PTE in Saudi Arabia — test cities, UKVI, fee and the scores your route needs

Pearson's price finder lists seven centres in Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dhahran, and a fee of USD 425 for PTE Academic, PTE Academic UKVI and PTE Core (checked 6 October 2026). Test centres are small, usually ten seats or fewer, and next-day bookings are often possible.

Australia's thresholds are per skill for tests from 7 August 2025: Competent 47 listening, 48 reading, 51 writing, 54 speaking; Proficient 58 / 59 / 69 / 76 for 10 points; Superior 69 / 70 / 85 / 88 for 20. Canada does not accept PTE Academic for Express Entry: PTE Core CLB 7 is listening 60, reading 60, writing 69, speaking 68. UK visas need 59 in each skill for B2.

Both are accepted for UK visas, Australian visas and most universities abroad. IELTS has more cities, including paper tests outside the three big cities. PTE is scored by software, returns results in about two days and has no human speaking examiner. It is not accepted by the UK NMC for nurse registration. Book whichever you score higher on in a scored mock.