PTE Score Calculator (PTE Academic to IELTS band, 2025 concordance)

Understanding the PTE to IELTS score converter — concept and principle

This calculator converts a PTE Academic overall score into its IELTS Academic band equivalent using Pearson's published concordance, and shows how many points you need for your target band. Test takers use it when a university or visa programme states its requirement in IELTS terms.

How it is calculated

Minimum PTE scores for each IELTS band (Pearson concordance, updated July 2025):

• 4.5 → 24, 5.0 → 31, 5.5 → 39, 6.0 → 47, 6.5 → 55
• 7.0 → 63, 7.5 → 71, 8.0 → 79, 8.5 → 86, 9.0 → 90

The band shown is the highest one whose minimum your score reaches. Points still needed = target band minimum − your score (0 if already reached).

The principle

PTE Academic and IELTS are different tests with different scales, so there is no exact conversion. A concordance links them statistically: researchers compare the scores of people who took both tests and find the PTE score that best corresponds to each IELTS band. Pearson updated its table with research published in July 2025. Because it is a statistical link, it shows typical equivalence, not a guarantee that you would get that IELTS band.

Worked example

Default inputs: PTE 58, target IELTS 6.5.

1. 58 is at least 55 (the 6.5 minimum) but below 63 (the 7.0 minimum).
2. IELTS equivalent = 6.5; minimum PTE for that band = 55.
3. Next band = 7, needing 63.
4. Target 6.5 needs 55; points still needed = 0; status target band reached.

How to read the result

Check the exact requirement of your university or visa programme. Many accept PTE directly and set their own PTE minimums, often per skill (listening, reading, speaking, writing) as well as overall. A score just above a threshold is not much margin; aim a few points higher if you can.

Common mistakes

• Using an older concordance table that has since been updated.
• Ignoring skill-level minimums.
• Assuming the concordance is accepted for every purpose.
• Rounding PTE scores; they are whole numbers.

Frequently asked questions

What IELTS is PTE 58?

About IELTS 6.5 under Pearson's 2025 concordance.

What PTE score equals IELTS 7?

63 or above.

Are PTE and IELTS interchangeable?

Only where an institution accepts both; check its own PTE requirements.

Sources: Pearson PTE, "PTE Academic scoring" (PTE Academic and IELTS Academic concordance, updated July 2025)