UPSC ESE 2023 (Dates OUT!) Engineering Services Examination, Application Form, Dates

UPSC ESE 2023: Union Public Service Commission organizes Indian Engineering Services (IES) is also known as ESE (Engineering Services Examination). It is the topmost engineering examination conducted every year at the national level. The exam is conducted every year to recruit eligible candidates to various posts in the various department as given below. The basic pay for IES starts from INR 15,600 along with a Grade Pay of INR 5,400. The gross amount (including additional incentives like DA, and HRA) would be around INR 47,000. more details about UPSC Engineering Services 2023 are given in the article given below.

Sectors provided through UPSC ESE 2023

Power Department	Department of Indian Railways
Military Engineering	Geological Survey of India etc
Central Water engineering	Department of Telecommunications
Defense Service of Engineers	Department of Central Engineering

UPSC ESE 2023: Important Dates

Release of Notification	14 September 2022
Availability of the Application Form	14 September 2022
Last date to apply	04 October 2022
Prelims Exam Date	19 February 2023
Mains Exam Date	25 June 2023
Result	August 2023

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must be a resident of India, Nepal, Bhutan, or Tibetan refugees.
• A bachelor’s degree in the field of engineering from a recognized University is required to apply for UPSC Engineering Services.
• The age limit of the applying candidates should be between 21-30 years of age.
• Candidates must be physically fit according to the standards defined by exam authorities.

Application Fee

• The application fee to apply for UPSC Engineering Services 2023 is INR 200.
• For Female and SC/ST/PH candidates there is no application fee.
• The application fee is non-refundable.
• Candidates can pay the application fee through both online and offline modes.
• Pat the application fee banking/credit card/debit card of any bank to make the payment.

Exam Pattern

Prelims Exam

• This exam is conducted in offline mode i.e. it is a written examination.
• The exam is of Objective Type i.e. the questions are of Multiple Choice.
• There will be two papers in stage 1.
• Paper 1 will have questions from General Studies and Paper 2 will have questions from Engineering Discipline (Civil Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Electrical/ Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering).
• One-third mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
• Marks obtained in this stage are counted for determining the final order of merit.

Section Name	Duration of Exam	Maximum Marks
Paper 1 (General Studies & Engineering Aptitude)	2 hours	200
Paper 2 (Engineering Discipline)	3 hours	300
Total	5 hours	500 marks

Main Exam

• This exam is conducted in offline mode i.e. it is a written examination.
• It will also have two papers with questions from the selected Engineering discipline (Civil Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Electrical/ Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering) in both papers.
• The exam is of a Conventional Type.

Section Name	Duration of Exam	Maximum Marks
Paper 1 (Engineering Discipline)	3 hours	300
Paper 2 (Engineering Discipline)	3 hours	300
Total	6 hours	600 marks

Personal Interview/ Personality Test.

• It is the final stage of the recruitment process.
• It carries a maximum of 200 marks.
• The qualified candidates for the written exams are called for the interview.
• Candidates shortlisted from Stage 2 i.e. IES Mains exam have to fill a Detailed Application Form (DAF) online.
• The marks secured in each stage are included to prepare the Final Merit list.

Exam Centers

For Pre Exam

Jaipur	Gangtok	Ahmedabad	Ranchi
Kohima	Jorhat	Bhopal	Tirupati
Lucknow	Dispur (Guwahati)	Chennai	Thiruvananthapuram
Panaji (Goa)	Kolkata	Dharwad	Bareilly
Raipur	Nagpur	Itanagar	Allahabad
Srinagar	Patna	Delhi	Chandigarh
Shimla	Sambalpur	Jammu	Dehradun
Aligarh	Shillong	Madurai	Imphal
Aizawl	Udaipur	Mumbai	Kochi (Cochin)
Bangalore	Visakhapatnam	Port Blair	Hyderabad
Cuttack	Agartala	–	–

For Main Exam

Ahmedabad, Chennai, Jaipur, Raipur, Aizawl, Cuttack, Jammu, Ranchi, Allahabad, Dehradun, Kolkata, Shillong, Bangalore, Delhi, Lucknow, Shimla, Bhopal, Dispur (Guwahati), Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Patna, Vishakhapatnam

Departments allotted through UPSC ESE 2023

Civil and Electrical Engineering

Civil Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Central Engineering Service	Indian Naval Armament Service
Indian Railway Stores Service	Indian Railway Stores Service
IOF: Indian Ordnance Factories Services	IOF: Indian Ordnance Factories Services
Central Water Engineering Service	Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
Indian Railway Service of Engineers	Indian Supply Service Group A (Electrical Posts)
Indian Defence Service of Engineers	Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Post)
AEE in Border Road Engg. Services GR-A	Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy
AEE in P&T building works Group-A Services	Indian Defence Service of Engineers(Electrical Posts)
Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A	Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defence
–	Central Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Service (Electrical Post)

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Indian Naval Armament Service	Indian Telecom Service Group-A
Indian Railway Stores Service	IOF: Indian Ordnance Factories Services
Indian Supply Service Group A (E&T Posts)	Indian Inspection Service Group A (E&T Posts)
Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers	Central Power Engineering Service (E&T Posts)
Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy	Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defence
Engineer GCS Group A in WPC/MO(M/O Communication & IT)	–

Mechanical Engineering

Indian Naval Armament Service	Indian Inspection Service Group A
Indian Railway Stores Service	Indian Ordnance Factories Services
Indian Defence Service of Engineers	Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A	Indian Supply Service Group A (Mechanical Posts)
Central Power Engineering Service (Mechanical Post)	Central Water Engineering Service Group-A (Mechanical Post)
Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy	Assistant Executive Engineer Group A Geological Survey of India
Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defence	Central Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Service (Mechanical Post)

Important Points for UPSC ESE 2023

• Candidates in the final year of Engineering are eligible for IES 2023, but they will have to provide the certificate of proof at the time of the IES selection process
• There is no restriction by the commission over the number of attempts.
• The application form can be filled in an online mode only.
• Only the marks scored by the candidate in Paper 1 are considered for the final merit list.
• The minimum marks required to qualify for IES prelims are set to 15% i.e. 75 marks out of 500 for General and reserved categories candidates.
• For IES Mains, the minimum marks required are set to 20% i.e. 120 marks out of 600 for General and reserved categories candidates.
• UPSC decides IES cut off for preliminary exams in two stages, the minimum qualifying score needed to be shortlisted and the score of the last qualified candidate selected.
• If you qualify the cut to offset up by the commission you will be notified of the personality test (personal interview) through email.
• Download your Call letter and report for the interview along with all the essential documents mentioned in the call letter.
• There is no fixed number of seats as per notification to be filled through IES 2023.