Test dates, fees and locations

The British Council offers IELTS tests in eight locations across Sri Lanka and the Maldives. All registrations are handled by the British Council in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Places are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, so we strongly recommend that you register online at least two months prior to the test date. Please note, once all the test places have been assigned and the session is full, the test will no longer appear on our online registration system.

Listed below are all the available test dates for each location. Please find the preferred date and location and click on 'Apply Now' to register. 

Test fees

The cost of sitting a test in Sri Lanka is Rs. 22,500 (from January 2017). The cost of sitting a test in the Maldives is MVR 3300. When you register online you have the following payment options: 

Pay online

• Please use your Credit/Debit Card at the time of registration. We accept Visa or Mastercard.   

Other options

If you are not paying online, you may use any of the following options: 

i) In person at the British Council Colombo, Kandy and Jaffna reception desk. If you want to pay in person, we accept:

• Cash
• Credit card (Visa/Mastercard/American Express)

Find out the opening hours for our branches.

ii)  Via a bank transfer

Please find below our bank details in order to make the payment

Bank name: HSBC
Account name: British Council Sri Lanka
Account number: 001-002377-002

Locate your nearest HSBC branch

• In the REFERENCE section of your payment please write: IELTS, Candidate's full name e.g. IELTS, Prabath Jayasuriya.
• Once you have made the payment, please send us the bank transfer receipt with the rest of your registration documents.

Venue information

The confirmed venue details will be provided to you one week before via email. 

For information requests, please contact the British Council.