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TESTIMONIALS

My career goal is to be a successful investment banker. Therefore I chose the most advanced MBA program in USA to realize my dream. At the beginning of 2006, I was hesitating whether to take IELTS or TOFEL. Later I heard of a piece of inspiring news that more than 1,000 US institutions recognized IELTS and my favorite university was in the list. I made up my mind to sit IELTS. Because my English level was not good, I found another IELTS taker to study together and encourage with each other along the way. It took me two months to prepare for IELTS. I could not help crying when I saw my score was 7.0. IELTS gave me more confidence when applying for the university. I applied for Pepperdine University, Pace University, Iowa State University and Fordham University. In the end, two universities gave me offers. Pepperdine University also gave me full scholarship. I persisted and I succeeded!

Tang Shaonan (Shanghai, China)
IELTS score: 7.0
Admitted by Graziadio School of business, Pepperdine University

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The World Speaks IELTS

IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. It measures ability to communicate in English across all four language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking – for people who intend to study or work where English is the language of communication.

Since 1989, IELTS has been proven and trusted worldwide to provide a secure, global, authentic and customer-focused test which measures true to life ability to communicate in English. More than 6,000 education institutions, faculties, government agencies and professional organisations around the world recognise IELTS scores as a trusted and valid indicator of ability to communicate in English.

Over 1,000,000 people a year are now using IELTS to open doors throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. The test is taken every year across 120 countries, and is one of the fastest growing English language tests in the world, and sets the standard in integrity, research and innovation.

When the question is English language ability – IELTS is the answer

 

UPDATES

New IELTS tests over one million candidates in a year
For the first time ever in a single 12 month period, more than one million people around the world (or two every minute) have gained certification in the world’s most popular English language test for immigration and higher education - The International English Language Testing System (IELTS). > More

New Another 57 U.S. universities recognise IELTS
The latest list of education institutions, professional organisations and accrediting bodies in the USA accepting IELTS as proof of a candidate’s English language skills has risen to over 1,800, with 57 new recognitions in the first three months of 2008. > More

New New Book Explores History of Language Testing and IELTS
The latest volume in the Studies in Language Testing (SiLT) series explores the history of English language testing for academic purposes between 1950 and 1989 including the development of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). > More

IELTS special - El Gazette (interview)
Christine Nuttall is Director, Communications and Stakeholder Relations at Cambridge ESOL. We talk to Christine about why IELTS has seen such success in recent years. > More

IELTS approved for use in UK immigration system
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) has now been granted approval for use in the UK’s new points-based immigration system.> More

Major Chinese University Recognises IELTS
The Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications has officially recognised IELTS, the first university in the People's Republic of China to do so. > More

IELTS Reaches 940,000 in 2007
Entries for IELTS - the International English Language Testing System - have almost doubled in the last three years, driven by university entrance requirements, new immigration policies and professional recognition throughout the English-speaking world > More