Justo Mwale Theological College formerly Reformed Church Theological College was started in 1969. In 1969 the Reformed Church Theological College, as it was called at that stage, moved to Lusaka. In 1975 the College was officially opened and renamed Justo Mwale Theological College in honour of the first Zambian in the Reformed Church in Zambia to be ordained as Minister of the Word, Reverend Justo Mwale who completed his studies at Nkhoma Mission in Malawi and was ordained as Minister of the Word on 29th September 1929.
The status of the College was upgraded to that of University College in 2008 by the Ministry of Education in Zambia. In February 2010 the College started offering a Master of Theology programme in conjuction with the University of Free State in South Africa.
The University College has been attracting students not only from Zambia, but also from Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, and even a student from Kenya.