IELTS Exam Score System - IELTS Result

You cannot pass or fail the IELTS test. Your score will be reported in a series of band, Band 9 is the highest level, band 1 the lowest. Different colleges and universities require different band scores before they will admit you. Different institutions indicate what ban, levels they want students to achieve. These may be between 5.5 and 7 for universit entrance.

The band levels indicate a candidate’s ability to use English as follows:

9      Expert User

8      Very Good User

7      Good User

6      Competent User

5      Modest User

4      Limited User

3      Extremely Limited User

2      Intermittent User

1      Non User