Revised Scheme of The Engineering Services Examination ( ESE ) 2017

UPSC has revised ESE Exam pattern along with the Syllabus and it will be implemented from the year 2017, since then it is going to be a Three Stage examination as Preliminary, Main and Personality test. 

• Only candidates qualifying in stage-I (preliminary) to be permitted to appear in stage-II (main).
• Only candidates qualifying in stage-II (main) to be permitted to appear in stage-III (personality test).
• Final Merit List to be prepared after stage-III (personality test).

Stage-I – Preliminary Exam- (Objective Type Papers)

Papers	Subject	Maximum Marks	Duration
Paper-I	General Studies and Engineering Aptitude Paper	200 Marks	02 hours
Paper-II	Engineering Discipline-specific Paper	300 Marks	03 hours
	Total	500 Marks	05 hours

Stage-II- Mains Examination- (Conventional Type Papers)

Papers	Subjects	Maximum Marks	Duration
Paper-I	Engineering Discipline- Specific Paper-I	300 Marks	03 hours
Paper-II	Engineering Discipline- Specific Paper-I	300 Marks	03 hours
	Total	600 Marks	06 hours

Stage-III – Personality Test

Personality Test is to be conducted of 200 marks.  
**Final list of selected candidates to be prepared after the counting of marks secured in all the III stages.