IELTS
INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM
IELTS is the world’s proven English language test.
You can be sure that an IELTS score tests and demonstrates your true ability to communicate in English across all four language skills – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. This real life authenticity gives you a personal and valid indicator of just how good you really are!
Thousands of educational institutions, government agencies and professional organisations throughout the world recognise IELTS scores as a trusted and valid indicator of ability to communicate in English.
IELTS knows that you, and those relying on and using your IELTS score, want quick results – IELTS results are available within 13 days of taking the test.
We recommend you read information for candidates for more details and frequently asked questions.
Register online for your IELTS test today!
IELTS enquiries and feedback:
Telephone:+358 (0)9 687 70240
E-mail: ielts(at)finnbrit.fi
TEST DATES
The next available test dates are listed below. Online registration closes five days before the test date, or when the test is full.
The General Training option is not available on all test dates. These dates are marked (Academic only).
All tests will start at 10:00. Read more about the timing of the test day.
Location: Edupoli Helsinki Location on the map below.
(If the test centre is different, the location will be given in the confirmation email.)
From the centre, take the metro East from the railway station and get off at the Herttoniemi station.
Cost: €175. See how to pay the test fee.
Examination Dates
Please note that test sessions may become full and don't show on the registration website.
Saturday 19 June, 2010 (Academic only)
No examinations in July
Saturday 14 August, 2010 (Acdemic only)
Saturday 21 August, 2010
Saturday 28 August, 2010 (Academic only)
Saturday 4 September, 2010 (Academic only)
Saturday 11 September, 2010
REGISTRATION
You can register online to take the IELTS test in Helsinki.
The test fee is €175.00.
Click on register now (best viewed with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Safari) and follow the instructions to register as a new candidate. (Looking for an exam? Choose IELTS from the pop-up menu). The registration is done through the British Council's Internet Exams Service, but the test in Finland is administered by FINNBRIT.
When you finish you will receive an e-mail confirming your IELTS exam registration details. You should then pay the test fee by direct bank transfer within 3 working days.
When we receive your test fee we will send you a confirmation
e-mail with instructions for the test day.
You may be asked to select either the Academic option or the
General Training option of the IELTS test.
The option you choose will depend on your reason for taking the test. It is your responsibility to check with the institution(s) you are applying to which option is required.
The General Training option is not available on all test dates.
Payment details
You can pay the test fee by direct bank transfer to Finnish-British Society. Your test fee should reach us within 3 working days of registering, failing which your registration will be cancelled:
Account name: Finnish-British Society
Account Number: 313130-1254507
Message: Candidate name and customer reference*
(International payments)
Bank: Handelsbanken
Address: Helsinki-Dianapuisto
Erottajankatu 11
00100 Helsinki
IBAN: FI7231313001254507
SWIFT: HANDFIHH
*Your customer reference will appear in an e-mail confirming your British Council exam registration details following online registration. When paying the fee, please note that neither the Customer Reference Number nor the Transaction Number are valid as a bank reference number.
PREPARATION
It is not necessary to attend an IELTS preparation course though it is a good idea to prepare thoroughly for the test.
We produce learning and practice materials which you can purchase from the Helsinki Finnish-British Society test centre or download from the IELTS global website, to help you prepare for the test.
Read information for candidates for an overview of the test structure if you have not yet done so.
Take a look at some of the free sample materials that are listed on the IELTS global website.
If you feel you need more help with exam preparation take a look at the FINNBRIT training for the IELTS test.
SPECIAL NEEDS
If you have any special needs due to ill health or a medical condition, you should contact the IELTS manager before the test day at the earliest opportunity.
OFFICIAL PRACTICE MATERIALS
This book includes a full practice test with recordings on CD and an answer key.
The materials have been produced according to Cambridge ESOL's question paper production cycle and are the only preparation resources endorsed by all three IELTS partners.
The cost is €23,50 including postage. We will send it to you cash on delivery - postiennakolla - within Finland. Please e-mail a request including your name and postal address.
TEST DAY
The IELTS test venue is at Edupoli Helsinki. The address is Lämmittäjänkatu 2 A, 00880 Helsinki.
(Please note that Edupoli has no information concerning IELTS examinations, so all enquiries should be directed to FINNBRIT.)
