IELTS:

International English Language Testing System.

Administered by:

IELTS is jointly owned by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL)

Website:

www.britishcouncil.org or www.ielts.org, http://www.ieltsindia.com/ or http://www.ieltsidpindia.com/

Validity:

The score is valid for 2 years.

Fees:

Rs 7,200/-

Remittance:

The score is sent to 2 universities.

Registration:

The registration is either done in person or by mail.

Address:

British Council (Mumbai): The British Deputy High Commission, British Council Division, Mittal Tower 'C' Wing, 2nd Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021. India. Tel : 022-22823560 Fax : 022-22823530

IDP Australia (Mumbai): IDP Australia, Express Building, 1st Floor, Opp. Churchgate Railway Station, Churchgate, Mumbai 400020. India. Tel : 022-22026505 Fax : 022-22042686

Requirements for Registration:

Name as in the Passport, Passport, 2 Photographs- not less than 6 months old, Address, and Demand Draft. If the date is not available the Demand Draft is sent back.

Centres:

Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Baroda, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkatta, Kottayam, Lucknow, Ludhiyana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Patiala, Patna, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Rudrapur, Siligiri, Surat, Thimpu, Thrissur, Trichur, Trichy, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Vapi, Vijayvada, Visakhapatnam and Vizag.

Rescheduling:

TIf you postpone or cancel your application more than 5 weeks before the test date, you will receive a refund minus an administration charge,
If you postpone or cancel within 5 weeks of the test date, you will be charged the full fee unless you have a medical reason. If you provide a medical certificate within 5 days of the test date, you will receive a refund minus the local administrative cost.

Mode:

The IELTS test is a paper-based test.

Number of Tests:

You may take the IELTS test as many times as you like.

Duration:

The test is for 2 hours & 45 minutes excluding the Speaking module. The Speaking module is for 15 minutes; hence the total duration is for 3 hours.

Score:

Total score is out of 9 Bands.Scoring is between 0-9.

Test Reports:

There is NO CHARGE for the additional TRF, but the candidate will have to pay a dispatch charge of Rs. 1,000/- if the candidate wishes to order dispatch by Courier or Rs. 250/- if the dispatch is by Registered Post.

Academic Training:

• Listening(40 questions)-30 minutes
• Reading(40 questions)-60 minutes
• Writing(2 essays)-60 minutes
• Speaking-10 to 15 minutes.

General Training:

• Listening(40 questions)-30 minutes
• Reading(40 questions)-60 minutes
• Writing(2 essays)-60 minutes
• Speaking-10 to 15 minutes.

Writing:

• 1st essay (150 words) 20 minutes
• 2nd essay (250 words) 40 minutes

Countries Accepting IELTS:

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.