IELTS exam dates 2025: Month-wise test date in India

Updated on: Jun 13, 2025

What is the IELTS exam?

The International English Language Test System (IELTS) is a standard assessment to determine the candidate’s level of proficiency in the English language. The exam is accepted as proof of English fluency in several educational institutions and workplaces in countries like , UK , USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, France & others.

International students and working individuals take the assessment if they wish to pursue higher education or begin their careers abroad. The first step to attending the IELTS exam is to book your slot for the assessment.         

The total number of IELTS test dates offered annually in India typically ranges from 36 to 48. This equals about 3 to 4 paper-based test dates a month. The IELTS test centres offer slots on a first-come, first-serve basis. It is best to book the IELTS exam as early as possible. 

This ensures flexibility for test takers to schedule their exams throughout the year.        

Here's a breakdown of the typical format:

  1. Up to 4 test dates are offered monthly.
  2. The Academic module is available on all these dates.
  3. The General Training module is usually offered on half the number of dates (around 24).

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Types of IELTS exam

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Paper-based exam dates for the IELTS test in India 2025

The IELTS paper-delivered test (excluding the Speaking Test) is scheduled on Thursdays and Saturdays. The test is available up to 4 times a month, for a total of 48 fixed test dates in one year.

IELTS exam date in June 2025 (paper-based)

IELTS exam monthIELTS AcademicIELTS General Training
June06, 11, 2006, 20

IELTS exam date in July 2025 (paper-based)

IELTS exam monthIELTS AcademicIELTS General Training
July02, 11, 18, 2518, 25

IELTS exam date in August 2025 (paper-based)

IELTS exam monthIELTS AcademicIELTS General Training
August01, 06, 15, 22, 2906, 22

IELTS exam date in September 2025 (paper-based)

IELTS exam monthIELTS AcademicIELTS General Training
September05, 10, 1905, 19

IELTS exam date in October 2025 (paper-based)

IELTS exam monthIELTS AcademicIELTS General Training
October03, 08, 17, 24, 3103, 24

IELTS exam date in November 2025 (paper-based)

IELTS exam monthIELTS AcademicIELTS General Training
November05, 14, 21, 2805, 21, 28

IELTS exam date in December 2025 (paper-based)

IELTS exam monthIELTS AcademicIELTS General Training
December03, 05, 1212

Computer-delivered IELTS exam dates 2025

MonthIELTS AcademicIELTS General Training
JuneJune 01-30June 01-30
JulyJuly 01-31July 01-31
AugustAugust 01-31August 01-31
SeptemberSeptember 01-30September 01-30
OctoberOctober 01-31October 01-31
NovemberNovember 01-30November 01-30
DecemberDecember 01-31December 01-31

The IELTS computer-based test is available on all days of the week except for public holidays. Within a given test day, there are 3 time slots.

The usual slots for the IELTS Academic exam are as follows:

  • 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM
  • 05:00 PM to 08:00 PM

IELTS exam dates in India

Ahmedabad-West

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Ambala

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Amritsar

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Anand

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Angamaly

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 26 Jul, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Barnala

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Bathinda

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Bengaluru

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Bhopal

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 26 Jul
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul

Calicut

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Chandigarh

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Chengannur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training26 Jul, 07 Aug

Chennai

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Coimbatore

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Dehradun

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Firozpur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Gurdaspur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Gurugram

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Guwahati

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic26 Jul
General Training26 Jul

Hoshiarpur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Hyderabad

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Indore

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Jaipur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Jalandhar

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Jammu

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Kannur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Kapurthala

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 26 Jul
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul

Karnal

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Khanna

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Kochi

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Kolkata

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Kollam

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Kothamangalam

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 07 Aug

Kottayam

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Kurukshetra

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun
General Training21 Jun

Lucknow

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 26 Jul
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul

Ludhiana

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Madurai

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul

Mangalore

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training26 Jul, 07 Aug

Mehsana

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Moga

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Mumbai-West

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Mysore

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training26 Jul, 07 Aug

Nadiad

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Nagpur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 26 Jul
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul

Nasik

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 07 Aug
Test TypeTest Dates
Academic05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Nawanshahr

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

New Delhi-South

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

New Delhi-West

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Noida

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Ooty

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic09 Aug

Patiala

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Pondicherry

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic26 Jul
General Training26 Jul

Pune

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Raikot - Punjab

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Raipur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic26 Jul
General Training26 Jul

Rajkot - Gujarat

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Rudrapur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun
General Training21 Jun

Sangrur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Sri Ganganagar

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Sri Muktsar Sahib

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Surat

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Thane

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 26 Jul
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul

Thrissur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Tiruchirappalli

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic26 Jul, 07 Aug
General Training26 Jul, 07 Aug

Trivandrum

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Udaipur

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun
General Training21 Jun

Vadodara

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Vijayawada

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic21 Jun, 28 Jun, 05 Jul, 19 Jul, 26 Jul, 02 Aug, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training21 Jun, 05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

Visakhapatnam

Test TypeTest Dates
Academic05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug, 09 Aug
General Training05 Jul, 26 Jul, 07 Aug

The IELTS exam dates in Chennai are available four days a month for the paper-based test. The computer-delivered IELTS exam in Chennai is available almost every day of the month. You can book one of the three slots from the chosen date to attend the IELTS exam.

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How to find your exam date and register:

Steps to book IELTS exam dates and location

Here's how you can find the IELTS test dates in 2025 and book your preferred test centre:

  • Visit the IDP IELTS India website and click “Register for IELTS”.
  • Click on the find test date and select the month and city.
  • You'll be redirected to the check test availability page of the IELTS section.
  • Lastly, select your preferred test date and click apply.

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How to find the IELTS exam dates 2025?

In India, the IELTS Academic and General Training exams are conducted by IDP IELTS India across major cities. Hence, students can choose the city where they want to attend the test on their preferred date and time slot. 

You can select any dates mentioned above to take the test and book a slot on their official website.

What happens if you reschedule your exam dates?

While rescheduling or cancelling your exam dates via email or in person, you'll receive 25% of the administrative fee of the exam as a refund if you cancel five weeks before the stated exam date.

No refund is awarded if you are absent from the test or cancel after 5 weeks.

FAQs: IELTS exam dates 2025

When will the IELTS exam start in 2025?

The first IELTS exam started on 4 January 2025 (Saturday). There are 48 slots available for the test in a year.

Is IELTS valid for 3 years?

No. The IELTS exam result is valid for 2 years from the exam date.

How many times is IELTS exam conducted in a year?

The total number of IELTS test dates offered annually in India typically ranges from 36 to 48. This equals about 3 to 4 paper-based test dates a month.

What are the IELTS registration fees in India?

The IELTS computer-delivered and paper-based test fees are Rs. 18,000. For the IELTS UKVI exam, the test fee is Rs.18,250.

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