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What is IELTS?
IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. IELTS conforms to the highest international standards of language assessment. It tests the four language skills listening, reading, writing and speaking ...

Who owns IELTS?

IELTS is jointly managed by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL) and delivered through more than 500 locations in over 130 countries ...

The proven test with ongoing innovation

IELTS is at the cutting edge of English language testing. The effectiveness of IELTS has been proven since 1989. IELTS test design has continued to incorporate advances in applied linguistics, language pedagogy, language assessment and technology ...

Download the IELTS Annual Review

To find out more about the success and operations of IELTS over the past year, download the latest IELTS Annual Review 2009 (PDF, 492KB). For all the latest news and announcements about IELTS, please visit the Media centre.

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Test format and results

IELTS is internationally available, internationally accessible, internationally recognised and internationally focused ...

What is the test format?

The IELTS test has four parts listening, reading, writing and speaking. Candidates must do all four parts to receive an IELTS result. The total test time is 2 hours and 45 minutes ...

Academic and General Training formats

IELTS is available in two formats Academic and General Training ...

How is IELTS marked?

IELTS has a rigorous, quality-assured system for marking every IELTS test ...

IELTS band scores

There is no pass or fail in IELTS. Candidates are graded on their performance, using scores from 1 to 9 for each part of the test listening, reading, writing and speaking. The results from the four parts then produce an Overall Band Score ...

IELTS scores explained

Candidates receive scores on a Band Score from 1 (Non User) to 9 (Expert User). Candidates receive a score for each test component listening, reading, writing and speaking. The individual scores are then averaged and rounded to produce an Overall Band Score ...

IELTS explained seminars

To help institutions and other organisations better understand and use IELTS results, the IELTS Test Partners hold individual seminars. If your institution is interested in an IELTS seminar, please fill in the enquiry form. The provision of seminars is dependent on country, location, seminar numbers and