An object of the present invention is to suppress, in a system in which an NOx selective catalytic reduction catalyst and a particulate filter are provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, discharge of ammonia from the NOx selective catalytic reduction catalyst. In the exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention, when a condition for executing a filter temperature raising control is satisfied, the supply of urea to the NOx selective catalytic reduction catalyst by urea supply means is stopped, and the filter temperature raising control is executed by filter temperature raising means after a specific time has elapsed since the time of stoppage of the supply of urea to the NOx selective catalytic reduction catalyst.