Babcock University
Babcock University is a private Christian co-educational Nigerian university owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria. The university is located at Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria, equidistant between Ibadan and Lagos.
In 2017, the university had its first set of graduates from the Ben Carson School of Medicine
It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, which is the world’s second-largest Christian school system.
History
Babcock University was named after an American missionary by the name of David C. Babcock, who pioneered the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria in 1914. He was based in Erunmu in Oyo State, Nigeria.
The university was established as the Adventist College of West Africa (ACWA) in 1959, initially with seven students; who were hosted at the home of Chief Olufemi Okulaja. In 1975, it changed its name to Adventist Seminary of West Africa (ASWA). The university was officially inaugurated on 20 April 1999.
Academic Divisions
From the initial four schools, Babcock University has added a postgraduate school in the third quarter of 2010, and a medical school in January 2012. The latest additions are the Music and Educational Foundations departments to the Joel Awoniyi School of Education & Humanities. As at 2013,
Babcock hosts eight schools and two colleges:
- School of Social Sciences with departments like Economics, Social works etc.
- School of Management Sciences with departments like Accounting, Business Administration, Marketing, etc.
- College of Health & Medical Sciences
- School of Science & Technology
- School of Computing & Engineering Sciences with departments like computer science, software engineering, etc.
- School of Education and Humanities with departments like Education, etc.
- School of Law & Security Studies with departments like Law, International law and diplomacy, Security Studies etc.
- School of Nursing with departments like Nursing, etc.
- School of Public & Applied Health with departments like Public Health, etc.
- College of Post Graduate Studies.
