Type Private Chaplain Tunde Ojewole Founded 1959 Phone +234 803 852 2333 | Established 1959 Undergraduate tuition and fees 345,000 NGN (2013) Total enrollment 6,000 (2009) Motto Knowledge, Truth, Service | |
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Former names Adventist College of West Africa, Adventist Seminary of West Africa Affiliation Seventh-day Adventist Church Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Ademola Tayo Address Ilishan-Remo ILISHAN REMO, Nigeria Nominations Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award for Best Campus Radio Station Similar Covenant University, Bowen University, Afe Babalola University, Ajayi Crowther University, Igbinedion University - Okada Profiles | ||
Babcock university documentary 2015 hd
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 equidistant between Ibadan and Lagos. Enrolment was about 6,000 as of 2009.
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- Babcock university documentary 2015 hd
- Koker shuts down babcock university
- History
- Academic divisions
- References
It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
Koker shuts down babcock university
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. In 1975, it changed its name to Adventist Seminary of West Africa (ASWA). The university was officially inaugurated on April 20, 1999.
Academic divisions
From the initial four schools, Babcock 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 nine schools and one college: They are: