Bowen University is a private Baptist Christian Nigerian university located at Iwo in Osun State, Nigeria. It is affiliated with the Nigerian Baptist Convention.
History The university was founded on 17 July 2001 by the Nigerian Baptist Convention in the old 1,300-acre (6 km2) campus of the Baptist College.Iheoma Hendy, Bowen University: Courses, Fees, And Other Salient Academic Facts, buzznigeria.com, Nigeria, June 13, 2017Stanley D. Brunn, The Changing World Religion Map: Sacred Places, Identities, Practices and Politics, Springer, USA, 2015, p. 959
The Federal Government of Nigeria approved the establishment of the university, and it was subsequently licensed to operate by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
A Provisional Governing Council was inaugurated on 22 August 2001, with Professor J.T. Okedara as Vice Chancellor and Mr E. A. Lawale as Registrar. Academic activity started on 4 November 2002, with 506 students admitted into the Faculties of Agriculture, Science, Science Education, and Social and Management Sciences.Joel Carpenter, Christian universities are growing rapidly in Africa, universityworldnews.com, UK, February 03, 2017
In 2009, the NUC approved degree programmes in Medicine (MBBS), Anatomy (B.Sc) and Physiology (B.Sc) into the university and in 2011, Bowen University received approvals to begin the Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Law. In 2017, the University had about 5,000 students.uniRank, UNIVERSITY OVERVIEW, unirank.org, Australia, retrieved May 8, 2021
Notable people
Alumni of the college include: Bukky Abaniwonda, Canadian actress of Nigerian descent. Damilola Adegbite, Nigerian Actress. Eva Alordia, Nigerian Rapper. Joshua Mike-Bamiloye, Nigerian gospel singer. Layi Wasabi, Nigerian Skit Maker and Content Creator Gallery
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