Why the exam fee and dates are on the provider's page
People in Poland often search for the IELTS price and the next date. Those two things change, and a figure copied into a guide soon goes out of date. So the exam fee and the test dates are left to the provider's own page. This guide tells you where the official figure lives and what to look for when you get there.
Two different prices exist: the exam fee, which is paid to the test provider, and the fee for lessons with Mike, which is shown separately on this site. This page is about the exam fee only.
Step by step: where to look
- Open the ielts.org list of test centres in Poland. At the time of checking it named Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Lublin, Poznań, Szczecin, Warsaw and Wrocław.
- Choose the centre and read which provider the entry names. Some cities list more than one venue, and the listing marks details such as whether a centre is UKVI approved.
- Open that provider's page for your centre. The fee and the session dates are shown there, for the test you choose.
- Read the booking terms before you pay, especially what happens if you need to move or cancel.
The IDP Poland test dates page lists sessions per centre through a "View test sessions" link and can show only One Skill Retake centres. It does not print fees itself; it sends readers to the dedicated test centre pages for updated fees. At the time of checking it showed one centre in Warsaw, so look again when you are ready to book.
What changes the fee line
| What you choose | Why the fee can differ |
|---|---|
| Academic or General Training | Each test has its own line on the provider's page |
| Computer or paper format | IDP says you can choose between them at the centre closest to you; check which your centre offers |
| IELTS for UKVI | Separate test with separate terms; the ielts.org listing marks UKVI approved centres |
| IELTS Online | The ielts.org listing shows it as an Academic test, with its own booking entry; check the provider page for details |
| One Skill Retake | Has its own rules; IDP offers a filter for centres that offer it |
For a fuller view of each city, see IELTS test centres in Poland and IELTS in Warsaw. Details of the online option are on IELTS Online in Poland, and the UKVI test is covered on IELTS for UKVI in Poland.
Dates: what to expect
- Sessions are listed per centre by the provider, not centrally by this site.
- The dates you see depend on the format, the test type and the city.
- A city can show no sessions for a while and then more later, so one empty search is not a final answer.
- Booking online needs identification: IDP says you upload a clear copy of your identification document to book. Check the IDP booking checklist.
Moving or cancelling
The rules differ by provider and by test. ielts.org says detailed policies come from your test centre and may vary by location, that UKVI tests follow their own terms, and that a transfer must move to a new date within three months and can only be done once for the same booking (ielts.org policy page). The IDP pages we read describe notice periods in two different ways, so we give none here. Read the current terms on the page of the provider you book with.
The time zone note for lessons
Poland uses Central European Time in winter and Central European Summer Time in summer. Hanoi, where Mike teaches from, stays on one time all year. The gap is therefore 6 hours in winter and 5 hours in summer. The booking calendar shows every slot in your own time zone, so you do not need to calculate it.
How lessons with Mike can help with this
Mike does not sell or register IELTS exams and is not a test centre. Once you have a date from the provider, lessons can fill the weeks before it. They are one-to-one, 60 minutes, live on Google Meet, in English. Mike marks Writing Task 1 and Task 2 against the public band descriptors and runs Speaking Parts 1 to 3 in the real format with feedback in the moment. A paid 30-minute trial is available once per student on the first booking, and rescheduling is at no charge up to 12 hours before the slot. Read about Mike or go to the booking page. The lesson price for Poland is shown in the box on this page and again before you pay.
