UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2026 – 474 Posts, Online Apply

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Last Date: 16/10/2025.

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the official notification of Engineering Services Examination 2026 for the recruitment of 474 vacancy in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering disciplines. Interested and eligible candidates may apply online here. 

 

UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2026

Name of exam: UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2026

No of posts: 474 posts

Disciplines:

Category I: Civil Engineering.
Category II: Mechanical Engineering.
Category III: Electrical Engineering.
Category IV: Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

Eligibility Criteria of UPSC Engineering Services Examination

Age Limit: Candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st January, 2026 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1996 and not later than 1st January, 2005.

Age Relaxation: The category-wise age relaxation is as mentioned below.

# SC/ST: 5 years
# OBC: 3 years
# PwBD: 10 years

Educational Qualification:

For admission to the examination, a candidate must have –

# Obtained a degree in Engineering from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; or
# Passed Sections A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India); or
# Obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University/College/Institution and under such conditions as may be recognised by the Government for the purpose from time to time, or
# Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India); or
# Passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II and III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical Society of India; or
# Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers, London held after November, 1959. 

Provided that a candidate for the post of Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts) and Indian Radio Regulatory Service Group ‘A’ may possess any of the above qualifications or the qualification mentioned below namely:-

# For Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engg. Posts) – M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject.

# For Indian Radio Regulatory Service Group ‘A’ – M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a subject or Master’s Degree in Science with Physics and Radio Communication or Electronics or Telecommunication as a special subject.

Application Fee:

UR/ OBC: Rs. 200/-
Female/ SC/ST/ Persons with Benchmark Disability: Nil
Payment Mode: Visa/ Master/ RuPay Credit/ Debit Card or by using Internet Banking of SBI.

How to Apply for UPSC Examination?

Interested and eligible candidates may apply online for UPSC Recruitment by visiting at official recruitment portal of UPSC. They may follow below mentioned steps .

Important Dates of UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2026

 

# Starting date of online application submission: 26th September 2025
# Last date of online application submission: 16th October, 2025 till 6:00 PM

 

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