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Detail Information about UPPSC (Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission) has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of Assistant Engineer vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.
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UPPSC AE Syllabus 2026 - Overview
| Conducting Body | Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) |
| Name of the Post | Assistant Engineer (Civil) |
| Total Post | 370+ (Expected) |
| Exam Level | State |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Mode of Examination | Offline |
| Selection Process | Written Test and Interview |
| Language | English and Hindi |
| Category | Syllabus and Exam Pattern |
| Official Website | https://uppsc.up.nic.in/ |
UPPSC Assistant Engineer (Civil) Syllabus 2026
Prelims Exam Syllabus :-
General Knowledge :
1. Indian History
2. Indian Geography
3. Indian Polity
4. Current Affairs
5. Important Events
6. General Science/Science in Everyday Life
General Hindi :
1. हिंदी भाषा का मूलभूत ज्ञान (स्वर, व्यंजन, रस)
2. प्रत्यय
3. समास
4. मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ
5. अनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द
6. वर्ण, वर्तनी और उच्चारण
7. वाक्य-क्रम व्यवस्थापन
8. उपसर्ग और प्रत्यय
9. विपरीतार्थक शब्द
10. संधि तथा संधि-विच्छेद
11. अनेकार्थक शब्द
12. उचित शब्द से दिए गए रिक्त स्थान की पूर्ती
13. पर्यायवाची शब्द, विलोम शब्द, शब्द युग्म, लिंग परिवर्तन, वचन परिवर्तन आदि
Engineering Aptitude :
1. General principles of design and drawing
2. Engineering materials
3. Basics of thermodynamics
4. Basics of project management
5. Industrial safety and safety standards
6. Information and communication technologies (ICT)
7. Basics of artificial intelligence and robotics
8. Types of machinery maintenance
9. Green Energy
10. Basics of measurement & instrumentation
11. Energy conversion principles
12. Disaster management
13. Ethics and values in engineering profession
14. Quality control
15. Intellectual property rights
16. Human health and sanitation
17. Handling & storage of products
18. Climate change
19. Production & construction
20. Recent development in applied sciences
21. Role of Science & Technology in daily life
22. Water resources and conservation processes
Mains Exam Syllabus :-
General Hindi :
1. हिंदी भाषा का मूलभूत ज्ञान (स्वर, व्यंजन, रस)
2. प्रत्यय
3. समास
4. मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ
5. अनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द
6. वर्ण, वर्तनी और उच्चारण
7. वाक्य-क्रम व्यवस्थापन
8. उपसर्ग और प्रत्यय
9. विपरीतार्थक शब्द
10. संधि तथा संधि-विच्छेद
11. अनेकार्थक शब्द
12. उचित शब्द से दिए गए रिक्त स्थान की पूर्ती
13. पर्यायवाची शब्द, विलोम शब्द, शब्द युग्म, लिंग परिवर्तन, वचन परिवर्तन आदि
General Studies :
1. Current National and International Important Events
2. History of India
3. Indian Agriculture, Commerce & Trade
4. Indian Polity, Economy & Culture
5. Population, Ecology & Urbanization
6. General Science
7. Culture and Traditions of Uttar Pradesh
8. World Geography & Indian Geography & Natural Resources of India
9. Indian National Movement
10. Logical Reasoning
11. Basic elementary mathematics
Civil Engineering-Paper I:
Part A :
1. Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials, and Structural Analysis :
Units and Dimensions, SI units, vectors, concept of force, Concept of particle and rigid body concurrent, Non-Concurrent and parallel forces in a plane, moment of force and varignon's theorem free body diagram, conditions of equilibrium Principle of virtual work, equivalent force system. First and second Moment of area, Mass moment of inertia, Static Friction, inclined plane and bearings, kinematics and kinetics, kinematics in Cartesian and Polar Coordinates, motion under uniform and non-uniform acceleration, motion under gravity, Kinetics of particle: Momentum and Energy principles, D Alembert's principle, Collision of elastic bodies, rotation of rigid, bodies, simple harmonic motion
Strength of Materials :
Simple Stress and Strain, Elastic constants, axially loaded compression members, Shear force and bending moment, theory of simple bending, bending stress, Shear Stress, beams of uniform strength, Leaf Spring, close coiled helical springs, Strain Energy in direct Stress, bending & Shear. Deflection of beams; Macaulay's method, Mohr's Moment area method, Conjugate beam method, unit load method, Torsion of Shafts, Transmission of power, Elastic stability of columns, Euler's Rankin's and Secant formulae. Principal stresses and strains in two dimensions, Mohr's Circle, Theories of Elastic Failure, Thin and Thick cylinder, Stresses due to internal and external pressure-Lame's equations
