Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State is a private University Located in  the serene environment of Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria. It was approved by the Federal government of Nigeria, through the National Universities Commission (NUC) as the 60^th Private University in Nigeria on 11^th May 2015. The University is owned by the Edwin Clark Foundation established in honor of Chief (Dr.) Edwin Kiagbodo Clark OFR, CON, who is the president of the Foundation. Chief E. K. Clark is a lover of education because of the developmental roles that could be played by education.

In 1968, he was appointed Commissioner of Education in the defunct Mid-Western Region Edo and now Delta State of Nigeria.