Hello Aspirant,

See you will only be eligible for CDS 1 2023 examination if you would have got your marksheet of 5th sem. by the time of application and at the time of application you must be in your 6th semester which will be the last semester for your course and as per the current eligibility criteria, candidates studying in final year/semester are eligible to apply for CDS examination provided they don't have any active backlog till the date of application. And the degree program must get completed before admission because you will have to submit proof of passing the degree examination at the time of commencement of course to reach the IHQ of MoD (Army) .

However as per the tentative dates it is expected that application process for CDS 1 2023 would commence by December 2022 so by this time you must not have completed your 5th semester so you will not be eligible for CDS 1 2023.

Eligibility criteria for all the courses is described below along wth the age criteria :-

**Indian Military Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**Indian Naval Academy - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/ College

**Air Force Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor degree in engineering

**OTA (Men) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**OTA (Women - Non-Technical) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

Age criteria :-

>> Indian Military Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Indian Naval Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Air Force Academy - 20 to 24 years

>> Officers' Training Academy (Men) - 19 to 25 years

>> Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical) - 19 to 25 years

For detailed eligibility criteria kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!