UPSC Multi-Post Recruitment 2026 — 450 Vacancies

UPSC is hiring 450 Group A and Group B officers, specialists, faculty, engineers, legal, scientific, and administrative staff through Advertisement No. 07/2026. If your background is in medicine, pharmacy, engineering, law, agriculture, social science, shipping, aviation, language, forensic science, or administration, check the post-wise eligibility in the PDF before applying. The online application window is from 27 June 2026 to 17 July 2026, 6:00 pm. Salary ranges from about Rs. 44,900 to Rs. 2,09,200 per month, depending on the pay level and post.

UPSC Multi-Post Recruitment 2026 - 450 Posts

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released Advertisement No. 07/2026 for recruitment by selection across central ministries, Union Territory administrations, DGCA, CDSCO, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and other departments. The PDF has 54 separate vacancy numbers, but it is one official advertisement with one application window. The biggest block is Drug Inspector posts in CDSCO, followed by medical specialist, consultant, engineering, aviation, legal, and administrative posts.

Because qualifications and age limits differ by vacancy number, do not rely only on the title of this listing. Open the official PDF and check the exact post name, reservation, age, qualification, experience, pay level, and headquarters for the vacancy number you want. If you apply for more than one post, submit the required details and documents for each selected post on the UPSC ORA portal.

Vacancy Breakdown by Post Group

• Drug Inspector, CDSCO: 186 posts
• Medical specialist, consultant, medical officer, and AYUSH posts: 134 posts
• Legal, prosecution, and company law posts: 30 posts
• Engineering, aviation, shipping, and civil works posts: 32 posts
• Defence, public security, media, and store posts: 18 posts
• Administration, census, labour, language, library, agriculture, archaeology, chemistry, forensic science, and special education posts: 50 posts

Total vacancies: 450 posts. The official notice also gives category-wise reservation and PwBD suitability separately for each vacancy number, so check the PDF carefully before applying.

Who Can Apply?

Medical, Drug Control, Specialist and Consultant Posts

• Qualification: You may need MBBS, PG medical degree, DNB, AYUSH degree, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicine with Clinical Pharmacology/Microbiology, or a specialty qualification, depending on the vacancy.
• Registration: Some posts require valid professional registration or entry in the relevant medical register.
• Experience: Specialist, consultant, and teaching posts may need post-qualification clinical, teaching, or subject experience.

Engineering, Aviation, Scientific, Legal and Administrative Posts

• Engineering/Aviation: Posts include Aeronautical Officer, Assistant Engineer (Civil), Ship Surveyor, and Engineer and Ship Surveyor roles with post-specific engineering qualifications.
• Legal: Legal Officer and Company Prosecutor posts require a law degree and relevant legal or company law experience.
• Scientific/Administrative: Posts such as Assistant Chemist, Scientific Officer, Assistant Director, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Library and Information Officer, and Sub-Regional Employment Officer need the listed degree, PG degree, diploma, language skill, or experience for that vacancy.

UPSC states that minimum essential qualifications are only the minimum. If applications are high, UPSC may shortlist by higher qualification, higher experience, desirable qualification, or a Recruitment Test.

Age Limit

• Upper age varies by post and category, commonly from 30 years to 55 years.
• Age cut-off: UPSC will check age and eligibility as on 17 July 2026, the closing date.
• SC/ST: Relaxation is generally up to 5 years where applicable.
• OBC: Relaxation is generally up to 3 years where applicable.
• PwBD: Relaxation is generally up to 10 years where the post is suitable or reserved for PwBD.
• Some vacancy entries already show the relaxed age for reserved categories, so use the post-wise age printed against your vacancy number.

Salary

• Pay Level 7: starts around Rs. 44,900 per month.
• Pay Levels 8, 8A, 10, 11 and 12: are used across technical, legal, medical, shipping, administrative, and specialist posts.
• Academic Level 10: applies to the Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Special Education post.
• Highest listed level: Pay Level 12 goes up to about Rs. 2,09,200 per month.
• Selected candidates will also get DA, HRA, transport allowance, and other allowances as per Central Government rules. Medical posts carry NPA only where the PDF mentions it.

Application Fee

• General / OBC / EWS male candidates: Rs. 25
• SC / ST / PwBD / Women candidates: No fee
• Payment mode: Debit card, credit card, UPI, or internet banking on the UPSC ORA portal
• Fee once paid is not refunded and cannot be kept for another recruitment.

Selection Process

UPSC will use recruitment by selection for these posts. The final steps depend on the vacancy number and the number of applications received.

1. Online Recruitment Application: Fill the ORA form with correct qualification, experience, category, PwBD, registration, and document details.
2. Application Scrutiny: UPSC may shortlist candidates by essential qualification, desirable qualification, higher qualification, higher experience, or other criteria from the advertisement.
3. Recruitment Test, if held: UPSC may conduct a Recruitment Test or Combined Recruitment Test when applications are large. The PDF does not give a fixed question count, marks, or syllabus for this advertisement.
4. Interview: Shortlisted candidates must attend the UPSC interview with the application printout and original documents. The interview suitability marks are UR 50, OBC 45, and SC/ST/PH 40 out of 100.
5. Document Verification and Medical Fitness: Final recommendation depends on proof of eligibility, certificates, reservation documents, and medical standards where applicable.

How to Apply

1. Go to the UPSC Online Recruitment Application portal at upsconline.nic.in/ora/.
2. Create an account and complete Universal Registration if you have not done it already.
3. Fill the Common Application Form with your personal, education, photo, signature, and ID details.
4. Select Advertisement No. 07/2026 and choose the vacancy number/post you want.
5. Upload certificates for age, qualification, experience, category, PwBD, professional registration, publications, NET/GATE, language, or other claims.
6. Pay the Rs. 25 fee online if you are not exempted.
7. Submit before 17 July 2026, 6:00 pm and keep the final printout for interview and document verification.

Important Dates

• Notification Date: 25 June 2026
• Online Application Start: 27 June 2026
• Last Date to Apply Online: 17 July 2026, 6:00 pm
• Eligibility Cut-off Date: 17 July 2026
• Last Date for Fee Payment: 17 July 2026
• Recruitment Test Date: To be announced, if UPSC holds a test
• Interview Date: To be announced

• Handle technical, medical, legal, scientific, teaching, inspection, or administrative work for the assigned department
• Prepare official notes, reports, case files, inspection records, research inputs, and technical opinions
• Work with central ministries, UT administrations, field offices, hospitals, laboratories, or regulatory bodies as posted
• Follow Central Government conduct rules, confidentiality requirements, and departmental procedures
• Assist senior officers with policy, compliance, enforcement, public service, training, or project work linked to the post
• Manage documents, data, registers, and official correspondence for the assigned vacancy number
• Support interviews, inspections, field visits, prosecutions, teaching, audits, or verification work wherever the post requires it