How to Fill NDA Application 2025: Get Step by Step Procedure

Are you among those who want to serve the nation via National Defence Academy? If so then your journey will begin with NDA registration. NDA 2025 application form for session one has been released on 11 December 2024 and for session two on 28th May 2025 by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Do you want to fill out National Defence Academy application form successfully?…

NDA 2025 Notifications – Application Released

 NDA 1 2025 Application Form has been released from 11th December 2024. Check here for application details.

UPSC NDA examination is conducted for recruitment in Indian Defence Forces which include Indian Army, Air Force, and Navy. Candidates interested in filling out NDA application form 2025 should note that registering for exam is not difficult, a bit challenging thing is to apply by adhering form-filling process correctly.

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Here, we have mentioned detailed information about How to Fill NDA 2025 Application Form, fees, required documents, and more.

NDA Application Form 2025

NDA 2025 dates have been already announced through UPSC examination calendar. Candidates are able to fill out application form in online mode. Only candidates who will meet the NDA exam eligibility are eligible to apply.

For NDA 1 2025 application form has been released on 11 December 2024 and for NDA II 2025 on 28th May 2025. Candidates will be able to submit NDA I & II application forms till 31 December 2024 and 17 June 2025 respectively.

Those who are interested in filling out an application should note that they have to fill it out very carefully and correctly any mistake in the form will lead to application rejection.  UPSC NDA 2025 Application cannot be filled in offline or in any other mode. Online filled forms are not required to be sent to authority via post or any other mode.

How to Fill NDA 2025 Application Form

Follow these steps for filling out the NDA application form:

Step 1- Apply online on the website.
Step 2- Fill the Application Form followed by Part-1 and Part-2 registration.
Step 3- Read Declaration and Click on Agree.

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Step- 1: Apply online (OTR Registration)

• Visit the official website (link is given above).
• A new page will be opened on the screen.
• On the right-hand side of the web page, click on the “Apply Online” button.

• Click on “One Time Registration (OTR) for Examinations of UPSC” option.
• After that, a new page will be opened.

• Now click on the “New Registration” option.
• Fill Details like Name, Gender, DOB, parent details, Mobile number, Email ID, etc.

• After entering all the details click on the “Submit” button.
• Once again verify your details carefully and click on “I Agree” button.
• Now, verify the OTP details.
• Enter your received Mobile OTP & Email OTP and click on “Verify OTP” button.
• The OTR form will be submitted successfully.

• Now login again by entering the login details, i.e. mobile number & OTP.
• Create a strong password and click on the “Submit” button.

Step- 2: Fill the Application Form

• Read the instructions carefully to fill out the application.
• Now, click on the “Latest Notification” option.
• Select the NDA 2025 application form option.

PART-I Registration:

• As you click on the link of “Part-1 Registration”, a new webpage will appear on the screen. Here, Important Instructions to fill Online Application Form is given.
• Read the instructions carefully and click on ‘Yes’ button available at the bottom of the screen.
• Clicking on ‘Yes’ button takes you to the application form.
• Part-1 registration is divided broadly into four pages.

Page- 1: Candidate’s Details (OTR details will be automatically filled)
Enter your Personal Details

• On this page, the system asks for the candidate’s personal details.
• Enter your Name, DOB, Father’s name, Mother’s name, Aadhaar Number (if available), Nationality, Fee Remission Allowed, Community, minority, marital status, etc. (OTR details will be automatically filled)

Enter your Qualification Details:

From here select your qualification details. There are four options indicated by the drop down menu.

Address:

• Enter your complete address in the prescribed fields.
• Email id must be valid and also enter your personal contact number or the phone number of your parents.
• After feeding all the details, click on ‘Continue’ button.

Note: The candidates who belong to SC/ST need not pay the application fee against NDA application form. Those who are the sons of ex-servicemen/ JCO/NCO and Other Ranks of the Army are also not required to pay any fee for the application form. If such candidates are currently pursuing their studies from Sainik or military school then they are required to produce the certificate of eligibility duly signed by the principals at the time of SSB interview.

