IELTS Academic and General Training

Covid-19 notice

IELTS testing in the United Kingdom and Ireland will re-start from June with special health and safety arrangements to protect test takers and staff.

See IELTS locations and opening dates below to book your test.

IELTS Academic is recommended for either undergraduate or postgraduate study worldwide.

IELTS General Training is recommended for study at below degree level or if you wish to emigrate to an English-speaking country, and you are required to take an English test.

The IELTS test fee is between £170 and £195, depending on the location and test provider you choose.

Choose your region and book your test:

North West

English Language Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool - closed
International House Trust Assessment, Queens Park High School, Chester - open from 16 July 2020
Mobile Testing Solutions Ltd (MTS), University of Cumbria, Lancaster - closed
University Language Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester - open from 12 September 2020

Yorkshire and Humberside

Centre of English Studies (CES), Harrogate & Leeds - open
Melton College, York - open
Mobile Testing Solutions Ltd (MTS), Newcastle - open
English Language Teaching Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield - open from September 2020

East Midlands

Leicester College, Abbey Park Campus, Leicester - closed
Mobile Testing Solutions Ltd (MTS), Nottingham - closed
University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham - open from 11 July 2020

West Midlands

Mobile Testing Solutions Ltd (MTS), Birmingham - open
Mobile Testing Solutions Ltd (MTS), City College Coventry, Coventry - closed
Warwickshire College Group, Rugby - open from 11 July 2020

East of England

Eurocentres, Cambridge - open from 22 August 2020
International House Trust Assessment, Cambridge - open
International House Trust Assessment, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford - open 22 August 2020
International House Trust Assessment, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford (computer-delivered) - open 22 August 2020
International House Trust Assessment, University of Bedfordshire, Bedford - open 4 September 2020
International House Trust Assessment, Thomas Deacon Academy, Peterborough - open 4 September 2020
INTO University of East Anglia, Norwich - closed
Mobile Testing Solutions (MTS), University of Suffolk, Ipswich - closed

London

EHWLC, Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College - open
Eurocentres, Central London - open from 11 July 2020
International House Trust Assessment, Central London - open
International House Trust Assessment, East London - open
International House Trust Assessment, North London - open
Lewisham Southwark College, London - open
London Exams Centre, Wimbledon - open
Mobile Testing Solutions LTD (MTS) - open
University of Westminster, London - closed

South East

Bellerbys College, Brighton Study Centre, Brighton - open from 12 September 2020
East Sussex College, Eastbourne - closed
Eurocentres, Huntingdon House, Brighton - open from 28 August 2020
Chaucer College Canterbury, Canterbury - open from 10 August 2020
Kings Colleges, Oxford - open 18 July 2020
Mobile Testing Solutions Ltd (MTS), Silbury Campus, Milton Keynes - closed
Mobile Testing Solutions Ltd (MTS), University of Surrey, Guildford - closed
University of Reading, Reading - open from 8 August 2020

South West

International House Trust Assessment, University of Bath, Bath - open 4 September 2020
International House Trust Assessment, St. Brendan's Sixth Form College, Bristol - open 11 July 2020
Language Specialists International, Portsmouth - closed
Mayflower College, Plymouth - closed
Mayflower College, Torquay - closed
Richard Language College, Bournemouth - open
University of Southampton, Faculty of Humanities, Southampton - open from 26 September 2020

Wales

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Scotland

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Northern Ireland

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