The test starts at 10:00. Please note that if you are not in the building by that time will not be able to enter the building or take the test! If you are late you will be deemed absent and subject to the terms of our refunds policy. Doors open at 09:15.
BRING A VALID FORM OF IDENTIFICATION
In addition to sufficient pens and pencils you must bring:
Passport or national ID card
1 passport photograph (the candidate must not wear glasses in the photograph)
A photocopy of your passport or ID (the side or page with your photo and personal details)
Check your passport or national ID card carefully! In order to be valid, the number you used to register with must match the number that appears on the passport or national ID card you bring with you on the test day. A driving license is not a valid form of identification for IELTS.
Contact us as soon as possible if you will not be able to produce a valid form of identification. If you fail to bring these you will be deemed absent from the test and subject to the terms of our refunds policy.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
You should allow up to six and a half hours to complete the test. In the morning all candidates sit the Listening, Reading and Writing test. The morning session takes three hours.
Speaking tests take place in the afternoon, starting at 14:00. You will be informed of your test time in the morning. Early speaking tests are given to candidates travelling a long distance or who give prior notice of requiring a specific time.
If you wish, you can leave the building after the morning session and return in time for your Speaking test. Your Speaking test takes fifteen minutes.
It is sometimes necessary to arrange separate Speaking test sessions within a few days on either side of the exam date. This will normally only apply to candidates living in the Helsinki area. A separate email with the appropriate timetable will be sent to those candidates.
TEST REPORT FORMS
IELTS knows that you, and those relying on and using your IELTS score, want quick results – IELTS results are available within 13 days of taking the test.
Your results will be released in a test report form. For reasons of security your results cannot be released in any other way. Your test report form is valid for two years.
You will receive only one copy of your test report form. This is a very valuable document and we recommend that you take due care in keeping it secure. It cannot be replaced.
The free IELTS Test Report Form Verification Service enables universities and employers to authenticate test report forms and safeguard against fraudulent report forms using a safe and secure online database.
ORDER TEST REPORT FORMS
You can have copies of your test report form sent to up to five institutions free of charge.
Contact us before your test date at the e-mail address above, with the contact names, addresses, and any application reference number, for your chosen institutions. Please include Test Report Forms - your test date - in the subject line.
Some institutions can also access your results directly online, providing you give them your permission to do so.
IELTS partners are unable to re-issue or verify the validity of IELTS TRFs for a test taken more than two years ago.
REFUNDS
CANCELLATION & ABSENCE
You may cancel your registration for the IELTS test provided at least one week’s notice is given. Your test fee will be refunded to you minus an administration charge of €40.00.
If you cancel your registration for the IELTS test less than a week before the test you will not be entitled to a refund. Neither will you be eligible for a refund if you do not attend on the day of the test or are deemed absent, unless medical evidence is provided to support your absence.
Contact the IELTS Administrator immediately if you think you are not well enough to take the test.
TEST DATE TRANSFERS
You may transfer the date of your IELTS test provided at least one week’s notice is given. There is no charge for transferring your test date. You are allowed to transfer the date of the examination twice.
After two transfers you will be obliged to take the test or cancel it subject to the above rules of cancellation.
Complaints and enquiries on results
If you want to make a complaint, you must do so before you leave the test
venue.
Enquiry on Results is a procedure by which candidates
can request to have their papers re-marked. The candidates
must apply for a re-mark at their original test centres within
six weeks of the Test date.
Candidates are entitled to request a full re-mark
(i.e. all test papers) or a partial re-mark (i.e. one
or more test) of their original results.
The re-mark fee applicable for both partial and full
re-mark: EUR 90.
Candidates requesting a re-mark of their results must
complete an EOR form, available from
IELTS test centres.
The Centre is notified of the re-mark result no later
than six weeks after Head Office’s receipt of materials.
Free result verification service for institutions
Verify candidate results
To ensure the security of IELTS results, we provide a free, online verification service. This gives an additional safeguard to the sophisticated features already built into the IELTS Test Report Form.
The online service means institutions can check the authenticity of any results with which they have been presented.
Please note that only IELTS receiving organisations can access this service. It is not available to organisations providing additional services to clients, such as recruitment agents, travel agents, legal and immigration agents.
Visit the IELTS Test Report Form Verification website to make an application.