雅思获得全球超过 6000 所院校认可，如英国、澳大利亚、加拿大、爱尔兰、新西兰、荷兰等国家优先认可雅思成绩，其中澳大利亚学生签证仅接受 IELTS 成绩。目前在美国已有超过 3000 所院校接受 IELTS 成绩（截至 2010 年 7 月），如顶级的 8 所常春藤联盟院校全部接受 IELTS 成绩。法国、丹麦、芬兰等欧洲国家的英语授课项目也要求雅思成绩。

世界前 100 的院校对雅思分数的要求如下： Rank 2010 School Name School Chinese Name Location Course type IELTS score 1 University of Cambridge 剑桥大学 United Kingdom P/G 6.5 (no band <6) U/G 6.5 (no band <6) 2 Harvard University 哈佛大学 United States LASPAU, Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas.affiliated with Harvard University (Contact LASPAU for score) 3 Yale University 耶鲁大学 United States Divinity School and Institute for Sacred Music (Graduate) 7 School of Management (Graduate) 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (contact school for score) School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Graduate) (contact school for score) 4 UCL (University College London) 伦敦大学学院 United Kingdom PG 6.5 UG 6.5 UPSCE 5.5, 6.5 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 麻省理工学院 United States Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science (Graduate) 6(IELTS preferred) Dept. of Mathematics (Graduate) 6 Materials Science and Engineering (Graduate) 6(IELTS preferred) Microbiology (Graduate) 6(7.0 preferred) (IELTS preferred) MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic (Graduate) 6 Dept. of Biology (Graduate) 6.5 Aeronautics and Astronautics (Graduate) 7 Center for Real Estate (Graduate) 7(IELTS preferred) Chemical Engineering (Graduate) 7 Civil and Environmental Engineering (Graduate) 7 Comparative Media Studies (Graduate) 7 Computation for Design and Optimization (Graduate) 7(IELTS strongly preferred) Dept. of Architecture (Graduate) 7 Dept. of Brain/Cognitive Science (Graduate) 7(IELTS preferred) Dept. of Chemistry (Graduate) 7 Dept. of Urban Studies/Planning (Graduate) 7 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Graduate) 7 Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (Graduate) 7(IELTS strongly preferred) History, Anthropology and Science, Technology/Society (Graduate) 7 Mechanical Engineering (Graduate) 7 Media Arts and Sciences (Graduate) 7 Nuclear Science and Engineering (Graduate) 7 (IELTS preferred) Operations Research (Graduate) 7 (IELTS preferred) Political Science (Graduate) 7 Sloan School of Management Ph. D Program 7 (IELTS preferred) Engineering Systems Division (Graduate) 7.5 PhD History, Theory/Criticism of Architecture and Art 7.5 Science Writing (Graduate) 7.5 Dept. of Physics (Graduate) (contact school for score) Master of Engineering in Manufacturing (Contact program for score) (IELTS preferred) Department of Economics (contact school for score) Whitaker College of Health Science and Technology (Graduate) (IELTS preferred) (Contact program for score) 6 University of Oxford 牛津大学 United Kingdom Graduate Admissions 6.5 Undergraduate Admissions 7 (minimum 6.5 in each module) 7 Imperial College London 帝国理工学院 United Kingdom Undergraduate Admissions 6 Other 7 School of Medicine 6.5 8 University of Chicago 芝加哥大学 United States Graduate Admissions 7 Graduate School of Business 7 The Law School 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 9 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 加利福尼亚科技学院 United States Graduate Admissions 7 10 Princeton University 普林斯顿大学 United States Graduate Admissions 7 11 Columbia University 哥伦比亚大学 United States Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 7 Master of Arts Program in Climate and Society 7 School of International and Public Affairs (Graduate) 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 Graduate School of Journalism 8.5 The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (Graduate) (contact school for score) School of Continuing Education (Certificate) 7.5 12 University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) 宾夕法尼亚大学 United States University Connection (English Language Program) 4 International Business Communications (English Language Program) 4.5 Graduate Division of Arts and Sciences 6.5 Graduate School of Design 7 Graduate School of Education 7 School of Law 7 School of Nursing (Graduate) 7 School of Engineering and Applied Science 7.5 Summer Institute in Business and Technology (English Language