UPSC ESE Prelims Exam Date 2027

UPSC ESE Prelims Exam Date 2027 — Preliminary Examination on 31 January 2027

The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination 2027 — Stage-I — on 31 January 2027, and the Main (Stage-II) Examination on 18 June 2027, under Notification F.No. 02/02/2026-E.1B dated 16 September 2026. The examination is for about 480 vacancies across four categories of engineering, including 19 posts for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.

Important — applications are already closed

The online application window for ESE 2027 has already closed — the last date was 6 October 2026 till 6:00 PM. This post is an exam-date item only, for candidates who already applied. Do not treat it as an open application.

Vacancies and categories

There are approximately 480 vacancies (the number is liable to alteration), including 19 for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (11 Locomotor Disability including leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy; 6 Hard of Hearing; 1 Low Vision; 1 Specific Learning Disability and Multiple Disabilities). The examination covers Category I Civil Engineering, Category II Mechanical Engineering, Category III Electrical Engineering and Category IV Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, for Group-A services and posts including the Central Engineering Service, the Indian Railway Management Service and the Indian Defence Service of Engineers.

Age and qualification

Candidates must be 21 to 30 years old as on 1 January 2027 — born not earlier than 2 January 1997 and not later than 1 January 2006. The upper age limit is relaxable up to 35 years for eligible Government servants, with other relaxations as per the rules. The qualification is an Engineering degree (B.E. or B.Tech.) in the relevant discipline, as per the eligibility rules in the official notification — read the notification itself for the discipline-by-discipline detail.

Fee

The examination fee was Rs. 200. Female, SC, ST and PwBD candidates were exempted from payment of the fee. The fee once paid is not refundable. This is an exam-date post, so the fee is stated here in the body and in the FAQ only — there is no fee card on this page.

e-Admit Card

The e-Admit Card is issued on the last working day of the week preceding the examination, about three days before the date of the examination, and can be downloaded from the UPSC website, upsc.gov.in. No admit card is sent by post. Check the card carefully when it is released and read the instructions on it before the examination.