Check the IELTS test dates.

As there is a limited number of places for all sessions, we recommend that you register 5 weeks before your chosen test date but places may be available after this date. Check https://ielts.britishcouncil.org for live information on test place availability.

Prepare two (2) recent identical passport size photographs and a photocopy of the ID document you have specified in your application (national identity card or passport).

Candidates registering after 1 January 2010 must NOT wear glasses in the photographs they submit for IELTS registration.

Download the guidelines (PDF, 36 KB)

Register through our Online Registration Service.

On completion of your online registration (after clicking on the 'Continue' button), you will see your 'IELTS Application Summary' on the final screen, which displays all the registration details you have entered. Please print out and sign the summary and then click on the 'Apply Now' button to submit your application. The summary will also be sent to you by e-mail. You will need to send us the signed 'IELTS Application Summary' printout along with the other documents listed in Step 6.

Pay the test fee in one of the following ways:

			By direct deposit to the British Council account at Alpha Bank. You can do this at any Alpha Bank branch, via an ATM, or via web banking through your own bank. Please note that you will be responsible for any bank charges incurred. A full list of Alpha Bank branches, including branches operating in the afternoon and ATMs, can be found at www.alpha.gr. Account number: 1150 0200 2018 908 IBAN: GR05 0140 1150 1150 0200 2018 908 Please quote the name of the candidate and IELTS in the 'Αιτιολογία' field on the deposit slip (e.g. N. Papanikolaou, IELTS).
			By bank cheque or personal cheque (please remember to quote your personal taxation number/ΑΦΜ) via any bank made payable to the British Council for the amount of the test fee.

We cannot accept cash sent by post, postal orders, payment of fees at our offices, registrations by phone or reservations not accompanied by full payment.

Send the signed 'IELTS Application Summary' (see Step 4) along with your photographs, a photocopy of your ID and the bank deposit slip or cheque (whichever is applicable) to the British Council as follows:

			You can submit your documents by ACS Courier free of charge. We have made special arrangements so that you can contact your local ACS branch, tell them you'd like to send a dispatch to the British Council, specifying either Athens or Thessaloniki, and then agree collection arrangements. We will cover the courier costs. Call ACS to arrange for the pick-up of your documents at your convenience: Athens main office: 210 8190000 Thessaloniki main office: 2310 281010 A full list of ACS branches can be found at www.acscourier.gr. Inform the courier agent who collects your documents that the British Council will pay the courier fee. ACS is the only courier company offering this special service to British Council customers. You may choose any other courier provider but, in this case, the courier fee will not be covered by the British Council.
			Candidates wishing to sit the test in Macedonia, Thrace and Thessaly should send the above documents to our Thessaloniki office (see below for contact details).
			Candidates wishing to sit the test in Athens and all other provinces (including the islands) should send the above documents to our Athens office (see below for contact details).

Please note:

• The Speaking Test may be scheduled up to seven days before or after the written parts of the test. The exact date and time of the Speaking Test will be shown on each candidate's personal timetable. Timetables are sent by e-mail approximately one week before the date of the Speaking Test to the e-mail address provided on the online application.
  
  Speaking Tests for candidates whose postal address is in Attiki or the Thessaloniki area will be scheduled the week before the date of the written parts of the test (between 1000 and 2100).
  
  Speaking Tests for candidates whose postal address is outside Attiki or the Thessaloniki area will be scheduled after 1300 on the date of the written parts of the test (between 1300 and 2000).
  
  Candidates must include the post code and area in their postal address when completing the online registration form.
  
  
• We cannot accept cash sent by post, postal orders, payment of fees at our offices, registrations by phone or reservations not accompanied by full payment.
  
  
• As there is a limited number of places for all sessions, we recommend that you register 5 weeks before your chosen test date but places may be available after this date. Check https://ielts.britishcouncil.org for live information on test place availability.
  
  
• If you would like your results – up to a maximum of five (5) copies – to be sent to universities or other educational institutions, please enter the relevant addresses in the appropriate fields on the online registration form.
  
  
• IELTS is not recommended for candidates under the age of 16.

REFUNDS

			If you cancel your registration at least 5 weeks before the test date, you will receive a refund of 75% of the test fee.
			If you cancel your registration within 5 weeks or less of the test date, there will be no refund, unless you provide appropriate evidence to support the cancellation. In this case you need to submit the Request for Refund Form (available below) and attach the appropriate evidence. Acceptable documents include a medical certificate from a qualified medical practitioner, a death notice or certificate, or a police report or a verification from the army. Statutory declarations or certificates signed by family members are not acceptable. All the above must be submitted to the test centre within 5 days of the test date.

TEST DATE TRANSFERS

You may transfer to a different test date only if you notify us at least 5 weeks prior to the test session you have registered for by submitting the Request for Transfer Form (available below). There is a €10 charge for transfers.

Download the Request for Refund/Request for Test Date Transfer Form (PDF, 42 KB)

The completed form should be returned to the IELTS Administrator along with the receipt for the Test Fee (see below for contact details).

CONTACT US
For further information, please contact us:

			Athens Britsh Council (IELTS) 17 Kolonaki Square 106 73 Athens Telephone 210 369 2333 & 801 500 3692* Fax 210 363 0481 E-mail customerservices@britishcouncil.gr
			Thessaloniki British Council (IELTS) 43 Tsimiski Street 546 23 Thessaloniki Telephone 210 369 2333 & 801 500 3692* Fax 2310 241 960 E-mail customerservices@britishcouncil.gr

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