Program) 7.5 The Wharton School 7.5 Annenberg School of Communication (Graduate) (contact school for score) Fels Institute of Government (Graduate) (contact school for score) School of Arts and Sciences (contact school for score) 13 Stanford University 斯坦福大学 United States MBA program only (Graduate) 7 14 Duke University 杜克大学 United States Graduate School 7 Nicholas School of the Environment (Graduate) 7 School of Nursing (Graduate) 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 School of Law 7.5 The Fuqua School of Business (contact school for score 15 University of Michigan 密西根大学 United States University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Rackham Graduate School 6.5 Undergraduate Admissions 6.5 Law School 7 School of Social Work (Graduate) 7 Ross School of Business (Graduate) 7 University of Michigan, Dearborn College of Arts, Sciences and Letters (Graduate) 6 Undergraduate Admissions 6 College of Business (Graduate) 6.5 College of Engineering and Computer Science (Graduate) 6.5 School of Education (Graduate) 6.5 Graduate Admissions 6.5 University of Michigan, Flint Undergraduate Admissions 5 Graduate Admissions 6.5 16 Cornell University 康奈尔大学 United States School of Hotel Administration (Graduate) 6 Johnson School of Management (Graduate) 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 17 Johns Hopkins University 约翰霍普金斯大学 United States Bloomberg School of Public Health (Graduate) 7 Carey Business School (Graduate) 7 Krieger School of Arts and Sciences/Whiting School of Engineering (Graduate) 7 School of Medicine (Ph.D.) 7 School of Nursing (Graduate) 7 The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Washington, DC. 7 18 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)?? 瑞士苏黎世联邦理工学院 Switzerland 6.5 19 McGill University 麦吉尔大学 Canada 20 Australian National University (ANU)?? 澳大利亚国立大学 Australia P/G 1/2 courses 6.5, W 6 U/G 6.5. W 6 21 King's College London (KCL) 伦敦国王学院 United Kingdom Postgraduate Admissions 7 minimum 6.5 in writing and reading, 6.0 in listening and speaking Undergraduate Admissions 7 minimum 6.0 in all bands P/G Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, Law and Humanities 7.5 U/G Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, Law and Humanities 7.5 22 University of Edinburgh 爱丁堡大学 United Kingdom 6.5 23 University of Hong Kong (HKU) 香港大学 Hong Kong U/G 6(W&S 6; L&R 5.5) Other 6.5 Graduate School of Social Sciences (contact school for score) 24 University of Tokyo, The 东京大学 Japan 25 Kyoto University 京都大学 Japan 26 Northwestern University 西北大学 United States Graduate Admissions 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 Kellogg School of Management (Graduate) 7 27 University of Bristol 布里斯托大学 United Kingdom P/G 6.5 U/G 6.5 P/G Law, Econ, Medicine, English 7 U/G Law, Econ, Medicine, English 7 28 University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 加州大学伯克利分校 United States Professional Diploma/Joint Programs 6.5 Graduate Admissions 7 Haas School of Business (Graduate) 7 School of Law 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 29 University of Toronto 多伦多大学 Canada Undergraduate Admissions 6.5 Graduate Admissions 7 30 University of Manchester 曼切斯特大学 United Kingdom Manchester Business School - Postgraduate Admissions 6.5 Manchester Business School East - Undergraduate Admissions 6.5 P/G 7(no band <6) U/G 7(no band <6) 31 National University of Singapore (NUS) 新加坡国立大学 Singapore 32 Ecole Polytechnique F é d é rale de Lausanne (EPFL) 洛桑联邦理工学院 Switzerland 33 é cole Normale Sup é rieure de Paris (ENS Paris) 巴黎高等师范学校 France 34 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) 卡耐基梅隆大学 United States Graduate Admissions (contact school for score) Chemical Engineering Department (Graduate) 7 H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management (Graduate) 7 Information Systems Management (Graduate) 7 Joint CMU-Pitt Ph.D. in Computational Biology 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 School of Design, College of Fine Arts (Graduate) 7.5 35 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)?? 