Educational institutions, employers, professional registration bodies and government immigration agencies often require proof of English language skills as part of their recruitment or admission procedures. IELTS is widely accepted for these purposes.
- IELTS test is available at more than 1,200 locations worldwide.
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- Over 3 million IELTS tests are taken each year.
- Data is routinely collected from live tests and analysed to confirm the accuracy of the initial grading process and to support on-going quality assurance processes.
- Test writers from different English-speaking countries develop IELTS content so it reflects real-life situations around the world and is unbiased and fair to all test takers, whatever their background.
- Length of the test: About 2 hours 45 minutes but may last up to 3 hours and 15 minutes. *Remember: you need 30 minutes for the speaking test and administration.
- IELTS is accepted for migration to Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
- IELTS is accepted as evidence of English proficiency by 10,000 institutions of education worldwide.
- Many professional registration bodies and employers rely on IELTS as evidence of English language proficiency. Examples are the healthcare professions, such as nursing, medicine and pharmacy, where English language competence is of critical importance.
- Test security: training of test centre staff to help them identify imposters, detect fraudulent behaviour and prevent cheating to ensures the high standard of the IELTS test.
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