UPSC ESE 2027 — 480 Vacancies; Applications Closed, Preliminary Exam 31 January 2027
UPSC has notified the Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination 2027 for approximately 480 Group A engineering posts. Applications closed on 6 October 2026 at 6:00 pm. The preliminary examination is on 31 January 2027 and the main examination on 18 June 2027.
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Key details
- Vacancies
- ≈480
- Application deadline
- Application fee
- ₹200General, OBC, EWS
- No feeWomen, SC, ST, PwBD
Payable by net banking, or Visa, Mastercard or RuPay credit/debit card, or UPI. The notification states no other mode is accepted.
Useful links
Checked against www.upsc.gov.in on 12 Oct 2026.
Important dates
| Event | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Notification issued | Next upCompleted | |
| Last date for applications (18:00) | Next upCompleted | |
| Preliminary examination | Next upCompleted | |
| Main examination | Next upCompleted |
Eligibility
- Age counted as on
- Age limit
- 21 to 30 years — born not earlier than 2 January 1997 and not later than 1 January 2006.
- Age relaxation
- The upper limit of 30 is relaxable to 35 for certain categories of serving government employees, subject to the conditions in the notification.
About this notification
The Union Public Service Commission has notified the Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination 2027, with approximately 480 vacancies — a figure the Commission describes as liable to alteration.
Of those, 19 are reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities: 11 for locomotor disability (including leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy), 6 for hard of hearing, 1 for low vision, and 1 for specific learning disability and multiple disabilities.
The preliminary examination is a single day, 31 January 2027. Applications closed on 6 October 2026 at 6:00 pm.
Candidates must be between 21 and 30 years old as on 1 January 2027 — born not earlier than 2 January 1997 and not later than 1 January 2006. The upper limit is relaxable to 35 for certain serving government employees; the notification sets out which departments and posts qualify.