Bowen University is a private Baptist Christian Nigerian university located at Iwo in Osun State, Nigeria.

[2][3] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] In 2018, the university launched a radio station[7] which was managed and operated by their Mass Communications Department.

Religious Studies Alumni of the college include: