Register to become an IELTS recognising organisation

Become a Recognising Organisation. Start accepting IELTS.

Join over 12,000 other organisations that use IELTS for entry, admission or registration purposes.

Step 1: Register your organisation

Show millions of test takers the IELTS scores you require for entry, admission, or registration at your organisation. Register your details and your organisation featured on Who accepts IELTS? , a page visited by millions of potential applicants worldwide.

Accepting IELTS results will give you access to the IELTS Results Service. It is secure, simple to use, and free of charge.

Step 2: Show the IELTS scores you accept

Once your organisation has been approved as an IELTS recognising organisation, it’s important to make test takers aware of your status.

Publish the IELTS scores you require on your website

This helps prospective applicants in their decision-making. This will also help streamline your application process by reducing the need to respond to detailed enquiries.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does IELTS ensure test security?

IELTS takes a multi-layered approach to security. That's because we believe in a fair and reliable assessment of English. As an organisation, you can have confidence in the English scores you receive.

There are many established security measures that safeguard test takers, whilst also protecting the interests of the organisations that rely on the legitimacy of IELTS results.

These security measures include:

regulations in regards to test papers

test taker registration and confirmation systems

training test centre staff in the identification of imposters, fraud, and cheating

rigorous testing conditions

routine inspection of test results before release

a free and secure online service to verify test takers results

a Test Report Form (TRF) with many security features, including security-enhanced paper, authenticated by an IELTS validation stamp, and a high-resolution photograph of the test taker.

How do I verify IELTS results online?

Only organisations registered and approved by IELTS can verify results online.

By accepting IELTS results, you will be given access to the IELTS Results Verification Service. It is secure, simple to use, free of charge, and allows you to:

verify results by checking that they match the results on the IELTS database

check your applicants’ photo ID against their test day photo

download test takers’ results fast and easily, and in bulk to save you time

Where can I get help with setting English language entry requirements?

Contact IELTS when you need help setting the right score for your organisation. When establishing the IELTS scores required for entry, you would generally consider:

your organisation’s English proficiency expectations

the preferred skill sets of applicants

the standard of language skills required (e.g. for presenting, researching, teaching etc.).

These considerations will help you set your overall IELTS band score, as well as individual scores for each section: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.