Structural Analysis :
Castiglianios theorems I and II, Unit load method of consistent deformation applied to beams and pin jointed trusses. Slope-deflection, moment distribution, Kani's method of analysis and column Analogy method applied to indeterminate beams and rigid frames. Rolling loads, and influence lines: Influence lines for reactions of beam, shear force and bending moment at a section of beam. Criteria for maximum shear force and bending moment in beams traversed by a system of moving loads, influence lines for simply supported plane pin jointed trusses, Arches: Three hinged, two hinged and fixed arches, rib shortening and temperature effects, influence lines in arches, Matrix methods of analysis: Force method and displacement method of analysis of indeterminate beams and rigid frames. Plastic Analysis of beams and frames: Theory of plastic bending, plastic analysis, statical method, Mechanism method. Unsymmetrical bending: Moment of inertia, product of inertia, position of neutral axis and principal axis, calculation of bending stresses
Part B :-
Design of Structures: Steel, Concrete and Masonry Structures :
Structural Steel : Factors of safety and load factors, rivetted, bolted and welded joints and its connections, Design by working, stress/limit state method of tension and compression member,beamsofbuiltupsection,rivettedandweldedplategirders,gantrygirders,stancheons with battens and lacings, slab and gussetted column bases, Design of highway and railway bridges: Through and deck type plate girder, Warren girder, Pratt truss.
DESIGN OF CONCRETEAND MASONRY STRUCTURES:
Reinforced Concrete: Working Stress and Limit State Method of design-Recommendations of B.I.S. codes, design of one way and two way slabs, stairs-case slabs, simple and continuous beams of rectangular, T and L sections, compression members under direct load with or without eccentricity, isolated and combined footings, Cantilever and counterfort type retaining walls, Water tanks: Design requirements as per B.I.S. code for
rectangular and circular tanks resting on ground, Prestressed concrete: Methods and systems of prestressing, anchorages, analysis and design of sections for flexure based on working stress, losses of prestress, Earthquake resistant design of building as per BIS code. Design of brick masonry as per I. S. Codes, Design of masonry retaining walls
PART - C :-
Building Materials, Construction Technology, Planning and Management Building :
Materials : Physical properties of construction materials with respect to their use: stones bricks, tiles, lime, glass, cement, mortars, Concrete, concept of mix design, pozzolans, plasticizers, super plasticizers, Special concrete: roller compacted concrete, mass concrete, self compacting concrete, ferro cement, fibre reinforced concrete, high strength concrete, high performance concrete, Timber: properties, defects and common preservation treatments, Use and selection of materials for various uses e.g. Low cost housing, mass housing, high rise buildings
Constructions Technology, Planning and Management:
Masonry constructions using brick, stone, construction detailing and strength characteristics paints, varnishes, plastics, water proofing and damp proofing materials. Detailing of walls, floors, roofs, staircases, doors and windows. Plastering, pointing flooring, roofing and construction features. Retrofitting of buildings, Principle of planning of building for residents and specific uses, National Building code provisions and uses. Basic principles of detailed and approximate estimating, specifications, rate analysis, principles of valuation of real property. Machinery for earthwork, concreting and their specific uses, factors effecting selection of construction equipments, operating cost of equipments. Construction activity, schedules, organizations, quality assurance principles. Basic principle of network CPM and PERT uses in construction monitoring, cost optimization and resource allocation. Basic principles of economic analysis and methods. Project profitability: Basis principles of financial planning, simple toll fixation criterions
PART - D
GEO TECHNICAL ENGINEERINGAND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING :
Types of soils, phase relationships, consistency limits particles size distribution, classifications of soils, structure and clay mineralogy. Capillary water, effective stress and pore water pressure, Darcy's Law, factors affecting permeability, determination of permeability, permeability of stratified soil deposits. Seepage pressure, quick sand condition, compressibility and consolidation, Terzaghi's theory of one dimensional consolidation, consolidation test.
