Notification for UPSC ESE 2024 preliminary exam was out on 6 September 2023 and registration for it began on the same day. Preliminary of UPSC ESE 2024 will be held on 18 February 2024.

Vacancies

This UPSC ESE 2024 shall fill about 167 vacancies of engineer posts in various departments of Government of India.

The number of vacancies is liable to alteration. The vacancies exist in Category I-Civil Engineering, Category II-Mechanical Engineering, Category III-Electrical Engineering and Category IV-Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

Notification about UPSC ESE 2024 exam is accessible here

About the exam

Union Public Service Commission conducts this exam whose full name is Engineering Services Exam (ESE). This is conducted once every year and is a national level exam.

This is popularly known as UPSC ESE and UPSC ESE 2024 is meant to be conducted in 2024. Notifications are issued every year, candidates can start applying for it after that.

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There are three stages – prelims, mains and personal interview. Candidates have to pass the first two stages with required qualifying marks to be eligible for taking part in personal interview.

Selection will be done based on performance in the written test, interview, qualifying degree, choice of vacancy by candidates and availability of vacancies.

Age

The applicants for UPSC ESE 2024 should be 21 years of age at the minimum and should not have achieved 30 years as on 1 January 2024. There shall be age relaxation for candidates and details about them are available in the official notification.

Citizenship

Candidates willing to apply for UPSC ESE 2024 must be a citizen of India and must be residing in any part of the country.

Point to remember

Even subjects from Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet can also apply, these people should have come to India before 1 January 1962 with an intention to settle permanently in India.

Persons of Indian origin who have come to India Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting in India can also apply for UPSC ESE 2024.

However, these people have to obtain a certificate of eligibility from Government of India to apply for UPSC ESE 2024.

1. The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser and submitted to allow it to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can click the button Exam Notification: Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination 2024 under What’s New column.

3. Clicking the above button will lead to another webpage with URL ‘https://upsc.gov.in/whats-new/Engineering%20Services%20%28Preliminary%29%20Examination%2C%202024/Exam%20Notification’

4. Once the webpage with above URL opens, candidates can click the notification page and then read all the information about UPSC ESE 2024.

5. After that, can press the button titled Click here.

6. This will lead them to webpage with ‘https://upsconline.nic.in/upsc/OTRP/index.php’

7. Once the webpage with above URL opens, candidates can click the button <Registration> and create an account with username and password.

8. This registration is also called as One Time Registration (OTR).

9. After registration, candidates can login and view the list of exams for which applications can be submitted.

10. They can choose UPSC ESE 2024 and start applying for it.

Direct link to apply for UPSC ESE 2024 is here

Point to remember

OTR is a one time process, once registered, candidates need not do it again. The next time they wish to apply for another exam, they can login with OTR credentials and apply.

Those who have already completed their OTR, can directly login and apply for UPSC ESE 2024. Candidates have to regularly visit the website post applying for the exam to obtain updates about the process after application.

The information bulletin for CUET UG 2025 was also be released along with the release of the notification for the exam.

Schedule

CUET UG 2025 Exam registration is on from 1 to 22 March 2o25. The application can be submitted till 11:50 PM on 22 March 2025.

Corrections in the CUET UG 2025 exam registration submitted can be taken up from 24 to 26 March 2025 (up to 11.50 PM).

The exam will be conducted from 8 May to 1 June 2025, dates for release of hall ticket, answer key, city intimation slip and result will be announced in due course on the official website.

What is CUET UG 2025 Exam?

The full name of the exam is Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate, it is popular as CUET UG. It is a national-level exam conducted once a year.

CUET UG 2025 is meant to be held for 2025. The exam is conducted online, and answers must be registered on a computer screen at the designated test center.

The questions in CUET UG 2025 Exam would be related to languages, general ability and various academic subjects.

Questions will be in a multiple-choice format where each question has more than one reply and the right one among that has to be chosen to get marks.

Post passing the exam, candidates have to visit the websites of various participating institutions and know the schedule for submitting applications for admissions.

Once the schedule is known, students must submit applications there along with CUET UG 2025 Exam scores and other required documents.

Who can take up CUET UG 2025 Exam registration?

Candidates who have passed plus two from a recognized educational institution can take up CUET UG 2025 Exam registration.

Subjects in the plus two must be related to the subject in which candidates wish to study graduation.

Candidates can pass plus two in any stream if applying for arts or humanities programs. Applicants targeting commerce in graduation must pass plus two preferably in the commerce stream.

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Those aiming for graduation in science can pass plus two in science stream. Students who are about to appear for the qualifying exams or those who have appeared and are waiting for the results can also submit CUET UG 2025 Exam registration.

However, they have to pass the exam and provide proof of it by the time of admission process commencement.

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and then submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to scroll down the page and click <CUET (UG) 2025-Registration> under Candidate Activity menu.

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with the URL ‘https://examinationservices.nic.in/examsys25/root/Home.aspx?enc=Ei4cajBkK1gZSfgr53ImFYsjZOdyj8DuPcxGBqAK2DwqFCalp/sPjeNMpmZAoiTR’

4. Once the webpage is available, applicants can click the New Registration and create an account with username and password.

5. They can come back to the same page with URL ‘https://examinationservices.nic.in/examsys25/root/Home.aspx?enc=Ei4cajBkK1gZSfgr53ImFYsjZOdyj8DuPcxGBqAK2DwqFCalp/sPjeNMpmZAoiTR’

6. After the page with above URL opens, they can click Login and use their username and password and  submit.

7. Once they login, they start taking up CUET UG 2025 Exam registration.

8. Form has to be filled and registration fee has to be paid and submitted. Candidates can obtain a confirmation message indicating successful submission. Once obtained, applicants can download it and take a printout of it.

Website for CUET UG 2025 Exam Registration is Here

How to download hall ticket?

Candidates who have successfully submitted CUET UG 2025 exam registration can alone download the hall ticket for the exam from the official website which can be accessed at ‘https://cuet.nta.nic.in/’

Process to obtain hall ticket is mentioned below for the sake of the students:

1. The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser and the website should be allowed to download.

2. Once the webpage is available, candidates can click the link for the hall ticket and then enter their username and password and submit them to obtain the hall ticket.

3. The admit card can be downloaded and then a printout of it has to be taken. Applicants have to appear for the exam at the designated test center with the hall ticket.

After the exam

Students have to view the results for the exam, they can visit the official website of the exam at the appropriate time and log in using the credentials they created while submitting CUET UG 2025 exam registration.

Post login, the students can view their scorecards. Those who have passed the exam with the required qualifying marks can apply for admission into courses of their choice.