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I will be completing my 10th this year and will take Science stream for High School. And, in future I would like to join IPS and at the same time I'M interested in studying Computer Science for my graduation. So, will I be eligible to take IPS exams if I do graduation in Computer Science?

You will be eligible to apply for Indian Police Services examination if you opt for Computer science in graduation.

All stream candidates are eligible Civil Services examination. Stream is not a criteria in case of this exam. If you are a graduate in age limit of 21-32 years then you can apply in final year of bachelor's degree.

Yes, you are eligible for IPS exams.

After the completion of your graduation in the computer science engineering or in the final year of the graduation you can attempt for the IPS exam.

Age limit: 21 to 30 years.

There is the relaxation of the 3 years for SC/ST candidates in he age limit for appearing for IAS exam.

Best Of Luck.

Yes, you will become eligible to appear in Civil Service examination in future after completion of bachelor degree in computer science.

The required qualification to appear in examination is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree in any discipline.

There is no limitation on discipline and aggregate of bachelor degree to appear in examination.

The age limit is 21-32 years with relaxation in upper age limit. The examination is conducted in three stages and mandatory to qualify in all stages of examination for final selection.

For more information about examination visit at http://www.upsc.gov.in

Yes, you are eligible to apply for IPS in future even if you take Computer Science course for pursuing your graduation. Candidates who have passed Bachelor's degree course in any discipline from a Government recognised university are eligible to apply for IPS examination. The age criteria required to apply for IPS examination is 21 to 32 years. Upper age relaxation is applicable to reserved category candidates as per government rules to apply for IPS examination.

I.P.S is Indian Police Service and for recruitment as an I.P.S Officer you have to appear and qualify in Civil Service examination conducted by UPSC every year.

The eligibility to appear in it is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree in any discipline.

So, you will be eligible to appear in examination after completion of bachelor degree in computer science.

If you need syllabus and know more detail about examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

The full form of IPS is Indian Police Services.

IPS officers are selected on basis of Civil Services examination rank card. The eligibility criteria for Civil Services examination:

1. You must be a graduate in any stream. Computer science graduates can also apply for examination.

2. Age criteria for this examination is 21-32 years.

Stages of Civil Services examination:

Preliminary examination.

Mains exam.

Personal interview.

IPS refers to Indian Police Service and to become an IPS officer you need to qualify Civil Services examination held by UPSC once every year.

As far as you are looking for the possibility of becoming an IPS officer after completing graduation with Computer Science stream then I would like to let you know that you are certainly eligible as per your educational qualification as for appearing in Civil Services examination there is no requirement of a particular stream/subject at any stage of academics.

For more details regarding Civil Services examination eligibility you can refer to the link www.upsc.gov.in .

Yes, you are definitely eligible to apply for IPS exam if you complete your Graduation in computer science stream.
Eligibility for IPS exam :
-> The educational qualification required to apply for this exam is Graduation in any discipline from UGC recognised college or institution and final year pursuing students are also eligible to apply for this exam.
->Age limit to apply for this examination is 21-32 years and the age relaxations are : 3 years for OBC candidates, 5 years for SC/ST candidates and Ex-servicemen.
-> And physical standards required to apply for this exam are :
* 165 cm height for men and 152.5 cm height for women candidates
* Chest should be 80 cm without expansion and 85 cm with expansion for male candidates
* Eye sight should be 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in other eye for distant vision, 0.6 in one eye and 0.8 in other eye for near vision.
# And selection procedure of this IPS post is preliminary exam, main exam and personal interview, physical efficiency test.

In early days, most of the people became IPS(Indian Police Service) who completed their Engineering, MBA and other courses also.

So, there is no problem with the person who did Computer Science engineering.


The first step to becoming an IPS wants to pass the Civil Service exam which is conducted by the UPSC once a year.

This exam includes three stages, Preliminary, Main, and Interview.

Preliminary exam()

Duration is 2 hours, totally for 200 marks and question paper type is an objective and also multiple choice, candidates should write the paper I & II, minimum marks 33% to pass, failed candidates are not allowed to attend the Main exam and 1/3 marks will reduce for every question if the answer got wrong.

Main Exam
It has Nine papers, Two papers for 300 marks and other Seven papers consist of 250.

Paper I- a candidate can select any one of the Indian languages.
Paper II- in English.
Other papers - General studies of Indian history, world geography, ancient epics, justice, statistics, economy, polity, and so on

And the interview is the final stage. UPSC announced the IPS exam syllabus for the year 2018.

Thank you.

Yes, you are eligible. To appear in the IPS exam/ UPSC exam, candidate should have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized college/university. So, if you study computer science in graduation, you are definitely eligible for the IPS.

Yes, you can take computer science in your graduation with out any doubt.
There is no such restriction on educational background.
For becoming an IPS you need to posses a degree or equivalent from a recognized university and it will be better if you are a first class candidate.
Even there is no limitation on the height of the candidate also for becoming an IPS.
For any further queries visit the official website of UPSC or post your queries here.

Yes you are eligible for IPS even you taka computer science in your graduation. If you meet these criteria :-

For IPS you should be indian citizen and you should have passed graduation in any stream or equivalent from any recognized university/institution.