Over 3,000 institutions and programmes in the USA accept IELTS scores as proof of English language skills.

Over 1.4 million people each year are using IELTS to advance their careers throughout the English-speaking world and beyond.

Why choose IELTS?
IELTS is the world’s most popular high stakes English language test.

IELTS scores open doors to education and employment in the US. You can be sure that an IELTS score demonstrates your true ability to communicate in English across all four language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking.

This test of real-life communication skills gives you a reliable and valid indicator of your English language abilities.

Accepted by over 3,000 institutions in the USA, including all Ivy League universities.

IELTS is accepted by faculties of the following universities:

√	Brown University, Providence RI
√	Columbia University, New York City NY
√	Cornell University, Ithaca NY
√	Dartmouth College, Hanover NH
√	Harvard University, Cambridge MA
√	Princeton University, Princeton NJ
√	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
√	Yale University, New Haven CT
√	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA
√	University of California: Berkeley, Berkeley CA
√	University of California: Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
√	Stanford University, Stanford CA
√	New York University, New York City NY

and thousands more around the country.

Please note that each faculty can set their own rules for recognising the IELTS test. We therefore strongly recommend checking the list below as well as enquiring with the relevant faculty.

For a complete list of all US institutions recognising the IELTS click here.