The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is a standardised test conducted for assessing English proficiency of candidates who wants to study or work abroad. The IELTS test assesses your listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills. It is world's most popular exam and serve as key admission requirement for many top universities abroad. The IELTS exam is required for getting admission in top universities in USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 140+ more. This IELTS test has two versions: IELTS Academic to study abroad and IELTS General Training for work visas.

Cut-off
IELTS's governing body, IDP, does not publish any IELTS cut-off scores. It only declares the IELTS result after the TRF (Test Report Form) is released. IELTS TRF incorporates IELTS Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening scores from all four areas. For each section and altogether, the IELTS band score goes from 1 to 9. We have included IELTS band score descriptors below to help you comprehend the IELTS band score.
IELTS Band score | Skill Level |
9 | Expert user |
8 | Very good user |
7 | Good user |
6 | Competent user |
5 | Modest user |
4 | Limited user |
3 | Extremely limited user |
2 | Intermittent user |
1 | Non-user |
0 | Did not attempt the test |