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Check Google Meet first if you are in Chengdu
Lessons run on Google Meet, and Google services are generally not reachable in mainland China without extra tools. The UK government's China travel advice, read in October 2026, says some services are permanently blocked there, including Google. It does not name Google Meet, so this page cannot say whether Meet opens on your network.
Before you book, check that the booking page and Google Meet both open from where you will have the lesson, and message Mike if you are not sure. No other platform is promised. You can reach Mike at mkcenter007@gmail.com or +84 383 390 963 (Zalo, WhatsApp, Telegram on the same number); use whichever you can open from where you are.
How one-to-one lessons with Mike work from Chengdu
Mike holds the Cambridge CELTA (July 2017) and is based in Hanoi, where he teaches every session himself, live on Google Meet and in English. He has taught English and IELTS for more than 12 years in Vietnam, Turkey and Iran. There is no classroom, centre or group class in Chengdu, and the lessons are not in Mandarin. In his own IELTS, Mike scored 8.5 in Speaking; About Mike has more.
A session can cover Listening, Reading, Writing (Task 1 and Task 2, marked against the public band descriptors) or Speaking (Parts 1, 2 and 3 in the real test format), with feedback during the session rather than days later. Written progress notes appear in your account after each session, and a session can be recorded on request. See IELTS Speaking coaching and IELTS Writing feedback. No band is promised: progress depends on your starting point and the work you do between sessions.
The booking calendar shows every slot in your own time zone, and your price appears in your own currency on the booking page before you pay. A regular session lasts 60 minutes, there is no subscription or package to commit to, and a paid 30-minute trial can be booked once, on your first booking. You can reschedule at no charge up to 12 hours before the slot. Online IELTS tutor for China has the booking steps and how prices are shown.
Searching for IELTS classes in Chengdu?
That search may bring up group classes. This is different: one-to-one coaching online, with no centre or classroom in Chengdu. A class can suit a fixed timetable and classmates; one-to-one lessons follow your own answers and essays but depend on which slots are open in Mike's calendar. Private tutor versus group course compares the two, using Hanoi as its example.
Where you will actually sit the test in Chengdu
Band Booster IELTS is a private tutor, not a test centre. It does not register you for the test or set exam fees and dates, so this page quotes no exam fee or test date, and it has no connection with the registration site, the British Council, IDP or any centre named below. This section was read in October 2026; lists change, so confirm your own centre when you book. For the picture across the country, see IELTS test centres in mainland China.
The registration site's computer list names four Chengdu centres
The IELTS registration site, ielts.neea.cn, is titled "IELTS Online Registration - NEEA" and headed "IELTS from the British Council" in its English version; if the list opens in Chinese, switch the page to English from the top of the page. Its list of centres for IELTS on computer names four in Chengdu, each named for a university. Names, addresses and transit notes below follow the English version of the page, with spacing and punctuation tidied. Postcodes are left out because the Sichuan University entry prints two different ones.
| Centre, as the page prints it | Address, as the page prints it | Transit note on the page |
|---|---|---|
| University of Electronic Science and Technology of China IOC Test Centre | 7/F, No 2 Teaching Building, No.4, Section 2, North Jianshe Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu | By bus: No. 27, 34, 42, 45, 342, 180, 65 and get off at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China |
| Sichuan University IOC Test Centre | 6/F, Intensive Language Training Centre, Sichuan University (Wangjiang campus) North Gate, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu, China | By subway: Please take Line 8, get off at Sichuan University (Wang jiang Campus) station; Line 3, get off at Moziqiao Station. By bus: No. 49, 55, 62, 92, and get off at Mozi village station |
| Chengdu University IOC Test Centre | 2/F, Comprehensive Teaching Building D (The 14th Teaching Building), Chengdu University, No. 2025, Chengluo Avenue, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China | By subway: Please take Line 4, get off at Chengdu University station. By bus: No. 869, 219, 858, and get off at Chengdu University station |
| Southwestern University of Finance and Economics IOC Test Centre | Floor 1, Teaching Building West, Guanghua Campus, SWUFE, #57 Qing Jiang Zhong Lu, Qingyang District, Chengdu | By subway: Line 4, Culture Palace station, B Exit out, straight about 10 meters to Campus North Gate 3. By bus: No. 19, 113, 192, 22, 33, 305, 311, 318, 320, 47, 69, 77, 81, 96, to Jinsha Bus Terminal Station, across the street to Campus North Gate 3 |
Every note lists bus routes. Three also name subway lines: Line 4 (Chengdu University station, and Culture Palace station for Southwestern University of Finance and Economics) and Lines 8 and 3 (Sichuan University). The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China note gives buses only. This page does not rank the four centres or say which is closer to you, and it cannot tell you which one you will be given: the venue, address and room for your own tests appear on your personal page and admission card (see "Before you travel" below).
