Owner Of IELTS

I want to know the owner of International English Language Testing System IELTS so can you please tell me?

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IDP Education is a proud co-owner of IELTS (International English Language Testing System).

IELTS is jointly owned by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English Language Assessment.

IELTS is the world’s most popular high-stakes English language proficiency test.

IELTS is accepted as evidence of English language proficiency by over 9,000 organisations worldwide.

IDP Education provides IELTS testing services in the Middle East through its own IELTS Centers in Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan and Turkey.

IDP Education has been involved in English language teaching since 1988 and runs English language schools in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.

IELTS test structure-

Modules

There are two modules of the IELTS:

Academic Module and
General Training Module

IELTS Academic is intended for those who want to enroll in universities and other institutions of higher education and for professionals such as medical doctors and nurses who want to study or practise in an English-speaking country.

IELTS General Training is intended for those planning to undertake non-academic training or to gain work experience, or for immigration purposes.

The IELTS test has four parts

Listening: 30 minutes (plus 10 minutes' transfer time) Reading: 60 minutes
Writing: 60 minutes
Speaking: 11–14 minutes

The test total time is: 2 hours and 44 minutes.

Listening, Reading and Writing are completed in one sitting.

The Speaking test may be taken on the same day or up to seven days before or after the other tests.