General Information
Of the 300 instructors attached to the school, 200 are involved in the English Language Preparatory Program courses and specialist units, while the remainder work in post-preparatory courses. The structure of the Preparatory Program is complex in view of its size. There is a Program Director who co-ordinates and manages the different activities of the Preparatory Program. In addition, there is a Teacher Services Unit which is responsible for all teacher-related matters across the school; a Student Services Unit which deals with, for example, registration and counseling for the large population of students; a Teacher Training Unit that coordinates the various training courses offered by BUSEL; a Curriculum and Testing Unit; and 12 Teaching Units which group instructors working in the Preparatory Program.

The English Language Preparatory Program operates out of three large buildings on East Campus

All students new to the university have to sit and pass a proficiency examination named the Certificate of Proficiency in English Examination (COPE) in order to enter their chosen faculty or vocational school.    Those students who are unable to pass the COPE attend the English Language Preparatory Program for 1 to 2 years, receiving between 25-30 hours of tuition per week in mainly 8-week courses over an academic year, i.e. 2 courses per semester, although some longer (16-week) courses are also taught at certain levels. There are on average 2000-2500 students in the English Language Preparatory Program at the  beginning of each academic year