IELTS Fees and Booking: Where to Find Your Price

The ielts.org finder lists test centres in over 160 countries. Each centre's page lists its tests and fees, with a link to book (ielts.org, ielts.org).

Your fee depends on your country and the test you choose source: British Council. You can also check the British Council or IDP booking page for your country.

This page lists no prices, because they change source: IDP India.

Where to find your price

The British Council and IDP are two of the three organisations that own IELTS source: ielts.org. Each site shows the fee in a different place.

source: ielts.org source: British Council source: IDP Pakistan source: IDP India

Prices may vary from time to time and may be subject to country or local tax source: ielts.org.

IDP India shows the current fee before you pay source: IDP India. A fee table on another website may be out of date, so check the fee on your own booking page.

The test type changes the price source: British Council. IELTS for UKVI explains how that booking differs, including booking through an agent. One Skill Retake covers how its price is set.

Costs besides the test fee

The test fee is not the only cost. Check these before you book:

• A change of date can carry a charge. A centre may charge an administration fee for a transfer source: British Council.
• A re-mark has its own fee, and it is fully refunded if your band score changes source: ielts.org. Enquiry on Results explains it.
• Sending your result to organisations can cost extra, depending on how many you send and your centre. Sending IELTS results covers it.

How registration works

The British Council uses "register" and "book" for the same step source: British Council. It gives four steps:

1. Choose your test: Academic, General Training or IELTS for UKVI.
2. Choose how you take it: on computer or, where available, on computer with Writing on paper or IELTS Online.
3. Choose your country, city and a date from the calendar.
4. Enter your email to create a profile, then follow the prompts to book.

Not sure which test to choose? Academic or General Training compares them. Computer or paper IELTS covers the delivery options.

IDP India offers three routes: online, in person at a branch, or by courier. With the courier route you post your form, documents and payment to its office source: IDP India. With IDP Pakistan, you can register online or at a local IDP branch. You upload a scan or photo of your passport and pay by credit card source: IDP Pakistan.

What you need

The British Council asks you to have three things ready source: British Council:

• A photo or scan of your passport or national identity card. It must be valid when you book and on test day.
• Written consent from a parent or guardian, if you are under 18.
• A valid payment method.

Booking rules can vary by country, and its portal shows the local ones when you book. It asks for medical evidence six weeks before the test if you need a modified version.

After you book, you get a confirmation email. It holds an IELTS Reference Number, which you need to manage the booking source: British Council. Bring the same ID on the day. What to expect on test day covers the rules.

Choosing a date and a centre

The ielts.org finder covers more than 4,500 locations in over 160 countries. You can filter by country, city, IELTS for UKVI and One Skill Retake source: ielts.org. In many countries you can also take an IELTS Online test source: ielts.org.

Tests run year-round at the British Council, on multiple dates each month at most locations. Dates show once you pick your country, city and test type source: British Council. IDP India publishes test dates by city, and availability can vary by city and centre source: IDP India. Its registration closes once seats fill, so there is no single cut-off date source: IDP India.

Book early enough to leave time for your result to arrive, and for a retake if you need one. How long IELTS results take has the timing.

Changing or cancelling a booking

Moving your test date is called a transfer. To change or cancel a booking, tell your test centre source: ielts.org. The British Council also points you to its IELTS Test Taker Portal source: British Council.

ielts.org gives these general rules, and says detailed terms vary by test centre location source: ielts.org:

• You can cancel any time before the test. The refund depends on when you cancel and whether exceptional circumstances apply.
• You can change your date before the test. A request close to the test day may be treated as a cancellation.
• The new date must be within three months of the original. You can transfer a booking once.
• Local consumer law applies where it gives you better rights.
• IELTS for UKVI tests, and any IELTS test in the United States, have separate terms.

If illness or another event outside your control stops you attending, you can ask your centre for special consideration. If the centre cancels, you choose a refund or a new date source: ielts.org.

The detailed rules differ by organisation and place. The British Council and IDP set different deadlines for a medical certificate if you are ill (British Council, IDP). At IDP, refund and cancellation rules are managed at a regional level source: IDP. So read the terms for your own booking before you pay.

After a test, Enquiry on Results and One Skill Retake are two routes if you want a different result.

Book only through genuine pages

Use the British Council or IDP booking site for your country, or a centre from the ielts.org finder. Do not trust anyone who offers to sell you IELTS results or test papers source: ielts.org. Fake centres and fake Test Report Forms, which are the certificates showing your result, also appear online source: IDP. To report an offer, use the report form or tell your nearest test centre (ielts.org, IDP).

After the test

How long IELTS results take covers when and how you get your result. Sending IELTS results covers sharing it.

Frequently asked questions

How much does IELTS cost?

It depends on your country and test type. The British Council shows the exact fee in its booking portal source: British Council. A test centre's page on the ielts.org finder lists its fees source: ielts.org. IDP Pakistan and IDP India publish fee pages (IDP Pakistan, IDP India). Open the booking page for your country, choose your test and read the fee shown. This page gives no figure, because one would be wrong somewhere.

What do I need to register?

The British Council asks for a valid photo ID and a payment method. Under 18, you also need written consent from a parent or guardian source: British Council. Requirements vary by country.

Can I change my test date?

Usually yes, before the test. A request close to the test day may be treated as a cancellation. The new date must be within three months, and you can transfer once source: ielts.org. UKVI tests, US tests and your centre may add rules.

What happens if I miss my test?

You lose your fee if you are absent without telling the centre (British Council, IDP). If you are ill, ask your centre what evidence it accepts and by when.

Where this comes from

The booking steps, requirements and confirmation come from the British Council's how to book page. Where prices and dates are shown comes from its test dates and prices page, ielts.org's test centres finder, a test centre page and its booking pages, IDP Pakistan's test dates page, and IDP India's fee, registration and dates pages. Who owns IELTS comes from ielts.org's about page. The change and cancel rules come from ielts.org's cancellations, refunds, remarks and transfers page, the British Council's reschedule or cancel page and IDP's reschedule or cancel page. The warnings come from ielts.org's test security page and IDP's scams article. All were last checked on 19 October 2026. Fees, dates and rules change, so confirm them on your own booking page.