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In which course should I proceed after completing Graduation general to become an IFS officer (Foreign Services)?

There is no need to study after graduation to become an IFS officer (Foreign Service).

Those who are graduate with any specialization are eligible for Indian Foreign Service exams.

You should start preparing for exam with different mock test, previous year questions and coaching classes.

You can study history, politics, international relations and sociology for your preparation.

If your only aim is to crack civil services examination and join Indian Foreign Service you can take up any Humanities subject like history, geography, public administration, political science, economics, sociology, philosophy.etc in graduation and start preparing for the exam from the first year of your graduation.

Age limit is between 21 to 32 years.

For more information you can visit the official website - www.upsc.gov.in

The very first thing I would like to let you know is that to become an IFS (Indian Foreign Service) Officer you are required to qualify the Civil Services examination held by UPSC once every year.

Further, the minimum education required for appearing in the Civil Services examination is just a bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

So, having completed your Graduation (general) degree course , you are eligible for appearing in the Civil Services examination as far as the educational requirement for the same is concerned and therefore there is no need to pursue any Master degree course for appearing in the same examination.

For complete information regarding the Civil Services examination, you can refer to the link www.upsc.gov.in.

In order to be eligible, you must first meet the required eligibility criteria. The basic educational qualification required is given below,

Name of the Organization - Indian Foreign Services

Name of the Organization - Union Public Service Commission

>> You must have completed Graduation from a recognized university in any discipline from a recognized university.

>> As you have done Graduation, I think you are certainly eligible to apply for this recruitment with criteria mentioned above.

>> The minimum age required is 21 years and maximum age should not exceed 30 years of the service. Age criteria is considered as on 1st August of the year of the examination.

For appearing for I.F.S examination, the required eligibility criteria is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree from a recognised university.

So, you are eligible to appear for the examination and after qualifying in all the three stages of examination become eligible for final selection.

For final selection, dedication, devotion and determination is required. For more information visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

To be eligible for becoming an IFS officer the candidate must possess a degree from an Indian University or an equivalent qualification. Those in the final year of a degree course can also appear in the Preliminary Examination taken every year by UPSC.