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UPSC ESE Mains Cutoff 2027 – Previous Year Cutoff Marks

UPSC ESE Mains Cutoff 2027

UPSC ESE Mains Cutoff 2027: UPSC Engineering Services Examination (ESE) 2026 candidates can check previous years’ cut-off marks to understand qualifying trends and competition levels. Candidates can compare the ESE 2024 and ESE 2025 cut-off marks for the Mains Examination. In ESE 2025, the General category final cut-off was 719 in Civil, 758 in Mechanical, 686 in Electrical, and 661 in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering. Check the previous two years’ cut-off marks in the tables below.

Previous Year UPSC ESE Mains Cutoff 2027– UPSC Engineering Service Main Exam 2024

Civil Engineering Exam Cutoff

CategoryVacanciesPwBD RecommendationsNon-PwBD RecommendationsESE Prelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
General500248174510691
EWS10–10167478641
OBC310130172480667
SC150114151411576
ST07–07160437626
Total11304109–––

PwBD Candidates

PwBD CategoryVacancyRecommendationPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
PwBD-10404 (02 General, 01 OBC, 01 SC)71202391
Total0404–––

Reserve List

GeneralEWSOBCSCSTTotal
210216–0342

Minimum qualifying marks: 15% in each paper for non-PwBD candidates and 10% for PwBD candidates in the Preliminary Examination. For the Written Examination, the minimum is 20% for non-PwBD candidates and 10% for PwBD candidates.

Mechanical Engineering Exam UPSC ESE Mains Cutoff 2027

CategoryVacanciesPwBD RecommendationsNon-PwBD RecommendationsESE Prelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
General10–05217537725
EWS02–02202519702
OBC06–06217521701
SC03–03184450658
ST02–02153348491
Total23–23–––

Mechanical Engineering Reserve List

GeneralEWSOBCSCSTTotal
05–05––10

Minimum qualifying marks: 15% in each paper for the Preliminary Examination and 20% in each paper for the Written Examination.

Electrical Engineering Exam Cut-Off Marks

CategoryVacanciesPwBD RecommendationsNon-PwBD RecommendationsESE Prelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
General140110199489655
EWS03–03180432632
OBC070106198444625
SC02–02178415601
ST03–03159407568
Total290224–––

PwBD Candidates

PwBD CategoryVacancyRecommendationPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
PwBD-10102 (01 General, 01 OBC)106231361
PwBD-301Not recommended77203–
Total0202–––

Reserve List

GeneralEWSOBCSCSTTotal
03010101–06

Minimum qualifying marks: 15% in each paper for non-PwBD candidates and 10% for PwBD candidates in the Preliminary Examination. For the Written Examination, the minimum is 20% for non-PwBD candidates and 10% for PwBD candidates.

UPSC ESE Mains Cutoff 2027: Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Exam Cut-Off Marks

CategoryVacanciesPwBD RecommendationsNon-PwBD RecommendationsESE Prelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
General390323129343546
EWS09–0782280461
OBC16–15129343545
SC14–1476225426
ST08–0876230389
Total860367–––

PwBD Candidates

PwBD CategoryVacancyRecommendationPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
PwBD-10202 General54159499
PwBD-20101 General62318455
PwBD-501Not available–––
Total0403–––

Reserve List

GeneralEWSOBCSCSTTotal
12–1101–24

Minimum qualifying marks: 15% in each paper for non-PwBD candidates and 10% for PwBD candidates in both the Preliminary and Written Examinations.

PwBD Disability Categories

The UPSC has used the following codes for different Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) categories:

PwBD CodeDisability Category
PwBD-1Locomotor disability, including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy
PwBD-2Blindness and low vision
PwBD-3Deaf and hard of hearing
PwBD-4Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness
PwBD-5Multiple disabilities

Tie-Breaking Rules in ESE 2024

If two or more candidates secured equal aggregate marks in the Engineering Services Examination 2024, the UPSC resolved the tie according to the following rules:

  1. Candidates securing higher marks in subject/technical papers combined with Personality Test marks were ranked higher.
  2. If the marks in subject/technical papers and Personality Test were also equal, the older candidate was given a higher rank.

Important Notes

  • One PwBD-5 vacancy in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering will be carried forward to the next recruitment year as a backlog vacancy due to the non-availability of a suitable candidate.
  • In Electrical Engineering, one PwBD-3 backlog vacancy was interchanged with PwBD-1 as per the applicable DoP&T instructions.

