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IELTS is growing worldwide - now with over 1,000,000 test takers annually and 6,000 recognizing organizations. IELTS offers opportunities for new test centers across the US.

IELTS is recognized by more than 2,000 US organizations for higher education, professional registration, and immigration to Australia, Canada and the UK.

Benefits

• associate your organization with the secure, growing, and customer-focused test of English language proficiency
• open new markets and attract new test takers and students to your organization
• benefit from the opportunity for ESL teaching staff to become IELTS Examiners through high-level, ongoing professional development and monitoring
• provide a valuable service for students and educational departments in your college or university by providing a trusted and reliable measure of English language proficiency
• offer the test to residents of the local and regional communities
• develop a healthy new income stream - centers retain 60% of the candidate test fee
• enjoy the benefits of the affiliation with well-respected international language proficiency testing professionals

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. More information on requirements for IELTS test delivery (pdf).

IELTS International is seeking applications from educational institutions in major metropolitan areas in the US 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.

Start the application

If your organization is interested in becoming an IELTS Test Center please complete the online questionnaire.

Questions? Contact:

Richard Halstead, Regional Manager – US Test Center Network
IELTS International, 825 Colorado Boulevard, Suite 112, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
Tel: 1-323-255 2771 / Fax: 1-323-255 1261 / rhalstead@ieltsintl.org

For further information on IELTS
please visit www.IELTS.org