UPSC Calendar 2025: CSE Exam Date, Syllabus and Download PDF

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UPSC Exam Calendar 2025

How to Apply for UPSC Exams 2025?

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Overview

UPSC calendar 2025 is released on the official site of Union Public Service Commission. The Commission entrusted with the recruitment towards the apex entry level positions in various departments and services are one of the most anticipated selection processes in India. The national level selection towards diverse portfolios and departments are anticipated by millions of eligible candidates all over India. Go through the detailed exam calendar, exam patterns and format of applications before applying for the examination.

UPSC Exam Calendar 2025

Find the detailed calendar of UPSC Exams about to commence in 2025.

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PROGRAMME OF EXAMINATIONS/RECRUITMENT TESTS (RTs) -2025
Sl. No.	Name of Examination	Date of Notification	Last Date for receipt of Applications	Date of commencement of Exam	Duration of Exam
1.	Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination			11.01.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
2.	Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination, 2025	04.09.2024	24.09.2024	09.02.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
3.	Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025	18.09.2024	08.10.2024	09.02.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
4.	CBI (DSP) LDCE	27.11.2024	17.12.2024	08.03.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
5.	CISF AC (EXE) LDCE-2025	04.12.2024	24.12.2024	09.03.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
6.	N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (I), 2025	11.12.2024	31.12.2024	13.04.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
7.	C.D.S. Examination (I), 2025
8.	Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2025	22.01.2025	11.02.2025	25.05.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
9.	Indian Forest Service (Preliminary) Examination, 2025 through CS (P) Examination 2025
10.	Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination			14.06.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
11.	I.E.S./I.S.S. Examination, 2025	12.02.2025	04.03.2025	20.06.2025 (Friday)	3 DAYS
12.	Combined Geo-Scientist (Main) Examination, 2025			21.06.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
13.	Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2025			22.06.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
14.	Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination			05.07.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
15.	Combined Medical Services Examination, 2025	19.02.2025	11.03.2025	20.07.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
16.	Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2025	05.03.2025	25.03.2025	03.08.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
17.	Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination			09.08.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
18.	Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2025			22.08.2025 (Friday)	5 DAYS
19.	N.D.A. & N.A. Examination (II), 2025	28.05.2025	17.06.2025	14.09.2025 (Sunday)	1 DAY
20.	C.D.S. Examination (II), 2025
21.	Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination			04.10.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
22.	Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination			01.11.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
23.	Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination, 2025			16.11.2025 (Sunday)	7 DAYS
24.	S.O./Steno (GD-B/GD-I) LDCE	17.09.2025	07.10.2025	13.12.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS
25.	Reserved for UPSC RT/ Examination			20.12.2025 (Saturday)	2 DAYS

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Each of the above-mentioned UPSC examination has dedicated syllabus and exam scheme. Candidates are advised to read the respective UPSC notification/prospectus of each exam program, in order to participate in the recruitment process without confusion.

UPSC Exam 2025 Syllabus

UPSC conducts each exam based on a pre-defined syllabus. The syllabus and scope of each exam is available with the detailed notification or prospectus released by UPSC. All candidates can download the official UPSC exam syllabus online. All candidates are advised to go through the topics, sub topics and marking schemes attributed to each papers of the respective exams.

How to Apply for UPSC Exams 2025?

In order to apply for the UPSC exams 2025 candidates need to register online in the official Union Public Service Commission website. Follow the online registration instructions to setup the candidate profile in UPSC.

1. You must register to appear for any of the UPSC's exams.
2. OTR account and apply for any future UPSC exams.
3. An OTR is not an application for an exam. The UPSC One Time Registration account saves the basic details about candidates and their qualifications. This make it easy for the candidate to apply for each exam.
4. Complete One-time registration (OTR) with valid, active e-mail id and mobile number, further communications regarding the selection will be send to the said number and mail id.
5. The applicant has to change his One Time Registration (OTR) password;
6. The One Time Registration (OTR) password should be used by the candidate who intends to apply online for any test advertised by UPSC, and
7. One-time registration (OTR) facility is free.
8. Once you have successfully completed the OTR, a message will be sent to your registered email address and mobile number.
9. Your OTR ID will be sent to your registered email address and mobile number.
10. More than one OTR ID cannot be used. This may result in rejection or cancellation of an application.
11. All the corrections, updations and changes of data must be communicated to the email ID upscsoap@nic.in along with attached documents
12. One can enter the home page of online application by using the given link: https://upsconline.nic.in/
13. Now, for applying to any one of the examinations conducted by UPSC one needs to click on the New Registration.

The information candidates need to provide during the UPSC One Time Registration are

• Name
• Full Name, if any
• Gender
• Date of Birth
• Father's Name
• Mother's Name
• Minority Status
• Valid Mobile Number (to be used as Login ID)
• Alternate Mobile Number, if any
• Valid Email ID (to be used as Login ID)
• Alternate Email ID, if any
• Board Examination Roll No (Class X)
• Security Questions

Candidates must be careful to furnish the right details without correction.

FAQ

1. What are the eligibilities to apply for UPSC Examination 2025?

UPSC consider age limit, education and the physical efficiency of the candidates for the recruitment. The educational qualification and other criteria changes according to the post. Candidates are advised to go through the detailed UPSC notification / prospectus of the respective examination.

2. How are the UPSC exams conducted?

The UPSC exams are conducted according to the scheme and filtration demanded by the exam and post. The objective type exams are either OMR or online mode and the descriptive examinations are in pen and paper mode. Major selection to the posts in Civil Service, Geo Scientist, etc. will have multiple phases of selection. the phases are generally Preliminary, Mains and interview.

3. When will be the UPSC exam 2025 results published?

The publication of UPSC exam results depends upon the number candidates, mode of examination etc. This could be varied from a minimum period of one month of examination to the date officially announced by Union Public Service Commission.