Where can I take IELTS or PTE in Shenzhen?

Pearson's centre finder showed two PTE centres in Shenzhen on 29 and 30 October 2026, both partner venues: Shenzhen Institute of Education (Futian), with three starts a day, and Wuhan University, Shenzhen Institute (Nanshan), which also hosts IELTS. Pearson Professional Centers-Hong Kong in Wan Chai is the next nearest.

Pearson's finder shows only centres with open appointments for the test you pick, so check PTE Academic UKVI or PTE Core separately before you book.

Read on 29 and 30 October 2026 on the providers' own pages and on Pearson's price finder with China selected. British Council China says its 2026 fees are the same in every mainland city, with up to five paper result copies sent free and CNY 120 for each extra one. Its own centres and the NEEA venues on ielts.org show CNY 1,990; ielts.org lists IDP China venues at CNY 1,890 and shows only IELTS on computer Academic for them. Pearson prices PTE in yuan.

Refund, transfer and payment rules are in our IELTS fee in China and PTE fee in China guides.

Guangzhou has British Council China and IDP China centres and a Pearson-run PTE centre. Hong Kong is across the border, with three British Council venues. See our Guangzhou and Hong Kong guides.

IELTS: For British Council IELTS, register and pay on ielts.neea.cn, the only official payment channel according to British Council China, by Alipay, Bank of China or China Merchants Bank online payment; you can change or cancel before the registration deadline for CNY 380. For IDP China, book through idpielts.cn. The venue address comes in your confirmation. British Council China says computer results can come as soon as one day after the test; you check them on your NEEA account.

PTE: create a myPTE account with details that exactly match your ID, choose the test, then Shenzhen, a centre and a slot (Pearson's booking guide). Pearson's ID policy asks for a valid passport with details in Roman characters. Mainland China is not on its exceptions list, so a resident identity card will not do; Hong Kong and Macau permanent residents testing on the mainland may show their Mainland Travel Permit, and Taiwan residents their Tai Bao Zheng. Pearson sends PTE scores typically within 48 hours (PTE scoring).

Before you pay, take a free IELTS mock test or a free PTE mock test to check you are ready.