Top & Best IELTS Accepted Colleges Worldwide In 2023

IELTS is the most chosen English language proficiency test by students who want to study in English-speaking nations.

The IELTS test measures students’ speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills in the English language.

If you have taken the IELTS exam recently and searching for the list of IELTS accepted colleges worldwide, then you have come to the right place.

Here we will provide the complete country-wise list of best colleges with their required IELTS score.

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Country-Wise IELTS Accepted Colleges

Here, we will provide the list of colleges that accept the IELTS score in the top destination for study abroad programs by international students.

United States Of America (USA)

The USA has the most university on the list of top 100 universities by the QS World University Rankings 2023. The USA is well-known for its quality education and research-intensive study programs for international students.

Students have various options to choose from in case of study programs. Here we will provide the list of universities with their required IELTS score, international students can choose to study.

QS World University Rankings 2023	University Name	Minimum Requires IELTS Score
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	7.0
3	Stanford University	7.0
5	Harvard University	7.0
= 6	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	7.0
10	University of Chicago	6.5
13	University of Pennsylvania	7.0
= 16	Princeton University	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score.
18	Yale University	7.0
20	Cornell University	7.0
22	Columbia University	7.0
24	Johns Hopkins University	7.0
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	6.0
27	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	6.5
32	Northwestern University	6.5
39	New York University (NYU)	6.0

NOTE: Here (=) sign means that the university share ranking with some other university.

If you have taken the Duolingo exam and want to know about the universities that accept Duolingo, then read “90+ Duolingo Accepted Universities In USA In 2023.”

United Kingdom (UK)

The UK is well-known for its unique education system. It attracts students from every corner of the world for its top-notch academic courses.

The UK’s people even rank their satisfaction 6.5 out of 10. The UK is a well-developed country and a great place to complete study and get to know different cultures.

Here is the list of IELTS accepted colleges in the UK:

QS World University Rankings 2023	University Name	Minimum Requires IELTS Score
2	University of Cambridge	6.5
4	University of Oxford	6.5
= 6	Imperial College London	6.0
8	UCL	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score.
15	The University of Edinburgh	6.5
28	The University of Manchester	6.5
37	King’s College London	6.0
56	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	6.5
= 61	University of Bristol	6.0
64	The University of Warwick	5.5
78	University of Southampton	6.5
81	University of Glasgow	6.5
86	University of Leeds	6.0
91	University of Birmingham	6.5
92	Durham University	4.5

Read our other blog, “60+ Duolingo-Accepted Universities In UK For 2023,” Intake to know about the universities that accept the Duolingo exam.

Canada

If you are searching for a quality life along with a quality education, then Canada is your place. Canada is ranked in 1st place based on life quality.

If you talk about the tutors at the university level in Canada, every 2 out of 5 tutors hold a minimum 1 international degree.

So to help you find the right university or college in Canada, we have brought a list of IELTS accepted colleges in Canada below:

QS World University Rankings 2023	University Name	Minimum Requires IELTS Score
31	McGill University	6.5
= 34	University of Toronto	6.5
47	University of British Columbia	6.5
110	University of Alberta	6.5
= 116	Université de Montréal	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
152	McMaster University	6.5
154	University of Waterloo	6.5
= 172	Western University	6.0
= 237	University of Ottawa	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
242	University of Calgary	7.0
= 246	Queen’s University at Kingston	7.0
= 308	Dalhousie University	7.0
= 328	Simon Fraser University	6.5
= 359	University of Victoria (UVic)	6.5
456	York University	6.5

Our other blog, “Which Colleges Accept Duolingo In Canada” will be helpful for you if you have taken the Duolingo exam.

Australia

Along with quality education if you want an enjoyable life as a student, then Australia is your place. Australia even has 7 student-friendly cities in the top 10 cities according to the QS world ranking.

Students can also get different scholarships from the government or universities in Australia. Australian government even provides $200 million worth of scholarships only to international students.

Below we have provided a list of IELTS accepted colleges in Australia:

QS World University Rankings 2023	University Name	Minimum Requires IELTS Score
30	Australian National University (ANU)	6.0
33	The University of Melbourne	6.5
41	The University of Sydney	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
45	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	6.5
= 50	The University of Queensland	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
57	Monash University	6.5
90	The University of Western Australia	6.5
109	The University of Adelaide	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
137	University of Technology Sydney	6.0
= 185	University of Wollongong	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
= 190	RMIT University	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
192	The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)	6.5
193	Curtin University	6.5
= 195	Macquarie University	6.5
= 222	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score

“Duolingo Accepted Universities In Australia” will be very helpful for you if you are searching for the universities for which you can apply based on your Duolingo score.

Germany

If you are searching for quality education at a lower price then Germany is your country. For international and domestic students, higher education is almost free at public universities.

In public universities, higher education is mostly funded by the state. Here we will provide the top-ranked IELTS accepted colleges or universities in Germany.

QS World University Rankings 2023	University Name	Minimum Requires IELTS Score
49	Technical University of Munich	6.5
59	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	6.5
= 65	Universität Heidelberg	6.5
= 118	Freie Universitaet Berlin	6.5
= 131	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	6.5
= 141	KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	6.5
= 147	RWTH Aachen University	6.0
158	Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)	6.0
169	Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen	6.5
189	Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg	6.0
200	Technische Universität Dresden	6.5
201	Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
= 215	University of Göttingen	5.0
228	Universität Hamburg	6.5
= 275	Technical University of Darmstadt	Contact the organization for the score

Other Top IELTS Accepted Colleges Worldwide

QS World University Rankings 2023	University Name	Location	Minimum Requires IELTS Score
9	ETH Zurich	Zürich, Switzerland	6.5
11	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	6.0
12	Peking University	Beijing, China (Mainland)	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
14	Tsinghua University	Beijing, China (Mainland)	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
= 16	EPFL	Lausanne, Switzerland	6.5
19	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)	Singapore	6.5
21	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR	6.0
23	The University of Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
= 34	Fudan University	Shanghai, China (Mainland)	IELTS accepted-Contact the organization for the score
36	Kyoto University	Kyoto, Japan	6.0

If are confused whether you should study abroad or not, our other blog, “10 Best Benefits Of Studying Abroad For Indian Students.”

Conclusion

In this blog, we have discussed the IELTS accepted colleges worldwide. We have provided the lists of universities in top countries like the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, and Germany.

Along with that, we have provided the minimum required IELTS band score for applying to these universities.

In the end, we have given a list of other top institutes worldwide with their required band score and location.

We hope we have cleared all your queries about IELTS accepted colleges. For more content like this, keep visiting CourseMentor™.

FAQs

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