UPSC ESE — Electronics & Telecom preparation
Prelims (objective) → Mains (conventional) → Personality Test for the Electronics & Telecom engineering services.
Where ESE ET leads
- Group A engineering services in Railways, CPWD, MES, Border Roads, Telecom, Power
- Prelims: General Studies & Engineering Aptitude (200) + discipline paper (300), 1/3 negative
- Mains: two conventional discipline papers (300 each), then a 200-mark personality test
How placd prepares you
- Subject banks with explanations and an AI tutor on every question
- Year-wise pattern sets — timed, scored exactly as the paper scores
- A three-member selection-board mock interview, scored
UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2027 — schedule & eligibility
Source: upsc.gov.in · verified 14 Sept 2026Last verified 14 Sept 2026; dates may have moved — confirm on the official page before you plan.
- Conducted by
- Union Public Service Commission
- Notification
- 16 Sept 2026
- Applications open
- 16 Sept 2026
- Last date to apply
- 6 Oct 2026
- Exam date
- 31 Jan 2027
- Result
- Not announced yet
- Fee
- Not announced yet
- Degree
- Not announced yet
- Final year
- Not announced yet
- Age limit
- Not announced yet
- Attempts
- Not announced yet
How to apply
- Read the ESE (Preliminary) 2027 notice on upsc.gov.in when it is published on 16 Sep 2026
- Register once on the UPSC Online Application portal and apply against the notice before 6 Oct 2026
- The preliminary examination is scheduled for 31 Jan 2027; the main examination follows for qualifiers
Dates are from the UPSC Examination Calendar 2027 as indexed by search; the UPSC site did not answer a direct check, so eligibility and fee are left blank — confirm every line on upsc.gov.in once the notice is out.
The subjects
ECE Core
Analog, digital, signals, comms, EM, devices
Network theory, analog & digital electronics, signals & systems, communication systems, electromagnetics & antennas, control, microprocessors, semiconductor devices, DSP, instrumentation and basic electrical — the campus technical round and GATE/ISRO/BEL interview spine.
Embedded Systems
Embedded C, MCUs, protocols, RTOS, Linux, PCB
Embedded C & firmware, ARM Cortex-M peripherals, UART/SPI/I2C/CAN protocols, FreeRTOS/Zephyr, embedded Linux & drivers, PCB design, power & signal integrity, JTAG debugging, AUTOSAR/ISO 26262, IoT & wireless, secure boot/OTA and MISRA/IEC 61508 — the Bosch/Continental/Tata Elxsi/LTTS interview layer.
Engineering Mathematics
The GATE common section, ~15% of every paper
Linear algebra, calculus, vector calculus, differential equations, complex variables, probability & statistics, numerical methods and transforms — the Engineering Mathematics section shared by every GATE paper and PSU written test, in all three GATE question types: MCQ, multiple-select (MSQ) and Numerical Answer Type, scored the way the paper scores them.
Aptitude
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Quant, logical reasoning, and verbal with timed mock tests modelled on AMCAT, eLitmus, CoCubes and company aptitude rounds.
Past papers, year by year
The ESE ET year archive is being verified against the conducting body’s site — official links, paper shape and cutoffs for each year land here.
Frequently asked
- What does placd cover for ESE ET?
- ECE Core, Embedded Systems, Engineering Mathematics, Aptitude — the paper's sections, as practice banks with explanations and an AI tutor, plus a selection-board mock interview.
- Are ESE ET practice papers the real previous-year papers?
- No. placd's year-wise sets are original pattern sets authored to each year's real distribution — section split, question types, mark weighting and duration — with our own detailed solutions. Past-paper text is not reproduced.
- Where can I find ESE ET previous-year question papers?
- The ESE ET year archive is being verified against the conducting body's site.
- Where do I apply for ESE ET?
- Only on the conducting body's official site — placd links to it in the schedule section above and never hosts an application form. The dates and eligibility shown are read from that site and carry the date they were verified.
- How is a ESE ET practice set scored?
- As the exam scores it: negative marking of one-third of the marks for a wrong objective answer, no negative marking on MSQ or NAT.