加州大学洛杉矶分校 United States Anderson School of Management 7 Graduate Admissions 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 36 é cole Polytechnique, ParisTech 里尔理工学院 France 37 University of Sydney 悉尼大学 Australia P/G 6.5(no band <6) U/G 6.5(no band <6) U/G Nursing/ Vet Science 7(no band <7) U/G Education, ?Law, and Media Communication 7.5(no band <7) 38 University of Melbourne 墨尔本大学 Australia P/G 1/2 courses 6.5(W 6) U/G 6.5(W 6) 39 Brown University 布朗大学 United States Graduate Admissions 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 40 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) 香港科技大学 Hong Kong 6.5 41 New York University (NYU) 纽约大学 United States Undergraduate Admissions 7 Tisch School of Arts (Graduate) (contact school for score) College of Dentistry, Advanced Programs for International Dentists (Graduate) (contact school for score) Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (Graduate) (contact school for score) 42 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 香港中文大学 Hong Kong 6.5 43 University of Queensland (UQ)?? 昆士兰大学 Australia 6.5 44 University of British Columbia (UBC) 英属哥伦比亚大学 Canada Sauder School of Business (contact school for score) 45 University of Copenhagen?? 哥本哈根大学 Denmark 46 University of New South Wales (UNSW)?? 新南威尔士 Australia Foundation Studies 6.5 47 Peking University 北京大学 China 48 University of Wisconsin-Madison 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校 United States Undergraduate Admissions 6 Madison, Law School 7 Graduate Admissions 7.0 ur; 6.0 r 49 Osaka University 大阪大学 Japan 50 Seoul National University (SNU) 汉城国立大学 Korea, South 6.5 51 Ruprecht-Karls-Universit?t Heidelberg 鲁普雷希特 - 卡尔斯 - 海德堡大学 Germany 6.5 52 Trinity College Dublin?? 都柏林三一学院 Ireland 53 University of Warwick?? 华威大学 United Kingdom Foundation 5.5 U/G Faculty of Sciences excepting MORSE 6 U/G Arts 6.5 P/G 7 U/G Business, Computer & Social Studies 7 54 Tsinghua University 清华大学 China 55 University of Washington 华盛顿大学 United States Bothell Undergraduate Admissions 7 Seattle Undergraduate Admissions 6 School of Law 7 Graduate Admissions 7.0 ur; 6.0 r 56 University of Amsterdam?? 阿姆斯特丹大学 Netherlands 57 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 北卡罗来纳大学 United States Kenan-Flagler Business School (Graduate) 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 Graduate Admissions 7 58 Technische Universit?t M ü nchen (TUM) 慕尼黑工业大学 Germany 59 University of Birmingham 伯明翰大学 United Kingdom Postgraduate Admissions 6.5(no band <6.0) Undergraduate Admissions 6.5 60 Tokyo Institute of Technology 东京工业大学 Japan 6.5 61 Monash University 莫纳什大学 Australia 6.5 62 Uppsala University 乌普萨拉大学 Sweden 63 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 伊利诺伊大学香槟分校 United States College of Law 6.5 Graduate Admissions 6.5(no subscore below 6.0) Undergraduate Admissions 6.5(no subscore below 6.0) 64 Boston University 波士顿大学 United States School of Public Health (Graduate) 6 College of Engineering (Graduate) 6.5 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 6.5 School of Education (Graduate) 6.5(7.0 for TESOL) Graduate Admissions 7 School of Law (Graduate) 7 School of Management (Graduate) 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 65 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) 加州大学圣地亚哥分校 United States Extended Studies/Professional Programs 6.5 Graduate Admissions 7 Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies 7 Rady School of Management: MBA and Ph.D programs 7 Undergraduate Admissions 7 66 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t M ü nchen (LMU) 路德维希 - 马克西米利 - 慕尼黑大学 Germany 67 University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 United States Graduate Admissions 6.5 Undergraduate Admissions 6.5 School of Law The Master of Laws Program 7 McCombs School of Business (Graduate) 7.5 68 University of Auckland 奥克兰大学 New Zealand Foundation 5 U/G 6(no band <5.5) Engineering, U/G Law, Planning 6.5(no band <6) P/G 6.5(no band <6) Education 7(no band <7) P/G Commerce, Law 7(no band <6.5) Medicine 7.5(no band <7) 69 University of Sheffield 谢菲尔德大学 United Kingdom Foundation 5.5 Postgraduate Admissions 6.5 Undergraduate Admissions 6.5 70 Freie Universit?t Berlin 柏林自由大学 Germany 71 University of Geneva 日内瓦大学 Switzerland 6.5 72 Lund University 隆德大学 Sweden 6.5 73 University of Nottingha