is it compulsory to write tofel/ielts

Hi, It depends on the University whether to exempt you to write IELTS or TOEFL. Most UK Universities use certain yardsticks to decide whether the student is required to write IELTS / TOEFL. Most Universities use the 12th standard English marks as a reference to exempt students for writing IELTS. But

most of the good universities in uk would require IELTS...