UPSC National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination (I), 2026 Overview
Important Date
Fees
Age Limits and Marital Status
👉 Minimum Age : 16.5 Years And Maximum Age : 19.5 Years.
👉 Only Unmarried Male/Female Candidates.
👉 Age Between 2 july 2007 to 01 july 2010.
UPSC National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination (I), 2026
Union Public Service Commission has released the recruitment for National Defence Academy & Naval Academy EXAMINATION (I), 2026. In this, there are 208 Army jobs in NDA, 42 Navy jobs, 120 Air Force jobs and 24 jobs will be recruited in Naval Academy. For this, interested candidates can fill the form from 10 December. Indian Armed Forces. Age Limit / Vacancy Details / Syllabus / Salary Details are Available on Notification / Advertisement. More Other Syllabus / Jobs / Admit Card / Result / Answer Key / Sarkari Yojana and Other Details Visit The Sarkari Jobs – TheSarkariJobs.Com
UPSC NDA & Naval Academy Recruitment 2026 :- Eligibility Criteria, Post
Post Neme
Post
Educational Qualifications
Army NDA
198
- 10+2 Intermediate Exam in Any Recognized Board
- including 10 for female candidates
Navy NDA
37
- 10+2 Intermediate Exam in Any Recognized Board
- including 5 for female candidates
Air Force NDA
114
- Flying – 90, Ground Duties (Tech) – 16, Ground Duties (Non Tech) – 08
- Class 12 Exam Passed / Appearing in Any Recognized Board with Physics & Mathematics as a Subject.
- including 2 Posts in All for Female Candidates.
Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme)
21
- Class 12 Exam Passed / Appearing in Any Recognized Board with Physics & Mathematics as a Subject.
- including 03 for female candidate.
UPSC NDA & Naval Academy Examination (I), 2026
An Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 12th April, 2026 for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA for the 157th Course and for the 119th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 1st January, 2027.
One Time Registration Benefits ?
- Applicant needs to fill personal details only once.
- Applicant needs to upload document, if required
- OTR Information is digitally available anytime anywhere
- OTR Information get automatically populated while applying under any Commission's Notification.
How to apply for Online Application?
- UPSC has made One Time Registration OTR mandatory for all its recruitments, thus OTR is necessary in this recruitment National Defense Academy 2025 also, those who have not done OTR yet should do their OTR, without it the application will not be accepted.
- Applications will be accepted ‘ONLINE’ from 10 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 . The candidates are to login to https://upsconline.gov.in
- Kindly Check and Collect the All Document - Eligibility, ID Proof, Address Details, Basic Details.
- Kindly Ready Scan Document Related to Recruitment Form - Photo, Sign, ID Proof, Etc
- Before Submit the Application Form Must Check the Preview and All Column Carefully.
- Take a printout of the finally submitted form.
Important Links
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