IELTS is an English language exam that is required to be taken by international candidates considering studying or working in a country where English is the main language of communication.
Most popular countries where IELTS is accepted for university admissions are the UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, and Canada.
The exam mainly measures the ability of test-takers to communicate in the four basic English language skills: listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
IELTS exam is jointly owned and conducted by IDP Education Australia, British Council, and Cambridge English Language Assessment.
The number of IELTS tests grew to a record of 3.5 million in the year 2018, it has become a leader in the area of international higher education, and accepted in 100% of universities in the UK and Australia. IELTS is also accepted in more than 3,400 institutions in the US and Canada as well as thousands of institutions in English speaking and non English speaking countries in Europe where the medium of training is in English.
