Attention, engineers! Good news is coming from the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). UPSC has released the ESE 2026 Prelims results on 26 February 2026 (Thursday). The UPSC ESE Prelims Exam 2026 was conducted on 8 February 2026, and now the Commission has released the list of candidates who have successfully qualified for ESE Mains 2026, which will be conducted on 21 June 2026 as per the official schedule.
The cutoff marks of the ESE prelims will be uploaded on the website once the process of ESE is over, i.e., after the declaration of the final result.
The Engineering Services Examination, also referred to as ESE, is one of the major examinations conducted by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) for engineering graduates. Each year, thousands of aspirants appear for this prestigious exam, and clearing the subsequent stages of the exam, i.e., prelims, mains, and the personal interview round, enables the aspirants to serve in various departments of the Government of India as designated officials. Thus, the Engineering Services Examination is considered the most prestigious examination among engineering graduates.
ESE 2026 Final Result Out, Check Now
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Now the students who have successfully cleared the ESE 2026 Prelims will have to appear for the next stage of examination, i.e., the ESE Main, and the successful candidates will be able to reach the final personal interview round.
MADE EASY highly appreciates all the efforts and hard work of the aspirants that enabled them to clear ESE 2026 Prelims and make their way to ESE 2026 Main.
MADE EASY congratulates all the students for their success in the ESE 2026 Prelims and wishes you all the best for the ESE 2026 Main. Click on the link of the official notification consisting of names and roll numbers of the qualifying candidates.
👉🏻Download ESE 2026 Prelims Result Now
Breaking News: UPSC has declared ESE 2026 Prelims Result! Congratulations to all successful candidates of the Engineering Services Examination 2026.
Now that the ESE 2026 Prelims exam result has been declared, the students will have to change their approach and start preparing for the ESE 2026 Main, for which they have approximately 3.5 months to turn the tables. ESE Main holds utmost importance, as this score will be combined with that of the ESE Prelims score and later personality test to prepare the final results. Therefore, it becomes quite essential that there are no stones left unturned in the preparation to ensure you get the best result.
Steps to check UPSC ESE 2026 Prelims Result
Those candidates who want to check their UPSC ESE 2026 prelims result can follow the steps given below:
- Visit the official website of UPSC: https://upsc.gov.in.
- Go to the “What’s New” section of the website and click on the “View All” tab.
- A new page will appear on the screen; scroll down the page and click on “Written Result (with name) Engineering Services (Preliminary) examination 2026.”
- A new page will appear on screen; click on the “Documents” section of that page.
- The ESE Prelims 2026 result will appear on screen.
- Press Ctrl+F and search your roll number or name in the list.
- Download and save the result for future reference.
Alternatively, students can check their results from here also.
We offer our heartiest congratulations to every aspirant who has cleared the UPSC ESE 2026 prelims examination.
ESE Prelims Cut-Off Marks (Year-Wise Analysis)
A cut-off is an important aspect of any exam. Here we are providing the prelims cut-off of the last six years’ UPSC ESE examination.
