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The candidate must hold a PASS Bachelor's degree from any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University, under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification. Candidates who have appeared or intend to appear for the final examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply for the Preliminary Examination. All such candidates who qualify for the Prelims examination must produce proof of Pass Bachelor Degree to appear for the Civil Services Main Examination. This Degree has to be attached with their application for the Main Examinations. The UPSC may in exceptional cases treat a candidate without the foregoing requisite qualification as an eligible candidate if he/she have passed an examination conducted by other institutions, the standard of which justifies his / her admission in the opinion of the Commission. The criteria may apply to candidates having Bachelor's degree from any reputed foreign university for example Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard etc. Candidates with professional and technical Bachelor's degrees that are recognized by the Government are also eligible to apply example MBBS BE etc. Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination. However, they must submit a Certificate from the concerned authority of the University / Institution that they have passed the final professional medical examination along with their Main Examination application. At the Interview stage, they must produce a certificate from a competent authority that they have completed (including internship) and all the requirements for the award of the Medical Degree. Ii) UPSC Age limit
UPSC Age Limit
A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st August of the year of examination if he is a general category student/aspirant. The upper age limit for IAS as well as all services prescribed above is relaxed for OBC, SC, ST, and other categories of aspirants. For SC/ST 3, and OBC 5.