ESE - Engineering Services Exam Syllabus

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts Engineering Services Examination as a combined competitive examination for recruitment to the services or posts of Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. The exam is conducted for selection engineers for Government of India's engineering organizations, such as Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), Central Engineering Service (CES), Military Engineering Services (MES), etc.

Important Dates

• Date of Notifiaction: 14 March, 2015
• Last Date to Apply: 10 April, 2015
• Date of Exam: 12 June, 2015 (3 days exam)

Eligibility

Age Eligibility: You need to be between 21 years to 30 years as on 1st January of the exam year. Age relaxations exist as per the government rules.

Academic Qualification Eligibility: You must be a graduate in Engineering from a recognized university. Final year students can also appear in IES exam.

Exam Pattern

The written exam comprises of 2 sections. Section I consists of only objective type questions and section II comprises conventional papers. Both the papers cover entire syllabus of the relevant engineering disciplines. If you qualify the written examination, personality test of 200 marks is conducted.

 

Section/Paper	Duration	Maximum Marks
Section I (Objective)
General Ability Test	2 Hours	200
Engineering Paper I	2 Hours	200
Engineering Paper II	2 Hours	200
Section II (Conventional)
Engineering Paper I	3 Hours	200
Engineering Paper II	3 Hours	200