IELTS is not held on set dates during the year. Test centres can arrange an IELTS administration at any time, according to local need. | International English IELTS[ Language Testing System English for international opportunity Handbook January 2002 Subject Manager (IELTS) The British Council The Manager, IELTS Australia Manager, North America University of Cambridge Bridgewater House IDP Education Australia Cambridge Examinations and Local Examinations Syndicate 58 Whitworth Street GPO Box 2006 IELTS International 1 Hills Road Manchester Canberra 100 East Corson Street Cambridge M1 6BB ACT 2601 Suite 200 CB1 2EU United Kingdom Australia Pasadena, CA 91103 United Kingdom USA Tel: 61 2 6285 8222 Tel: 44 1223 553355 Tel: 44 161 957 7755 Fax: 61 2 6285 3233 Tel: 1 626 564 2954 Fax: 44 1223 460278 Fax: 44 161 957 7762 E-mail: ielts@ Fax: 1 626 564 2981 E-mail: ielts@ E-mail: E-mail: bmeiron@ Test Centres ]4 Academic and General Test Centres Training candidates At the time of going to print IELTS can be taken at 251 Candidates must select either the Academic or General approved test centres in over 105 different countries. The Training Reading and Writing Modules depending on the test is administered centrally by UCLES but the test centres stated requirement of their sponsor or receiving institution. supervise the local administration of the test and ensure the provision of qualified and trained examiners. The shaded areas The Academic Reading and Writing Modules assess whether on the map below indicate countries where IELTS test centres a candidate is ready to study or train in the medium of English are located. For a full address list of centres please refer to at an undergraduate or postgraduate level. pages 27 to 36. Admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses should be based on the results of Academic Modules. The General Training Reading and Writing Modules are not designed to test the full range of formal language skills required for academic purposes. The emphasis of General Training is on basic survival skills in a broad
