Is there an official IELTS to PTE conversion?

Yes. The test owners publish a concordance, and this chart is transcribed from it without interpolating between rows.

Does a converted score count for a visa or a university?

No. Institutions and visa streams name the test they accept and the score they want on that test. A concordance tells you where you stand, and nothing more.

IELTS to PTE conversion chart

Every IELTS Academic score and its PTE Academic equivalent, from the published concordance. Pick a score to see it on its own page.

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The published concordances start at IELTS 4.5. Below that neither Pearson nor ETS publishes an equivalent score.

The full chart

IELTS to PTE conversion chart

Every published row, both ways. Each row links to a page for that score.

IELTS Academic	PTE Academic	Page
9.0	90	Details
8.5	86 to 89	Details
8.0	79 to 85	Details
7.5	71 to 78	Details
7.0	63 to 70	Details
6.5	55 to 62	Details
6.0	47 to 54	Details
5.5	39 to 46	Details
5.0	31 to 38	Details
4.5	24 to 30	Details

Where these numbers come from

Pearson: understand your PTE Academic score

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Questions people ask about IELTS to PTE conversion chart.

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