Candidates can check the IES eligibility criteria as given below:
1. Educational Qualification -
- The candidate should have a bachelor's degree in engineering either B.E or B. Tech. from a recognized University or an Institution.
- Candidates having M. Sc. Degree in Electronics, Radio Engineering, Radio Physics and Wireless Engineering as special subjects are also applicable for some limited posts.
2. Nationality -
- The candidate should have Indian Citizenship
- The candidate has a citizenship of Nepal/Bhutan can also apply.
- A person from Tibet who had permanently settled in India before January 1, 1962, can also apply.
- The candidate belonging to India who has migrated from Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma, or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia with the intention of permanent settlement in India.
1. Age Limits –
- The minimum age of a candidate to appear for the IES Exam should be 21 years.
- The maximum age of a candidate to appear for the IES Exam should be under 30 years.
- There is a relaxation in the upper age limit upto 5 Years if a candidate belongs to SC/ST category.
- There is a relaxation in the upper age limit upto 3 Years if a candidate belongs to OBC category.
- If a candidate is a domicile of Jammu & Kashmir from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989, there is a relaxation of 5 Years in upper age limit.
- There is a relaxation in upper age limit upto 5 years for the candidates belonging to Government Servants of following categories.