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Indian Foreign Service Exam
UPSC IFS Exam Important Dates
Union Public Service has released the Civil Service Examination Exam 2025 Calendar online at official website - upsc.gov.in.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the notification for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) for Indian Foreign Service (IFS) 2025 on 22 January, 2025. The UPSC CSE IFS 2025 Application windown is open from 22 January to 11 February, 2025. Candidates can apply through online mode only via the official website UPSC - upsc.gov.in.
Examination Schedule :
Preliminary Examination : Scheduled for 22 May, 2025.
Main Examination : Scheduled for 22 August, 2025.
The mode of payment is also online. Candidates willing to pay online must pay through net banking of SBI branches throughout the country, or by visa card/ credit card or debit card.
The UPSC has released the exam dates of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) exam 2025. The accurate dates will be updated subsequently. According to the UPSC calendar, the UPSC preliminary exam 2025 will take place on 25 May, 2025. The IFS Main exam 2025 will be held from 22, 23, 24, 30 & 31 August, 2025 (5 Days).
Time Table For Civil Services (Main) Examination 2025:
| Date/Day | Forenoon Session (9:00 AM to 12:00 PM) | Afternoon Session (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM) |
| 22-08-2025 (Friday) | Paper-I (Essay) |
No Paper |
| 23-08-2025 (Saturday) |
Paper-II (General Studies-I) |
Paper-III (General Studies-II) |
| 24-08-2025 (Sunday) |
Paper-IV (General Studies-III) |
Paper-V (General Studies-IV) |
| 30-08-2025 (Saturday) | Paper-A (Indian Languages) [Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/
Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/ Marathi/
Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/ Santhali (Devanagari/Olchiki Script)/
Sindhi (Devanagari/Arabic Script)/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu]
|
Paper-B English |
| 31-08-2025 (Sunday) | Paper-VI (Optional Paper-I) [Agriculture/Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/Anthropology/ Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/ Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/ Electrical Engineering/Geography/ Geology/History/Law/Management/ Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/ Political Science & International Relations/Psychology/Public Administration/Sociology/Statistics/ Zoology/Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/ Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/ Santhali/Sindhi/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/ English] |
Paper-VII (Optional Paper-II) [Agriculture/Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science/Anthropology/ Botany/Chemistry/Civil Engineering/ Commerce & Accountancy/Economics/ Electrical Engineering/Geography/ Geology/History/Law/Management/ Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering/ Medical Science/Philosophy/Physics/ Political Science & International Relations/Psychology/Public Administration/Sociology/Statistics/ Zoology/Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese/Bengali/Bodo/Dogri/ Gujarati/Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/ Konkani/Maithili/Malayalam/Manipuri/ Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/Sanskrit/ Santhali/Sindhi/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/ English] |
Note:
The dates of notification, commencement, and duration of examinations may be changed if there is a need to be changed.
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| IFS Civil Services Date of Notification 2025 | 22-01-2025 |
| Start of Online Registration | 22-01-2025 |
| End of Online Submission (Till 6:00 PM) | 11-02-2025 |
| Admit Card (Preliminary Examination) | May 2025 |
| Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025 | 25-05-2025 |
| Date of IFS Civil Services Main Examination 2025 | 22-08-2025 To 31-08-2025 |