2 years

If taken at a test centre, IELTS scores can be requested to be sent to five organizations free of cost and on a small administration fee, to more than five organizations. If taken online, the scores can be sent to as many organizations as one wishes free of cost.

Online, Phone, Mail

Rs. 15,500

Forms, for both physical and online tests, are available on the official IELTS website: https://www.ielts.org/for-test-takers/book-a-test

computer-delivered/online or paper-based/physical

Computer-delivered/online or paper-based/physical

Uploading a clear, scanned colour copy of one’s passport Payment via Netbanking, Debit/Credit card and Paytm For the Speaking test, one can book a slot online on one’s preferred date and time (for a paper-based test).

Kolkata, Bangalore, Karnal, Jalandhar, Mumbai, Ambala, Patiala, Vijayawada, Mehsana, Indore, Angamaly, Tiruchirappalli, Kottayam, Vizag, Rajkot, New Delhi, Moga, Jammu, Ahmedabad, Kollam, Surat, Kochi, Trichur, Bhopal, Amritsar, Pune, Coimbatore, Noida, Vadodara, Navi Mumbai, Jaipur, Dehradun, Rudrapur, Bhatinda, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Chennai, Chandigarh, Mangalore, Calicut, Anand, Madurai, Trichur, Trivandrum

Once the test date is booked, one will receive an acknowledgement on their registered email/phone number.

The test can be rescheduled at any time before the date of the test. However, depending on the proximity to the test date, it may be treated as a cancellation instead. One must select a test date, where available, within three months from the original test date. If one’s preferred test date is more than three months after their original test date then their transfer will be treated as a cancellation. One can only transfer the same booking once.

Cancellation can be done at any point of time before the date of the test. One needs to notify the test centre. Refunds will depend on when one cancels and if any exceptional circumstances apply (such as medical conditions, bereavement, trauma, other hardships & military service). One may make a case for exceptional circumstances to their Test Centre before the test and up to five calendar days after the test date if one did not attend the test. One’s Test Centre will respond within seven working days of receiving their case in writing. One’s Test Centre will assess the case for exceptional circumstances. All cases for exceptional circumstances and supporting evidence must be received by one’s Test Centre before or no later than five calendar days after the scheduled test date. If one’s Test Centre approves their case, they will receive a refund. The test may be cancelled by the IELTS test centre itself due to reasons such as extreme weather conditions, civil unrest, natural disasters, pandemic, industrial action or reasons of force majeure. One’s Test Centre will provide them with as much notice as possible and give them the choice of either a full refund or, a transfer to a future test date convenient to them. Different policy terms apply if one is taking IELTS for UKVI or IELTS Life Skills.

Computer-delivered/online or paper-based/physical.

No limit to the number of tests one can give in a year.

IELTS results are reported on a 9-band scale. They are reported as band scores on a scale from 1 (the lowest) to 9 (the highest). All formats of IELTS use the same scoring system. The Test Report Form provides one’s overall band score and band scores for each of the four sections: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. The overall band score is the average of the four section scores, rounded to the nearest whole or half band. The sections’ scores are weighted equally. The four sections of an IELTS test: Listening: 40 questions of one mark each Reading: 40 questions of one mark each Writing (Task Achievement/Task 1, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy): Examiners use assessment criteria to award a band score Speaking (Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, Pronunciation): Examiners use assessment criteria to award a band score

The tables below indicate the average number of marks required to achieve a particular band score in Listening, Academic Reading and General Training Reading.