雅思考試是全球範圍內認可度最高的'考試之一，也是最受歡迎的英語語言能力測試。加拿大雅思100%的被院校和移民語言測評認可。雅思考試是澳洲移民申請過程中唯一被全面認可和必須提交成績的一個考試。美國現在已經有超過3300所院校認可雅思考試。下面是世界前100名大學對雅思成績的要求：
| Rank | School Name | School Chinese Name | Location | Course type | IELTS score |
| 1 | University of Cambridge | 劍橋大學 | United Kingdom | P/G | 6.5 (no band <6) |
| U/G | 6.5 (no band <6) | ||||
| 2 | Harvard University | 哈佛大學 | United States | LASPAU, Academic and Professional Programs for the liated with Harvard University | (Contact LASPAU for score) |
| 3 | Yale University | 耶魯大學 | 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) | 倫敦大學學院 | United Kingdom | PG | 6.5 |
| UG | 6.5 | ||||
| UPSCE | 5.5, 6.5 | ||||
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 麻省理工學院 | 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 | 牛津大學 | United Kingdom | Graduate Admissions | 6.5 |
| Undergraduate Admissions | 7 (minimum 6.5 in each module) | ||||
| 7 | Imperial College London | 帝國理工學院 | United Kingdom | Undergraduate Admissions | 6 |
| Other | 7 | ||||
| School of Medicine | 6.5 | ||||
| 8 | University of Chicago | 芝加哥大學 | United States | Graduate Admissions | 7 |
| Graduate School of Business | 7 | ||||
| The Law School | 7 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| 9 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 加利福尼亞科技學院 | United States | Graduate Admissions | 7 |
| 10 | Princeton University | 普林斯頓大學 | United States | Graduate Admissions | 7 |
| 11 | Columbia University | 哥倫比亞大學 | 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) | 賓夕法尼亞大學 | 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 | 斯坦福大學 | United States | MBA program only (Graduate) | 7 |
| 14 | Duke University | 杜克大學 | 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 | 密西根大學 | 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 | 康奈爾大學 | United States | School of Hotel Administration (Graduate) | 6 |
| Johnson School of Management (Graduate) | 7 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| 17 | Johns Hopkins University | 約翰霍普金斯大學 | 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)?? | 瑞士蘇黎世聯邦理工學院 | Switzerland | 6.5 | |
| 19 | McGill University | 麥吉爾大學 | Canada | ||
| 20 | Australian National University (ANU)?? | 澳大利亞國立大學 | Australia | P/G 1/2 courses | 6.5, W 6 |
| U/G | 6.5. W 6 | ||||
| 21 | King's College London (KCL) | 倫敦國王學院 | 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 | 愛丁堡大學 | United Kingdom | 6.5 | |
| 23 | University of Hong Kong (HKU) | 香港大學 | 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 | 東京大學 | Japan | ||
| 25 | Kyoto University | 京都大學 | Japan | ||
| 26 | Northwestern University | 西北大學 | United States | Graduate Admissions | 7 |
| Undergraduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| Kellogg School of Management (Graduate) | 7 | ||||
| 27 | University of Bristol | 布里斯托大學 | 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) | 加州大學伯克利分校 | 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 | 多倫多大學 | Canada | Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 |
| Graduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| 30 | University of Manchester | 曼切斯特大學 | 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) | 新加坡國立大學 | Singapore | ||
| 32 | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | 洛桑聯邦理工學院 | Switzerland | ||
| 33 | école Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS Paris) | 巴黎高等師範學校 | France | ||
| 34 | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | 卡耐基梅隆大學 | 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)?? | 加州大學洛杉磯分校 | United States | Anderson School of Management | 7 |
| Graduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| 36 | école Polytechnique, ParisTech | 里爾理工學院 | France | ||
| 37 | University of Sydney | 悉尼大學 | 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 | 墨爾本大學 | Australia | P/G 1/2 courses | 6.5(W 6) |
| U/G | 6.5(W 6) | ||||
| 39 | Brown University | 布朗大學 | United States | Graduate Admissions | 7 |
| Undergraduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| 40 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) | 香港科技大學 | Hong Kong | 6.5 | |
| 41 | New York University (NYU) | 紐約大學 | 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) | 香港中文大學 | Hong Kong | 6.5 | |
| 43 | University of Queensland (UQ)?? | 昆士蘭大學 | Australia | 6.5 | |
| 44 | University of British Columbia (UBC) | 英屬哥倫比亞大學 | Canada | Sauder School of Business | (contact school for score) |
| 45 | University of Copenhagen?? | 哥本哈根大學 | Denmark | ||
| 46 | University of New South Wales (UNSW)?? | 新南威爾士 | Australia | Foundation Studies | 6.5 |
| 47 | Peking University | 北京大學 | China | ||
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 威斯康星大學麥迪遜分校 | United States | Undergraduate Admissions | 6 |
| Madison, Law School | 7 | ||||
| Graduate Admissions | 7.0 ur; 6.0 r | ||||
| 49 | Osaka University | 大阪大學 | Japan | ||
| 50 | Seoul National University (SNU) | 漢城國立大學 | Korea, South | 6.5 | |
| 51 | Ruprecht-Karls-Universit?t Heidelberg | 魯普雷希特-卡爾斯-海德堡大學 | Germany | 6.5 | |
| 52 | Trinity College Dublin?? | 都柏林三一學院 | Ireland | ||
| 53 | University of Warwick?? | 華威大學 | 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 | 清華大學 | China | ||
| 55 | University of Washington | 華盛頓大學 | 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?? | 阿姆斯特丹大學 | Netherlands | ||
| 57 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 北卡羅來納大學 | United States | Kenan-Flagler Business School (Graduate) | 7 |
| Undergraduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| Graduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| 58 | Technische Universit?t München (TUM) | 慕尼黑工業大學 | Germany | ||
| 59 | University of Birmingham | 伯明翰大學 | United Kingdom | Postgraduate Admissions | 6.5(no band <6.0) |
| Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| 60 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | 東京工業大學 | Japan | 6.5 | |
| 61 | Monash University | 莫納什大學 | Australia | 6.5 | |
| 62 | Uppsala University | 烏普薩拉大學 | Sweden | ||
| 63 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) | 伊利諾伊大學香檳分校 | 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 | 波士頓大學 | 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) | 加州大學聖地亞哥分校 | 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 München (LMU) | 路德維希-馬克西米利-慕尼黑大學 | Germany | ||
| 67 | University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) | 德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校 | 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 | 奧克蘭大學 | 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 | 謝菲爾德大學 | United Kingdom | Foundation | 5.5 |
| Postgraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| 70 | Freie Universit?t Berlin | 柏林自由大學 | Germany | ||
| 71 | University of Geneva | 日內瓦大學 | Switzerland | 6.5 | |
| 72 | Lund University | 隆德大學 | Sweden | 6.5 | |
| 73 | University of Nottingham?? | 諾丁漢大學 | United Kingdom | 6.5 | |
| 74 | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | 南洋理工大學 | Singapore | P/G | 6.5 |
| MBA | General Training 6.5 | ||||
| 75= | Washington University in St. Louis | 華盛頓大學聖路易斯 | United States | Undergraduate Admissions | 7 |
| Olin Business School - Graduate | (contact school for score) | ||||
| 75= | University of Helsinki | 赫爾辛基大學 | Finland | P/G | 6.5 depending on faculty |
| U/G | 6.5 depending on faculty | ||||
| 77 | University of Glasgow | 格拉斯哥大學 | United Kingdom | 6.5 | |
| 78 | University of Alberta | 阿爾伯塔大學 | Canada | Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science | 6.5 |
| 79 | KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology | 韓國科學技術院 - 韓國科技高級研究所 | Korea, South | ||
| 80 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | 倫敦經濟政治學院 | United Kingdom | Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 |
| Postgraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| 81 | University of Southampton | 南安普敦大學 | United Kingdom | Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 |
| Postgraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| 82 | Leiden University | 萊頓大學 | Netherlands | P/G | 6.5 |
| U/G | 6.5 | ||||
| 83 | Utrecht University | 烏得勒支大學 | Netherlands | 6.5 | |
| 84 | Aarhus University?? | 奧爾胡斯大學 | Denmark | ||
| 85 | University of Leeds | 利茲大學 | United Kingdom | 6.5 | |
| 86 | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | 天主教魯汶大學 | Belgium | Centre for Advanced Legal Studies | 6.5 |
| 87 | Purdue University | 普渡大學 | United States | Purdue University, Fort Wayne | |
| Graduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Richard Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences (Graduate) | 6.5 | ||||
| Two Year College | 6.5 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Purdue University, Indianapolis | |||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 5.5 | ||||
| Graduate Admissions | 6 | ||||
| Kelley School of Business (Graduate) | 6 | ||||
| School of Dentistry (Graduate) | 6 | ||||
| School of Law | 6.5 | ||||
| Purdue University, North Central | |||||
| Graduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Purdue University, West Lafayette | |||||
| Graduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| 88 | University of York | 約克大學 | United Kingdom | Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 |
| Postgraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| 89 | University of Western Australia (UWA) | 西澳大利亞大學 | Australia | U/G | 6.5(no band <6) |
| Graduate School of Management - MBA Program | 6.5 | ||||
| International Care | 6.5 | ||||
| PhD | 6.5 no individual band less than 6.0 | ||||
| Post graduate | 6.5 no individual band less than 6.0 | ||||
| 90 | Dartmouth College | 達特茅斯學院 | United States | Graduate Admissions | 7 |
| Undergraduate Admissions | 7 | ||||
| 91 | Nagoya University | 名古屋大學 | Japan | General training 6.5 | |
| 92 | Durham University | 杜倫大學 | United Kingdom | Postgraduate Admissions | 6.5 |
| Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| 93 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | 羅蒙諾索夫莫斯科國立大學 | Russia | ||
| 94 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 國立臺灣大學 | Taiwan | 6.5 | |
| 95 | University of St Andrews | 聖安德魯斯大學 | United Kingdom | P/G | 6.5(R&W 6) |
| U/G | 6.5(R&W 6) | ||||
| 96 | University of Minnesota | 明尼蘇達大學 | United States | University of Minnesota, Crookston | |
| Undergraduate Admissions | 5.5 | ||||
| Certificate | 3.5 | ||||
| University of Minnesota, Duluth | |||||
| Graduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |||||
| Graduate | 6.5 | ||||
| University of Minnesota Law School | 6.5 | ||||
| School of Music (Graduate) | 6.5 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 (contact school for score) | ||||
| Carlson School of Management (Graduate) | 7 | ||||
| School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Graduate) | |||||
| School of Public Health | 7 | ||||
| University of Minnesota, Morris | |||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 5.5 | ||||
| University of Minnesota, Rochester | |||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 5.5 | ||||
| 97 | Universit?t Freiburg | 弗賴堡大學 | Germany | ||
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) | 賓夕法尼亞州立大學 | United States | Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley | |
| Graduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg | |||||
| American Studies (Graduate) | 6.5 | ||||
| Master of Education | 6.5 | ||||
| Master of Professional Studies in Engineering Management | 6.5 | ||||
| Pennsylvania State University, University Park | |||||
| 6.5 | |||||
| Graduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Undergraduate Admissions | 6.5 | ||||
| Smeal College of Business MBA program | 7 | ||||
| 99 | Erasmus University Rotterdam?? | 鹿特丹伊拉斯謨大學 | Netherlands | ||
| 100 | University of Oslo | 奧斯陸大學 | Norway | Faculty of Medicine Short courses | 6 |
| Faculty of Medicine Post Graduate | 6.5 | ||||
| U/G | 5 |