Compaction of soil, field control of compaction total stress and effective stress parameters, pore pressure parameters, shear strength of soils, Mohr Coulomb failure
theory, shear tests.
Earth pressure at rest, active and passive pressures, Rankin's theory Coulomb's wedge theory, Graphical method of earth pressure on retaining wall, sheetpile walls, braced excavation, bearing capacity, Terzaghi and other important theories, net and gross bearing pressure.
Immediate and consolidation settlement, stability of slope, total stress and effective stress methods, conventional methods of slices, stability number. Subsurface exploration, methods of boring, sampling, penetration tests, pressure meter tests, essential features of foundation, types of foundation, design criteria, choice of type of foundation, stress distribution in soils, Boussinessq's theory, Westergaard method, Newmarks chart, pressure bulb, contact, pressure, applicability of different bearing capacity theories, evaluation of bearing capacity from filed tests, allowable bearing capacity, settlement analysis, allowable settlement, proportioning of footing, isolated and combined footings, rafts, pile foundation, types of piles, plies capacity, static and dynamic analysis, design of pile groups, pile load test, settlement of piles lateral loads, foundation. for bridges, Ground improvement techniques: sand drains, stone columns, grouting, soil stabilization geotextiles and geomembrane, Machine foundation: Natural frequency, design of machine foundations based on the recommendation of B.I.S. codes
Civil Engineering-Paper II :
Part A :-
1. Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow, Hydraulic Machines and Hydropower Engineering :
Fluid Mechanics : Fluid properties and their roles in fluid motion, fluid statics including forces acting on plane and curved surfaces, Kinematics and Dynamics of Fluid flow: Velocity and acceleration, stream lines, equation of continuity, irrotational and rotational flow, velocity potential and stream functions, flownet, methods of drawing flownet, source and sink, flow separation, free and forced vorties. Flow control volume equation, continuity, momentum and energy equations, Navier Strokes equation, Euler's equation of motion and application to fluid flow problems, pipe flow, plane, curved, stationary and moving vanes sluice gates, weirs, orifice meters and Venturi meters
Dimensional Analysis and Similitude: Buckingham's Pi-theorem, dimensionless parameters, similitude theory, model laws, undistorted and distorted models
Laminar Flow: Laminar flow between parallel, stationary and moving plates, flow through pipes.
Boundary Layer: Laminar and turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate, laminar sub-layer, smooth and rough boundaries, submerged flow, drag and lift and its applications. Turbulent flow through pipes: Characteristics of turbulent flow, velocity distribution, pipe friction factor, hydraulic grade line and total energy line, siphons, expansion and contractions in pipes pipe networks, water hammer in pipes and surge tanks
Open Channel Flow: Flow types, uniform and nonuniform flows, momentum and energy
correction factors, Specific energy and specific force, critical depth, resistance equations
and roughness coefficient, rapidly varied flow, flow in transitions, Brink flow, Hydraulic
jump and its applications, waves and surges, gradually varied flow, classification of
surface profiles, control section, Integration of varied flow equation and their solution.
HYDRAULIC MACHINESAND HYDROPOWER : Centrifugal pumps-Types, characteristics, Net Positive Suction-head (NPSH), specific speed, Pumps in series and parallel. Reciprocating pumps, Air vessels, Hydraulic ram, efficiencyparameters,Rotaryand positive displacementpumps,diaphragmand jetpumps
Hydraulic turbines : types, classification, Choice of turbines, performance parameters, controls,characteristics,specificspeed.Principlesofhydropowerdevelopment:Types, layouts and component works, surge tanks, 'types and choice, Flow duration curves and dependable flow, Storage and pondage, Pumped storage plants, Special types of hydel plants.
Part - B :
Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering :-
Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, overland flow, hydrographs, flood frequency analysis, flood routing through a reservoir, channel flow routing- Muskingam method.