• The candidates who claimed the fee exemption have to click on “YES” response in the Fee Exemption claimed Field. Such candidates are not taken to the payment page.

Page- 2: Verify ID & Choosing the Branch Preferences

• Choose your ID & enter ID card number, & upload ID card document in the form.
• In this page, the aspirants have to choose their preferences for Indian Army, Air Force, and Navy.
• Mark the preferences in numbers from 1 to 4.
• Mark ‘0’ in that field for which candidates don’t want to give any preference.
• This page also asks the information Whether a Student of Sanik/Military School or a Son of JCO/NCO/Other Rank Officer.
• Mark your response in Yes or No.
• Click on “Continue” button to move to the fourth page.

Page- 3: Verify Your Details

• On this page, the candidates can update their details by clicking on ‘Update’ button.
• Verify your details properly as no correction will be allowed after the submission of application form. At last Mark, I agree/I do not agree.

Page- 4: Generation of Registration ID

• On this page, the candidates are able to view the system-generated ‘Registration ID’. This page also shows candidate’s other details like name, father’s name, DOB, email id, etc.
• Now, the “Part- 1 Registration” of NDA application form will be completed. The email regarding this will be sent to the candidate’s provided email id. Now log in again for the remaining process “Part-2 Registration”.

Note: Don’t forget to take the printout of this page. Click on “Print” option available there. Also, note down the registration id and DOB as it is required in further stages.

PART-II Registration:

It involves four steps:

1. Fee Payment.
2. Filling the Choice for Examination Centre.
3. Uploading of Photograph.
4. Uploading of Signature.

Fee Payment:

• The payment can be done through cash/credit card/debit card or net banking.
• Pay the application fee via cash deposited to any branch of the SBI bank.
• The candidates can also use the credit card/debit card of any bank for the fee payment.
• The payment through Internet banking will be done using the Internet banking facility of State Bank of India/State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore.

• After the successful payment of application fee, an SMS alert will be sent to the candidates. The candidates who are exempted from paying for the application will receive the SMS alert after uploading the images.

Uploading of Photograph:

This step provides you the space for uploading the image of photograph. Read carefully all the instructions before go through the upload steps:

• The image should be recent around 10 days from the start date of application.
• Candidates name and DOB should be mentioned in the photograph.
• The size of the photograph must be less than 300 KB and greater than 20 KB.
• The image of a photograph must be in .jpg/jpeg format.
• 140 pixels height x 110 pixels width is required for a photograph.
• Bit Depth of image file should be 24 bit.

Uploading of Signature:

• Put your signature with a black ink pen on a white background.
• Image of signature must be the .jpg format.
• The pixel size of the signature should be 110 pixels in height x 140 pixels in width.
• The file size of the signature must be less than 40 kb and greater than 1 kb.
• Bit Depth of image file should be 24 bit.

Note: The image preview will be generated after uploading. Here, the candidates can recheck his/her uploaded images.

• If satisfied with the uploaded image then, click on “Confirm Upload” button, otherwise click the “Reload Photograph/Reload Signature” button.

Filling the Choices for Examination Centres (Center Selection & Agreeing to Declaration):

• Choose the appropriate examination centre as per your suitability.
• Candidates can choose any one examination centre.

Step- 3: Read Declaration and Click on Agree

The application form will be completed after the submission of Part- 2 Registration. Click on ‘I have read Declaration & Agree’ button for the final submission of NDA online form.

• Now you can print the application form.

Key Features

• The applicants who submitted their forms through online do not need to send any document/certificate to the UPSC.
• The message of final submission of the application form will be received by the candidates via e-mail.
• “View/Print Application” link is available on the home page for viewing the submitted application form.

We hope that this article was helpfull for you to understand the process on how to submit NDA 2025 session registration form. Keep visiting this page as once application will be released we will be providing here direct link to apply.

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