The school originated from Foshan Teachers College and Foshan Branch of South China Agricultural College founded by 1958. Later, Foshan Teachers College was renamed Foshan Teachers College. 1February, 986, Foshan University was founded on the basis of Foshan Teachers College, and Foshan Branch of South China Agricultural College was renamed Foshan Veterinary College and Foshan Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College.
1In March 1995, Foshan University and Foshan College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry merged to form Foshan College of Science and Technology, which was upgraded to an undergraduate course. In February, 2005, Foshan Staff Medical College and Foshan Education College merged into Foshan College of Science and Technology.
In 2007, the Ministry of Education made excellent achievements in the evaluation of undergraduate teaching level. In 20 13, it was approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee as a master's degree awarding unit; In 20 15, it was included in the first batch of high-level science and engineering universities in Guangdong province; 20 16 became the sixth batch of post-doctoral innovative practice bases in Guangdong province; 20 17 was approved by Guangdong Academic Degrees Committee as the construction unit of doctoral degree awarding project; And in 20 19, it passed the undergraduate teaching audit and evaluation of the Ministry of Education. The university ranked 228th in the ranking of the best universities in China in 2020.