FPSC Confirms CSS 2027 MPT Date as September 27, 2026

Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has confirmed that the MCQ-based preliminary examination for CSS 2027 will be held on Sunday, September 27, 2026.

Online applications opened on August 3 and closed on August 20. Candidates who had applied in this window will now appear for the test on the confirmed date, spread across 19 cities across the country.

Clearing this test is not optional. Every candidate hoping to appear for the main CSS written exam has to clear the MPT first, there are no exceptions here. It acts as a filter before the descriptive stage.

Even to qualify, applicants needed a minimum of a second division bachelor’s degree, and their age should be between 21 and 30 years, with an age relaxation of two years generally available for certain categories under FPSC rules.

The test fee was fixed at Rs. 250, paid online through the 16-digit PSID generated during the application process. The FPSC has said that candidates will not be able to change their chosen examination centre after submitting the application.

FPSC has also released the dates for the next phase. The official advertisement for the CSS 2027 written exam will be out on November 8. Applications for this phase will open on November 10 and will run till November 25.

There is another deadline after this. Candidates who advance to the written phase will have to submit hard copies of their application along with the required documents by December 4, 2026.

The FPSC introduced the MPT in 2022, primarily to reduce the number of people who went directly to the full descriptive written exam. Before that, tens of thousands of applicants would sit for all twelve papers without any screening phase.

Candidates are advised to keep checking the FPSC website for updates, as roll number slips and test centre details are released closer to the exam date.