What is ESE / IES Exam?

Indian Engineering Services (IES) Exam also called as Engineering Services (ES) Exam is a premier competitive Examination conducted every year by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services.

It is to work under the Government of India to manage a large segment of public sector economy which constitutes of Railroads, Public works, Power, Telecommunications, etc. Candidates who are selected for IES are appointed as Assistant Executive Engineers in various departments under central government for Group A and Group B posts.

All appointments to the group A services are made by the president of India. Candidates have to apply IES through online. The application fee is Rs.200/- for male category general applicants, while no fee is required by reserved category and female applicants.

ELIGIBILITY for IES Exam

AGE ELIGIBILITY:

You need to be between 21 years to 30 years on the 1st August of the year of examination. For example, for IES-2011, You should be born not earlier than 2nd August,1981 and not later than 1st August,1990. Age relaxation exist as per Govt. rules.

1. AGE Limit for GENERAL UPTO 30yrs
2. AGE Limit for OBC UPTO 33yrs
3. AGE Limit for SC/ST UPTO 35yrs.

ACADEMIC ELIGIBLITY:

A degree in Engineering from recognized university or equivalent. Final year Engineering candidates or equivalent are also eligible.

Tentative Time Table

Date of notification : SEPTEMBER
Last data for receipt for application : OCTOBER
ENGINEERING SERVICES (PRELIMS) : JANUARY
ENGINEERING SERVICES (MAINS) : JUNE

STRUCTURE AND PATTERN OF ENGINEERING SERVICE EXAMINATION:

Engineering service Examinations is of three stages:

Stage-I: Preliminary,
Stage-II: Mains,
Stage-III: Personality test.

IES EXAM STATISTICS:

You can find from above IES exam statistics that close to 30%-40% people who applies for IES exam, does not appears for the IES exam. Also majority of the screening is done at the written test - only 1.5% -3% of those who writes the exam are called for interview. However, once you are called for the interview, a chance of being finally selected is pretty good- 30%- 40%. IES is therefore considered as the toughest exam in India. Because of difficult selection procedure, IES officers carry high respect and status in society and are able to manage activities in diverse areas.

IES Exam is conducted for the streams of CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION.

Qualified Candidates of Engineering Services Examination will be posted under the following mentioned posts.

A. Civil Engineering

1. Indian Railway Service of Engineers
2. Central Engineering Service
3. Indian Defense Service of Engineers
4. Indian Railway Stores Service
5. Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A
6. Central Water Engineering Service
7. Indian Ordnance Factories Services
8. AEE in P&T building works Group-A Services
9. AEE in Border Road Engg. Services GR-A

B. Mechanical Engineering

1. Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
2. Indian Railway Stores Service
3. Indian Defense Service of Engineers
4. Central Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Service (Mechanical Post)
5. Central Water Engineering Service Group-A (Mechanical Post)
6. Central Power Engineering Service (Mechanical Post)
7. Indian Ordnance Factories Services
8. Indian Inspection Service Group A
9. Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A
10. Indian Supply Service Group A (Mechanical Posts)
11. Assistant Executive Engineer Group A Geological Survey of India
12. Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy
13. Indian Naval Armament Service
14. Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defense

C. Electrical Engineering

1. Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
2. Indian Railway Stores Service
3. Indian Defense Service of Engineers(Electrical Posts)
4. Central Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Service (Electrical Post)
5. Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Post)
6. Indian Ordnance Factories Services
7. Indian Supply Service Group A (Electrical Posts)
8. Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy
9. Indian Naval Armament Service
10. Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defense

D. Electronics & Tele-communication Engineering

1. Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
2. Indian Railway Stores Service
3. Indian Telecom Service Group-A
4. Central Power Engineering Service (E&T Posts)
5. Engineer GCS Group A in WPC/MO(M/O Communication & IT)
6. Indian Inspection Service Group A (E&T Posts)
7. Indian Supply Service Group A (E&T Posts)
8. Indian Ordnance Factories Services
9. Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy
10. Indian Naval Armament Service
11. Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defense

NOTE: For More Details Visit :- www.upsc.gov.in

ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION VACANCIES (Approximately)
YEAR	CE	ME	EE	E & T	TOTAL
2019	252	133	95	101	581
2018	161	136	108	106	511
2017	258	135	59	48	500
2016	225	179	106	94	604
2015	151	99	86	98	434
2014	242	125	104	118	589
2013	233	150	181	138	702

IES CUT-OFF

CUT-OFF MARKS-2018

Preliminary / Stage-I (Objective Type Papers)
STREAM	Minimum Qualifying Standards/Marks for admission to mains/Stage-II (Out of 500 Marks)
	GEN	OBC	SC	ST	PH-I	PH-3
CE	207	194	169	188	114	087
ME	256	255	220	223	138	098
EE	230	218	190	191	127	071
EC	213	206	173	155	125	----

NOTE: Subject to candidates (General, OBC, SC and ST) having secured minimum 15% Marks and PH candidates minimum 10% marks in each of the two objective papers.

Mains/Stage-II (Conventional Type Paper)
Stream	Minimum Qualifying Standards/Marks{Out of 1100 Marks (500 Marks of Preliminary/Stage-I + 600 Marks of Mains/Stage-II)}
	GEN	OBC	SC	ST	PH-1	PH-3
CE	546	502	467	513	318	161
ME	611	611	542	564	374	288
EE	541	488	452	481	303	----
EC	504	476	405	403	301	----

NOTE: Subject to candidates (General, OBC, SC and ST) having secured minimum 20% Marks and PH candidates minimum 10% marks in each of the two conventional papers.

Final Stage /Stage-III
Stream	Marks Secured by the Last Recommended Candidate(Out of 1300 Marks)
	GEN	OBC	SC	ST	PH-1	PH-3
CE	710	676	609	671	476	425
ME	767	782	699	699	505	551
EE	711	691	603	624	473	----
EC	660	648	567	524	429	----

The All India 1^st Ranker in ESE-2018 Secured following marks

(Written Exam: 1100 Marks; Interview: 200 Marks; Total: 1300 Marks)

AIR	DISCIPLINE (ENGG)	WRITTEN EXAM MARKS	INTERVIEW	TOTAL
1	CIVIL ENGG	744	130	874
1	MECH ENGG	758	128	886
1	ELECTRICAL ENGG	729	110	839
1	E & T	610	136	746