An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine comprising: a particulate filter arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst that is arranged in a portion of the exhaust passage at the downstream side of said particulate filter; a reducing agent supply device that supplies a reducing agent, which is ammonia or a precursor of ammonia, to a portion of the exhaust passage at the upstream side of said selective catalytic reduction catalyst; and an EGR device that supplies a part of exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage to an intake passage as an EGR gas; a first temperature detection means that detects a temperature which is correlated with the temperature of said particulate filter; a second temperature detection means that detects a temperature which is correlated with the temperature of said selective catalytic reduction catalyst; a detection means that detects an amount of trapped PM which is an amount of PM trapped in said particulate filter; and a control means that controls the EGR device so as to increase the amount of EGR gas, when a detected value of said first temperature detection means is equal to or higher than the lowest temperature at which particulate matter can be oxidized, and when the amount of trapped PM detected by said detection means is smaller by a predetermined amount or more, with respect to the amount of trapped PM which becomes an execution condition of PM regeneration processing, and carries out NOx increasing processing which is processing to increase NOx discharged from the internal combustion engine, when the detected value of said first temperature detection means belongs to a temperature range which is lower than the lowest temperature at which particulate matter can be oxidized, and in which an oxidation reduction reaction between the particulate matter trapped in the particulate filter and nitrogen dioxide which is a part of NOx contained in the exhaust gas is promoted, and when a detected value of the second temperature detection means belongs to an NOx reduction window. a particulate filter arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst that is arranged in a portion of the exhaust passage at the downstream side of said particulate filter; a reducing agent supply device that supplies a reducing agent, which is ammonia or a precursor of ammonia, to a portion of the exhaust passage at the upstream side of said selective catalytic reduction catalyst; and an EGR device that supplies a part of exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage to an intake passage as an EGR gas; a first temperature detection means that detects a temperature which is correlated with the temperature of said particulate filter; a second temperature detection means that detects a temperature which is correlated with the temperature of said selective catalytic reduction catalyst; a detection means that detects an amount of trapped PM which is an amount of PM trapped in said particulate filter; and a control means that controls the EGR device so as to increase the amount of EGR gas, when a detected value of said first temperature detection means is equal to or higher than the lowest temperature at which particulate matter can be oxidized, and when the amount of trapped PM detected by said detection means is smaller by a predetermined amount or more, with respect to the amount of trapped PM which becomes an execution condition of PM regeneration processing, and carries out NOx increasing processing which is processing to increase NOx discharged from the internal combustion engine, when the detected value of said first temperature detection means belongs to a temperature range which is lower than the lowest temperature at which particulate matter can be oxidized, and in which an oxidation reduction reaction between the particulate matter trapped in the particulate filter and nitrogen dioxide which is a part of NOx contained in the exhaust gas is promoted, and when a detected value of the second temperature detection means belongs to an NOx reduction window.