List of U.S. Universities Accepting IELTS

International English Language Testing System or IELTS test is an internationally recognized standard of proficiency in English jointly managed by the British Council, the University of Cambridge ESOL and IDP Education Australia. IELTS is accepted as proof of the ability of a student in the English language more than 2,500 universities, colleges and universities in the United States. In 2009, more than 50 additional schools chose to recognize IELTS.

Undergraduate Institutions

If your goal is to attend one of the best American schools such as Stanford or Harvard or you are just intending to participate in a school near you, you will find a public or private undergraduate accepting IELTS in each state. For example IELTS is also acceptable by Amherst College in Maine and Portland State University in Oregon.

Amherst College

Amherst, MA 01002

(413) 542-2000

amherst.edu

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305

(650) 723-2300

stanford.edu

Portland State University

1825 SW Broadway

Portland, OR 97201

(503) 725-3000

pdx.edu

Harvard College

Massachusetts Hall

Cambridge, MA 02138

(617) 495-1585

Graduate Schools

Whether you have decided to post-doctoral work in art history or computer science, you will not have a trouble searching a graduate school or program that accepts your IELTS obtained English skills. More than 200 colleges Carnegie Mellon Monterey Institute of International Studies accept IELTS.

Monterey Institute of International Studies

460 Pierce Street

Monterey, CA 93940

(831) 647-4123

miis.edu

Carnegie Mellon University

5000 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 51213

(412) 268-2000

cmu.edu

Professional Schools

University of California,Berkeley Law School,Duke Law School,Lewis and Clark Law School and more than 30 U.S. law schools accept IELTS scores.

University of California at Berkeley Law School

Berkeley, CA 94720

(510) 642-2274

law.berkeley.edu

Duke University Law School

Science Drive and Towerview Road

Durham, NC 27708

(919) 613-7006

law.duke.edu

Lewis and Clark Law School

10015 SW Terwilliger Blvd.

Portland, OR 97219

(503) 768-6600

lclark.edu

Community Colleges

In more than four years of undergraduate institutions, IELTS is also accepted at many schools in two years including: Shoreline Community College Art Institute of New York and Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Milwaukee Area Technical College

700 W. State Street

Milwaukee, WI 53233

(414) 297-6282

milwaukee.tec.wi.us

Art Institute of New York City

11 Beach Street

New York, NY 10013

(212) 226-5500

artinstitutes.edu/newyork

Shoreline Community College

16101 Greenwood Avenue N

Shoreline, WA 98133

(206) 546-4101

shoreline.edu

U.S. Universities Abroad

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar,Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore,Webster University in Switzerland, and a number of American universities with campuses abroad accept IELTS scores.

Duke-NUS Graduate School of Medicine

8 College Road

Singapore, 269857

+65-6516-7666

duke-nus.edu.sg

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

P.O. Box 24144

Education City, Qatar

qatar-weill.cornell.edu

Webster University Geneva

Route de Collex 15

CH-1293

Bellevue, Switzerland

+41-22-959-8000

webster.ch