It forms part of a worldwide system of over 100 tertiary institutions operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In 1997, it was absorbed into the Adventist university system operated by the West-Central Africa Division (WAD) with headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

The Ghana Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (organized in 2000) serves as the local manager of the university.

It was transferred to Adentan near Accra in 1983 where it operated in rented facilities until it was relocated to its present site near Oyibi (19 miles down Accra-Dodowa Road).

To obtain this legal status, the institute's statutes, examination procedures and quality assurance standards are subjected to parliamentary scrutiny.