Dear Kavya, IELTS results are usually out after 13 days of taking the test. The conducting authorities of IELTS allow international students to send IELTS score to five universities of their choice, which they have to select at the time of registration. Once you select five universities, the test center forwards copies of your IELTS Test Report Form (TRF) to them free of cost. They will be sent electronically, however, there are some cases where the institutes require hard copies of IELTS test report forms. Institutions that have subscribed to electronic download of the TRF will receive the results electronically. For institutes that require original TRF, you can ask your IELTS test centre to send the TRF copy via airmail with an additional cost of USD 3.75. If you want to send it via courier to international destinations, you must pay USD19. Further, you can also attach copies of your IELTS TRF to your university application form.You will receive only one copy of your IELTS test result form. The TRF has your photograph on it and an inbuilt security system so that it cannot be copied or altered. Hope this helps.