Form size guide
UPSC photo and signature size 2026
What UPSC asks for (CSE, ESE and other UPSC exams), taken from the official notice and checked in November 2026.
Photo
- Size
- 413 × 531 pixels (3.5 × 4.5 cm at 300 DPI)
- File size
- 20 to 200 KB
- Format
- JPG, named photo.jpg
Signature (three in one image)
- Size
- 400 × 500 pixels
- File size
- 20 to 100 KB
- Format
- JPG, named signature.jpg
Good to know
- Photo: in colour, on a plain white background, with your face covering at least 75% of it, and not signed. The form also takes a live photo and matches it against this one.
- UPSC gives no pixel size for the photo, so the preset uses passport size, 3.5 × 4.5 cm.
- Signature: sign three times, one below the other, in black ink on plain white paper, and scan all three as one image. UPSC asks for 350 to 500 pixels without saying which side, so the preset keeps both sides in that range.
- Files must be named photo.jpg and signature.jpg; the download already is.
Source: UPSC instructions for photo and signature upload (February 2026). Rules change between notices, so check the one for your exam before you submit. Spec wrong or changed?
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