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Quick IELTS Guide
IELTS is the International English Language Testing System, the world’s proven English language test. More than 6,000 organisations recognise IELTS as secure, valid and reliable indicator of true to life ability to communicate in English for education, immigration and professional accreditation. IELTS is jointly managed by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL) through more than 500 locations in 121 countries, with the greatest number of tests taken in China, India, Australia, UK and Pakistan.
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL) is the world's leading provider of exams for learners of English. Each year the exams are taken by over two million people, in 135 countries.
British Council connects people worldwide with the learning opportunities and creative ideas from the UK and builds lasting relationships between the UK and other countries. British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational opportunity and cultural relations and is represented in 109 countries worldwide.
IDP: IELTS Australia is the IELTS testing subsidiary of IDP, Australia's leading international education business. IDP undertakes a broad range of activities from international student recruitment and education research to development project management and English language teaching and testing.
About the test
Candidates are tested in listening, reading, writing and speaking. After completion they receive an IELTS test report form.
There is a choice between Academic and General Training in the reading and writing modules. The Academic reading and writing modules assess whether a candidate is ready to study or train in English at an undergraduate or postgraduate level. Admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses is based on the results of these modules.
The General Training reading and writing modules are not designed to test the full range of formal language skills required for academic purposes, but emphasise the skills needed in a broad social and educational context. General Training is suitable for candidates who are going to English speaking countries to complete their secondary education, to undertake work experience or training programmes not at degree level, or for immigration purposes to Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
All tests are scored on a banded system from 1 (the lowest) through to 9 (the highest possible score).
A sample of Government and professional associations who recognise or require applicants to hold an IELTS test report form include:
- Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)
- Australian and General Medical Council
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools and National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), USA
- International Monetary Fund
- Maersk
- New Zealand Immigration Service
- Shell
- UK Home Office – Border agency
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