The English Placement Test is for students who are unable to meet the specified admissions requirements for the TOEFL ITP/ iBT, IELTS tests. It is designed to assess the level of reading and writing skills of entering students so that they can be placed in an appropriate TOEFL preparation course. The English Placement Test is not a requirement for admission to the American University in the Emirates, but it is a condition of enrollment for students who have not met the admission English test score yet. Students may take the English Placement Test only once and it must be in-campus. The total fee is AED 400.

Based on the EPT score result, the student will be placed in the proper TOEFL level course - Intensive English Program (IEP), each level will have a reading, listening, writing, speaking and grammar section. Progressing to the next level will be based on overall performance of the final exam (Beginner Level and Intermediate Level). For Advanced and TOEFL Level, the final exam will be a TOEFL exam.

 

DETAILS	LEVELS
	BEGINNER	INTERMEDIATE	ADVANCED	TOEFL
Weeks	15	15	15	15
Hours per Week	8	8	8	4
Total Hours per Semester	120	120	120	60
Midterm Exam	IEP Exam	IEP Exam	TOEFL Exam	TOEFL Exam
Final Exam	In House Final Exam	In House Final Exam	TOEFL Exam	TOEFL Exam

 

Students are allowed to register in the University credit courses during enrollment at the English Language Institute in the TOEFL Preparation Courses, based on the table below:  

TOEFL Level	No. of courses allowed per semester	Pooled Courses to choose from:
TOEFL Preparation	Three Courses	Computer Literacy Communication Skills in Arabic Islamic Culture	General Mathematics Study & Learning Skills General Psychology
ADVANCED	Two Courses	Computer Literacy Communication Skills in Arabic Islamic Culture	General Mathematics Study & Learning Skills General Psychology
INTERMEDIATE
BEGINNER	One Course	Computer Literacy Communication Skills in Arabic

  If advanced and TOEFL level students fail to achieve the required score of TOEFL, they can repeat TOEFL Preparation course, but they will be suspended from registering degree courses.