UPSC Engineering Service Main Exam Cutoff 2025

Civil Engineering Exam Cutoff

CategoryVacanciesPwBD RecommendationsNon-PwBD RecommendationsPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
General1270771233498719
EWS260224210443662
OBC540351230498704
SC260323210441633
ST18–18216466664
Total25115187–––

PwBD Candidates

PwBD CategoryVacanciesRecommendationPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
PwBD-10808 (04 General, 01 EWS, 02 OBC, 01 SC)77237449
PwBD-30707 (03 General, 01 EWS, 01 OBC, 02 SC)78150271
Total1515–––

Civil Engineering Reserve List

GeneralEWSOBCSCSTTotal
490935010498

Mechanical Engineering Cutoff

CategoryVacanciesPwBD RecommendationsNon-PwBD RecommendationsPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
General330319238570758
EWS05–05208419632
OBC21–21236511709
SC10–10197425662
ST03–03211468698
Total720358–––

UPSC Engineering Service Cutoff For PwBD Candidates

PwBD CategoryVacanciesRecommendationPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
PwBD-10202 General100243487
PwBD-30101 General72291605
Total0303–––

Mechanical Engineering Reserve List

GeneralEWSOBCSCSTTotal
110109–0122

Electrical Engineering Cutoff

CategoryVacanciesPwBD RecommendationsNon-PwBD RecommendationsPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
General480129210484686
EWS10–10169330527
OBC210219209475678
SC12–12177359587
ST06–06194404646
Total970376–––

PwBD Candidates

PwBD CategoryVacanciesRecommendationPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
PwBD-10203 (01 General, 02 OBC)154246423
PwBD-3020173No candidate available–
Total0403–––

Electrical Engineering Reserve List

GeneralEWSOBCSCSTTotal
17–14–0334

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Exam Cutoff

CategoryVacanciesPwBD RecommendationsNon-PwBD RecommendationsPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
General560335176447661
EWS09–09141327602
OBC370136167422605
SC200119135270506
ST12–1277270512
Total13405111–––

PwBD Candidates

PwBD CategoryVacanciesRecommendationPrelims Cut-Off (500)Written Exam Cut-Off (1100)Final Cut-Off (1300)
PwBD-10505 (03 General, 01 OBC, 01 SC)53185374
PwBD-301Not available116No candidate available–
PwBD-501Not availableNo candidate available––
Total0705–––

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Reserve List

GeneralEWSOBCSCSTTotal
16021301–32

PwBD Disability Categories

The following disability codes have been used in the ESE 2025 recommendation details:

PwBD CodeDisability Category
PwBD-1Locomotor disability, including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy
PwBD-2Blindness and low vision
PwBD-3Deaf and hard of hearing
PwBD-4Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness
PwBD-5Multiple disabilities

Tie-Breaking Rules in ESE 2025

If two or more candidates secured equal aggregate marks in the Engineering Services Examination 2025, the UPSC resolved the tie according to the following principles:

  1. Candidates securing higher marks in subject/technical papers plus Personality Test marks were ranked higher.
  2. If the marks under the first rule were equal, the candidate securing higher marks in subject/technical papers was ranked higher.
  3. If the marks under both the above rules were also equal, the older candidate was ranked higher.

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Important Qualifying Marks

Examination StageNon-PwBD CandidatesPwBD Candidates
Preliminary Examination15% in each paper10% in each paper
Written Examination20% in each paper10% in each paper

FAQs

Q1. How will this cut-off help candidates in UPSC ESE 2027?

Good question. This cut-off will help candidates plan their preparation so they can reach or exceed it and be included in the merit list.

Q2. Is the cut-off the same for all disciplines in UPSC ESE 2027?

No, it differs by trade. Candidates can check the details mentioned above in this article.

Q3. What was the highest General category final cut-off in ESE 2025?

Mechanical Engineering had the highest final cut-off at 758 marks out of 1300.

Q4. What was the ESE 2024 General category final cut-off for Mechanical Engineering?

The final cut-off was 725 marks out of 1300.

Q5. How many marks are considered for the ESE Mains Written Examination cut-off?

The Written Examination cut-off is calculated out of 1100 marks.

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