IELTS is growing worldwide - with over 1.9
million tests taken in 2012 and over 7,000
recognizing organizations. IELTS offers opportunities for new
test centers across the USA.
IELTS is recognized by more than 3,000 USA organizations for
higher education, professional registration, and immigration to
Australia, Canada and the UK.
Benefits of your USA organization becoming an IELTS test
center
- - Associate your organization with the authentic, global and
customer-focused test of English language proficiency
- - Benefit from unique professional
development opportunities for your ESL teaching staff to become
IELTS
- Examiners
- - Provide a valuable service for your own
students, other educational departments in your organization and
residents of the local community by integrating IELTS into the
curriculum
- - Develop a healthy new income
stream
- - Embrace a range of wrap around products
including preparation material and courses
- - Open new markets and attract new students
Requirements
The IELTS test is delivered by local test centers, requiring a
commitment to the scheduling and administration of the test in a
standardized and secure environment, and the local marketing of the
service. For full details of the requirements for IELTS test
administration and delivery in the
USA, see Information
for Prospective IELTS Test Centers (PDF, 774KB).
IELTS USA is seeking applications from educational
institutions in major metropolitan areas in the USA that service
non-native speaker students and alien residents - particularly
university language centers and testing centers, colleges,
community colleges, and IT training providers. Institutions must be
accredited, with sound financial status and have access to
qualified, experienced ESL professionals.
Becoming a test center in the USA: next
step
If your USA organization would like to become an IELTS test
center, please submit an email request to gedwards@ieltsusa.org
and include your name, contact details, role and
organization. Please also include a brief description of
your organization, to include history, types of programs offered,
annual international student enrollment, detail of any other tests
offered, detail of institutional accreditation(s), and detail of
organizational funding.
On site testing in the USA
If your US organization is interested in hosting an IELTS test on
site, please download, and complete the On-site testing
Application Form (PDF, 264KB). On site testing
is the perfect way to meet your institutional IELTS testing needs,
on an as-needed basis.
Questions or further information on the USA IELTS test
center network?
Please contact Guy Edwards, Regional
Manager
U.S. Test Center Network, IELTS USA
gedwards@ieltsusa.org
tel: 1-323-255 2771