The Chinese version of the list gives the same four centres under these names: 电子科技大学雅思机考考点, 四川大学雅思机考考点, 成都大学雅思机考考点 and 西南财经大学雅思机考考点. Its transit notes list the same subway lines and bus routes, and the two versions differ in two details:
- Chengdu University: the Chinese address puts the centre in Longquanyi District (龙泉驿区) and names the university's south gate (南校门).
- Sichuan University: the Chinese address names 出国留学人员培训部 (a training department for people going abroad to study) on the 6th floor, where the English version names the Intensive Language Training Centre.
The registration site's admission-instructions page (see "Before you travel" below) also names a fifth Chengdu row, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Qingshuihe Campus IOP Test Centre, which does not appear on the computer or UKVI on computer lists. The Chinese version of that page calls it 电子科技大学清水河校区分考场雅思纸笔考点, which reads as a paper-based test centre. This page cannot say whether that centre is in use or what it offers.
The IELTS UKVI on computer list has matching entries
The registration site keeps a separate list for IELTS UKVI on computer. For Chengdu it carries a matching entry for each of the same four universities, with _UKVI added to the name, such as University of Electronic Science and Technology of China IOC Test Centre_UKVI and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics IOC Test Centre_UKVI. This page cannot say which tests or dates run at which centre, so check with the provider you register through. Our guide to IELTS for UKVI in mainland China covers that version of the test in more detail.
What the ielts.org finder shows for Chengdu
When read in October 2026, the ielts.org test-centre finder, filtered to China, showed one Chengdu result: an IDP IELTS China centre in Wuhou district. It was tagged Computer and One Skill Retake, and it had no UKVI Approved tag. None of the four registration-site centres above appeared on the finder.
These are two different lists. The finder's Chengdu result is an IDP centre, while the four centres above are on the registration site. This page says nothing about IDP China's registration, ID rules, test types or results: check IDP China directly. The One Skill Retake tag refers to the option explained in One Skill Retake or a full retake.
Before you travel
Three notes from the registration site and from British Council China's test-day page, as read in October 2026:
- Read your centre's admission instructions. Each of the four Chengdu entries carries the link "Please note: Admission Instructions", which leads to a page listing a separate notice for each centre. The Chinese version of the same note asks candidates to keep checking the centre's entry requirements before the test (请务必在考试前持续关注“雅思考点入校/入场要求”).
- Your written and Speaking rooms may not be at the listed address. The registration site's notice page (in Chinese) says the written-test and Speaking venues and addresses may differ from the centre's listed venue and address. The registration-site list itself shows different written and Speaking rooms for some centres elsewhere, such as Harbin, Zhuhai and Kunming. This page cannot tell you where your own tests will be held.
- Your admission card is what counts. British Council China's test-day page says to log in to your personal page on the registration site to see your candidate number, Speaking time, written and Speaking venue, address and room number, and to print your admission card from it. It also suggests checking the map and choosing how you will travel in advance.
Check which test your organisation asks for
Academic and General Training differ in Reading and Writing, so check which one your university, employer or immigration body asks for before you book (see Academic versus General Training). This page cannot confirm which test types run at each Chengdu centre, so ask the provider as well. The registration-site list used here is the one for IELTS on computer; computer-delivered IELTS in mainland China explains how that format works.