The Form will have two sections. The Applicant will fill up the details in the first and in the second half, payment process. He or she must read the instructions carefully and make no mistakes while filling the Application form.
- If the Applicant is already working in Government sector, either as permanent or as temporary employee, he or she needs to take permission from their senior. When approved, the Applicant can directly apply online.
- No Applicants are required to send any hard copies of their Application form to the Commission as everything is done online. However, they must keep the printout of their Application form after its submission.
- Application fee for General Category, OBC and Male candidates is Rs. 200. Reserved category candidates (SC/ST/PH) and Women are exempted from paying the fee. The fee either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore / State Bank of Patiala / State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/ Master Credit/ Debit Card.
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