Vacancies are provisional and may be changed depending on the availability of training capacity of National Defence Academy.

Admission will be made on the results of the written examination to be conducted by the Commission followed by intelligence and personality test by the Services Selection Board of candidates who qualify in the written examination.

Centres of Examination : 

The Examination will be held at the following Centres:

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur (Guwahati), Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat,  Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Tirupati, Trivandrum, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam. 

Conditions of Eligibility :

Educational Qualifications :

1. For Army wing of National Defence Academy :- 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination conducted by a State Education Board or a University.
2. For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the 10+2 (Executive Branch) Courseat the Naval Academy :- 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equilvalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University.

Candidates who are appearing in the 12th Class under the 10+2  pattern of School Education or equivalent exmination can also apply for this examination.

Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status : Only unmarried male candidates who must have attained the age of 16 1/2 years and must not have attained the age of 19 years on the 1st January, 2009 i.e. he must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1991 and not later than 1st July, 1993 are eligible.  

Note :- Candidates should note that age limits shall be reckoned as on 1st January, 2009.

Physical Standards : Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination. More details

A candidate who has resigned or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds from any of the training academics of Armed Forces is not eligible to apply.

Application Form :

Common application form can be purchased from the designated Head post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 20/- 

 The duly filled in application form and the acknowledgement card should then be mailed in the special envelope supplied with the Information Brochure. The candidate should also write the name of examination viz. ’National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination-(I), 2008′on the envelope before dispatching it to ‘Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069′. Candidates should mention their Tele/Fax Nos.

Candidates serving in the Armed Forces must submit their application through their Commanding Officer who will forward it to the Commission indicating in the forwarding letter the name of the applicant and his application form number (8 digit).

The applications of Sailors (including boys and artificers apprentices) of the Indian Navy will be entertained only if these have been duly recommended by their Commanding Officer.

Cadets of Rastriya Indian Military College (previously known as Sainik School, Dehra Dun), Students of Military Schools (formerly known as King George’s Schools) and Sainik Schools run by Sainik Schools Society should submit their applications through Principal of College/School concerned who will forward it to the Commission indicating in the forwarding letter the name of the applicant and his application form Number (8 digit). The forwarding letter should not be tagged or pinned with the application form.

Selection :

Selection procedure is based on written examination followed by Psychological Aptitude Test and Intelligence Test.