Ground Water flow: Specific yield, storage coefficient, coefficient of permeability, confined and unconfined aquifers, radial flow into a well under confined and unconfined conditions, Open wells and tube wells. Ground and surface water recourses single and multipurpose projects, storage capacity of reservoirs, reservoir losses, reservoir sedimentation. Water requirements of crops consumptive use, duty and delta, irrigation methods, Irrigation efficiencies.
Canals: Distribution systems for canal irrigation, canal capacity, canal losses, alignment of main and distributory canals, Design of canal by kennedy's and Lacey's thoeory, Water logging and its prevention.
Diversion head works: Components, Principles and design of weirs on permeable and impermeable foundations, Khosla's theory, Bligh's creep theory Storage works. Cross drainage works.
Types of dams, design principles of gravity and earth dams, stability analysis. Spillways: Spillway types energy dissipation.
River training: Objectives of river training, methods of river training and bank protection.
Part-C:
Transportation Engineering
Highway Engineering: Principles of Highway alignments, classification and geometric design, elements and standards for roads.
Pavement: flexible and rigid pavements Design principles and methodology Construction methodsandmaterialsforstabilizedsoil.WBM,BituminousworksandCementConcreteroads. Surface and sub-surface drainage arrangements for roads, culvert structures. Pavement distresses and strengthening by overlays.
Traffic surveys and their application in traffic planning, Typical design features for channelized, intersection, rotary etc., signal designs, standard traffic signs and markings
Railway Engineering: Permanent way, ballast, sleeper, chair and faslenings, points,crossings, different types of turn outs, cross-over, setting out of points, Maintenance of track, super elevation, creep of rails ruling gradients, track resistance tractive effort, curve resistance, Station yards and station buildings, platform sidings, turn outs, Signals and interlocking, level crossings
Air port Engineering: Layouts, Planning and design.
Part - D:
Environmental Engineering :-
Water supply: Estimation of water demand, impurities in water and their significance, physical, chemical and bacteriological parameters and their analysis, waterborne diseases, standards for potable water.
Water collection & treatment: Intake structures, principles and design of sedimentation tank, coagulation cum flocculation units slow sand filter, rapid sand filter and pressure filter, theory & practices of chlorination, water softening, removal of taste and salinity, Sewerage Systems, Domestic and industrial wastes, storm, sewage, separate and combined systems, flow through sewers, design of sewers
Waste water characterization : Solids, Dissolved oxygen (DO), BOD COD, TOC, and Nitrogen, Standards for disposal of effluent in normal water course and on to land.
Waste water treatment: Principles and design of wastewater Treatment units-, Screening, grit chamber, sedimentation tank activated sludge process, trickling filters, oxidation ditches, oxidation ponds, septic tank; Treatment and disposal of sludge; recycling of waste water.
Solid waste management: Classification, Collection and disposal of solid waste in rural and urban areas, Principles of solid waste management.
Environmental pollution: Air and water pollution and their control acts. Radioactive
waste and their disposal Environmental impact assessment of Thermal power Plants,
mines and river valley projects, Sustainable development.
Part-E:
Survey and Engineering Geology :-
(a) Surveying: Common methods and instruments for distance and angle measurements in Civil Engineering works, their use in plane table traverse survey, levelling, triangulation, contouring and topographical maps. Survey layouts for culverts canal, bridge, roads, railway alignment and buildings.
Basic principles of photogrammetry and remote sensing.
Introduction to Geographical information system.
Engineering Geology : Basic concepts of Engineering geology and its applications in projects such as dams, bridges and tunnels.
UPPSC Assistant Engineer (Civil) Exam Pattern 2026
Prelims Exam :
Duration : 120 Minutes
Negative Marking : 0.33
| S.No | Subject | No.of Question | Marks |
| 1 | General Knowledge | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | General Hindi | 25 | 50 |
| 3 | Engineering Aptitude | 100 | 200 |
| Total | 150 | 300 |
Mains Exam (Objective)
Duration : 150 Minutes (Each Paper)
Negative Marking : 0.33
| Paper | Subject | No.of Question | Marks |
| Paper I | General Hindi | 25 | 75 |
| Concerned Subjects (Civil) | 100 | 300 | |
| Paper II | General Studies | 25 | 75 |
| Concerned Subjects (Civil) | 100 | 300 | |
| Total | 250 | 750 |
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Total Post : 370+ (Expected)
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