The Combined Defence Services (I) 2022 exam or the CDS exam registration has begun at the official website of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The UPSC CDS (I) 2022 exam will be held on April 10, 2022. The last date for submission of the UPSC CDS application form is January 11. Candidates who do not wish to appear for the exam can also withdraw their registration form. The facility of withdrawing the UPSC CDS- (I) application form will be available from January 18 to 24.

Candidates are required to apply online by using the website http://upsconline.nic.in.

Through the CDS exam (I) 2022, the UPSC will select candidates for admission to Indian Military Academy, Dehradun 154th (DE) Course commencing in January 2023; Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala—Course commencing in January 2023 Executive Branch (General Service)/Hydro; Air Force Academy, Hyderabad—(Pre-Flying) Training Course commencing in January 2023 i.e. No. 213 F(P) Course; Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) 117th SSC (Men) (NT) (UPSC) Course commencing in April 2023 and Officers Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) 31st SSC Women (NT) (UPSC) Course commencing in April 2023.

Education Qualification for UPSC CDS (I)

The minimum educational qualification required to sit in the UPSC CDS (I) exam is graduation. Candidates who are studying in the final year/semester Degree course and have yet to pass the final year degree examination can also apply.

The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents will be taken up only after the candidate has qualified for the interview/Personality Test.