CSE Graduate Eligible For IES Exam

Can a CSE graduate is eligible for the IES (Indian Engineering Service) Exam or not ?

[Arun Vats]

Yes, you are eligible to appear in IES exam organised by UPSC. All Engineering applicants can apply for IES exam. but there is no separate CSE stream in IES. You have to give exam in one of the following streams given below:

1) Civil
2) Mechanical
3)Electrical
4)Electronics

Eligibility Criteria:
Aspirants must be an Indian citizen.
Candidates must have BE or B. Tech degree in any branch from recognized university or its equivalent.
Final year students of engineering can also apply for IES exam.
Applicants must attain the age of 21 years but not more than 30 years.
There is age relaxation in age for SC/ST and OBC
OBC age limit 21 to 33 years
SC/ST age limit 21 to 35 years

Exam is held in June month of every year. Notification will be published in March month .
The scheme of the exam is as follows
The paper comprises both objective multiple choice type and conventional essay type papers
Section -A (objective type)
Three papers (general ability, 2 papers on respective stream ie civil,mechanical,Electrical or Electronics)
Section -B (essay type)
Two papers from the respective stream.