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Sunday, March 24, 2013

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 equidistant between Ibadan and Lagos. Enrolment was about 6,000 as of 2009.

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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 7 students. In 1975, it changed its name to Adventist Seminary of West Africa (ASWA). The university was officially inaugurated on April 20, 1999.[2]

Academic divisions

Babcock University academic programs are structured into four schools and various departments which are the basic units into which all teaching, learning and research are structured. They are:
  • School of Education & Humanities
    • Department of Education & General Studies
    • Department of History & International Studies
    • Department of Languages and Literary Studies
    • Department of Mass Communication
    • Department of Religious Studies
  • School of Law and Security Sciences
    • Department of International Law and Jurisprudence
  • School of Management & Social Sciences
    • Department of Accounting
    • Department of Business Administration & Marketing
    • Department of Economics, Banking & Finance
    • Department of Political Science & Public Administration
  • School of Science & Technology
    • Department of Agriculture
    • Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences
    • Department of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
    • Department of Computer Science & Mathematics
    • Department of Health Sciences
There are also plans in place to start a medical school which would be called Ben Carson School of Medicine. The school is currently carrying out fundraising activities to complete this 3 billion Naira project

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