Answers: Study Abroad & IELTS Guide 2026

Direct, fact-based answers for Indonesian students on study costs, student visas, IELTS scores, scholarships and choosing a destination. Updated 2026.

IELTS

• How do you get band 7 in IELTS Writing Task 2? — To get band 7 in IELTS Writing Task 2, meet all four criteria: Task Response, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Writ
• What IELTS score do you need to study in the UK, Canada and Malaysia? — For UK undergraduate study, universities usually require IELTS 6.0–6.5; postgraduate 6.5–7.0. Canada has no national minimum—each university sets its own, typic

About SpecTa

• What is SpecTa Education and what services does it offer? — SpecTa Education is an Indonesian study-abroad consultancy founded in 2005, with 20+ years of experience and offices in Kelapa Gading, PIK, and Gading Serpong.

Application Process

• When should you start applying for the February or September 2027 intake in Australia and the UK? — For the February 2027 intake in Australia, start preparing documents from early 2026 and submit university applications around February–August 2026; the Subclas

Scholarships

• What scholarships can Indonesian students get for a bachelor's degree abroad in 2026? — For a bachelor's degree abroad in 2026, Indonesian students can target university scholarships (partial to full), full government scholarships from China and Ma