IELTS is jointly owned by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English Language Assessment and delivered through more than 800 test centres and locations in over 135 countries. British Council connects people worldwide with the learning opportunities and creative ideas from the UK and builds lasting relationships between the UK and other countries. British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational opportunity and cultural relations and is represented in 109 countries worldwide. IDP: IELTS Australia is one of the world’s leading international education and development organisations offering international student placement, English language training and testing services, and the management of international aid projects on behalf of government sponsors. IDP Education was established in 1969 by Australian universities and has placed more international students into Australian educational institutions than any other organisation.
IDP Education, through its subsidiary IELTS Australia, manages a network of IELTS test centres in more than 30 countries.
Cambridge English Language Assessment is the world's leading provider of exams for learners of English. Each year the IELTS exams are taken by over 1.5 million people, in 135 countries.
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