ESE 2025 Cut-Off
Civil Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (Out of 500) |
| 1. | General | 127 | 233 |
| 2. | EWS | 26 | 210 |
| 3. | OBC | 54 | 230 |
| 4. | SC | 26 | 210 |
| 5. | ST | 18 | 216 |
Mechanical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (Out of 500) |
| 1. | General | 33 | 238 |
| 2. | EWS | 05 | 208 |
| 3. | OBC | 21 | 236 |
| 4. | SC | 10 | 197 |
| 5. | ST | 03 | 211 |
Electrical Engineering
| S. No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (Out of 500) |
| 1. | General | 48 | 210 |
| 2. | EWS | 10 | 169 |
| 3. | OBC | 21 | 209 |
| 4. | SC | 12 | 177 |
| 5. | ST | 06 | 194 |
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
| S. No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks
(Out of 500) |
| 1. | General | 56 | 176 |
| 2. | EWS | 09 | 141 |
| 3. | OBC | 37 | 167 |
| 4. | SC | 20 | 135 |
| 5. | ST | 12 | 077 |
ESE 2024 Cut Off
Civil Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (Out of 500) |
| 1. | General | 50 | 174 |
| 2. | EWS | 10 | 167 |
| 3. | OBC | 31 | 172 |
| 4. | SC | 15 | 151 |
| 5. | ST | 07 | 160 |
Mechanical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (Out of 500) |
| 1. | General | 10 | 217 |
| 2. | EWS | 02 | 202 |
| 3. | OBC | 06 | 217 |
| 4. | SC | 03 | 184 |
| 5. | ST | 02 | 153 |
Electrical Engineering
| S. No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (Out of 500) |
| 1. | General | 14 | 199 |
| 2. | EWS | 03 | 180 |
| 3. | OBC | 07 | 198 |
| 4. | SC | 02 | 178 |
| 5. | ST | 03 | 159 |
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
| S. No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (Out of 500) |
| 1. | General | 39 | 129 |
| 2. | EWS | 09 | 082 |
| 3. | OBC | 16 | 129 |
| 4. | SC | 14 | 076 |
| 5. | ST | 08 | 076 |
ESE 2023 Cut Off
Civil Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 78 | 218 |
| 2 | EWS | 19 | 204 |
| 3 | OBC | 61 | 213 |
| 4 | SC | 38 | 167 |
| 5 | ST | 15 | 189 |
Mechanical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 29 | 173 |
| 2 | EWS | 3 | 173 |
| 3 | OBC | 15 | 173 |
| 4 | SC | 7 | 153 |
| 5 | ST | 3 | 138 |
Electrical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 40 | 173 |
| 2 | EWS | 4 | 173 |
| 3 | OBC | 21 | 173 |
| 4 | SC | 11 | 151 |
| 5 | ST | 4 | 168 |
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 58 | 124 |
| 2 | EWS | 15 | 77 |
| 3 | OBC | 36 | 118 |
| 4 | SC | 21 | 77 |
| 5 | ST | 8 | 77 |
ESE 2022 Cut Off
Civil Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 54 | 233 |
| 2 | EWS | 9 | 233 |
| 3 | OBC | 34 | 233 |
| 4 | SC | 19 | 197 |
| 5 | ST | 11 | 198 |
Mechanical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 20 | 236 |
| 2 | EWS | 1 | 236 |
| 3 | OBC | 10 | 232 |
| 4 | SC | 4 | 211 |
| 5 | ST | 4 | 170 |
Electrical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 13 | 231 |
| 2 | EWS | 1 | 231 |
| 3 | OBC | 6 | 231 |
| 4 | SC | 4 | 194 |
| 5 | ST | 1 | 230 |
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 26 | 184 |
| 2 | EWS | 5 | 184 |
| 3 | OBC | 16 | 184 |
| 4 | SC | 7 | 158 |
| 5 | ST | 1 | 169 |
ESE 2021 Cut Off
Civil Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 41 | 249 |
| 2 | EWS | 7 | 246 |
| 3 | OBC | 18 | 243 |
| 4 | SC | 11 | 196 |
| 5 | ST | 8 | 213 |
Mechanical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 20 | 247 |
| 2 | EWS | 3 | 247 |
| 3 | OBC | 9 | 247 |
| 4 | SC | 6 | 213 |
| 5 | ST | 1 | 214 |
Electrical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 26 | 235 |
| 2 | EWS | 6 | 225 |
| 3 | OBC | 18 | 235 |
| 4 | SC | 6 | 199 |
| 5 | ST | 4 | 230 |
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out of 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 19 | 208 |
| 2 | EWS | 5 | 200 |
| 3 | OBC | 11 | 208 |
| 4 | SC | 3 | 202 |
| 5 | ST | 3 | 155 |
ESE-2020 Cut-Off
Civil Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out off 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 53 | 238 |
| 2 | EWS | 13 | 238 |
| 3 | OBC | 47 | 238 |
| 4 | SC | 27 | 202 |
| 5 | ST | 7 | 227 |
Mechanical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out off 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 12 | 262 |
| 2 | EWS | 5 | 255 |
| 3 | OBC | 14 | 250 |
| 4 | SC | 4 | 214 |
| 5 | ST | 6 | 202 |
Electrical Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out off 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 30 | 238 |
| 2 | EWS | 07 | 226 |
| 3 | OBC | 20 | 229 |
| 4 | SC | 11 | 187 |
| 5 | ST | 6 | 194 |
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
| S.No. | Category | Vacancy | Prelims cutoff marks (out off 500) |
| 1 | Gen | 40 | 245 |
| 2 | EWS | 10 | 226 |
| 3 | OBC | 19 | 245 |
| 4 | SC | 11 | 205 |
| 5 | ST | 5 | 202 |
For complete cut-off (prelims, mains and interview) of last five years of all branches, students can visit here.
