Babcock University

Babcock University is a private Christian university in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria, whose institutional history dates to September 17, 1959, when the Seventh-day Adventist Church established the Adventist College of West Africa (ACWA) to train church workers from across the West African sub-region. The institution later became the Adventist Seminary of West Africa (ASWA) in 1975 and expanded its academic role through affiliations with Andrews University and the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. In 1999, Babcock University became one of Nigeria's first three private universities following federal registration, and the university formally opened to its first intake of 1,006 students that year.
Over the decades, Babcock has developed from its original theological and ministerial training purpose into a multidisciplinary university spanning medicine, nursing, law, computing, engineering, science and technology, business, social sciences, education and postgraduate studies. Its development includes the establishment of a medical school in 2012, postgraduate education from 2010, and continuing expansion into research, entrepreneurship, digital learning and innovation.