Types of Entry To Join Indian Army As An Officer

In this article we will cover different types of entries in Indian Army. One who wants to join the Indian army has many options based on his/her age and educational qualification.

There are different types of entries to join Indian army as an officer, few permanent commission entries like NDA entry, Direct entry ( CDSE), ACC entry, TGC entry, AEC entry, Military Farm entry, UES entry, 10+2 TES entry, PC (SL) entry, SCO entry. Also Indian army has short service commission entries like, SSC-tech for men and women, SSC- non tech entries for men and women.

Below you can find more details about different types of entries to Join Indian Army:

Permanent Regular Commission

Type of Commission	Education Requirement	Training	Remarks
NDA Entry	10+2	Four Years (Three years at NDA, one year at IMA)	Awarded Graduate Degree from NDA
Direct Entry	Graduate	One years and six months
ACC Entry	10+2	Four Years (Three years in ACC Wing and one years at IMA)	Graduate Degree from ACC Wing
Technical Graduate Course and Post Graduate Entries (AEC & MF)	Technical Graduate and Postgraduate (AEC & MF)	One Years	Awarded 1 years ante date seniority only to Tech Graduate
University Entry Scheme	Engineering Degree	One Years at IMA	Awarded 1 years ante date seniority only to Tech Graduate
PC (SL)	Higher Secondary (11th Pass) Student	Four Weeks at OTA
SCO	Class XI CBSE pattern	One years at IMA
10+2 Entry TES	10+2(PCM)	Pre-Commission Training four years and Post Commission Training one years

Short Service Commission

Type of Commission	Education Requirement	Training	Remarks
Technical	Engineering Degree/Equivalent/M.Sc (Computer Science) as applicable to different corps	49 weeks	Awarded one year ante date Seniority
Non-Tech	Graduate	49 weeks
SSC (Women) Tech	Graduate/PG Diploma PG Degree /Engineering Degree	49 weeks	Awarded one year ante date seniority for Tech Graduate
SSC (Women) Non Tech	Graduate	49 weeks