Foshan University (merger between its predecessor and Foshan Agriculture & Animal Husbandry College) is a designated full-time comprehensive university under the ratification of the State Education Ministry in 1995. In 2002, Foshan University passed the national teaching assessment for bachelor's degree program. After merging with Foshan Medical College and Foshan College of Education in 2005, Foshan University has currently four campuses including home campus, Northern campus, Hebin Road campus, and Tongji West campus, covering a land area of 2,254 acres, with a total construction area of 341,400 square meters.

There are nine schools across campuses: Literature & Art School, Law & Politics School, Science School, Mechatronics & Information Engineering School, Environment & Civil Engineering School, Life Science School, Business School, Medical School, Education Science School. International School, Continuing Education School, and Nanhai School have also been established. At present, the University has been developing into a well-structured, multidisciplinary university with a full set of specialties.

Currently, 44 bachelor's degree programs and 9 three-year (post-secondary) diploma programs are offered to 10,897 full-time students (9362 undergraduates, 1535 junior college students) and 12,008 continuing education students. 1,523 staff work for the University, of which 813 are teaching faculties (509 with senior professional titles, 97 being Professors, 101 PhD holders, over 50 doctoral candidates, 375 Master's Degree holders, and over 70 teachers having overseas education and/or working experience). The University also invites and employs foreign experts and visiting professors. The world well-known scientists such as Dr. Yang Zhenning, Dr. Samuel C. C. Ting, and many others are honorary professors of Foshan University.

International exchange and co-operation link Foshan University to the world. At present, focusing on multi-level undergraduate taught programs, the University has launched joint master's degree programs with domestic and overseas higher education institutions. Up till now, the University has established cooperative academic relationship with Middlesex University, Staffordshire University, Hertfordshire University, Wales University in the U.K.; Bridgeport University, Christopher Newport University, Maricopa Community College, and Northwestern Polytechnic University in U.S.A.; South Westfalen University of Applied Sciences in Germany; Waikato University in New Zealand; Curtin University and Royal Melbourne Institution of Technology in Australia; Mondlane University in Mozambique, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Nordvestjysk Education Center (NVU) in Denmark and so on. Since 1997, Foshan University has been cooperating with universities from seven countries such as the United States, Russia to initiate and develop Project INTOP, a simulated multinational corporation project. Each of the seven universities takes turn to host the event each year and Foshan University has been designating faculties and students to participate in it. By now, almost 300 students and 60 faculties have been sent overseas for advance degree or academic exchange, which has made great contribution to the socio-economic development of Foshan City.