Today CULI, with a commitment to be excellent in both teaching and research, performs a variety of functions. As a teaching institution, it serves the multifarious needs of the undergraduates and postgraduates in all fourteen faculties. It also acts as a centre for carrying out research that covers almost every aspect of English language teaching. Finally, it provides ELT services to teachers of English, organisations in the government and private sectors, as well as to the public in general.