native English-speaking countries. The fee for booking this test today in India is 17k. The test started in the year 1989. It was jointly developed by:
- Cambridge English Language Assessment
- British Council
- IDP: IELTS Australia
The IELTS also known International English Language Testing System is accepted by 11000 + academic institutions worldwide with top Universities such as
- Ivy League universities in the U.S. (e.g., Harvard, Yale, Princeton)
- Prestigious UK universities (e.g., Oxford, Cambridge, LSE)
- Australian Group of Eight universities (e.g., ANU, University of Melbourne)
- Canadian institutions (e.g., University of Toronto, McGill University)
- Top European universities in countries like Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
The most popular variants of this test are academic and general.