Your results

You’ll be able to preview your results online 13 days after the main test day.

You can pick up your IELTS Test Report Form (your Certificate) from our office on Mondays and Fridays from 2:30 pm till 5:30 pm only after your results are announced.  You will not be able to obtain your results over the phone, by email or by fax. 

You will receive one copy of the Test Report Form. Please note that, second copy or replacements cannot be issued if you lose it. 

However, for a period of two years you can apply (to the centre where you took the test) for additional Test Report Form to be sent by British Council to organisations or universities.

We can also arrange for additional original copies (up to a maximum of five) to be posted to receiving institutions (e.g. universities, immigration officers, etc.). If you would like us to do this, please include the relevant addresses when you register. 

If the addresses of the institutions were entered incorrectly when you registered you can change them by downloading our change of address form 

Institutions need original copies of your Test Report Form. Photocopies of your Test Report Form will not be accepted.

Institutions may be able to view candidates’ scores through the IELTS Test Report Form (TRF) Verification Service. To do this they will need your Test Report Form number which can be found in the bottom right corner of your Test Report Form.

The validity period of your Test Report Form

Institutions will not usually accept a Test Report Form that is more than two years old. After this time you will need to provide them with evidence that you have maintained or improved your English since taking the test.

IELTS provides results for all levels of English: there is no such thing as a pass or fail. You will be given a score from zero to nine for each part of the test – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking

Find out more about how to understand your IELTS scores and the nine-band system.

Find out how IELTS scores relate to the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). 

If you have a query regarding your score you can apply to our Enquiry on Results Service to have your test re-marked. This must be done within six weeks of the test date. You can choose which sections of the test you want to have re-marked on EOR application.

There is a fee (250 AZN) for the Enquiry on Results Service, which will be refunded should your overall score change as a result of the re-marking. Your result will normally be available in 2 to 21 days, depending on several factors including the number of sections requested for remark. If you have not received a response after 28 days, please contact your test centre. Please contact us for further information about how the service works.

You can take the test as many times as you wish. However, please note that to significantly improve your score it is necessary to undertake further study. IELTS research indicates that scores are unlikely to improve without further English language tuition.