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I want to know the eligibility criteria required to apply for UPSC Combined Defence Services CDS Examination so can you tell me?

[Vishal Kotkar]

The Combined Defence Services CDS Examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission UPSC for recruiting candidates for course conducted by Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Officers training Academy

UPSC CDS Eligibility Criteria-

For Indian Military Academy/Officers’ Training Academy:

Degree from a recognized university or equivalent

For Indian Naval Academy:

Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/ Institution

For Air Force Academy:

Degree of a recognized University with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level or Bachelor of Engineering

Graduates with first choice as Army/Navy/Air Force are to submit proof of graduation provisional certificate on the date of commencement of the SSB interview at the SSB

Candidates should have studied physics and maths up to Class 12

Candidates appearing at the degree or equivalent examination are also eligible to compete.

Age Limits, Sex & Marital Status:

For IMA –

Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 02nd January 1995 and not later than 01st January 2000 only are eligible

For Indian Naval Academy –

Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 02nd January 1995 and not later than 01st January 2000 only are eligible

For Air Force Academy –

20 to 24 years as on 01st January 2019 i.e. born not earlier than 02nd January 1995 and not later than 01st January 1999 (Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA (India) is relaxable upto 26 years i.e. born not earlier than 02nd January 1993 and not later than 01st January 1999) only are eligible

For Officers' Training Academy (SSC Course for men) –

Male candidates (married or unmarried) born not earlier than 02nd January 1994 and not later than 01st January 2000 only are eligible

For Officers' Training Academy -(SSC Women Non-Technical Course) –

Unmarried women, issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees (in possession of divorce documents) who have not remarried are eligible; they should have been born not earlier than 02nd January 1994 and not later than 01st January 2000

Nationality:

A candidates must either be:

(i) a Citizen of India, or

(ii) a subject of Bhutan, or

(iii) a subject of Nepal, or

(iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 01st January1962 with the intention of permanently setting in India, or

(v) a person of India origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii),

(iv) and (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Govt of India

Certificate of eligibility will, however, not be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination provisionally subject to the necessary certificate being given to him/her by the Govt. before declaration of result by UPSC