JMI RCA to close registration for free UPSC CSE coaching test on May 28
Vagisha Kaushik | May 19, 2025 | 01:54 PM IST | 2 mins read
UPSC CSE 2026: Eligible aspirants can apply for entrance test on admission.jmi.ac.in by paying Rs 1,200.
Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), Centre for Coaching and Career Planning, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), is inviting applications for free coaching for the Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examination (UPSC CSE) 2026. Candidates from minority, Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories and female aspirants can apply for the free UPSC coaching by May 28, 2025 on admission.jmi.ac.in.
Students who have completed their graduation and are eligible for UPSC Civil Services exam can apply for RCA JMI entrance test. Jamia will conduct a test for admitting students to 100 seats in the academy. Aspirants will have to pay an application fee of Rs 1,200 to apply for the entrance exam.
JMI will conduct the entrance test at 12 centres including Delhi, Jaipur, Srinagar, Jammu, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Mumbai, Patna, Lucknow, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Calicut.
JMI RCA 2025 exam pattern
As per the RCA exam pattern 2025, the duration of exam will be three hours. The test will be divided into two parts – paper 1 and paper 2. Paper 1 will contain 100 objective-type questions carrying one mark each. Paper 2 will consist of essay writing of 60 marks. There will be negative marking and one-third of marks will be deducted for each incorrect response.
Examinees will get two hours to write essays. An interview will be conducted for 60 marks in offline mode.
JMI RCA 2025 schedule
The university has reserved 5 percent of the seats for physically handicapped candidates:
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Particulars |
Proposed Schedule |
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Online application live on |
April 25, 2025 |
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Last date for submission of the Application Form |
May 28, 2025 |
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Reopening of Portal for editing the Application Form |
May 29–30, 2025 |
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Test Date (and papers) |
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Paper-I: General Studies (Objective Type only) |
June 15, 2025 – 10:00 am to 11:00 am |
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Paper-II: Essay |
June 15, 2025 – 11:00 am to 1:00 pm |
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Result of Written Test (Tentative) |
July 14, 2025 |
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Interview (Offline only) (Tentative) |
July 21–August 2, 2025 |
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Final Result (Tentative) |
August 8, 2025 |
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Last Date for Completion of Admission |
August 18, 2025 |
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Registration for Waiting List Candidates |
August 21, 2025 |
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Admission for waiting list candidates |
August 25, 2025 |
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Classes (Orientation) |
September 1, 2025 |
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