IBPS Clerk Exam Calendar 2026
The IBPS Clerk notification2026 has been anticipated by aspirants for quite some time now. And now, there is some good news on that front because the IBPS has provided some important details regarding the exam. IBPs has indicated that the exam deadline will open from August 01, 2026 to August 21, 2026.
Once you know that the full notification 2026 is released, all aspiring, eligible candidates should be ready to submit their application as soon as possible. The deadline link will open from August 01 2026 to August 21, 2026 . Along with that, the pre exam training will be held in September 2026 with the results for the prelims being released in November and the provisional allotments in March 2027.
The banks that participate in the IBPS Clerk exam include Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Indian Bank, and Punjab & Sind Bank.
After going through the IBPS notification carefully, candidates will have to visit the official IBPS website, www.ibps.in to begin their online application for the upcoming exam. Candidates can only apply for vacancies in a single state or union territory.
What is the IBPS Clerk Exam Date 2026 ?
All candidates who meet the IBPS Clerk eligibility criteria and are interested in taking the IBPS Clerk exam can submit their application and fees as per the deadline as will be mentioned on the IBPS Clerk recruitment notice.
The IBPS recruitment calendar for 2026 released recently states that the deadlines will be open from August 01 to August 21, 2026. It also states that the prelims will be held on October 10 and 11 2026 . It will be followed by the IBPS Clerk Mains exam expected on December 27, 2026. The prelims result is expected in November and provisional allotments for March 2027.
The previous notification has stated that there were 10277 vacancies. Besides that, aspirants can get information like exam details and IBPS Clerk eligiblity criteria and start preparing.
These dates are important for aspirants and they need to use this to plan their study schedule. The following table provides the dates that each candidate should keep in mind:
IBPS Clerk Important Dates 2026
| IBPS Clerk Important Events | Important Dates |
|---|---|
| Online Registration by Candidates | 01 August 2026 to 21 August 2026 |
| Payment of Application Fees/ Intimation Charges | 01 August 2026 to 21 August 2026 |
| Edit Window for Candidates to Modify/ Correct Application Form (including online payment for Edit) | For 2 days after closure of Registration (will be notified on the official IBPS website) |
| Conduct of Pre-Examination Training (PET) | September 2026 |
| Download of Preliminary Examination Call Letter | September 2026 |
| Online Preliminary Examination | October 2026 |
| Preliminary Examination Result | November 2026 |
| Download of Main Examination Call Letter | November 2026 |
| Online Main Examination | December 2026 |
| Provisional Allotment | March 2027 |
Select centers of the IBPS will also offer Pre-Examination Training (online or in-person) to a limited number of candidates from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minority Communities, Ex-Servicemen, and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities.
What are the IBPS Clerk Exam Centers 2026 ?
The IBPS Clerk exam will be held all over India and IBPS will allot various exam centers across the country to let the examination be conducted smoothly. As the IBPS Clerk is an online examination, centers with all the required facilities for an online examination will be chosen.
You will be allotted the IBPS Clerk exam centres based on your choice in the application form. The choice of the IBPS Clerk exam centre cannot be changed once selected. IBPS reserves the right to change the list accordingly. The IBPS Clerk exam center 2026list can be seen below.
| State Code | State / UT / NCR | Preliminary Examination Centre | Main Examination Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Port Blair |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| 13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Naharlagun | Naharlagun |
| 14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati, Silchar |
| 15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea | Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Muzzafarpur, Patna |
| 16 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh/Mohali | Chandigarh/Mohali |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| 18 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Surat, Jamnagar | Surat |
| 19 | Daman & Diu | Surat, Jamnagar | Surat |
| 20 | Delhi | Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram | Delhi/New Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurugram |
| 21 | Goa | Panaji | Panji |
| 22 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad, Vadodra |
| 23 | Haryana | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Yamuna Nagar | Ambala, Hissar |
| 24 | Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Una | Hamirpur, Shimla |
| 25 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| 26 | Jharkhand | Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| 27 | Karnataka | Bengaluru, Belgaum, Bidar, Davangere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi | Bengaluru, Hubli, Mangalore |
| 28 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 29 | Lakshadweep | Kavarrati | Kavaratti |
| 30 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain | Bhopal, Indore |
| 31 | Maharashtra | Amravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Solapur | Aurangabad, Mumbai/ Thane/ Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune |
| 32 | Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| 33 | Meghalaya | Shillong | Shillong |
| 34 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl |
| 35 | Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| 36 | Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneshwar |
| 37 | Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 38 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur | Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| 39 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Jaipur, Udaipur |
| 40 | Sikkim | Bardang/ Gangtok | Bardang/ Gangtok |
| 41 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Nagercoil, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli, Vellore, Virudhunagar | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| 42 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| 43 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| 44 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Banda, Bareilly, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida/ Greater Noida, Sitapur, Varanasi | Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| 45 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| 46 | West Bengal | Asansol, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri | Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri |
Keeping updated regarding the IBPS Clerk notifications and strategic planning will ensure that aspirants like you are well-prepared for the IBPS Clerk exam 2026. To turn your preparation into successful results, ixamBee offers you its IBPS Clerk Online Course and IBPS Clerk mock tests.
For the latest IBPS clerk vacancies and details about the IBPS Clerk 2026exam, don't get too stressed out as the detailed notification is expected to be released very soon. You can get all the important details you need from there. Remember, dedication, preparation and practice are vital for success in any competitive exam. Best of luck!