What after Prelims
Those students who have cleared UPSC ESE 2026 prelims should start preparing for the main examination. As per the official calendar of UPSC, the ESE Main Examination is scheduled for 21st June 2026. Those who clear the main examination would be called for an interview/PT. After clearing the interview and medical, candidates would get a joining letter for a different department from the President of India.
Live-Online Conventional Questions Practice Programme for ESE MAIN EXAM 2026 & SES
As the ESE prelims is announced, aspirants have only around 3.5 months to gear up their preparation for the ESE main. The ESE 2026 main is supposed to be held on 21st June 2026 as per the official schedule. The Main exam is a pivotal stage that requires meticulous planning and preparation to ensure the expected outcome. MADE EASY understands the significance of this and is offering Live-Online Conventional Questions Practice Programme for ESE MAIN EXAM 2026. The course ensures that it provides aspirants with the tools to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals.
Led by renowned faculty, the course also features:
- In-depth analysis and discussion on conventional questions.
- Beneficial to develop numerical question-solving techniques.
- Emphasis to improve answer writing & presentation skills.
- Discussion on probable questions.
- Updated Main workbook with a wide range of practice question sets.
- Test series will be conducted every Sunday in synchronization with the subjects
For more information:
Live-Online Conventional Questions Practice Programme for ESE MAIN EXAM 2026
MADE EASY Preparation Books
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If you want more information related to ESE 2026 then you can click on the link given below.
👉🏻 ESE 2026 (Engineering Services Examination)
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions):
1. When will the UPSC ESE prelims result 2026 be out?
Answer: UPSC ESE Prelims result has been declared on 26th February 2026.
2. How to download UPSC ESE Prelims Result?
Answer: UPSC ESE Prelims result is available to be downloaded from upsc.gov.in
3. What is MADE EASY conventional Practice program?
Answer: ESE 2026 Conventional Practice Programme is exclusively designed in a manner that it lays emphasis on each aspect of the examination in an effective and easy-to-understand manner to help the aspirants gain an edge in their preparation.
4. When will the ESE Main exam happen?
Answer: ESE Main exam will be conducted on 210st June 2026 as per official schedule.
5. What are the books for UPSC ESE preparation?
Answer: Best books for UPSC ESE preparation are available on www.madeeasypublications.org
6. Where can I check the UPSC ESE 2026 Prelims Result?
Answer: UPSC ESE 2026 prelims result is available on the official website of UPSC. Aspirants can also check their result from here.
7. What is the next stage after clearing the ESE 2026 prelims?
Answer: After clearing ESE 2026 Prelims exam, candidates will appear for Mains examination.
8. How much time is available to prepare for ESE 2026 Main after the prelims result?
Answer: Candidates have approximately 3.5 months to prepare for ESE 2026 Main examination.
9. How can I check previous years’ ESE cut-off marks?
Answer: ESE previous year cut-off marks are given in this blog.
10. What should candidates focus on while preparing for ESE 2026 Main?
Answer: Candidates should focus upon answer writing, presentation, and strengthening their concepts while preparing for the ESE 2026 main exam.
11. Is there a medical examination after the ESE interview round?
Answer: Yes, there is a medical examination after ESE interview.
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