Is there an official IELTS to TOEFL 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 TOEFL conversion chart

Every IELTS Academic score and its TOEFL iBT 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 TOEFL conversion chart

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

IELTS Academic	TOEFL iBT	Page
9.0	118 to 120	Details
8.5	115 to 117	Details
8.0	110 to 114	Details
7.5	102 to 109	Details
7.0	94 to 101	Details
6.5	79 to 93	Details
6.0	60 to 78	Details
5.5	46 to 59	Details
5.0	35 to 45	Details
4.5	32 to 34	Details

Where these numbers come from

ETS: compare TOEFL iBT scores

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Questions people ask about IELTS to TOEFL conversion chart.

IELTS AcademicTOEFL iBTPublished concordance

A concordance is a statistical equivalence between two tests, not a guarantee that anyone accepts a converted score. Universities and visa streams name the test they accept and the score they want on it.

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