A new portal has been launched by UPSC and candidates willing to apply for the exams, have to visit it. The new portal is accessible at ‘https://upsconline.nic.in/’

Registration for UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 starts on 28 May 2025 and the last date to apply is 17 June 2025.

Registration can be done till 11:59 PM on 17 June 2025. Those who register for the exam can appear for the test which will be conducted on 14 September 2025. The exam has to be passed to be eligible for taking part in SSB interview to be selected in three services of Indian armed forces.

Vacancies

The UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 will try to fill 453 vacancies. Out of these about 100 of them are with Indian Military Academy, 26 are with Indian Naval Academy, 32 are with Air Force Academy, 276 are with Officers Training Academy (OTA – Men – Non Technical) and another 19 vacancies exist for SSC Women (non technical) at OTA.

Candidates who passed degree exam from a recognized educational institution can apply, as per UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 registration eligibility criteria.

Those willing to choose Indian Navy or Indian Air Force can preferably have a degree in technical discipline to take up UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 registration.

Candidates wishing to take up UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 registration must be an Indian citizen and should be unmarried.

Even a subject of Nepal or persons of Indian origin who has migrated to India 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 settling in India can take up UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2024 registration.

However, subjects of Nepal or persons of Indian origin who have come to India must obtain eligibility certificate from Government of India before applying.

UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 registration process?

UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 registration process can be done online. Application for the exam can be submitted on the official website ‘https://upsconline.nic.in/’

A new portal has been started by UPSC where applicants can submit their applications for competitive exams. UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 registration process is explained below for the sake of the candidates:

1. Type the URL mentioned above in the browser and submit to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can view the menu.

3. Those who are new can click <Create Account>

4. They can create an account using either their email id, mobile number.

5. The email id and mobile number would be verified through an OTP.

6. Create password after mobile number and email are verified.

7. Post password creation, the account would be ready.

8. Login after creating an account and take up universal registration.

9. After that fill common application form.

10. Check examination notices, fill the exam specific information. This is regarding the exam the candidates is trying to apply (UPSC CDS 2 2025 Exam).

Point to remember

The stages (no 3 to 9) will be common for all examinations and they can be undertaken by candidates anytime.

The stage no 10, will have the form related to the exam which the candidate wants to apply. This can be filled only when the duration of the registration of the exam is open.

Visit the website of UPSC portal for applying for exams, they can see a menu under 4 columns.

1. Create Account and Login

2. Universal Registration

3. Common Application Form

1. View Examination Notices

2. Apply For Examinations

The first three are to be filled by candidates for all examinations, the last one (No 4) is different for each examinations.

To do the last stage (No 4) candidates have to complete first three stages (No 1, No 2 and No 3). The old OTR registration will not be applicable from now on, say sources. Candidates have to follow the new process from now on to apply for the exams by UPSC.

After finishing up the UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 registration, the candidates can wait for the message indicating successful submission of the application form.

Once the message is obtained, candidates can download and take a printout and preserve it for future use.

Those who have already completed OTR earlier, can directly log in to fill the application form.

Students who have completed UPSC CDS 2 Exam 2025 registration can download the hall ticket at the appropriate time.

They have to visit the UPSC website to download hall ticket at ‘https://upsconline.nic.in/’

1. The URL above has to be typed into the browser and the webpage must be allowed to download.

2. Once it is ready, candidates have to click the link for admit card and enter their application number and other required details and submit them to obtain the hall ticket.

After the hall ticket

Candidates can appear for the written exam and pass it with required qualifying marks. Those who pass the written exam can appear for SSB Interview.

Candidates can register for SSB Interview separately for Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force.

The interview will test physical fitness, mental ability and medical fitness of the candidates.

Final selection will likely be done based on performance in the SSB Interview. Those selected can join the services.