What do TOEFL, IELTS, GRE and GMAT mean? What is the difference?

I. Significance of TOEFL, IELTS, GRE and GMAT:

TOEFL is an English proficiency test organized by the Education Testing Service Center. IELTS, abbreviated as IELTS, is called the International English Language Testing System in Chinese, which is an international English proficiency test. GMAT is an entrance examination for graduate students in business management. GRE, the full name of postgraduate entrance examination, is the American postgraduate entrance examination in Chinese, which is applicable to all majors except law and business.

Second, the difference between TOEFL, IELTS, GRE and GMAT:

1, different organizers:

The TOEFL test is organized by the Educational Testing Service Center (ETS). IELTS is an international English proficiency test jointly organized by the British Council, Cambridge University Examinations Board and Australian Education International Development Agency. GMAT is sponsored by the American Testing Center (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey, and entrusted by the American Graduate Entrance Examination Board for Business Administration. GRE is sponsored by educational testing service (ETS).

2, the purpose of the exam is different:

TOEFL is an English proficiency test for non-native English speakers. The IELTS test is designed for students from non-English-speaking countries who apply to study and immigrate to English-speaking countries, and it is used to evaluate the candidates' English proficiency. GMAT tests assess whether an applicant is suitable for graduate study in business, economics and management. GRE American Postgraduate Entrance Examination is applicable to all majors except law and business.

3. For different targets: IELTS TOEFL is suitable for students who go to English-speaking countries, GMAT and GRE are used for international students who go to the United States.

Extended data:

Relevant applicability of GRE test:

GRE (Postgraduate Entrance Examination) is suitable for postgraduate examinations in various disciplines and majors except law (LSAT) and business (GMAT). There are two kinds of GRE exams (usually general exams), general ability test or sexual orientation test;

Professional test or advanced test (subject test or advanced test). The purpose of general examination is to measure the general potential ability of candidates to engage in academic research at the advanced stage according to the basic knowledge and ability level of university graduates, and does not involve any special requirements of any major. The purpose of professional examination is to test the level of candidates in a certain discipline or professional field.

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