{"id":9837,"date":"2015-03-06T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T14:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmatbarcelona.com\/?p=9837"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:47:43","slug":"que-es-el-ielts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmatbarcelona.com\/en\/examenes\/que-es-el-ielts","title":{"rendered":"What is IELTS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmatbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ielts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload alignleft wp-image-9838 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27220%27%20height%3D%2771%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20220%2071%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27220%27%20height%3D%27371%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.gmatbarcelona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ielts.png\" alt=\"ielts GmatBarcelona\" width=\"220\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a title=\"about IELTS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmatbarcelona.com\/en\/ielts\/acerca-del-ielts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>IELTS<\/strong> <\/span><\/a><\/span>(International English Language Testing System) is an international system for measuring the English Language, <strong>IELTS <\/strong>It is an exam that was born 21 years ago and has been growing exponentially in Spain in the last 5 years. Every year, close<strong> \u00a01,5 <\/strong>Millions of people around the world take IELTS (pronounced \u201cielts\u201d). Today, it is a very valuable tool to demonstrate your <strong>knowledge of english<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Candidates can choose both the academic module and the general module.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The academic module is generally indicated for people who are going to study <strong>university students<\/strong> postgraduate<strong>,<\/strong> and is also used by many official colleges and other professional bodies as a recognized test of English level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The general module is indicated for people who need English for work or immigration reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Same as him <strong>TOEFL,<\/strong> the <strong>IELTS<\/strong> expires after two years. IELTS is recognized as a requirement for admission to international studies by all <strong>universities of great britain<\/strong>, <strong>Australia<\/strong> and <strong>New Zealand<\/strong>, as well as by many other universities in other parts of the world, <strong>including American universities<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">More and more companies use <strong>IELTS <\/strong>as a personnel selection tool. In both Australia and New Zealand it has become a requirement to apply for residency or to work. In the UK it is required for professions such as pharmacist, doctor, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">At T\u00e9cnicas Ling\u00fc\u00edsticas Aplicadas we offer <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a title=\"IELTS Gmat Barcelona courses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmatbarcelona.com\/en\/ielts\/ielts-proximos-cursos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">intensive courses<\/span><\/a><\/span> IELTS test preparation. Check dates and availability. Prior free diagnostic test.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El IELTS (International English Language Testing System) es un sistema [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[522],"tags":[196],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el IELTS? - T\u00e9cnicas Ling\u00fc\u00edsticas Aplicadas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IELTS es un examen que mide las habilidades del idioma ingl\u00e9s de los candidatos que quieran estudiar o trabajar en un ambiente de habla inglesa.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmatbarcelona.com\/en\/examenes\/que-es-el-ielts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el IELTS? 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